Comets Tripped up by the Crunch in Overtime
October 2, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Utica Comets News Release
LYON, FRANCE - The Utica Comets lost to the Syracuse Crunch 2-1 in overtime at the Patinoire Charlemagne Arena in Lyon, France on Friday night.
Blair Jones (1-0-1) netted the Comets only goal of the night, and Clay Witt stopped 32 of 34 Crunch shots in the loss.
The Crunch broke open the scoring 14:52 into the game when Tanner Richard scored an unassisted short-handed goal.
The Comets tied the game up just 15 seconds later when Blair Jones found the back of the net for his first goal of the preseason. Michael Zalewski and Cole Cassels tallied assists on the goal.
The game remained scoreless until overtime, when Tony DeAngelo scored on the power play to win the game for the Crunch.
The Comets will play their final preseason game on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. local time (12:30 p.m. ET) against the Dragons de Rouen.
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