
Comets Announce Opening Night Roster
Published on October 10, 2014 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Utica Comets News Release
The Utica Comets, proud American Hockey League affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks, have announced their opening roster for the 2014-15 season. The Comets will play four games on the road, beginning on Saturday in Toronto, before playing their home opener against Adirondack on Wednesday, Oct. 22.
The 27-man roster is comprised of 16 skaters, 9 defenseman and two goalies.
Forwards
#25 Darren Archibald
#34 Carter Bancks
#24 Brandon DeFazio
#8 Alex Friesen
#10 Brendan Gaunce
#28 Alex Grenier
#36 Wacey Hamilton
#21 Dustin Jeffrey
#17 Nicklas Jensen
#18 Ryan Jones
#15 Ronalds Kenins
#42 Patrick Kennedy
#19 Kellan Lain
#16 Cal O'Reilly
#9 Hunter Shinkaruk
#14 Mike Zalewski Defensemen
#40 Peter Andersson
#5 Jeremie Blain
#3 Alex Biega
#2 Travis Ehrhardt
#29 Kent Huskins
#4 Kane Lafranchise
#11 John Negrin
#6 Bobby Sanguinetti
#7 Henrik Tommernes
Goalies
#30 Joacim Eriksson
#33 Jacob Markstrom
The Comets open the season on Saturday at 3 p.m. against the Toronto Marlies. Video streaming of the game will be available through www.ahllive.com while radio coverage will be provided by 94.9 K-ROCK. Tickets to the Comets home opener, on Oct. 22, are now on sale at the Utica Memorial Auditorium box office and online through Ticketmaster. For more information, call 315-790-9070 or visit www.uticacomets.com.
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