The official Facebook page for the City of Niagara Falls featured a cryptic post on Thursday that included two hockey-related photos of Mayor Robert Restaino at a downtown hotel bar with a caption that read: “Major junior hockey in Niagara Falls is real..! and the hockey world is ready!!!”

One of the photos showed a smiling Restaino posing at Torrent bar inside the Sheraton hotel on Third Street with three individuals linked to the Buffalo Sabres, including retired right wing legend Danny Gare, former defenseman Larry Carriere, who also played for the team in the 1970s, and the pro hockey franchise’s long-time trainer Robert “Rip” Simonik.

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