2024-25 Utica Comets and ECHL thread

[Bad Goalie]

Dowling clears waivers and is returned to the Comets. Can really use him.

 

[Bad Goalie]

So the young defenders are fairly talented. They should be well above the average. the only dud in the group is MacKinnon. But they don't seem to be doing much to lift the play of the team other than Casey. To me this is almost as disappointing as the team not adding real centers.

Due to the lack of good D-coverage from the forwards lots of the time, just stopping the opponent in their own end is their #1 priority.

If you check out the Comets scores in their games you will discover their other problem you can hang on the forwrds, they DON"T SCORE GOALS!

 

[Hisch13r]

The Comets recalled Jackson van de Leest from Adirondack yesterday. Hope that doesn't mean someone is down. Maybe just because they are in Cleveland tonight and tomorrow they wanted a couple extra D.

Casey
Nemec
DeSimone
Misyul
Vilen
MacKinnon

Osipov
van de Leest

Can't see a need for either of them on the roster, but taking both of them to Cleveland doesn't make sense.

Any idea why Casey's out tonight?

 

[Bad Goalie]

12/18/24
Utica Comets at Cleveland Monsters

Forwards:
(34) Beckman (26) Schmelzer (25) Foote
(79) Laberge (15) Bowers (11) Legare
(10) Dowling (39) Hardman (24) Halonen
(5) Gambardella (67) Parent (61) Stillman

(93) Misyul (57) DeSimone
(83) Vilen (17) Nemec
(3) MacKinnon (44) Osipov

Goal - (1) Poulter

Cleveland scored 1st on a wraparound into the net around Poulter's right post.
Hunter McKown
13:49

1-0 Cleveland

End of Period 1
1-0 Cleveland
SOG:
12-11 Utica

Cleveland with the only PP of the period killed by the Comets.
Legare had a SH breakaway but he was stopped.