Utica Comets

Utica Comets
City	Utica, New York
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Eastern
Division	North
Founded	1932 (first franchise) 1998 (second franchise)
Home arena	Adirondack Bank Center
Colors	Red, black, white
Owner(s)	Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (Josh Harris and David Blitzer)
President	Robert Esche
General manager	Dan MacKinnon
Head coach	Kevin Dineen
Captain	Ryan Schmelzer
Media	WKLL (94.9 FM) Observer-Dispatch WKTV NewsChannel 2 WUTR Eyewitness News AHL.TV (Internet)
Affiliates	New Jersey Devils (NHL) Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
Franchise history
First franchise
1932–1935 1935–1951	Quebec Beavers Springfield Indians
1951–1954 1954–1967	Syracuse Warriors Springfield Indians
1967–1974 1974–1994	Springfield Kings Springfield Indians
1994–2005 2005–2013	Worcester IceCats Peoria Rivermen
2013–2021	Utica Comets
2021–present	Abbotsford Canucks
Second franchise
1998–2006 2006–2010	Lowell Lock Monsters Lowell Devils
2010–2017	Albany Devils
2017–2021	Binghamton Devils
2021–present	Utica Comets
Championships
Division titles	2 (2014–15, 2021–22)
Conference titles	1 (2014–15)
Current season

The Utica Comets are a professional ice hockey team based in Utica, New York, with home games at the Adirondack Bank Center. They are members of the North Division in the Eastern Conference of the American Hockey League (AHL) and affiliated with the National Hockey League's (NHL) New Jersey Devils. The team was established when the Vancouver Canucks relocated their AHL franchise to Utica for the 2013–14 season.

The Comets are the second AHL team to call Utica home; another New Jersey Devils-affiliated team, the Utica Devils played in the city from 1987 until 1993. Before the 2021–22 AHL season, the Canucks relocated the franchise used by the Comets to Abbotsford, British Columbia, and the Devils relocated their franchise, the then-Binghamton Devils, to Utica to play as the Comets. As with the Devils, the Comets are owned by Josh Harris and David Blitzer under Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE).