2017-18 Utica Comets Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 38-26-8 (SO: 6-4) - 88 points
Finishing 4th in the AHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Trent Cull (38-26, 8 OTL)
Location: Utica, New York
Attendance: 148,846, Avg. 3,917 in 38 home dates
2017-18 Utica Comets RosterTeam Record: 38-26-8 (SO: 6-4) - 88 points
Finishing 4th in the AHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Trent Cull (38-26, 8 OTL)
Location: Utica, New York
Attendance: 148,846, Avg. 3,917 in 38 home dates
The Utica Comets of the American Hockey League ended the 2017-18 season with a record of 38 wins and 26 losses (and 8 overtime losses), with a 6-4 showing in shootouts for 88 points finishing fourth in the AHL's North Division.
The Comets scored 211 goals and yielded 216. Reid Boucher netted 25 goals for Utica, and Patrick Wiercioch recorded 27 assists. Thatcher Demko earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.44 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Trent Cull coached the team. The 2017-18 Utica Comets lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reid Boucher | LW | 45 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 35 | +1 | 7 | 2 | 181 | 13.8 |
| Michael Chaput | C | 55 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 59 | -22 | 9 | 0 | 115 | 14.8 |
| Patrick Wiercioch | D | 58 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 45 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 121 | 8.3 |
| Zack MacEwen | R | 66 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 56 | -20 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 7.9 |
| Nikolay Goldobin | RW | 30 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 8 | +5 | 6 | 0 | 59 | 15.3 |
| Philip Holm | D | 42 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 28 | -6 | 7 | 0 | 97 | 11.3 |
| Michael Carcone | LW | 68 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 71 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 10.2 |
| Cole Cassels | C | 69 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 70 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 7.6 |
| Cameron Darcy | C | 46 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 54 | +3 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 8.2 |
| Wacey Hamilton | RW | 45 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 54 | +13 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 6.3 |
| Alexis D'Aoust | RW | 57 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 12 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 11.0 |
| Guillaume Brisebois | D | 68 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 16 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 4.5 |
| Adam Comrie | D | 41 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 24 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 9.2 |
| Carter Bancks | LW | 45 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 58 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 7.1 |
| Darren Archibald | LW | 25 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 9.9 |
| Dylan Blujus | D | 45 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 24 | +9 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 5.2 |
| Jayson Megna | C | 25 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | -8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 15.4 |
| Ashton Sautner | D | 61 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 55 | +9 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 3.6 |
| Joseph LaBate | C | 39 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 87 | -12 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 8.2 |
| Andrew Cherniwchan | F | 39 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 50 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 17.4 |
| Griffen Molino | F | 46 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | +9 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 7.0 |
| Tony Cameranesi | C | 34 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 5.6 |
| Lukas Jasek | RW | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 |
| Jalen Chatfield | D | 60 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 26 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
| Evan McEneny | D | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Tanner MacMaster | F | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| David Dziurzynski | LW | 27 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 28 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 |
| Jaime Sifers | D | 37 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 44 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0.0 |
| Jordan Subban | D | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.0 |
| Frankie Simonelli | D | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Brendan Woods | C | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 30 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Zac Lynch | F | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Brendan Gaunce | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Marc-Olivier Roy | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 |
| Jonathan Dahlen | LW | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Anton Rodin | F | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Vincent Arseneau | LW | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 49 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Matt Leitner | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Willie Corrin | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Justin Taylor | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Richard Bachman | G | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yan-Pavel Laplante | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Thatcher Demko | G | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mathieu Brodeur | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Kole Lind | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Cliff Watson | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Joe Faust | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Irving | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mackenze Stewart | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Brian Ward | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brady Brassart | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Nolan Valleau | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Caleb Herbert | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Joel Lowry | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Moynihan | C | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Anton Cederholm | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Justin Hamonic | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Motte | C/LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1445 | 205 | 358 | 563 | 1132 | -87 | 57 | 8 | 2257 | 9.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thatcher Demko | 46 | 2781:00 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 113 | 2.44 | 1453 | 1340 | .922 | |
| Richard Bachman | 31 | 1834:00 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 91 | 2.98 | 924 | 833 | .902 | |
| Totals | 77 | 4615 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 2.65 | 2377 | 2173 | .914 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reid Boucher | LW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 27.3 |
| Michael Chaput | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Patrick Wiercioch | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Zack MacEwen | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Nikolay Goldobin | RW | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Michael Carcone | LW | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Cole Cassels | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Cameron Darcy | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Wacey Hamilton | RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Guillaume Brisebois | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Carter Bancks | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Dylan Blujus | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Ashton Sautner | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Cherniwchan | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Lukas Jasek | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jalen Chatfield | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Tanner MacMaster | F | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Jaime Sifers | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jonathan Dahlen | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Vincent Arseneau | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thatcher Demko | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Motte | C/LW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Totals | 95 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 64 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 144 | 9.7 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thatcher Demko | 5 | 312:00 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.69 | 191 | 177 | .927 |
| Totals | 5 | 312 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.69 | 191 | 177 | .927 |
