2022-23 Utica Comets and ECHL thread

[SKNJD9]

Atta boy Nemec. Who do play the winner of next ?

 

[OmNomNom]

at least someone knows how to win a series

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

Utica’s moving on to play Toronto

 

[DevilsHughes86]

Fantastic feed by Nemec, wow!! Crazy ending to the game

 

[Guttersniped]

You hate to see it.

 

[DevilsHughes86]

Atta boy Nemec. Who do play the winner of next ?

Toronto Marlies

 

[Billdo]

We should send reinforcements from the big club if we get knocked out lol.

 

[Jason MacIsaac]

We should send reinforcements from the big club if we get knocked out lol.

Only Bahl and Schmid can go down. Unsure about Luke but he may go with Jack and Quinn to the world's.

 

[Billdo]

Only Bahl and Schmid can go down. Unsure about Luke but he may go with Jack and Quinn to the world's.

That's not a bad thing for them to go down though if they go that route. I'd imagine Mercer technically could too, no?

 

[Triumph]

That's not a bad thing for them to go down though if they go that route. I'd imagine Mercer technically could too, no?

No, Mercer is waiver-eligible now and was not sent down on Clear Day. Luke is also ineligible.

 

[NJDevs26]

Hope they at least stay alive long enough for Schmid to join the fun though I'm happy Daws is getting a moment in the sun too after we short-circuited him last year

 

[Guttersniped]

Made this from some video from last year’s playoffs.

 

[Guttersniped]

ALL THE ANGLES

 

[Billdo]

No, Mercer is waiver-eligible now and was not sent down on Clear Day. Luke is also ineligible.

Ah good call, thanks!

 

[Better Call Sal]

U-TI-CA is an awesome chant.

We should do it with NEW JER-SEY

 

[Bad Goalie]

Walsh has been clutch. Ties game 2 up with 18 seconds left. Had the OT winner game 1

I hate having to fix things posters say, but Walsh's goal came with 2 seconds left on the clock. That's 2! 1, 2. Building's roof came off.

It was even more insane when Laberge tipped in the winner. The crowd was standing for most of the OT.
Let's Go Comets! alternated with U-TI-CA! chants rang out continuously.

The puck almost never left the Laval end and chance after chance just riled the full house higher and higher until Laberge tipped in Neme'c point shot.

Then it was just pure pandemonium, joy, and love both on the ice and in the Aud.

It went on and on for several minutes during the team's celebration, the hand shake line, and the center ice salute to the crowd, until the team finally left the ice.

The clamor continued until the 3-star selections were announced 1 at time and the pandemonium took place 3 more times. a

Walsh and Laberge each engaged the masses and urged on more noise and adoration. Both guys ate it up as did the fans. Daws was a little more controlled , but the crowd rained down the well earned/deserved platitudes. He looked like a little kid on Christmas morning grinning from ear to ear and showing the kind of emotion goalies seldom do and he is no exception to that unwritten goalie rule. They have to maintain concentration and allow nothing to rattle them. He abandoned that stance for the moment. He was stellar and a huge reason the Comets are moving on. He made 58 saves of the 59 shots he faced in the 2-game sweep. He deserved every moment he spent in the crowd's adulation.

When I arrived home about an hour later my hearing was still affected. It was like my earlier days when I would return from a concert by "The Who", "Grand Funk Railroad", "The James Gang", "Jefferson Airplane", "Cream", "Mountain", and other ear shattering rock bands. My ears would ring and sound was muted for hours. That kind of response was caused tonight by a packed house yelling, screaming, whistling, stomping, clapping, ringing cowbells, and any other means of making noise they could muster. It was pure exuberance this crowd had been waiting and hoping to release all season and the boys gave them the moment to let it rip. One can only hope it won't be the last.

 

[Louskoolaid89]

I hate having to fix things posters say, but Walsh's goal came with 2 seconds left on the clock. That's 2! 1, 2. Building's roof came off.

It was even more insane when Laberge tipped in the winner. The crowd was standing for most of the OT.
Let's Go Comets! alternated with U-TI-CA! chants rang out continuously.

The puck almost never left the Laval end and chance after chance just riled the full house higher and higher until Laberge tipped in Neme'c point shot.

Then it was just pure pandemonium, joy, and love both on the ice and in the Aud.

It went on and on for several minutes during the team's celebration, the hand shake line, and the center ice salute to the crowd, until the team finally left the ice.

The clamor continued until the 3-star selections were announced 1 at time and the pandemonium took place 3 more times. a

Walsh and Laberge each engaged the masses and urged on more noise and adoration. Both guys ate it up as did the fans. Daws was a little more controlled , but the crowd rained down the well earned/deserved platitudes. He looked like a little kid on Christmas morning grinning from ear to ear and showing the kind of emotion goalies seldom do and he is no exception to that unwritten goalie rule. They have to maintain concentration and allow nothing to rattle them. He abandoned that stance for the moment. He was stellar and a huge reason the Comets are moving on. He made 58 saves of the 59 shots he faced in the 2-game sweep. He deserved every moment he spent in the crowd's adulation.

When I arrived home about an hour later my hearing was still affected. It was like my earlier days when I would return from a concert by "The Who", "Grand Funk Railroad", "The James Gang", "Jefferson Airplane", "Cream", "Mountain", and other ear shattering rock bands. My ears would ring and sound was muted for hours. That kind of response was caused tonight by a packed house yelling, screaming, whistling, stomping, clapping, ringing cowbells, and any other means of making noise they could muster. It was pure exuberance this crowd had been waiting and hoping to release all season and the boys gave them the moment to let it rip. One can only hope it won't be the last.

That's frigging awesome! Yeah looks like so much fun. I have an old Utica Devils gameworn from 1993. Been to games in Albany and Binghamton to see our AHL affiliate at the time. Utica is a must do!

 

[Mgd31]

I hate having to fix things posters say, but Walsh's goal came with 2 seconds left on the clock. That's 2! 1, 2. Building's roof came off.

It was even more insane when Laberge tipped in the winner. The crowd was standing for most of the OT.
Let's Go Comets! alternated with U-TI-CA! chants rang out continuously.

The puck almost never left the Laval end and chance after chance just riled the full house higher and higher until Laberge tipped in Neme'c point shot.

Then it was just pure pandemonium, joy, and love both on the ice and in the Aud.

It went on and on for several minutes during the team's celebration, the hand shake line, and the center ice salute to the crowd, until the team finally left the ice.

The clamor continued until the 3-star selections were announced 1 at time and the pandemonium took place 3 more times. a

Walsh and Laberge each engaged the masses and urged on more noise and adoration. Both guys ate it up as did the fans. Daws was a little more controlled , but the crowd rained down the well earned/deserved platitudes. He looked like a little kid on Christmas morning grinning from ear to ear and showing the kind of emotion goalies seldom do and he is no exception to that unwritten goalie rule. They have to maintain concentration and allow nothing to rattle them. He abandoned that stance for the moment. He was stellar and a huge reason the Comets are moving on. He made 58 saves of the 59 shots he faced in the 2-game sweep. He deserved every moment he spent in the crowd's adulation.

When I arrived home about an hour later my hearing was still affected. It was like my earlier days when I would return from a concert by "The Who", "Grand Funk Railroad", "The James Gang", "Jefferson Airplane", "Cream", "Mountain", and other ear shattering rock bands. My ears would ring and sound was muted for hours. That kind of response was caused tonight by a packed house yelling, screaming, whistling, stomping, clapping, ringing cowbells, and any other means of making noise they could muster. It was pure exuberance this crowd had been waiting and hoping to release all season and the boys gave them the moment to let it rip. One can only hope it won't be the last.

In my defense the official Comets Twitter said 18 seconds then deleted the tweet

 

[Triumph]

I was following along on AHL.com, and the updates on there are janky. So at one point it updated that the score was tied 1-1 but not who scored or what all happened. I feel like I've seen things like this where it would just re-update to be a 1-0 final for Laval, but there it was - 2 seconds left.

 

[swiiscompos]

In the midst of the NHL playoffs frenzy we've forgotten that our Comets are starting today their series against the Toronto Marlies. Let's hope they have a great series!

 

[swiiscompos]

Walsh scores on the PP! 1-0 Utica.

 

[swiiscompos]

Clarke goal now!! 2-0 Utica. The big club better do the same... time to switch my attention to them.

 

[Bad Goalie]

2023 Calder Cup Playoffs
Round 2 for Utica. Best of 5

Utica Comets @ Toronto Marlies

Forwards:
15 Gambardella/ 26 Schmelzer/ 9 Holtz
24 Halonen/ 21 Stevens/ 92 Clarke
79 Laberge/ 77 Talvitie/ 12 Thompson
67 Parent/ 28 Pinho/ 8 Hawryluk

D-Pairs:
55 Geertsen / 22 Walsh
23 Wotherspoon/ 7 Nemec
65 Hayes/ 5 Russo

Goal - 50 Daws

Scratches:
Poulter (BU)
Vukojevic (Inj)
Hutchison (Inj)
Hatakka (Inj)
Friedman (H)
Filmon (H)
Ibragimov (H)
Groleau (H)
Foote (INJ ?)
Engaras (H)

Comets down a man after 17 seconds.
Wotherspoon for high sticking.

Shot gloved by Daws.
It's down the ice.
Halonen gets it out along with Hayes.
Back out to center.
Graet chance goes wide of Daws.
Down the ice again.
Daws it

Back to 5on 5.

Toronto called for too many men.

Comets break the ICE -- WALSH off the post and in.
Holtz the primary Assist

1-0 Utica
6:08

TV TO
13:38 to go

Halonen a shot and it's stopped.

More of the game is being played in the Comets zone with lots of attempts going high or wide.

Comets now turning it over on the last 3 possessions trying to get out of their own zone.

Wotherspoon shot stopped.

Big stop by Daws.

Clifford and Geertsen to the box. Roughing

TV TO
7:48 to go

4 on 4
Advantage Toronto

Holtz knocked down as he crossed into the TO zone.

Clarke and Halonen in 2 on 1

Clarke will not pass.

He doesn't------------- Shoots------------------- SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a 4 on 4 goal for Utica - Rare air for the Comets

2-0 Comets
13:39
Nemec hits IRON!

TV TO
5:38 to go

Talvitie stopped.

Petruzzelli a big stop.

2:10 to go in the 1st. Puck into the Comets bench.

Comets approaching their Achilles heel last minute of the period.

:54 to go. TO offsides.

Petz holds on for a whistle. 13 seconds to go.

That's it for the 1st.
Utica 2-0

SOG:
Utc 12
Tor 6

 

[britdevil]

3-0!

 

[Hisch13r]

You knew this was coming after they tweeted this