Category: Utica Comets
And the Abbotsford AHL team will be called ... the Canucks!
Providence BruinsThe Johnny Canuck logo will rule the roost for Vancouver's Fraser Valley-based affiliate
Read moreAnd the Abbotsford AHL team will be called ... the Canucks!
Providence BruinsWe’re excited about having our American League affiliate right in our backyard,” Ryan Johnson, the Abbotsford Canucks’ general manager, said on a media Zoom session Wednesday.“The Abbotsford Canucks will be an extension of our history, and a new identity for fans in the Fraser Valley to embrace.“The...
Read moreCanucks top 10 prospects: Hard-rock Jett Woo’s got underrated offensive talents, too
Olli JuoleviThe soon-to-be 21-year-old defenceman will be handed a big role for the 2021-22 Abbotsford AHLers
Read moreCanucks top 10 prospects: Jonah Gadjovich's bruising play and sweet hands are key to his future
John StevensBig winger Jonah Gadjovich has still got a big chance to make the NHL given his bruising playing style and sweet scoring touch
Read moreBack To/The Future: The Canucks unconventional approach to the goaltending position in 2021 put Mike DiPietro on a perilously unique path
HK MogoIn this Back To/The Future series, Chris Faber and Stephan Roget are making a collaborative effort to learn from the mistakes of the Vancouver Canucks’ recent past and offer solutions to salvage their immediate future — you know, just like Marty McFly did that one time. Each weekly Roget Reverse/Fut...
Read moreCanucks: Michael DiPietro buoyed by taxi-squad survival, goalie coach contract
IIHF World U20 Championship'I went through every different emotion ... and you question things which is only natural. I had to lean on my mental-strength coach a lot during it.' — Michael DiPietro on taxi-squad experience
Read moreAHL To Unify Schedule, Expand Playoff Format
Scott HowsonThe days of schedules of various lengths and a 16 team AHL postseason format will soon be on the way out.
Read morePodkolzin's 'scary' combination of skills could make him core piece for Canucks
Kontinental Hockey LeagueEven after the most disappointing season in a decade for the Vancouver Canucks, the promise on the horizon is still visible. Vasily Podkolzin's heavy, robust game, with a foundation of skill bolstered by attitude, could make the Russian forward another core piece for the Canucks.
Read moreSabres prospect Mattias Samuelsson close to cracking NHL for good
Don GranatoWhen Mattias Samuelsson returned to Rochester last week following a three-week stint with the Buffalo Sabres, the Americans’ coaching staff challenged the rookie defenseman. The coaches wanted Samuelsson, fresh off first NHL recall, to use the remaining games on the Amerks’ truncated schedule as a s...
Read moreCanucks focus on player development in makeup series against Flames
American Hockey LeagueSunday's game between the long-eliminated Canucks and Flames sure wasn’t meaningless to Jonah Gadjovich or Vancouver's player-development and minor-league staff.
Read moreCanucks’ AHL incursion to Abbotsford ‘healthy competition’ for WHL’s Langley-based Giants
San Diego GullsVancouver Giants majority owner Ron Toigo admits competition for the consumer is about to amp up for his Western Hockey League club....
Read morePost-Trade Deadline, who are the Canucks going to protect, expose, and lose in the 2021 Expansion Draft?
Justin BaileyBefore the Vancouver Canucks get back to game-action — for better or for worse, in sickness or in health — we’re taking one last opportunity to look ahead at one of many notable events to come in the offseason: the 2021 Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft. Now that the Trade Deadline has come to pass, an...
Read moreCanucks Prospects Rankings #3: Kole Lind is ready for the NHL right now, and could play this weekend
Utica CometsComing in at number three on my list is winger sort of turned centre, Kole Lind. Lind is the perfect example of long-term development and is now just one final step away from the NHL as he currently sits on the Canucks’ Taxi Squad. He has spent part of four seasons with the Utica Comets...
Read moreCanucks Prospects Rankings #4: Mikey DiPietro needs to be playing games as soon as possible
Vancouver CanucksThe point of doing these prospects rankings was to get a feel for how the 2020-21 season has affected the Vancouver Canucks’ prospects and then to rank them from what we have seen over the past six months. Goaltender Mikey DiPietro has not played in one game over the past six months. In fact, it’s.....
Read moreNew Canucks centre Matthew Highmore had no trouble in the bubble
Jim BenningHe had three goals and four points in nine games, and in the pressure-cooker of the restrictive COVID-19 bubble and heightened on-ice expectations it brought out the best in his game and didn’t go unnoticed.I don’t necessarily believe it’s for a lack of chances, and if I look back on this year they...
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