The Vancouver Canucks have made it official. They will end their partnership with the Utica Comets at the end of this season and will be moving their American Hockey League franchise to Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Despite a COVID-complicated 2020-21 AHL season that has taken much of the fun from being a Utica Comets fan, there sure is a lot of buzz online about the future of hockey in Utica, NY.
You probably couldn't have squeezed one more person into the first floor of the Aqua Vino restaurant on Friday as an absolutely packed house roared with excitement as former NHL goalie Robert Esche officially announced professional hockey was coming back to Utica.