The Mohawk Valley Comets were a professional ice hockey team based in Utica, New York.
The Stars would win the inaugural Bob Payne Trophy, which was awarded to the ACHL playoff champions.
The Comets would eventually lose to the Virginia Lancers four games to three in the Payne Trophy Finals.
The Maine Mariners AHL franchise would be relocated and named the Utica Devils the following season.
[2] With the transfer of the Mohawk Valley market to the AHL and the announcements that the Carolina Thunderbirds and Virginia Lancers would be leaving for the newly formed All-American Hockey League, Commissioner Ray Miron announced that the league would be suspending operations indefinitely on July 25, 1987.