The Utica Comets finally won their first game of the season. Prospects Lenni Hameenaho and Shane LaChance remain pointless.
Comets Win
It took until Game 8 of the AHL season, but the Utica Comets have finally won their first game with a 3-1 victory over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Saturday night. This followed another shutout loss for the Comets on Friday night, this time 4-0 against Syracuse. Newly returned Nico Daws was in net for both games. Angus Crookshank, Mike Hardman, and Jonathan Gruden scored for the Comets. Rookies center Matyas Melovsky and defenseman Ethan Edwards picked up assists.
Noticeably absent from the scoresheet again was Shane LaChance despite playing on the top line with Ryan Schmelzer and the goal-scorer Angus Crookshank. Lenni Hameenaho, who has been suiting up on mostly the Comets third line, did not play in the victory. Both prospects shined in training camp and looked to be on the verge of making the Devils. It should not take long for them to get back on track.
Around the Pool:
- He’s not scoring [1 assist in 23 games] or playing anywhere near the same minutes under his new head coach, but defenseman Anton Silayev is still doing this.
- Forward Cam Squires drives to the net for his first ECHL goal of the season.
- Devils 2nd round pick in 2025, Conrad Fondrk is off to a nice start for Boston University this season with 5 points in 8 games including this power play snipe.
- Lastly, goaltender Tyler Brennan is off to a fantastic start for Adirondack of the ECHL with a 2-1-1 record, 1.97 GAA and .910 SV%. A contract year, this may be the last chance for the 22-year-old goaltender to find his game if he wants to stay in the Devils system. Though the sample size is small, so far, he has done that at the ECHL level this year.
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