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Hockey “Spartak” Moscow and Canadian striker Jake Virtanen signed a contract for one season.

The 25-year-old Virtanen (186 cm, 103 kg) is the winner of the “gold” of the youth world championship and the “bronze” of the junior world championship as part of the Canadian national team.

In 2014, Virtanen was selected 6th overall in the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks, and has played 333 league and playoff games for Vancouver over the past six seasons with 103 points (57 goals + 46 assists).

Roman Belyaev, sports director, HC Spartak Moscow:

We are counting on Virtanen as a player of the first two links, a very useful and dangerous player of the majority. Jake is a fast and powerful striker with good handwork, speed and throw. He can play both on the left and on the right flank – he is dangerous when playing in front of the goal and will be able to play the role of a power forward in the KHL.
Virtanen needs to add skill, speed and depth to our line of attack. With its signing, the coaching staff of “Spartak” has a great deal of variability in choosing the squad for individual matches and organizing the game in equal squads and a majority.

Virtanen joins Emil Pettersson, the brother of Vancouver Canucks forward, Elias Pettersson, who joined HC Spartak Moscow prior to the beginning of the KHL 2021-22 season .

Jake Virtanen (17.08.1996, New Westminster, Canada)

Played for clubs:

2011 – 2015 – “Calgary Hitmen” WHL Canada

2014 – 2017 – “Utica Comets” AHL USA

2015 – 2021 – Vancouver Canucks NHL Canada

Achievements:

2014 – selected 6th overall in the NHL Draft by Vancouver Canucks, Junior World Championship bronze, Glinka / Gretzky Cup champion

2015 – “gold” of the youth world championship

Total NHL – 333 league and playoff games, 103 points (57 goals + 46 assists)

Total WHL – 232 league and playoff matches, 184 points (93 goals + 91 assists)

Source: https://spartak.ru

Vancouver Canucks’ Jordan Subban (67) has his eye on the puck next to Edmonton Oilers’ Matt Benning (83) during first period 2016 NHL Young Stars Classic action at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, BC., September 16, 2016. NICK PROCAYLO / PNG

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By Andrew Chernoff

Jan 5, 2017

The Utica Comets (10-15-5-1) are back in action on Friday, January 6 as they conclude a five-game homestand against North division rivals, the Albany Devils (20-13-0-1), hoping to snap their 9 consecutive game losing streak (0-4-4-1).

The Comets are presently in 7th and last place in the North Division of the American Hockey League, with 26 points; while, the Devils occupy 2nd place in the same division, with 41 points.

The Comets are one of five teams that do not have a home record above .500.

The team enters January where they only play five home games, three of which on the last week of the month.

LAST GAME

The Utica dropped a 6-3 decision to the Rochester Americans on Saturday, Dec 31 at the Utica Memorial Auditorium.

The Comets struck first with a goal from Alexandre Grenier on the power play eight minutes into the game. Rochester battled back with two goals in the first to take the lead. Darren Archibald tied the game in the second period with a feed from Curits Valk.

The Americans scored two more goals in the middle part of the second period to grab a 4-2 lead. Entering the third period, Rochester added another goal to extend the lead. Colby Robak tallied the final Comets goal to close the gap. An empty netter concluded the scoring to give the Americans a 6-3 win.

The Comets power play went 2-10, while the penalty kill surrendered one goal in five attempts.

Demko stopped 17 of 22 shots as his record falls to 7-8-3. Linus Ullmark made 26 saves to improve his record to 13-12-1.

Source: Utica Comets

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The Comets have played the Devils four times this season and are 2-1-1-0 against Albany, including a 3-1 victory in their only home game against the Devils on Dec 3.

Alex Grenier leads the Comets in scoring (8-15=23 points), followed by Jordan Subban (8-12=20 points) and Curtis Valk (10-9=19 points).

VIRTANEN WATCH

Jake Virtanen continues to put in his time in the AHL with the Canucks affiliate, and after 20 games has 4 goals-3 assists=7 points.

JORDAN SUBBAN TO REPRESENT COMETS AT 2017 AHL ALL-STAR GAME

Jordan Subban has been selected to represent Utica at the 2017 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Capital BlueCross, to be held January 29-30 at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pa., home of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

UTICA ON ROAD SATURDAY, SUNDAY TO FINISH UP WEEKEND

The Comets leave for Hershey after Friday night, to take on the Bears on Saturday; then off to face the Leigh High Valley Phantoms, Sunday.