AHL Utica Comets

Joe Cannata Rejoins the Comets

May 28, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Utica Comets News Release


Utica Comets Director of Hockey Operations Pat Conacher announced today that the Vancouver Canucks have reassigned goaltender Joe Cannata from the Ontario Reign of the ECHL to the Utica Comets.

Cannata, 25, finished his 2014-15 ECHL campaign with a goals-against average of 2.02, and a save percentage of .927 en route to a 12-6-0-2 record. He allowed just 42 goals in 21 games during the regular season to go along with a shutout. He was named the starting goalie in the ECHL All-Star game.

In five games with the Comets this season, Cannata has posted a 3-2-0-0 record, with a 1.99 goals against average, and a .932 save percentage.

The Wakefield, Mass. native appeared in 28 games with the Comets last season and went 11-12-1-3 with a 2.83 goals-against average and a 0.907 save percentage. He finished the season strong by winning seven of his last nine starts with just a 2.08 goals-against average.

A sixth-round selection (173rd overall) of the Canucks in the 2009 NHL?Entry Draft, Cannata played four years at Merrimack College from 2008-12, where he appeared in 122 career games posting an overall record of 59-46-16 with seven shutouts, a 2.47 goals-against average and a save percentage of .915.

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