Vancouver Canucks Announce Rookie Camp for This Week

The Vancouver Canucks will conduct their rookie camp at the Rogers Arena starting this Thursday and Friday. The roster includes a goalie, three defencemen and eight forwards, including 2019 10th-overall draft pick Vasili Podkolzin, fresh off informal skates here, after two full pro’ seasons in Russia. He has also represented his nation in the last three World Junior Championships. Belarus native Danila Klimovich was the Vancouver Canucks 41st-overall pick this past summer, their highest selection in the draft.

The goalie is Arturs Silovs, a Latvian who the Canucks picked in the 6th round of the NHL Draft back in 2019. He could end up seeing some time in the AHL or even the ECHL this season.

The Vancouver Canucks camp begins off-ice Thursday with medicals and fitness testing. The official on-ice session takes place Friday afternoon. Here’s the entire roster:

Number – PLAYER – Position – Size – Last Team 

76 – Arturs Silovs – G – 6’4″, 203 lbs – Manitoba Moose

63 – Leipert Kannok – D – 6’4″, 194 lbs – Vancouver Giants

59 – Viktor Persson – D – 6’2″, 192 lbs – Brynäs (Sweden)

52 – Jett Woo – D – 6’0″, 205 lbs – Utica Comets

45 – Carson Focht – C – 6’0″, 180 lbs – Utica Comets

72 – Ethan Keppen – LW – 6’2″, 212 lbs – Utica Comets

46 – Danila Klimovich – C – 6’2″, 202 lbs – Minskie Zubry (Belarus)

60 – Connor Lockhart – C – 5’8″, 163 lbs – Erie Otters (in 2019-’20) – Did not play last season.

83 – Tristen Nielsen – C – 5’10”, 192 lbs – Vancouver Giants

62 – Karel Plasek – RW – 5’11, 184 lbs – HC Kometa Brno (Czech Republic)

92 – Vasili Podkolzin – RW – 6’1″, 190 lbs – SKA St. Petersburg (KHL, Russia)

81 – Chase Wouters – C – 6’0″, 193 lbs – Saskatoon Blades