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Vancouver Canucks further reduce preseason roster by cutting three players
Oct 2, 2022, 16:20 EDTUpdated: Oct 2, 2022, 16:29 EDT
The Vancouver Canucks have made their second round of preseason roster cuts, general manager Patrik Allvin announced Sunday afternoon.
The club has assigned forward Carson Focht to the AHL, while defenceman Alex Kannok-Leipert has been released from his PTO and will join Abbotsford. Defenceman Quinn Schmiemann, who the club signed this past offseason, has been released from his ATO, joining the Abbotsford Canucks.
The Canucks made their first round of preseason cuts last week, made up of CHL prospects returning to their respective teams, along with some players returning to Abbotsford.
So far, the Canucks have cut:
- F Carson Focht
- D Alex Kannok-Leipert
- D Quinn Schmiemann
- F Yushiroh Hirano
- F Cole Shepard
- F Connor Lockhart
- D Chad Nychuk
- D Matt Anderson
- D Dylan MacPherson
- D Kirill Kudryavtsev
- G Ty Young
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