Pre-Season: Canucks vs. Flames

The Canucks host the Calgary Flames in their second of three straight pre-season games at home. The Canucks went 1-3-0 in the season series versus the Flames in 2017.18.

They were led in scoring by Brock Boeser (2-1-3), Michael Del Zotto (0-3-3) and Daniel Sedin (0-3-3). The Canucks faced the Flames twice during the 2017.18 pre-season defeating Calgary 5-3 at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Sept. 20 and 3-1 on Sept. 28 at Rogers Arena.

POST-MORNING SKATE UPDATE

Thatcher Demko will make his first pre-season start of the season, backed-up by Mike DiPietro. Demko will likely play the 1st and 2nd periods, while DiPietro finishes the game.

PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE

Tues. Sept. 18 vs Edmonton | 4-2 L | Goal scorers: Baertschi (4:56 2nd), Goldobin (5:14 3rd)
Wed. Sept. 19 vs Calgary 7:00pm
Thur. Sept. 20 vs Los Angeles 7:00pm
Sat. Sept. 22 at Calgary 6:30pm
Mon. Sept. 24 at Los Angeles (Salt Lake City) 6:00pm
Tues. Sept. 25 at Edmonton 6:00pm
Sat. Sept. 29 vs Arizona (Kelowna) 7:00pm

LAST GAME

Sven Baertschi opened the scoring for the Canucks with a goal at 4:56 of the second period...Nikolay Goldobin made it 3-2 with a power-play goal at 5:14 of the third...Bo Horvat led the team in scoring with two points (0-2-2)...Elias Pettersson made his debut at Rogers Arena registering an assist and three shots on goal...Ben Hutton logged a game-high 26:06 TOI...Anders Nilsson made 24 saves.

2018 YOUNG STARS CLASSIC RESULTS

Sept. 7 - Vancouver (8) vs. Winnipeg (2)
-Goal scorers: Gaudette, Gadjovich (2), Palmu (2), Dahlen, Pettersson (2)
Sept. 9 - Vancouver (6) vs. Winnipeg (4)
-Goal scorers: Gaudette, Pettersson, Dahlen, Bulych, MacEwen 2017.18

2017.18 PLAYER NOTES

• Reid Boucher split the season between the Canucks (3-2-5 in 20 games) and Comets (25-21-46 in 45 games). His 25 goals set a new Utica Comets single-season record. Boucher represented the Comets at the 2018 AHL All-Star Game and he was also named Comets MVP at the end of season awards.
• Kole Lind set new career-highs in goals (39) and points (95) with the Kelowna Rockets. His 1.64 points per game ranked sixth in the WHL.
• Adam Gaudette led the NCAA in scoring with 60 points (30-30-60) in 38 games with the Northeastern Huskies. He finished first in the NCAA in goals, points-per-game (1.58) and power-play points (27) and was awarded the 2018 Hobey Baker Award, awarded annually to the top NCAA men's ice hockey player.
• Brandon Sutter finished his third season with Vancouver collecting 26 points (11-15- 26) in 61 games. He had a career high (4) shorthanded assists and ranked sixth in the NHL in short-handed face-off wins (110).
• Alex Edler finished his 12th season with Vancouver collecting 34 points (6-28-34) in 70 games. He finished third in the NHL in blocked shots with 203 and won the 2017.18 Babe Pratt Award as the Canucks best defencemen.
• Erik Gudbranson finished his second season with Vancouver collecting 5 points (2-3-5) in 52 games. He tied a career high for hits in a single game (8) Nov. 4 vs. PIT. • Olli Juolevi registered 19 points (7-12-19) in 38 games with TPS Turku in Finland's top league.
• Thatcher Demko appeared in 46 games for the Comets posting a record of 25-13-7. His 25 wins set a Comets record for most in a single season. He represented the Comets at the 2018 AHL All-Star Game and made his NHL debut on March 31, helping the Canucks defeat the Blue Jackets 5-4 in OT.