2022-23 Utica Comets Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 35-27-6 (SO: 2-4) - 80 points
Finishing 4th in the AHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Kevin Dineen (35-27, 6 OTL)
Location: Utica, New York
2022-23 Utica Comets RosterTeam Record: 35-27-6 (SO: 2-4) - 80 points
Finishing 4th in the AHL's North Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Kevin Dineen (35-27, 6 OTL)
Location: Utica, New York
The Utica Comets of the American Hockey League ended the 2022-23 season with a record of 35 wins and 27 losses (and 6 overtime losses), with a 2-4 showing in shootouts for 80 points finishing fourth in the AHL's North Division.
The Comets scored 215 goals and allowed 222. Graeme Clarke netted 25 goals for Utica and contributed 33 assists. Nico Daws topped the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 2.7 goals against average, best among regular goalies.
Kevin Dineen coached the team. The 2022-23 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Clarke | RW | 68 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 18 | +5 | 3 | 0 | 211 | 11.8 |
| Reilly Walsh | D | 71 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 40 | -6 | 5 | 0 | 137 | 6.6 |
| Nolan Foote | LW | 55 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 27 | +2 | 4 | 0 | 127 | 15.7 |
| Joe Gambardella | C | 59 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 4 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 13.5 |
| Ryan Schmelzer | F | 68 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 35 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 5.5 |
| Simon Nemec | D | 65 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 20 | +13 | 1 | 1 | 138 | 8.7 |
| Nolan Stevens | F | 48 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 17 | +9 | 4 | 1 | 86 | 17.4 |
| Brian Halonen | RW | 57 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 46 | +2 | 5 | 0 | 95 | 17.9 |
| Andreas Johnson | RW | 36 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 42 | +11 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 13.6 |
| Brian Pinho | F | 53 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 14 | -7 | 4 | 1 | 102 | 9.8 |
| Robbie Russo | D | 72 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 20 | -15 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 4.4 |
| Jack Dugan | F | 51 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 37 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 13.9 |
| Tyce Thompson | F | 56 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 32 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 109 | 6.4 |
| Tyler Wotherspoon | D | 65 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 22 | +9 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 4.1 |
| Samuel Laberge | L | 43 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 49 | +5 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 15.7 |
| Aarne Talvitie | F | 58 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 5.1 |
| Alexander Holtz | F | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 13.6 |
| Jeremy Groleau | D | 43 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | +14 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 |
| Zachary Senyshyn | RW | 37 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 12.2 |
| Nick Hutchison | F | 31 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12.5 |
| Mason Geertsen | D | 61 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 136 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 5.9 |
| Xavier Parent | C | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 |
| Timur Ibragimov | LW | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 |
| Nikita Okhotyuk | D | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Dylan Blujus | D | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | +6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Zack Hayes | D | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Filip Engaras | C | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 |
| Jayce Hawryluk | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Michael Vukojevic | D | 37 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5.7 |
| Jarrod Gourley | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Patrick Grasso | F | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Josh Filmon | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Akira Schmid | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Bahl | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| TJ Friedmann | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mike Robinson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mackenzie Blackwood | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nico Daws | G | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nicholas Rivera | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jacob Theut | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Isaac Poulter | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivan Chukarov | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sebastian Vidmar | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1371 | 213 | 370 | 583 | 743 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 2097 | 10.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Poulter | 13 | 763:00 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 3.62 | 392 | 346 | .883 | |
| Nico Daws | 33 | 1953:00 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 88 | 2.70 | 917 | 829 | .904 | |
| Akira Schmid | 23 | 1349:00 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 2.62 | 618 | 559 | .905 | |
| Mackenzie Blackwood | 2 | 119:00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.03 | 55 | 49 | .891 | |
| Mike Robinson | 1 | 27:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.22 | 12 | 11 | .917 | |
| Jacob Theut | 2 | 116:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.62 | 73 | 66 | .904 | |
| Totals | 74 | 4327 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 207 | 2.87 | 2067 | 1860 | .900 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Clarke | RW | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Reilly Walsh | D | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 30.8 |
| Nolan Foote | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Joe Gambardella | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Schmelzer | F | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 30.0 |
| Simon Nemec | D | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Nolan Stevens | F | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Brian Halonen | RW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Brian Pinho | F | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Robbie Russo | D | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Tyce Thompson | F | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Wotherspoon | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Samuel Laberge | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Aarne Talvitie | F | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 37.5 |
| Alexander Holtz | F | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Jeremy Groleau | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Mason Geertsen | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Xavier Parent | C | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33.3 |
| Timur Ibragimov | LW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zack Hayes | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jayce Hawryluk | C | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Nico Daws | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 166 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 59 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 186 | 11.3 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Daws | 6 | 373:00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2.57 | 201 | 185 | .920 |
| Totals | 6 | 373 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2.57 | 201 | 185 | .920 |
