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Comets Home Games Will Be Televised Locally The Utica Comets announced a television partnership with Nexstar Broadcasting on Wednesday, which will mean all home games for this upcoming "COVID" season will be on TV during the shortened 2020-21 season that is being played without fans due to COVID-19. All 16 of the Comets home games, as well as any home post-season games will be televised on WPNY (Channel 12 on Spectrum Cable) in both standard and high definition, and will be available over-the-air on channel 20.2. WPNY is also available via the Spectrum streaming app. The station is owned ...

Utica Comets welcome new broadcaster, director of communications The Utica Comets have a new director of communications, who will also serve as the AHL TV broadcaster for the team. Posted: Jan 20, 2021 1:55 PM Updated: Jan 20, 2021 11:57 PM Posted By: WKTV UTICA, N.Y. – The Utica Comets have a new director of communications, who will also serve as the AHL TV broadcaster for the team. Jason Shaya is originally from Detroit, and formerly broadcasted for the Charlotte Checkers. He also filled in on NHL television for the Carolina Hurricanes over the past three seasons. Shaya has broadcast ov...

Rival in Focus: New Jersey Devils by Bill Meltzer @BillMeltzer / philadelphiaflyers.com It doesn't feel like all that long ago that the New Jersey Devils gave fits to virtually every team in the National Hockey League -- they were, after all, three-time Stanley Cup champions between 1995 and 2003 and took four trips to the Cup Final between 1995 and 2012 -- but none more so than the Flyers. The Flyers lost twice to the Devils i...

With Springfield Thunderbirds opting out of AHL season, St. Louis Blues set to share affiliate with Vancouver Canucks Updated Jan 06, 2021; Posted Jan 06, 2021 Photos from the Springfield Thunderbirds "What If? Night" as The Springfield Ice-O-Topes at The MassMutual Center in Downtown Springfield on February 1, 2020. Photo by Erik Kaplan Facebook Share The St. Louis Blues will share an affiliate with the Vancouver Canucks this winter as the Springfield Thunderbirds sit out the abbreviated 2020-2021 American Hockey League season. The Thunderbirds announced their decision to opt out of the 26...

Goalie Week: Memorable Masks by Bill Meltzer @BillMeltzer / philadelphiaflyers.com Ever since Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Jacques Plante, in 1959, became the first NHL goaltender to permanently don a face mask and the use of masks went from a curiosity piece to a necessity over the next decade-plus, the masks themselves evolved from strictly a utilitarian piece of equipment to a colorful expression of a goalie's personality,...