2015-16 Utica Comets Roster DEFENSEMEN No. Name R/V POS HT WT Shoots Birthplace Age DOB Last Year's Team(s) GP G A PTS PIM 2 Ehrhardt, Travis D 5-11 204 Left Calgary, ALTA 26 4/12/1989 Utica (AHL) 41 3 4 7 22 3 Biega, Alex V D 5-10 191 Right Montreal, QC 27 4/4/1988 Vancouver (NHL) 7 1 0 1 0 Utica (AHL) 62 3 16 19 24 6 Sautner, Ashton R D 6-0 192 Left Flaxcombe, SASK 21 5/27/1994 Edmonton (WHL) 72 12 39 51 38 7 Subban, Jordan R D 5-9 185 Right Rexdale, ONT 20 3/3/1995 Belleville (OHL) 63 25 27 52 62 11 Negrin, John D 6-2 202 Left Vancouver, BC 26 3/25/1989 Utica (AHL) 35 0 3 3 12 13 Daniels, Drew R D 6-2 192 Right Suffern, NY 26 6/7/1989 Fort Wayne (ECHL) 72 4 41 45 14 20 Landry, Jon D 6-3 220 Left Montreal, QC 32 5/1/1983 Hershey (AHL) 64 3 11 14 38 37 Pedan, Andrey D 6-5 213 Left Moscow, Russia 22 7/3/1993 Utica (AHL) 42 3 11 14 70 Bridgeport (AHL) 28 5 5 10 43 FORWARDS 8 Friesen, Alex C 5-10 186 Left Niagra-on-the-Lake, ON 24 1/30/1991 Utica (AHL) 60 10 20 30 57 9 Shinkaruk, Hunter C 5-11 179 Left Calgary, AB 20 10/13/1994 Utica (AHL) 74 16 15 31 28 10 Gaunce, Brendan C 6-0 205 Left Markham, ONT 21 3/25/1994 Utica (AHL) 74 11 18 29 31 12 Kurtz, John VE LW 6-2 210 Left Oakville, ON 26 5/16/1989 Norfolk (AHL) 72 4 5 9 188 14 Zalewski, Michael C 6-2 205 Left Utica, NY 23 8/18/1992 Utica (AHL) 55 3 9 12 18 15 Kenins, Ronalds LW 6-0 201 Right Riga, Latvia 24 2/28/1991 Vancouver (NHL) 30 4 8 12 8 Utica (AHL) 36 5 7 12 23 16 LaBate, Joseph R C 6-4 210 Left Eagan, MN 22 4/16/1993 Utica (AHL) 2 0 0 0 2 Magnitogorsk (KHL) 14 0 1 1 2 17 Jensen, Nicklas LW 6-3 202 Left Herning, Denmark 22 3/6/1993 Vancouver (NHL) 5 0 0 0 0 Utica (AHL) 59 14 14 28 39 18 Vey, Linden VE C 6-0 190 Right Wakaw, SK 24 7/17/1991 Vancouver (NHL) 75 10 14 24 18 22 Jones, Blair V C 6-3 215 Right Central Butte, SASK 28 9/27/1986 Philadelphia (NHL) 4 0 0 0 2 Lehigh Valley (AHL) 33 9 12 21 46 24 Cassels, Cole R RW 6-0 180 Right Hartford, CT 20 5/4/1995 Oshawa (OHL) 54 30 51 81 100 25 Archibald, Darren LW 6-3 210 Left Newmarket, ON 25 2/9/1990 Utica (AHL) 70 14 10 24 107 28 Grenier, Alexandre RW 6-5 200 Right Laval, QC 24 9/5/1991 Utica (AHL) 67 17 26 43 71 34 Bancks, Carter VE LW 5-11 180 Left Marysville, BC 26 8/9/1989 Utica (AHL) 57 6 8 14 44 36 Hamilton, Wacey F 5-11 174 Left Cochrane, ALTA 25 9/10/1990 Utica (AHL) 41 5 10 15 27 38 Valk, Curtis R C 5-9 170 Right Medicine Hat, ALTA 22 2/8/1993 Utica (AHL) 1 0 0 0 0 Kalamazoo (ECHL) 31 11 19 30 12 GOALTENDERS No. NAME HT WT Catches Birthplace DOB Last Year's Team(s) GP MIN GA GAA W-L-OT-SO SV % 30 Bachman, Richard 5-10 183 Left Salt Lake City, UT 28 7/25/1987 Edmonton (NHL) 6 317 15 2.84 3-2-0-1 0.911 Oklahoma (AHL) 23 1338 53 2.38 14-5-3-3 0.918 35 Cannata, Joe 6-1 200 Left Wakefield, MA 25 2/2/1990 Utica (AHL) 5 302 10 1.99 3-2-0-0 0.932 Ontario (ECHL) 21 1249 42 2.02 12-6-2-1 0.927 Director of Hockey Operations: Pat Conacher Athletic Trainer: Dustin Flynn, ATC , CSCS Head Coach: Travis Green Equipment Manager: Damion Parmelee Assistant Coach: Paul Jerrard Assistant Equipment Manager: Taylor Anderson Assistant Coach: Nolan Baumgartner Broadcaster/PR: Brendan Burke Strength & Conditioning Coach: Ken Hetzel President: Robert Esche NHL Parent Club: Vancouver Canucks ECHL Affiliate: Kalamazoo Wings 2015-16 UTICA COMETS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 2 Travis Ehrhardt AIR-hart 6 Ashton Sautner SAWT-ner 7 Jordan Subban soo-ban 8 Alex Friesen FREE-suhn 9 Hunter Shinkaruk shin-KAIR-uhk 10 Brendan Gaunce GAWNS 11 John Negrin NEHG-rihn 12 John Kurtz KURTZ ` 13 Drew Daniels DAN-yels 14 Michael Zalewski zuh-LEH-skee 15 Ronalds Kenins KEN-ins 16 Joseph LaBate luh-BAIT 17 Nicklas Jensen JEHN-suhn 18 Linden Vey VAY 20 Jon Landry LAND-ree 22 Blair Jones JONES 24 Cole Cassels KAS-uhls 25 Darren Archibald ahr-CHIH-bawld 28 Alexandre Grenier GREHN-yay 34 Carter Bancks BANKS 36 Wacey Hamilton WAY-see HAM-ihl-tuhn 37 Andrey Pedan peh-DON 38 Curtis Valk VAHLK Goalies 30 Richard Bachman BOCK-min 35 Joe Cannata cuh-NOT-uh.