2015-16 Utica Comets Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 38-26-8 (SO: 1-4) - 88 points
Finishing 3rd in the AHL's North Division
Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Travis Green (38-26, 8 OTL)
Location: Utica, New York
Attendance: 146,680, Avg. 3,860 in 38 home dates
2015-16 Utica Comets RosterTeam Record: 38-26-8 (SO: 1-4) - 88 points
Finishing 3rd in the AHL's North Division
Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Travis Green (38-26, 8 OTL)
Location: Utica, New York
Attendance: 146,680, Avg. 3,860 in 38 home dates
The Utica Comets of the American Hockey League ended the 2015-16 season with a record of 38 wins and 26 losses (and 8 overtime losses), with a 1-4 showing in shootouts for 88 points finishing third in the AHL's North Division.
The Comets scored 224 goals and conceded 217. Hunter Shinkaruk netted 21 goals for Utica, while Alexandre Grenier recorded 32 assists. Joe Cannata topped the squad with 20 wins, and Richard Bachman added 15 or more victories also. Joe Cannata recorded a 2.52 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Travis Green coached the team. The 2015-16 Utica Comets lost in the Division Semifinal of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Grenier | RW | 69 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 43 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 158 | 10.1 |
| Hunter Shinkaruk | LW | 45 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 18 | +7 | 10 | 0 | 107 | 19.6 |
| Carter Bancks | LW | 76 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 46 | +8 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 13.1 |
| Brendan Gaunce | C | 46 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 16 | +12 | 2 | 2 | 117 | 14.5 |
| Jordan Subban | D | 67 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 38 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 143 | 7.7 |
| Mike Zalewski | C | 58 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 46 | +14 | 1 | 3 | 117 | 13.7 |
| Taylor Fedun | D | 63 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 48 | +3 | 6 | 0 | 169 | 4.7 |
| Alex Friesen | C | 65 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 75 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 132 | 10.6 |
| Jon Landry | D | 47 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 8.5 |
| Travis Ehrhardt | D | 64 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 33 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 7.6 |
| Ronalds Kenins | LW | 41 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 44 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 6.3 |
| Andrey Pedan | D | 45 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 87 | +17 | 1 | 2 | 105 | 6.7 |
| Joseph LaBate | C | 66 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 79 | -12 | 5 | 0 | 103 | 9.7 |
| Darren Archibald | LW | 51 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 96 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 11.2 |
| Blair Jones | C | 36 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 35 | +3 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 12.5 |
| Wacey Hamilton | RW | 53 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 61 | +4 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 13.1 |
| Linden Vey | RW | 26 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 7.0 |
| T.J. Hensick | C | 19 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Chris Higgins | C | 22 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 8 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 14.3 |
| Nicklas Jensen | RW | 27 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 4.9 |
| Ashton Sautner | D | 50 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 7.4 |
| John Negrin | D | 58 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 22 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1.6 |
| David Shields | D | 32 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | +12 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Cole Cassels | C | 67 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 |
| Brandon Prust | L | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Curtis Valk | C | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Alex Biega | D | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 |
| Kellen Jones | LW | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Brandon Marino | F | 30 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 |
| Danny Syvret | D | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| John Kurtz | LW | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 38 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
| Mike Pereira | LW | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Joe Cannata | G | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milos Bubela | LW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Cam Reid | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Evan Rankin | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| William Wrenn | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Richard Bachman | G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kellan Lain | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Evan McEneny | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Clay Witt | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drew Daniels | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Greger Hanson | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jacob Markstrom | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Virtanen | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Currier | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Dane Fox | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mackenze Stewart | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1446 | 223 | 371 | 594 | 1029 | -15 | 53 | 17 | 2386 | 9.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Cannata | 40 | 2381:01 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 100 | 2.52 | 1094 | 994 | .909 | |
| Richard Bachman | 35 | 2009:43 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 92 | 2.75 | 921 | 829 | .900 | |
| Jacob Markstrom | 2 | 125:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.40 | 55 | 50 | .909 | |
| Clay Witt | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 24 | 18 | .750 | |
| Empty Net | 28:27 | 0 | 10 | 21.43 | 10 | |||||||
| Totals | 78 | 4603 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 2.78 | 2114 | 1901 | .899 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Grenier | RW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Carter Bancks | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Brendan Gaunce | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Jordan Subban | D | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Mike Zalewski | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Taylor Fedun | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Alex Friesen | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Jon Landry | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Travis Ehrhardt | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Ronalds Kenins | LW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Andrey Pedan | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Joseph LaBate | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Darren Archibald | LW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| T.J. Hensick | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Ashton Sautner | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Negrin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Shields | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Cole Cassels | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Kellen Jones | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brandon Marino | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mike Pereira | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Joe Cannata | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Bachman | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 78 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 48 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 7.8 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Cannata | 3 | 141 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.98 | 68 | 61 | .897 |
| Richard Bachman | 3 | 105 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.00 | 50 | 43 | .860 |
| Empty Net | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.00 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 6 | 248 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.63 | 120 | 105 | .875 |
