2016-17 Utica Comets Statistics
Team Record: 35-32-7 (SO: 2-2) - 79 points
Finishing 5th in the AHL's North Division
Coach: Travis Green (35-32-7, 2 OTL)
Location: Utica, New York
Attendance: 147,060, Avg. 3,870 in 38 home dates
The Utica Comets of the American Hockey League ended the 2016-17 season with a record of 35 wins and 32 losses (and 7 overtime losses), with a 2-2 showing in shootouts for 79 points finishing fifth in the AHL's North Division.
The Comets scored 195 goals and allowed 220. Darren Archibald netted 23 goals for Utica, while Curtis Valk contributed 30 assists. Thatcher Demko topped the squad with 22 wins, and Richard Bachman registered a 2.65 goals against average, best among goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Travis Green coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Archibald | LW | 76 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 58 | -8 | 6 | 2 | 184 | 12.5 |
| Curtis Valk | C | 75 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 49 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 9.9 |
| Alexandre Grenier | RW | 69 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 52 | -15 | 7 | 0 | 152 | 11.2 |
| Cody Kunyk | C | 61 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 16 | -6 | 4 | 1 | 108 | 13.9 |
| Jordan Subban | D | 65 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 36 | -12 | 10 | 0 | 151 | 10.6 |
| Pascal Pelletier | L | 52 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 20 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 13.3 |
| Colby Robak | D | 64 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 54 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 122 | 2.5 |
| Borna Rendulic | F | 69 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 30 | +3 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 15.0 |
| Evan McEneny | D | 64 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 20 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 167 | 4.8 |
| Carter Bancks | LW | 69 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 27 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 13.7 |
| Chad Billins | D | 72 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 2.9 |
| Jake Virtanen | LW | 65 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 48 | -11 | 4 | 0 | 142 | 6.3 |
| Wacey Hamilton | RW | 67 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 93 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 11.1 |
| Mike Zalewski | C | 54 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 36 | +11 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 6.0 |
| Michael Carcone | LW | 61 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 31 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 5.7 |
| Joseph LaBate | C | 38 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 80 | -6 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 9.1 |
| Michael Chaput | C | 10 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Cole Cassels | C | 66 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 33 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 8.2 |
| Andrey Pedan | D | 52 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 100 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 4.7 |
| David Shields | D | 48 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0.0 |
| Marc-Olivier Roy | C | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Derek Hulak | LW | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25.0 |
| John Negrin | D | 22 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Thatcher Demko | G | 45 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ashton Sautner | D | 47 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.0 |
| Nikolay Goldobin | RW | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100.0 |
| Brendan Gaunce | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Jayson Megna | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Tom Nilsson | D | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Phil DeSimone | C | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Anton Rodin | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Troy Stecher | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Yan-Pavel Laplante | C | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Luke Pither | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Richard Bachman | G | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Alex Wall | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Emerson Clark | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Alex Biega | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Garteig | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1448 | 193 | 339 | 532 | 902 | -71 | 50 | 7 | 2258 | 8.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thatcher Demko | 45 | 2555:18 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 114 | 2.68 | 1232 | 1118 | .907 | |
| Richard Bachman | 27 | 1583:41 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 70 | 2.65 | 765 | 695 | .908 | |
| Michael Garteig | 8 | 418:58 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3.01 | 204 | 183 | .897 | |
| Empty Net | 43:40 | 0 | 13 | 17.86 | 13 | |||||||
| Totals | 80 | 4599 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 218 | 2.84 | 2227 | 2009 | .902 |
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