2021/22 Utica Comets and ECHL Talk

[Bad Goalie]

Schmid a save, cleared by the D-man. Shot directly off the Ref. OUCH!

Foote missed the net from hand shaking distance at the bottom of the left circle.

Gambardella a shot from the bottom of the left circle on the fly. Stopped and held.

Shot off the draw. Puck was put home by Gamby, but a quick whistle erases it. He did not have the puck.

 

[Bad Goalie]

Breakaway by Boqvist with 30 to go and the shot goes wide. SHIT!

Schmid makes a stop and holds with 6 to go.

Off to OT.

 

[Bad Goalie]

Tom Sestito says when OT was called he put his mouthpiece in his glove and started untying his skates. LOL

Walsh, Holtz, and Schmelzer. Prov wins the draw. Foote and Walsh were in 2 on 1 and missed the net.

Boqvist and Zetterlund out with Russo

De Leo stopped in front.

Bruins too many men but not called. Bruins jockeying around the zone and lose it but force a shot into the netting

Walsh blows a tire and a 3 on 1 for Prov ends up going wide.

Mr. all alone Holtz tries to razzle dazzle and gets nothing and forces a pass out that ends up going the other way.

Talvitie a carries it back with Walsh on a 2 0n 1 and shoots from the dot------- and scores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


COMETS WIN!!!!!!!!!!! COMETS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[My3Sons]

Tom Sestito says when OT was called he put his mouthpiece in his glove and started untying his skates. LOL

Walsh, Holtz, and Schmelzer. Prov wins the draw. Foote and Walsh were in 2 on 1 and missed the net.

Boqvist and Zetteelund out with Russo

DFe Leo stopped in front.

Bruins too many men but not called. Bruins jockeying around the zone and lose it but forc

Walsh blows a tire and a3on1 ends up going wide.

Mr all alone Holtz tries to razzle dazzle and gets nothing and forces a pass out.

Talvitie a carries it in 2 0n 1 and shoots from the dot and scores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


COMETS WIN!!!!!!!!!!! COMEtS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Start Schmid. Schmid gets all the credit.

 

[Mgd31]

Talvitie!!!

 

[My3Sons]

Talvitie!!!

Maybe he’s getting his mojo back. That would be great if he returned to form.

 

[Mgd31]

Maybe he’s getting his mojo back. That would be great if he returned to form.

I’ve liked his play a lot these first 2 games

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

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This one works, but doesn't show the faceoff leading to the goal.

 

[Hisch13r]

So how was Holtz? I saw he had 6 shots

 

[Bad Goalie]

Utcica 2 Providence 1 in OT

SOG:
Bruins - 3 12 10 1 = 26
Comets - 11 10 7 3 = 31

PP:
Bruins - 0/3
Comets - 0/1

Flynn (2) from Bahl (1)
Talvitie (2) from Walsh (4)

Schmid 25/26

3 Stars:
#1 Aarne Talvitie (Utica Comets) 1G/GWG
#2 Akira Schmid (Utica Comets) 25/26
#3 Kyle Keyser (Providence Bruins) 29/31

I realize the GWG scorer usually gets the 1st star, BUT Akira Schmid was the man tonight. He saved their bacon time after time. If Daws comes back, as has been hinted at, this kid may give him a run for his money. Or Dineen has to consider giving those 2 rookies a 1a/1b run until one of them pulls way ahead. In 2 games, (EXTREMELY small sample) the keepers were stalwarts. Schmid for the whole game and Daws after he surrendered his 2 in a shaky first period.

Off to Syracuse tomorrow to face the Crunch. Boys better buckle up their chin straps. The Crunch do just that and their skill level is usually strong as well.

Good Night until tomorrow!

 

[My3Sons]

Utcica 2 Providence 1 in OT

SOG:
Bruins - 3 12 10 1 = 26
Comets - 11 10 7 3 = 31

PP:
Bruins - 0/3
Comets - 0/1

Flynn (2) from Bahl (1)
Talvitie (2) from Walsh (4)

Schmid 25/26

3 Stars:
#1 Aarne Talvitie (Utica Comets) 1G/GWG
#2 Akira Schmid (Utica Comets) 25/26
#3 Kyle Keyser (Providence Bruins) 29/31

I realize the GWG scorer usually gets the 1st star, BUT Akira Schmid was the man tonight. He saved their bacon time after time. If Daws comes back, as has been hinted at. this kid may give him a run for his money. Or Dineen has to consider giving those 2 rookies 1a/1b run until one of them pulls way ahead. In 2 games, (EXTREMELY small sample) the keepers were stalwarts. Schmid for the whole game and Daws after he surrendered his 2 in a shaky first period.

Off to Syracuse tomorrow to face the Crunch. Boys better buckle up their chin straps. The Crunch do just that and their skill level is usually strong as well.

Good Night until tomorrow!

Schnid was a very good goalie when healthy after being drafted. He had a significant hip injury at one point that really set him back. After he was drafted one of the goalie scouts said some really nice things about how much they saw in him. He might be just as much of a prospect as Daws.

 

[SKNJD9]

Utica's goal song had me going wtf for a moment once the Hey part kicked in

Utica Comets 2021 Goal Horn - YouTube

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

So how was Holtz? I saw he had 6 shots

Holtz took some outside shots with no one in front of the goalie. He had a few that Keyser made good saves on, but he didn't necessarily get robbed. He had some good play with the puck that went nowhere and he had a few giveaways. As Bad Goalie mentioned, he doesn't like to pass.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Utcica 2 Providence 1 in OT

SOG:
Bruins - 3 12 10 1 = 26
Comets - 11 10 7 3 = 31

PP:
Bruins - 0/3
Comets - 0/1

Flynn (2) from Bahl (1)
Talvitie (2) from Walsh (4)

Schmid 25/26

3 Stars:
#1 Aarne Talvitie (Utica Comets) 1G/GWG
#2 Akira Schmid (Utica Comets) 25/26
#3 Kyle Keyser (Providence Bruins) 29/31

I realize the GWG scorer usually gets the 1st star, BUT Akira Schmid was the man tonight. He saved their bacon time after time. If Daws comes back, as has been hinted at. this kid may give him a run for his money. Or Dineen has to consider giving those 2 rookies 1a/1b run until one of them pulls way ahead. In 2 games, (EXTREMELY small sample) the keepers were stalwarts. Schmid for the whole game and Daws after he surrendered his 2 in a shaky first period.

Off to Syracuse tomorrow to face the Crunch. Boys better buckle up their chin straps. The Crunch do just that and their skill level is usually strong as well.

Good Night until tomorrow!

No PK units?

 

[Mgd31]

Walsh had a solid game and added another point. 4 in 2 games.

Holtz a little quieter tonight, only 6 shots on goal. Has 14 through 2 games ha. He probably should have had at least a point. His shot off the faceoff in the late 3rd was bobbled and put in but the play was blown prematurely dead. I do agree with others though, he needs to look for the pass more and isn’t the greatest forechecker and has to improve his play on the boards.

Thompson was the best forward on the ice. He will get NHL games this year.

The Boqvist, Foote and Clarke trio left me wanting more.

 

[UticaHockey]

So how was Holtz? I saw he had 6 shots

He had a few dynamic shifts in OT where he could use his skill with all of the open ice. During regulation the baby Bruins checked him pretty tight and he wasn't as effective as the first game. He needs some improvement in the defensive zone where he turned the puck over several times on the half wall on breakouts resulting in extended periods of time that the Bruins kept the puck in the Comets end.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Still holding out hope that Talvitie can make the team eventually as a bottom 6 spark plug. Would be a great story given what he’s had to overcome injury wise.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

Tom Sestito did color tonight. He was droll if not subdued almost low energy. Didn't realize until near the end of the game it was his first night. I hope he comes back.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

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Updated edit re: Talvitie GWG.

 

[Bad Goalie]

This is amazing content.

Thank You

Welcome.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

About to rewatch the PK for the units but I saw nine players.

Bahl Russo Talvitie Boqvist

Thompson

Schmelzer DeLeo Wotherspoon Okhotiuk

 

[Bad Goalie]

So how was Holtz? I saw he had 6 shots

Simply put he's trying too hard to impress and as result not playing as well as a he can. Doesn't pass the puck, forces himself into traffic and turns it over. Weak forechecker and his back check isn't noticeable. Nowhere near as good as he was against Rochester. Rochester isn't very good defensively and he was allowed to get behind them. Providence was much better and they were not letting him go where he wanted to.

 

[Bad Goalie]

No PK units?

I gave you the main participants in the first PP. On the 2 in a row it was a mishmash of team effort. I could either report what was going on or study who was out there. I chose the first.

 

[My3Sons]

I gave you the main participants in the first PP. On the 2 in a row it was a mishmash of team effort. I could either report what was going on or study who was out there. I chose the first.

Look, we don’t pay you not to do both. Get with the program old man.

 

[Tao Jersey Jones]

First PK in the third period:

DeLeo Talvitie Okhotiuk Groleau

Thompson Foote Bahl Russo

Talvitie Boqvist

5 on 3 after Bahl cross check

Thompson Wotherspoon Okhotiuk

Schmelzer joins from the box.

Gambardella Schmelzer Russo Groleau on following draw

Zetterlund DeLeo

Will look for the first PK in first period next.