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by Powerman63 on 5/10/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaUnbelievable game! 4OT! Outcome wasn't what we wanted but longest hockey game I ever attended!!
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Utica Comets at Adirondack Bank Center
Catch some of the future stars of the National Hockey League when the Utica Comets take the ice. The Comets play in the North Division of the American Hockey League's Eastern Conference, and are the top minor league affiliate of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks. The Comets call the Adirondack Bank Center at Utica Memorial Auditorium home. Commonly known as "The Aud," the arena first opened in 1960 and seats 3,680. The team is coached by former AHL defenseman Trent Cull, who was an assistant with the Syracuse Crunch before replacing current Canucks head coach Travis Green in 2017. The team's president is Robert Esche, who grew up in nearby Whitesboro, and had success as a goalie for the Philadelphia Flyers and in the KHL in the 2000s.
Utica Comets Hockey History
Although the Comets first took to the ice in 2013, both the franchise and the city of Utica, New York, have a long tradition of hockey excellence. The Quebec Castors (Beavers) of the Canadian-American Hockey League were established in 1926, moving to Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1935, and becoming the Springfield Indians. Bruins legend Eddie Shore would own the Indians until 1976, and the franchise would eventually win seven Calder Cup championships before moving first to Worcester, Mass., in 1994, then Peoria, Ill., in 2005. The Utica Comets name pays tribute to two teams who played at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in the 1970s and '80s, both named the Mohawk Valley Comets.
The Vancouver Canucks purchased the Peoria Rivermen in 2013, switching their affiliation from the St. Louis Blues, and immediately relocating them to Utica. For their first two seasons, the Comets retained their position in the AHL's Western Conference, before a massive league realignment between 2015 and 2016. As such, the Comets won the Western Conference title in 2015, losing in five games to the Manchester Monarchs in the Calder Cup finals. The start of the 2019-20 AHL season found the Utica Comets in the midst of a league record 155-game home sellout streak dating back to 2015, which extended to 169 games when including their playoff appearances.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Rating: 5 out of 5by Anonymous on 5/5/15Utica Memorial Aud - Utica Just like every Utica Comets game, this was incredible since they moved on to round #2 of the Calder Cup Playoffs.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Utica Comets Game 5 ELECTRICITY in the air
by trancemoment on 5/5/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaBest barn in the AHL, a must for any hockey fan. U-TI-CA!!
Rating: 5 out of 5 Sold out
by UpstateNY2013 on 4/4/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaFor the 24th time this year a Comets game was sold out. It is a fun time, decent food ( Comet dough) and a winning team makes a for a fun evening.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Comets were amazing
by Anonymous on 3/30/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaThis is the first game I have attended at the Aud. The employees were very helpful, parking is easy and leaving after the game was stress free. I really enjoyed the smaller venue as opposed to Albany which is so large and feels empty because people are so spread out. It is a wonderful place and doing the tickets via Ticketmaster and printing them out before we left was so easy. I can say I will go to Utica for Hockey again, probably many times and will look for other programs that I can attend.
Rating: 4 out of 5by Anonymous on 3/20/15Utica Memorial Aud - Utica This was a good event. I usually work the event but took my daughter and wife to the game. Every thing was good as far as finding seating and parking was easily obtained.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Comets are amazing
by avas719 on 3/7/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaThis hockey game was amazing. Even had a man hit and put out cold on the ice. There is some awesome goals too. It went to a shoot out with Utica winning
Rating: 5 out of 5 Great passing and shots on goal
by Anonymous on 3/7/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaWe had a great time at the game. I though the play was great on both sides. Very sorry to see a Player get hurt but that a risk in this Game of speed and impact. We had another couple with us and the wife had never been to a hockey game before. Well she got her money's worth. I told her she saw the total game with fast play, overtime and shoot out. The Comets have brought new life to Utica area. The Arena is a great place to watch a Game.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Utica Hockey
by 3c2b1c on 2/21/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaGreat game! We won! Fantastic wonderful fun night!
Rating: 5 out of 5 Love the team and the venue!
by brijul on 2/21/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaFirst off, the Utica Aud has been renovated and improved so much that it almost feel like a brand new building. The staff are professional and well dressed, the stores are well stocked and decently priced. The production of the event is truly a top notch job. From the two big screens to show gameplay, replay, interviews and fan can, along with the actual fan interaction, you feel like you are part of the event. The sound quality of announcers and music no longer echoes off the walls like the the old aud, it has been improved so much that I may even consider going to a concert there. Previously, it was painful to listen to anything loud in that arena. And then we have the team...it is an awesome opportunity to be able to watch professional athletes in this part of the state. They play the game hard, interact with the crowd, appreciate this town and the fans, and have become very visible out to the public. I've been to a couple games this year and I am so impressed by everything, that next season I will be purchasing season tickets.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Oh, o'Reilley!
by Nasip on 2/11/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaBest hockey game I have ever seen! 7 goals and a dozen fights and so entertaining!
Rating: 4 out of 5 Comets are great
by ca00 on 2/11/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaThe local paper said that was one of the best games this year. I have to agree. Action was great, crowd participation super, overall fun time for our group. We all agreed that anything that could happen in a hockey game happened that day.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Best Game this season
by Anonymous on 2/11/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaThis was the best game I've been to all season. Great Job Comets
Rating: 5 out of 5 Great game, good seats, small arena
by MVanS on 1/13/15Utica Memorial Aud - UticaIt was a fun time. Ample parking, good feel in the arena, home team won. We will be back
Rating: 5 out of 5 good times
by matt11982 on 12/30/14Utica Memorial Aud - UticaThis was my 2nd game this year. Great game and a great time. I would definitely recommend going to see the comets at the Aud.
Rating: 5 out of 5by Anonymous on 12/29/14Utica Memorial Aud - Utica Good seats,fast paced game.entertaining the whole time
Rating: 5 out of 5 Excellent Brand of Hockey
by Anonymous on 12/22/14Utica Memorial Aud - UticaWe enjoyed the game very much. My son came home from Houston Texas for Christmas . He is big Hockey fan. The Aud is in great shape and to me it looks like the Comets have brought new life to Utica. We loved the Overtime win it sure got the place rocking.
Rating: 4 out of 5by Anonymous on 12/16/14Utica Memorial Aud - Utica I was born and raised in Liverpool, N.Y. a suburb of Syracuse. Even though I now reside in the Mohawk Valley my goal was to watch an entertaining game. I really did not root for either team. My goal was reached I did watch an entertaining game.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Crunch lose 4-5 in round 2 of a 6 game regular sea
by Ezzo31 on 11/29/14Utica Memorial Aud - UticaSeats were good they let u in about an hour before game time there are great seats everywhere in the building kind of a small barn so seating is good there are two videotrons both are on either side where the home team shoots there is parking its only 5.00
Rating: 5 out of 5 The Wolves Went Away Hungry
by PoppyDon on 11/17/14Utica Memorial Aud - UticaThe Comets shown tonight! The scoring went back and forth while a few players attempted to settle some issues from the previous game. It began to look like there would be an overtime period when the Wolves tied up the game with only a few minutes left, but a lacka daisicle effort on a bouncing puck by the Wolves' goalie, gave the Comets the win! Great game, great venue, and lots of action.