Comets Shut Out Syracuse Crunch, Last Home Game Coming Up Utica Comets v Rochester Americans at the Adirondack Bank Center. Saturday, October 19, 2019. (Jeff Monaski, WIBX) The Utica Comets ended their 14-game season series with rival Syracuse on Monday with a 3-0 victory at the Adirondack Bank Center. It was a great shut-out victory for goalie Joel Hoffer who stopped all 26 Crunch shots on goal for the victory. It was a defensive battle through 2 periods and the Comets and Crunch would play to a scoreless tie going into the 3rd and final period. Just seconds after the opening final period face-off,Nolan Stevens broke the tie with a goal giving the Comets the 1-0 lead. Lukas Jasek got the assist. With under 5 minutes to play, the Comets would score an empty net goal and Nolan Stevens scored his second goal of the game to make the score 3-0, which would serve as the final score.