The Calgary Sun · Dec 14, 2015
Vancouver lends Virtanen to Canada for world juniors
Utica Comets' Jake Virtanen at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ont. on Sunday December 13, 2015 in an AHL game against the Toronto Marlies. Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/Postmedia NetworkIt was supposed to be a two-day road trip. But when Jake Virtanen sat down to pack, he grabbed the biggest suitcase he could find and stuffed it with enough clothes to last a month.
After all, you never know when your bus road back to Utica will turn into a flight to Finland.
“I packed a decent amount of stuff, just in case,” said Virtanen, a native of Abbotsford, B.C. “My mom helped me, so that’s got to help a little bit.”