Comets can't overcome Crunch fast start, fall on the road Comets celebrate Carson Focht's goal, May 2, 2021/AHLTV Syracuse evens up the Galaxy Cup series at 5-5. Utica has just 8 games left on the 2020-2021 schedule. Posted: May 2, 2021 11:12 PM Posted By: Chelsea Sherrod Syracuse, N.Y. - On the first Sunday of May, the Comets took a trip to Syracuse to face the Crunch in the first of their final nine games of the 2020-2021 AHL season. Sunday marked the tenth meeting between the Galaxy Cup series rivals. Utica won its two last game including a 2-1 overtime win over Syracuse. But this season, the Comets have folded under the bright lights inside Upstate Medical Arena. Their most recent and only win in Syracuse was on February 27, 2021.