Utica Comets get two power play goals, weather a push by Syracuse Crunch and get a solid start from David Rittich to earn a 5-3 home win Friday.
Gabe Klassen scored twice, Ben Steeves and Colin White each had a goal and assist and Lenni Hameenaho also scored for Utica.
Rittich made 23 saves to improve to 5-1 this season.
Utica is 7-2-0-0 overall through nine games.