The St. John’s IceCaps found themselves without many of their top players this weekend as they took on the Utica Comets and Rochester Americans.
Sven Andrighetto, Michael McCarron and Mark Barberio have all been called up to the Montreal Canadiens, while Nikita Scherbak and Charles Hudon are on the injured list and expected to be out until after Christmas.
This didn’t seem to deter the IceCaps one bit during Friday’s game against the Comets.
Shots were pretty even during the first period but there was nothing to show for it. The IceCaps took an early lead once the second period rolled around when, less than two minutes in, Yannick Veilleux notched his first goal of the season.