Canucks one step closer to games in China

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It appears the Canucks are one step closer to crossing the Pacific, if only for a handful of games.

Months in the works, it appears that the Canucks are actually going to be playing exhibition games in China. As reported this afternoon by TSN’s Darren Dreger, the LA Kings appear to be the Canucks opponent. 

It also appeared that Ottawa and Colorado will play two regular season games in November in Sweden. 

The dynamics of the game will be interesting if they are indeed played. 

With this in mind, it will be interesting to see how the game fares. 

This wouldn’t be the first time that the Canucks played in Asia. In 1997-1998, the Canucks opened the season with two games against the Mighty Ducks in Tokyo, Japan. They defeated the Mighty Ducks in the first game on October 4th by a score of 3-2, then lost on October 5th 3-2.

In 2000, they played two games in Sweden against two Swedish teams – Modo Ornskoldsvik and Djurgarden Stockholm. They defeated MoDo on September 13th by a score of 5-2 and they defeated Djurgarden by a score of 2-1 in OT on September 15th.