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Abby weekend recap: Klimovich scores a pair as Canucks split series vs. Roadrunners
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Dave Hall
Nov 30, 2025, 17:07 EST
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The Abbotsford Canucks rolled into Tucson to close out their six-game road trip against the Roadrunners before returning home for a weeklong homestand. And with the Roadrunners navigating through struggles of their own near the bottom of the Western Conference standings, this weekend presented Abbotsford with a genuine chance to reset, earn a win and finally halt their most recent five-game slide.
Game one couldn’t have started better. Abbotsford pushed hard out of the gate, more than doubling Tucson in shots with a 17–6 opening frame. But the Roadrunners absorbed every punch, weathered the pressure, and turned the remaining forty minutes into one-way street, cruising to a dominant victory.
Saturday brought a different story. After falling behind early, the Canucks clawed back with five straight tallies to snap a five-game losing streak — just their second regulation win of the year and fourth victory overall.

Game One

Abbotsford came out firing, taking advantage of several undisciplined Roadrunner penalties. They generated plenty of looks, including 17 shots on target in the first period, but came out empty-handed.
Play evened out in the second, with both teams collecting nine shots, and that’s where Tucson finally struck.
While working on a late-period power play, AHL veteran Andrew Agozzino took a pinpoint saucer pass from Ben McCartney and lifted a far-side shot over rookie netminder Aku Koskenvuo for the 1–0 lead.
After an early third-period cross-checking penalty from Mackenzie MacEachern, special teams burned the Canucks. It was Agozzino again, who stepped into space inside the faceoff circle and ripped an upstairs bullet that detonated Koskenvuo’s water bottle for his second of the night.
Special teams would play a significant role in this game, and Abbotsford finally answered, scoring on its fifth power play. Working down low, Joseph Labate threaded a beautiful cross-ice feed to Jonathan Lekkerimäki, who hammered home his third goal of the season.
But Tucson responded almost immediately. Agozzino collected a drop pass in stride, turned Nikolay Knyzhov inside out, and tucked another slick finish around Koskenvuo to complete the hat trick.
With time winding down, the Roadrunners finished things off with a trickler from the point that snuck past Koskenvuo. Firing the point shot, Max Szuber collected his fourth of the season to put the game out of reach and seal the 4-1 victory.
Aku Koskenvuo allowed four goals on 24 shots, while the Canucks’ offence managed just one goal on 31 shots.

Game Two

With an early promotion to Vancouver, Joanthan Lekkerimäki wouldn’t be available for Abbotsford in this one. And with that in mind, game two looked headed down the same path as Tucson struck first. On a 2-on-1, Noel Nordh kept the puck, looked off the pass, and wired a short-side rocket over Jiri Patera’s shoulder, sending his water bottle airborne.
But unlike Friday, the Canucks didn’t let this one dictate the results of the game. Courtesy of another man advantage, they evened things up before the final buzzer.
Setting up shop at the netfront, Joseph Labate stuck with the initial Nils Aman shot to take it to the backhand and will its way into the back of the net.
That score held until mid-second, where Dino Kambeitz followed up on the Vilmer Alriksson rebound to send the backhand through for his first of the season.
With the precious one-goal lead, Danila Klimovich ripped the monkey off his back to offer some insurance for his team. Courtesy of an awful defensive giveaway, Klimovich intercepted the pass and went in for a dangerous look. Selling the forehand shot, he went to the backhand to grab his first of the season and showed off some much-deserved emotion with his first of the season finally under his belt.
Moments later, Phip Waugh sent an innocent shot toward the side of the net. Beating out his coverage, Nils Aman provided the skilled deflection, beating the Roadrunner netminder clean on the shortside top corner.
With the monkey officially off his back, Klimovich added another one. Just one second into a new power play, Kirill Kudryavstesev put the puck on a tee to set up the reaper for a clean one-timer that he powered through the Roadrunner goaltender.
The home team added one final goal in the dying seconds, but it was too little too late. The Canucks hung on for the 5-2 victory to snap their newest losing streak and head back to Abbotsford on a winning note.
Jiri Patera stopped 24 of 26 shots to pick up his second win of the season.

What’s next?

The Canucks return to Abbotsford for a mid-week series against the Calgary Wranglers. The Canucks welcome fans into the Rogers Forum for the first time since its newly minted name change. The first game of the series comes Tuesday, with puck drop at 7:00 pm PT.

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