The Comets have been playing better as of late, but still have a long way to go to crawl out of the basement.
Comets Win
The Comets won 3-2 in a shootout victory over the Wilkes-Barre Penguins on Saturday thanks to a 31 save effort by goaltender Jakub Malek. Wingers Cam Squires and Josh Filmon both scored their first AHL goals of the season for the Comets. Defenseman Seamus Casey picked up his 11th assist and winger Lenni Hameenaho earned first star honors with the shootout victory goal.
Jakub Malek has been excellent in net since his recall from Adirondack.
The win came after a 4-2 loss to the Penguins Friday night. Nico Daws earned the loss in that one, stopping 20 of 23. Both Comets goals would be scored on special teams by Kyle Criscuolo and assisted by Lenni Hameenaho, one short-handed and the other on the power play with another secondary assist by defender Seamus Casey. After a ten game adjustment to the league, Lenni Hameenaho has been the Comets best player recently with 11 points in his last 15 games, putting him one point behind Xavier Parent and Seamus Casey for the team lead of 12. Kris Criscuolo has also been playing well ever since he moved up to the top center position and seems to have found some chemistry with Hameenaho. Forward Cam Squires has also had a terrific turnaround after starting the season with Adirondack and has found his game recently, even suiting up on the top line at times. Hopefully, that will all continue in the new year.
Around the Pool
The pool is mostly frozen for the holidays with many leagues not returning until January, and not much happening of note in the others. So, I’ll just take this time to wish all our dear readers a blessed, healthy, and joyous celebration and a wonderful New Year.
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