Juice Boxes and Post Game Stats: Comets Top Blast

The Kansas City Comets defeated the Baltimore Blast for the first time since 2017 on Saturday night at Cable Dahmer Arena. In Baltimore’s first visit to Kansas City in just over three years, Lesia Thetsane went off for four goals for the Comets as they won 8-5 tightening the standings at the top of the MASL as the playoffs close in. With all the teams in the league having two to three games remaining, first through fifth in the standings are separated by a total of just two points with the Blast in first on 39, three teams, including the Comets tied on 38 points, and the St. Louis Ambush in fifth place on 37 points.

Here are the stats and milestones from last night’s game.

Comets

The win was Stefan Stokic’s 41st in league play as head coach, tying him with Leo Gibson for 4th all time on that list.

Zach Reget’s 2 assists gave him 49 in league play for KC, moving him ahead of Byron Alvarez and into 9th all time on that list.

The 2 assists gave him 54 in all competitions, breaking his tie with Alvarez for 9th all time on that list as well.

Phillip Ejimadu recorded his 22nd win in all competitions for KC, breaking his tie with Boris Pardo for 3rd all time on that list.

Lesia Thetsane’s first goal was his 38th in all competitions, breaking his tie with Adam James for 19th all time on that list.

Thetsane’s 4 points gave him 70 in all competitions for KC, moving him ahead of Christian Anderaos and Max Touloute for 17th all time on that list.

Thetsane’s 4 goals and Christian Anderaos’s goal gave them both 45 in all competitions for KC, tying them for 18th all time on that list.

Anderaos’s goal gave him 69 points in all competitions for KC, breaking his tie with Touloute for 18th all time on that list.

Anderaos made his 114th appearance in all competitions, tying him with Nicolau Neto for 14th all time on that list.

Anderaos and Lucas Sousa made their 100th appearances in league play for KC. They’re the 11th and 12th players to reach that mark.

Their 100th league appearance broke their tie with Danny Waltman for 11th all time on that list.

Sousa made his 119th appearance in all competitions, breaking his tie with Waltman for 11th all time on that list.

Rian Marques made his 99th league appearance, tying him with Waltman for 13th all time on that list.

Marques made his 118th appearance in all competitions, tying him with Waltman for 12th all time on that list.

Guerrero Pino recorded his 26th assist in all competitions for KC, breaking his tie with Thetsane and Geison for 17th all time on that list.

Pino’s assist gave him 50 points in all competitions for KC. He’s the 25th player to reach that mark.

DeBray Hollimon made his 50th league appearance for KC. He’s the 32nd player to reach that mark.

KC Indoor

Ignacio Flores made his 195th league appearance for KC indoor teams, tying him with Stokic for 18th all time on that list.

Flores recorded his 104th assist in all competitions for KC indoor teams, tying him with Kim Roentved for 17th all time on that list.

Sousa and Anderaos became the 56th and 57th players to appear in 100 games in league play for KC indoor teams.

Pino became the 88th player to reach 50 points in all competitions for KC indoor teams.

Hollimon became the 125th player to appear in 50 league games for KC indoor teams.