1/4/2025
Belleville Senators at Utica Comets
Forwards:
(25) Foote (26) Schmelzer (20) Willman
(39) Hardman (67) Parent (34) Beckman
(15) Bowers (61) Stillman (11) Legare
(5) Gambardella (13) Malone (24) Halonen
D-Pairs:
(93) Misyul (44) Osipov
(3) MacKinnon (83) Vilen
(6) White (17) Nemec
Period 1
Parent goes for Hooking
1:33
Osipov shoots it out of play.
Osipov Delay of game 2:15 Comets down 5 on 3.
Wyatt Bongiovanni scores.
3:29
5 on 3 PP goal.
1-0 Belleville
Hayden Hodgson scores at 16:56
2-0 Belleville
Ist is over.
2-0 Belleville
SOG
9-5 Belleville
Period 2
Comets start the period on the PK.
Osipov is still in the box for 1:51
Wyatt Bongiovanni scores.
It's a PP goal and his 2nd PP goal of the game.
1:24
3-0 Belleville
Jan Jenik scores
6:18
4-0 Belleville
That's it for Poulter.
Brodeur up from Adirondack will replace Isaac. Not an easy thing to do. He's cold and unprepared. He backed up last night and Poulter was very good. I am sure he had no expectations of actually playing tonight, but welcome to the Aud. Good luck!
That didn't take long. 1:26 after Brodeur took the crease Angus Crookshank scores goal #5 for the Sens.
Angus Crookshank
7:44
5-0 Belleville
Comets can't escape the 2nd without giving up another. Guenette is allowed to walk off the right wing and score unimpeded.
Maxence Guenette
18:51
6-0 Belleville
The Comets have done very little to defend in their own end and both Poulter and Brodeur have been left up to their own devices.
Well the Comets at least won't be shut out as Gambardella works hard and earns one for himself. A backhander while crossing in front.
Joe Gambardella
19:49
6-1 Belleville
The 2nd period mercifully comes to an end. It has to be one of if not their worst period of the season. I don't mean just because they gave up 4 goals against, but by the way they have played.
SOG:
14-8 Belleville
2-period total 23-13 Belleville
Period 3
I have no fantasies of the Comets coming back to make a game of this one. I also don't see the Senators doing much more than shutting the Comets down and taking their 2 points. I'm not sure what their plans for the rest of tonight are, but the weather is pure S**T and maybe it 's safer to go to a hotel and take the bus ride tomorrow.
Period 3
Here we go. 20 more minutes have to be completed.
Shaya says the same thing I have already stated. He thinks they will "Muddy it up" and just take their game out of here.
First 5 minutes have seen 1 shot and that was from the Comets.
Comets are pressing and getting no results. This team can't score to save their lives. Maybe they'll get one more to keep up top their avg of 2 goals per game.
Misyul drops 'em with Hayden Hidgson. Daniil landed a big one to start it up, but then Hayden got his left free and landed maybe 5 good ones. 3 were uppercuts after Daniil tried to get his face out of range. He left the ice bloodied.
One Senator has not received the message to shut down the Comets and leave it at that. Wyatt Bongiovanni wanted his hattrick and he just got it.
Bongiovanni the hattrick
9:01
7-1 Belleville
Building is basically empty. No reason to fight a traffic getting out of the parking lots and backonto the bad snowy roads
Game going nowhere except running time off the clock for roughly 5 minutes before we get another attempted tilt Between Angus Crookshank and Colton White. Whte leveled Stephen Halliday with an open ic check in the neutral zone in front of the benches. Crookshank came to object. They never got anything going as players and zebras broke it up. Interestin that both Crookshank and Halliday were wearing full face sheilds.
Both get 2 for roughing and 10 minute Misconducts-Unsportsmanlike conduct.
Back to listless hockey for a little over 3 minutes and Jan Jenik gets called for Holding at 18:50. He doesn't like it and has bad words withthe ref and getsa a 10 minute Misconduct.
Comets to the PP. Big F**Cking Deal!!!!!!!!!!!
Halonen scores at 19:49. A PPG.
Halonen
19:49
7-2 Belleville
After the Halonen goal Pilon voiced his anger for the penalty that allowed the goal and he got 10 at 19:50.
SOG for the 3rd
8-7 Utica
SOG for the game 30-21 Belleville
Comets goals:
Joe Gambardella (2) from Vilen (5) and Beckman (12)
Halonen (12) from Nemec (6) and Gambardella (2) PP
Comets record is now 7-17-3-2.
Their record at home is disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1-8-1-2. To state it honestly, it's 1W-11L.
Next outing Wednesday 1/8 vs the Syracuse Crunch at the Adirondack Bank Center/Utica Aud. Another home game.
