On Thursday, November 21st, 2024, CanucksArmy’s Jeff Paterson posed a question as to if this was the most recalls the Vancouver Canucks have made before the 20-game mark in the franchise’s history.

A personal fact about me is that I have a Bachelor of Arts in History. Exhaustive research is my thing; I revel in it. In a follow-up post, Paterson expressed doubt that I would be able to find 55 years worth of NHL-AHL recall history. Assuming he was right, I figured I could find 10-15 years worth. I underestimated myself. By using AHL.com’s transaction page, I was able to uncover the Canucks’ farm team transaction history from the 2005-06 season to now.

In short, Jeff Paterson’s hunch appears to be correct. From publicly available information, this is the most the Vancouver Canucks have recalled players from the AHL in 20 years. I did not count conditioning loan recalls. Even if I did, every season would still be below the nine from this season. There are still several days until the Canucks play their 20th game as well; this total could grow. I would be curious to know if this was an all-time record for the team, but finding out would take much more research than spending a few hours digging through the transactions page of TheAHL.com.

Here’s how this recall sausage was made. Every recall from the 2005-06 season to where we stand now in the 2024-25 season. The dates under “Recalls” indicate the start of the season to the day before the Canucks’ 20th game.

2005-2006 Season:
Four Recalls
Oct. 5th to Nov. 16th
Rob McVicar (Oct. 25th)
Josh Green (Nov. 2nd)
Sven Butenschon (Nov. 10th)
Nathan Smith (Nov. 13th)

2006-2007 Season:
Four Recalls
Oct. 5th to Nov. 16th
Alex Edler (Nov. 3rd)
Patrick Coloumbe (Nov. 8th)
Nathan McIver (Nov. 9th)
Wade Flaherty (Nov. 16th)

2007-2008 Season:
Six Recalls
Oct. 5th to Nov. 19th
Rick Rypien (Oct. 12th)
Alex Edler (Oct. 15th)
Mason Raymond (Oct. 18th)
Jannik Hansen (Oct. 31st)
Luc Bourdon (Nov. 2nd)
Mike Brown (Nov. 19th)

2008-2009 Season:
Five Recalls
Oct. 9th to Nov. 19th
Kyle Wellwood (Oct. 20th)
Matt Pettinger (Oct. 20th)
Jason Krog (Oct. 21st)
Michel Ouellet (Nov. 4th)
Lawrence Nycholat (Nov. 14th)

2009-2010 Season:
Six Recalls
Oct. 1st to Nov. 11th
Guillaume Desbiens (Oct. 10th)
Michael Grabner (Oct. 14th)
Alexandre Bolduc (Oct. 17th)
Sergei Shirokov (Oct. 25th)
Corey Schneider (Oct. 28th)
Mario Bliznak (Oct. 30th)

2010-2011 Season:
Two Recalls
Oct. 9th to Nov. 20th
Maro Bliznak (Nov. 10th)
Joel Perreault (Nov. 18th)

2011-2012 Season:
One Recall
Oct. 6th to Nov. 19th
Eddie Lack (Nov. 16th)

2012-13 Season:
One Recall
Jan. 19th to Mar. 1st:
Jordan Schroeder (Jan. 22nd)

2013-14 Season:
Five Recalls
Oct. 3rd to Nov. 9th
Jeremy Welsh (Oct. 19th)
Yann Sauve (Oct. 23rd)
Pascal Pelletier (Oct. 24th)
Darren Archibald (Oct. 24th)
Zac Dalpe (Nov. 2nd)

2014-15 Season:
Four Recalls
Oct. 8th to Nov. 19th
Frank Corrado (Oct. 18th)
Nick Jensen (Nov. 7th)
Brandon deFazio (Nov. 9th)
Bobby Sanguinetti (Nov. 13th)

2015-16 Season:
Three Recalls
Oct. 7th to Nov. 17th
Brendan Gaunce (Oct. 28th)
Alex Biega (Oct. 28th)
Hunter Shinkaruk (Nov. 14th)

2016-17 Season:
Six Recalls
Oct. 15th to Nov. 22nd
Troy Stecher (Oct. 24th)
Jayson Megna (Oct. 24th)
Mike Zalewski (Oct. 31st)
Michael Chaput (Nov. 7th)
Jake Virtanen (Nov. 13th)
Joseph Labate (Nov. 22nd)

2017-18 Season:
Six Recalls
Oct. 7th to Nov. 17th
Michael Chaput (Oct. 17th)
Patrick Wiercioch (Oct. 20th)
Thatcher Demko (Oct. 23rd)
Jayson Megna (Oct. 28th)
Anton Rodin (Oct. 30th)
Reid Boucher (Nov. 7th)

2018-19 Season:
Seven Recalls
Oct. 3rd to Nov. 12th
Adam Gaudette (Oct. 15th)
Darren Archibald (Oct. 23rd)
Guillaume Brisebois (Oct. 25th)
Alex Biega (Oct. 25th)
Richard Bachman (Oct. 29th)
Brendan Gaunce (Oct. 30th)
Jalen Chatfield (Nov. 1st)

2019-20 Season:
Eight Recalls
Oct. 2nd to Nov. 13th
Alex Biega (Oct. 7th)
Zane McIntyre (Oct. 14th)
Ashton Sautner (Oct. 15th)
Adam Gaudette (Oct. 28th)
Sven Baertschi (Nov. 1st)
Jalen Chatfield (Nov. 8th)
Zack MacEwen (Nov. 13th)
Tyler Graovac (Nov. 13th)

2020-21 Season:
COVID and Taxi Squad Year
Jan. 13th to Feb. 16th

2021-22 Season:
Five Recalls
Oct. 13th to Nov. 23rd
Justin Bailey (Oct. 26th)
Nic Petan (Oct. 29th)
Travis Hamonic (Nov. 1st)
Jack Rathbone (Nov. 10th)
Madison Bowey (Nov. 12th)

2022-23 Season:
Six Recalls
Oct. 12th to Nov. 22nd
Noah Juulsen (Oct. 17th)
Nils Hoglander (Oct. 23rd)
Guillaume Brisebois (Oct. 24th)
Will Lockwood (Oct. 26th)
Sheldon Dries (Oct. 26th)
Michael DiPietro (Oct. 28th)

2023-24 Season:
Four Recalls
Oct. 11th to Nov. 21st
Jack Rathbone (Oct. 17th)
Karel Plasek (Oct. 17th)
Akito Hirose (Nov. 14th)
Linus Karlsson (Nov. 16th)

2024-25 Season:
Nine Recalls
Oct. 9th to Nov. 25th
Erik Brännström (Oct. 17th)
Arshdeep Bains (Oct. 25th)
Aatu Räty (Nov. 5th)
Nils Aman (Nov. 9th)
Ty Young (Nov. 10th)
Jonathan Lekkerimäki (Nov. 10th)
Arturs Silovs (Nov. 11th)
Elias Pettersson (Nov. 18th)
Max Sasson (Nov. 21st)

In conclusion, yes, this is the most recalls the Vancouver Canucks have made before the 20-game mark in a single season from the past 20 years.