Utica Comets' surge continues with fourth straight win

Utica Comets' surge continues with fourth straight win

The Utica Comets stayed hot with a 5-2 win over Belleville on Friday. The team has a four-game win streak and is 7-2-0-1 in the last 10 games as it tries to get out of the basement of the AHL's North Division. The Comets are within seven points of fifth-place Rochester; the postseason cutoff in the division is fifth place.

Senators drop third straight to Comets

The Belleville Senators were back in Utica to take on the Comets to start off another home-and-home series, falling in a 5-2 effort. It was almost a scoreless first frame, though the Comets were able to just squeeze one by. With 0.6 seconds left on the clock, Shane Lachance centred the puck for Xavier Parent for a power-play tally, making it a 1-0 game. The second period saw the Senators even up the scoreboard just past the fourteen-minute mark.…