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Wake With Elias: Reid Boucher Signs in KHL & 11th Time’s the Charm for Moginly?

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Despite looking very one-dimensional in the NHL, Boucher was an absolute for the Utica Comets. He won their Most Valuable Player award for every season he was down there, and finished with 175 points in 154 over three seasons in Utica.

Here’s what he had to say about his move to Russia, as quoted in the Utica Observer-Dispatch.

“It wasn’t really expected,” Boucher said. “When the offer came, it was interesting and it was something that my family and I didn’t take lightly.