HAMILTON, Ontario The Utica Comets snapped their six-game losing streak on Saturday night with a 3-1 victory over the Hamilton Bulldogs during an American Hockey League clash.

With the win, Utica claimed the season series from Hamilton, with five points over the quartet of games, as opposed to four points for the Bulldogs.

Comets netminder Joe Cannata bounced back in a big way after a rough two-game stretch with 32 saves on 33 shots.

Benn Ferriero scored twice for the guests, while Pascal Pelletier netted assists on all three Utica goals. Winger Alexandre Grenier also scored for Utica, which moved to 12-20-2-3 on the season.

Ferriero got Utica on the board first, as he redirected a shot home to open the scoring in the first period.

Peter Anderssons wrist shot from the point found its way through heavy traffic, off Pelletiers stick and onto Ferrieros stick, which jolted past Dustin Tokarski to make it 1-0 Comets. Ferrieros goal extended his point streak to five games.

Grenier then put the guests up 2-0 with a power-play goal with assists coming from Henrik Tommernes and Pelletier.

Uticas Maxime Macenauer brought the score to 2-1 after he scored 2:07 into the second period, and the two teams played back at one another before going into the final period with the Comets sporting a one-goal lead.

A tightly contested third period went back and forth with few whistles for much of the frame.

With Bulldogs goalie Dustin Tokarski on the bench, winger Ferriero found loads of open ice off of a pass from Pelletier and buried it into the gaping net to ice the game. Brandon DeFazio also picked up an assist on the play.

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