Senators Send Comets to Fourth Straight Loss
January 8, 2016 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Utica Comets News Release
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The Utica Comets lost by the score of 6-3 to the Binghamton Senators on Friday night at the Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena to run their losing streak to four games. The road loss was their first such loss in regulation since Nov. 14, a span of nine games.
Travis Ehrhardt (1-0-1), Wacey Hamilton (1-0-1), and John Kurtz (1-0-1) found the back of the net for the boys in blue, while the power play unit stumbled to an 0-for- night. Joe Cannata recorded his sixth loss of the season, after making saves in relief of Richard Bachman.
A Comets turnover on the power play just 6:22 into the game proved to be a costly mistake. On the attack, the Comets turned over the puck just inside the blue line. Cole Schneider, the Senators' leading scorer, quickly scooped up the loose puck and took off on a two-on-one break from his own blue line. He elected to forego the pass and beat Bachman short side with a wrist shot.
Three minutes later the Senators doubled their lead with Zack Stortini collected a loose puck in front and slipped it into the empty net.
Fomer Comets defenseman Guillaume Lepine ended Richard Bachman's night with a flukey goal to run the score to 3-0. Lepine fired a shot on net from along the boards, just above the goal line. The puck found its way through Bachman's leg pads and just barely crossed the goal line.
Joe Cannata came in to relieve Bachman after the third goal.
The Comets were able to get on the board just before the first period ended thanks to a fortunate bounce. Travis Ehrhardt banked a shot off of a Senators defenseman and into the net when he tried to connect with a cross slot pass. Carter Bancks and Darren Archibald were credited with assists.
The Comets further cut into the Senators lead when Wacey Hamilton stepped into a wrist shot that rifled over the shoulder of Driedger.
Before the second period ended the Senators ballooned their lead back up to three with goals from Ryan Penny and Kyle Flanagan.
Just three minutes into the third, the Senators All-Star representative Michael Kostka scored on the power play to extend their lead to 6-2.
Halfway through the third period John Kurtz banked in an off-angle shot off of the Senators' goaltender, off of a defenseman, and in, to cut the lead to 6-3.
With the loss the Comets record falls to 16-13-3-2. The Binghamton Senators improved their record to 12-18-3-0 with the win.
The Comets three games in three days weekend continues tomorrow evening in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Puck drop between the Penguins and Comets is scheduled for 7pm at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
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