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Abbotsford Weekly: Riley Patterson continues to shine as Canucks extend win streak to seven
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By Jacob Fraser
Nov 1, 2026, 19:17 EST
The Abbotsford Canucks brought their hot streak to California, and they’re leaving with an even longer hot streak after wins over the San Jose Barracuda and Bakersfield Condors. After starting the season with three straight losses, they now sit at 7-2-1 and hold the top spot in the Pacific Division, having not lost since.
Braeden Cootes missed both games against the Barracuda and the Condors. As reported last week, he sustained a practice injury that kept him out of the road trip. In his place, Jacob Quillan stepped in as the team’s top-line centreman until he got the call from Vancouver to make his Canucks NHL debut.
Kirill Kudryavtsev got back in the lineup after missing five straight games. Jack Thompson was activated off of injured reserve after clearing waivers last week but still has yet to make his season debut in Abbotsford.
Canucks sixth-round pick in 2025, Gabriel Chiarot, made his AHL debut. Playing in both games this week, Chiarot had a very solid showing and registered his first career point against the Barracuda on captain Chase Wouters first goal of the season.
Riley Patterson’s excellent start to his rookie season continued. Scoring goals in both games, Patterson is now up to nine points in 10 games. He also earned a promotion in the lineup, mostly being listed as the team’s fourth-line centre so far this season. Patterson jumped up in the second game to the wing on the second line, with Ty Mueller down the middle and Ben Berard on the other wing.
Game one
The Canucks got things going early in San Jose. Anri Ravinskis made a strong play, dropping the shoulder to drive the net. He managed to get a shot off, and the rebound jumped out with Patterson and Chiarot battling out front. Patterson managed to find it and shovel in his third of the season to put the Canucks up 1-0.
Kudryavtsev picked up the assist as he head-manned the puck up to Ravinskis on the play. Despite missing five games, his point streak continued right where he left off.
A little over five minutes later, Berard picked up his first of the season to double the Canucks lead. Sawyer Mynio threw a puck out front that got deflected and ended up right on Berard’s stick, and he one-timed it to the back of the net from the circle.
Ben Berard scores his first of the season and puts the Abby #Canucks up 2-0 early.
One minute later, the Barracuda got on the board with a shorthanded goal. The Canucks’ power play looked dangerous up until then, moving the puck around and generating scoring chances.
The Barracuda tied the game at 2-2 early in the second period on the power play. Once again, however, the Canucks got the lead back midway through the second. Patterson set up Quillan in the slot with a beautiful backhand saucer pass through traffic, which Quillan fired home on the one-timer.
Beautiful backhand feed from Riley Patterson and Jacob Quillan keeps his scoring streak going. Abby #Canucks up 3-2
Later in the second frame, Wouters broke down the wing with speed fresh off the bench and ripped home his first of the season from the top of the circle to put the Canucks up 4-2.
Captain’s on the board!!!!
Scoring was scarce in the third period. The Canucks did a good job of not giving many opportunities for the Barracuda to get back into the game. Vilmer Alriksson dropped the gloves with Barracuda forward Patrick Giles after he appeared to slew-foot Matthew Stienburg. Stienburg went down pretty hard and took some time to get back on his feet, though he did finish the game. Clearly a bit rattled from the play earlier, Stienburg would go on to fight later in the third after a big hit on Wouters.
Vilmer Alriksson comes to the defence of Matthew Stienburg. Looked like a slew foot from Patrick Giles. #Canucks
Matthew Stienburg drops the gloves now after a big hit on Chase Wouters.
In the late stages of the third, Berard would solidify the win with an empty-netter for his second goal of the night.
Game two
Once again, the Canucks got off to a strong start, this time in Bakerfield against the Condors. Just over a minute into the first, Ilya Safonov made a very nice play to feed Kole Lind out front while falling. Lind was stopped on the initial shot but was able to score on his own rebound to put the Canucks up 1-0 early.
Lind me that replay 🔎
Not long after, Chiarot made a great play on the forecheck, pressuring and stealing the puck from the Condors defender. He made a play out front to Mynio in the slot, who just ripped it wide.
The Canucks got a couple power plays near the midway mark of the first and had some trouble getting set up in the Condors zone. Not many came as far as chances, and Mynio ended up taking a penalty during their second power play.
On the ensuing four-on-four, Kudryavtsev and Ravinskis broke up a Condors zone entry. Kudryavtsev picked up the puck and skated up through the neutral zone, finding Mueller streaking through the middle of the ice, giving him a breakaway where he slid it five-hole to put the Canucks up 2-0.
A TY-RIFIC BREAKAWAY‼️
Berard picked up his third of the weekend, increasing the lead to 3-0. After picking up the puck in a neutral zone battle and breaking in wide on a two-on-one, ripping a shot far side, beating the goaltender clean.
We can Berardly believe it!
In the second period, Mueller got a very good scoring chance on a partial breakaway. He was hooked, and Patterson would get his second in back-to-back games on the power play. Safonov screened the Condors goaltender at the net, who didn’t seem to react at all to Patterson’s shot from the top of the circle.
THE PATTY ISN'T STOPPING YET!
Alriksson got a couple of chances in the second period. Yet another burst of speed through the neutral zone, he was able to get a partial break and make a move to the backhand but put it wide.
Not long after, however, he got another chance in the slot and ripped a heavy shot for his third of the season to put the Canucks up 5-0.
RICKY TICKY BOOM!💥
The third period was very quiet outside of an early goal from the Condors to break the Tolopilo shutout. Neither team generated much outside of that, and the Canucks went on to finish with a 5-1 win.
Standouts
Patterson was once again a standout for Abbotsford this week. He scored in both games, earned a promotion in the lineup, and was trusted to play in every situation. He’s shown a knack for the net, with some of his goals this season coming from winning position and battles out front, then banging home rebounds. He’s not the biggest guy out there, but he’s proving to be a workhorse. On top of that, he’s shown flashes of skill and playmaking prowess this season.
He did have a strong showing in his first four career games to finish last season. There was an expectation that he could build off that this season, but any expectations there were have definitely been exceeded already.
We have to highlight Chiarot as a standout this weekend. He didn’t see a ton of ice time in his debut but still managed to register his first career point. However, with Chiarot, we’re not really looking for points, especially this early in his pro hockey career. We want to see him compete and win battles, and he showed that in both games.
Against the Barracuda, the play that sticks out the most was when Luca Cagnoni, a defenceman with NHL experience, tried to walk around Chiarot at the point. Chiarot knocked him over and forced the puck out of the zone. Not long after, Cagnoni picked up the puck in the neutral zone, and Chiarot was all over him, knocking him down again. It’s plays like this that we want to see from Chiarot as he tries to earn an increased role within the Canucks lineup.
#Canucks prospect Gabe Chiarot showing the tenacity that got him drafted and helped him earn an NHL contract last summer. All over Luca Cagnoni, you love to see that.
Berard was a standout as well. The AHL All-Star of last season has had a slow start in terms of production. That being said, in previous games, Berard has had and created a ton of scoring chances. It was only a matter of time before they started going in. In these two games, he picked up his first three goals of the season. With Cootes out, Berard took a spot on the team’s top power play unit. Despite being the newcomer on the top unit, a lot of the play flowed through him and Mynio up top. He’s the kind of player who does a bit of everything. Head Coach Ryan Papaioannou continues to show trust in him, despite his lack of scoring leading up to this past weekend.
What’s next?
Next on the calendar for the Canucks is a four-game homestand. Kicking things off on Friday as they play host to the Ontario Reign for back-to-back matchups. Puck drop is set for Friday, November 6th at 7:00 PM, followed by a 5:00 start on Saturday, November 6th at the Rogers Forum.
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