Hamilton College men’s hockey team is set to face Neumann on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA D3 tournament.
7 pm game in Clinton
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Hamilton College men’s hockey team is set to face Neumann on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA D3 tournament.
7 pm game in Clinton
Utica U men’s hockey squad, which won its conference title on Saturday, will play Williams on Saturday, March 14 in the first round of the NCAA D3 tournament.
7 pm Game in Utica
It was 1-1. Then it definitely wasn’t.
Utica Comets made a push, got within 2, but fall 7-3 on Saturday at Belleville.
Another missed opportunity. 4-game win streak ends.
Now 3 back of 6th.
Utica is 20-26-5-4 overall
The Utica Comets have won 4 consecutive for the 1st time in 25-26 season.
Scored 19 goals during this streak.
Comets are 6-1-0-1 in last 8. 13-9-1-2 in last 25.
1 point back of 6th place Belleville, which is on sked again Saturday.
Now 7 pts out of 5th.
They were 19 pts out of 5th in mid-Feb.
Confirmed via NJD PR: Lenni Hämeenaho was made eligible to play for Comets rest of AHL season.
A paper transaction, which is common at deadline.
He could join at any time or not at all.
No other NJD players were made eligible, per spokesperson.
Everyone on Comets roster at 3 pm Friday is eligible
Believe it or not, Nico Daws said this 2025-26 Utica Comets squad is one of his "favorite groups of guys that I’ve ever played with.”
The results are starting to follow for a surging Comets squad, which is 5-1-0-1 in the last seven games
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From Monday: Notre Dame girls hoopers continue undefeated run as Ella Trinkaus continues to do Ella Trinkaus things (season-most 39 points in this instance)
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I'm unclear when Seamus Casey departed Utica after the injury, only that he isn't in CNY.
Ryan Parent did say Seamus Casey "is not rehabbing here."
Depending on your world view, that could be positive-ish? given he said the word "rehabbing."
And, ICYMI, a Seamus Casey update:
You'll recall he hasn't played with Utics since Jan. 25, 2026.
R. Parent "doesn't know the exact timetable" for return to play.
"He will be out for a significant amount of time. ... I can't imagine seeing him any time soon."
As recently as 10 days ago, the Utica Comets were 19 points out of 5th place in North.
With Saturday’s 5-1 win @ Belleville, Utica is now 11 back of 5th place.
They’re 5 back of 6th place Belleville.
Just saying, there’s progress.
Comets are 18-25-5-4 overall. 20 games to play
My wife had a realization a few years ago:
“Wait. Is a lot of the stuff you say … just movie quotes?!”
Oh no I have been discovered.
Chatted with Bob Woods, the former Utica Devils player/longtime @TheAHL and @NHL coach/@ECHL Hall of Famer.
On returning to the Utica area (he met his wife here back in the day), getting into curling (he’s in 4 leagues) and not being done with hockey.
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Say his name and he appears …
Joe Hendry on the list of performers for NXT stop in April in Utica
@sarahkelly.bsky.social
“Hey! i know her!”
It is also Ryan Schmelzer’s 109th assist with the Comets.
That surpasses Alex Grenier for most assists with the Utica Comets.
Ryan Schmelzer to the top.
With credited assist on Mike Hardman’s third period goal Sunday, Ryan Schmelzer has 176 points with the Utica Comets.
He’s No. 1 on the Comets career points list.
Once Olympics are over, Málek and Cholowski possibly return to Utica.
Guess we’ll see.
Comets have 3-in-3 this weekend with games Saturday and Sunday at home
As expected, after not appearing in any games with Utica Comets since return from AHL all-star break, both Lenni Hämeenaho and Colton White have been recalled.
Also recalled was Dennis Cholowski.
And goalie Jakub Málek, which NJD describes “as a Practice Goaltender per NHL Olympic regulations.”
Comets fall 2-1 on the road Tuesday in Bridgeport.
Utica have dropped 4 of the last 6, which further won’t help the team’s hope of trying to get back into thick of the North with 26 gsmes to go.
Comets are 14-24-5-3 overall.
Days since I read the comments: 0.
Don't read the comments.
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How did the pancakes win the baseball tournament?
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They had the best batter.
A giant loss: Robert Duvall is gone. An extraordinary artist who was fluent in every dialect of film acting, from ice-cold underplayer (The Godfather) to expert naturalist (Tender Mercies, The Apostle) to balls-to-the-wall maniac (Apocalypse Now). One of our all-timers. Plunge into that filmography.
ol elon broke his app again
Utica’s victory Sunday is also Nico Daws’ 50th career AHL win.
He’s the second goalie to reach 50 wins with the Utica Comets Hockey Club.
First in the #NJDevils era
They’re all basically “must win” games at this point for the Comets.
Team put up a season-best 41 shots and 7 goals on Sunday to earn split with ROC
Multi point games for 7 Comets.
1-2-3 for McLaughlin and Halonen.
0-3-3 for J. Gruden.
Comets are 14-23-5-3 overall as they reach 45-game mark.
Also snapped this last night at ND
Dropped a Shelly Pennefather reference in that story because hoops legends deserve to be acknowledged 😀
From the hardwood:
No. 1-ranked Utica Notre Dame caps 20-0 regular season.
The last time that’s believed to have happened is 1982-83.
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Chatted with Austin Strand bc I hadn't really.
On that injury that kept him out, forming perhaps an unlikely bond with another teammate and playing in Utica.
Enjoyed this chat with the veteran D-man.
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Break’s over: Utica Comets look for improvement, especially offensively; McLaughlin ready; Hämeenaho, White and Casey notes
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