The Canucks closed out their Southern California highway journey with a matchup in opposition to the Coachella Valley Firebirds. Aku Koskenvuo was again between the pipes following his recall from the Kalamazoo Wings, taking over Kevin LaFontaine on the different finish. Christian Felton additionally made his Canucks debut, skating in his first sport with the membership this season after just lately signing.
It wasn’t the beginning the Canucks have been hoping for, as penalties proved pricey early. Simply over 4 minutes into the sport, a high-sticking name to Jonathan Lekkerimäki gave the Firebirds their first energy play, and so they capitalized when John Hayden crashed the web and poked the puck previous Koskenvuo. Coachella Valley carried the momentum for a lot of the opening body and struck once more late within the interval. Making fast work of one other energy play, Logan Morrison snapped a shot from the slot to provide the Firebirds a 2–0 lead heading into the second.
The center body was quieter, with no scoring at both finish. There was some bodily play, a power-play alternative for the Canucks, and probabilities traded each methods, however sturdy goaltending from Koskenvuo and LaFontaine stored the rating unchanged at 2–0 coming into the third.
Coachella Valley prolonged their lead early within the last body when Logan Morrison scored his second of the evening, jamming a free puck into the again of the web. The Canucks pushed to get again into the sport however couldn’t discover a well past LaFontaine earlier than time ran out.
The Canucks fell 3–0 to the Firebirds and can now head house to host the Laval Rocket on Tuesday and Wednesday evening.
