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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.

It is now apparently a done deal. AHL hockey is coming back to Utica, according to the Vancouver Sun.

Look at the NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB, what's missing? Female head coaches, assistant coaches and even assistants to the assistant coaches... Not a single one. Ever. Why?

Kevin Bieksa of the Vancouver Canucks was resting on the bench during his team’s recent skills exhibition when five fans seated behind him started to relentlessly harass him with pokes to the head. Will the grizzled defenseman take their bait and respond?