Canucks 2023-24 Pre-Season Games

…Six pre-season games scheduled…two each against Calgary, Edmonton, and Seattle… including two in Vancouver and one in Abbotsford

By Andrew Phillip Chernoff | CanucksBanter

September 24, 2023

The Canucks will play one home game and one away game against each team, with the first three games taking place on the road, and the latter three being played at home.
In addition to two of the team’s home games being held at Rogers Arena (vs Oilers & Flames), one home pre-season game will be played at the Abbotsford Centre (vs Kraken) for a third straight year.
Dating back to 2019, the Canucks are 3-0 in pre-season games hosted in Abbotsford (5-4 W vs EDM in 2022; 4-2 W vs CGY in 2021; 6-4 W vs OTT in 2019).

IT’S GAME DAY!

FLAMES PREVIEW

Expected Calgary lines, pairings, and goaltenders for tonights preseason game:

Per #Flames website, here are the lines, pairings and goaltenders for tonight’s pre-season game vs. #Canucks:

Huberdeau-Lindholm-Sharangovich
Ruzicka-Kadri-Dube
Hunt-Jones-Coronato
Pospisil-Zary-Klapka

Hanifin-Andersson
Oesterle-Tanev
Solovyov-Gilbert

Markstrom (Starter)
Dansk
— Derek Wills (@Fan960Wills) September 24, 2023

Calgary Flames head coach Ryan Huska, on upcoming pre-season games and what he has witnessed in training camp and his expectations:

"You want to see if some of the lines we've used the last three days, is there something there when it comes to game time."

More from Ryan Huska as he speaks on the upcoming pre-season games. pic.twitter.com/yDrEjL1WJA
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) September 23, 2023

"The older players are pushing and we're also having the push from the guys that are trying to make an impression as well and that's an important thing for us."#Flames head coach Ryan Huska on what he has seen through the first few days of camp. pic.twitter.com/yxJ3IcD22b
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) September 23, 2023

CANUCKS PREVIEW

Line-ups have been set for the augural game of the 2023-24 NHL Preseason for both teams:

Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet behind the bench for Canucks tonight:

Rick Tocchet will be coaching in Calgary this evening, so Jeremy Colliton is running the on-ice session with the non-game group this morning in Victoria.

Hughes, Pettersson, Miller, Demko among the 20+ #Canucks skaters on the ice Sunday morning.
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) September 24, 2023

Head Coach Tocchet will watch his power play units and penalty kill closely as both have been of great importance to improve greatly over last season:

Rick Tocchet unveiled his special teams Saturday in a five-on-four practice that followed the only scrimmage of Canucks camp. The power play received most of the attention, but it’s the penalty killing that needs most of the work. (@imacSportsnet) https://t.co/hTKhOOLjg8
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) September 24, 2023

Source: nhl.com