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3 Canucks Stars of the Week: Kiefer Sherwood makes a statement
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Arielle Lalande
Oct 20, 2025, 10:00 EDTUpdated: Oct 20, 2025, 00:42 EDT
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It’s harvest season, which means it‘s hockey season.
The Canucks’ panicked Thanksgiving Day game against the St. Louis Blues had the appeal of your in-laws’ burnt brussels sprouts. But the main course against the Dallas Stars, Chicago Blackhawks, and Washington Capitals had much more to chew on – figuratively speaking, of course. All in all, this week could have been much more chaotic than it was, and the team clawed back from back-to-back deficits after a disappointing loss at home. This team has some fight – but I hope your family Thanksgiving didn’t have any!

Kiefer Sherwood

Although Sherwood and his line were slower to create impact against Chicago and Dallas, he might as well have been the only skater on the ice at certain times against the Blues — a one-man show, like the first member to leave a boy band.
His two goals proved to be Vancouver’s only impact on the scoresheet in that game, but beyond the act of scoring itself, he fought for those goals. Despite Vancouver’s disorganization and barely-there backcheck, he put pressure on St. Louis almost singlehandedly in these key moments. Whether he was more frustrated by the Canucks’ performance or driven by the Blues’ relentless push, he made sure the team didn’t go scoreless in front of the home crowd on a holiday.
To top off his week, Sherwood stepped up on a Sunday afternoon in D.C, after it was announced Brock Boeser would be out of the lineup due to personal reasons. Sherwood jumped on the first power play unit opportunity like a Broadway understudy looking for their big break. Assists from Conor Garland and Quinn Hughes gave Sherwood a power play goal and the Canucks a 3-0 lead in a fiery game that ended 4-3.

Max Sasson

Upon being called up from Abbotsford, Max Sasson decided it was his time to prove he should have been in Vancouver the whole time. Playing alongside Linus Karlsson and Arshdeep Bains – the Calder Cup Line, Abbotsford Line, the Younglings, whatever you’d like to call them – these three have managed to have a significant impact right off the bat.
Their underlying numbers have been phenomenal, especially for the bottom-six minutes. All three players have been clicking, and Bains has been quietly excellent for the Canucks since the start of the season. I have to hand it to Sasson, however, for jumping headfirst back into an NHL role. He’s been skating like he’s running late to a business meeting, and it shows. In two Herculean comeback efforts from the Canucks this week, Sasson put up a goal apiece. 
This nifty net front action was quick on Sasson’s part. He connected on Filip Hronek’s pass via Linus Karlsson and outmuscling Chicago centre Jason Dickinson to tie the game for the Canucks. Down to his goal celebration, Sasson looked cool as a cucumber to get Vancouver their game-tying goal.

Conor Garland 

Garland has put in effort this week, especially after moving to the top right wing spot alongside Elias Pettersson. He’s been feisty. He’s had heart on his side, driving his teammates when out on shifts, and has been willing to venture into the caverns of the offensive zone as well as his familiar net front presence. In Dallas, he pulled off an unassisted backhanded goal to seal the fate of the Stars.
And against the Capitals, Garland went full Louvre-heist mode and committed daylight robbery along the boards to get Elias Pettersson his first goal of the season.
Garland has been independently impactful, clocking minutes on the power play and the penalty kill. But most importantly, he’s elevated everyone’s game with his play and attitude. I would say “There’s no ‘I’ in ‘Team’ and there’s no ‘I’ in ‘Canuck’” if it didn’t make me sound like a camp counsellor. I hope Coach Foote has better motivational phrases on hand than I.
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