Comets Announce Opening Night Roster
October 10, 2014 - 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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