Utica Comets

The Utica Comets are an American professional ice hockey team. They began playing in 2021. The team plays in the American Hockey League (AHL). They play their home games in Utica, New York at the Adirondack Bank Center. They are the AHL affiliate for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (AHL). Their ECHL affiliate is the Adirondack Thunder.

The team originally played in Peoria, Illinois as the Peoria Rivermen from 2005 to 2013. On March 29, 2013, the Vancouver Canucks bought the Rivermen. On June 14, 2013, it was announced that the team would be moving to Utica, New York and would become the Utica Comets.

On October 11, 2013, the team would play their first game as the Utica Comets. They would be defeated by the Rochester Americans 4–1. In the 2019–20 season, the Comets would finish the season with 47 wins, 20 losses, and 103 points. In the playoffs, they would win the North Division and Eastern Conference championship. They would make it to the Calder Cup Finals but lost to the Manchester Monarchs four games to one.

On May 6, 2021, the Canucks announced that they were going to relocate the team to Abbotsford, British Columbia to become the Abbotsford Canucks. On the same day, the league approved the relocation of the Binghamton Devils to Utica to become the new Utica Comets. The same day, the new Comets announced they had signed a ten-year deal to become the affiliates of the New Jersey Devils.

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