Abbotsford Canucks set new record with seventh consecutive loss

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On a night when the Toronto Blue Jays posted a historical World Series game seven loss, the Abbotsford Canucks responded with a little slice of history of their own.

The Canucks dropped a record-setting seventh loss in a row on Saturday (Nov. 1), falling 6-1 to the Henderson Silver Knights in a game that fell apart in the final moments of the first period.

Canucks forward Joe Labate took a high-sticking double-minor at 13:34 of the first and the Silver Knights opened the scoring when Tanner Laczynski scored at 15:33. Unfortunately for the Canucks, that goal was scored with 2:01 left in the double-minor meaning that the Silver Knights would remain on the man advantage.

Henderson made it 2-0 just 41 seconds later when Braeden Bowman beat Canucks goalie Jiri Patera. Abbotsford defenceman Sawyer Mynio then took a slashing penalty with 12 seconds left in the first, but Henderson’s Jonas Rondbjerg tallied just six seconds later and the Silver Knights entered the intermission up 3-0.

Abbotsford managed just six shots in the opening frame and failed to generate any quality scoring chances.

The bloodbath continued in the second period when Tumoas Uronen increased the lead to 4-0 at 7:10. Henderson’s Kai Uchacz added a power play goal at 13:04 and the Silver Knights power play was a perfect 4/4 after 40 minutes. The four power play goals in one game is also a new record for most in one game for the Silver Knights.

The Canucks finally got on the board at 5:53 of the third when Ty Muller tipped a Mynio power play shot. That goal ended a long slump for Mueller and it’s his first goal and point in eight games this season.

Henderson restored the five-goal lead just three minutes later when Uronen scored his second of the night. Abbotsford also managed to kill a penalty in the third period, which could be considered an achievement of sorts after the struggles they had shorthanded all night.

After tonight’s disastrous efforts on the penalty kill, Abbotsford now sits in 27th place in the 32-team AHL for penalty killing and is operating at 73.3 per cent.

Patera made 27 saves in the loss and Abbotsford was out shot 33-26. Defenceman Nikolai Knyzhov led all players with four shots on goal and forward Jackson Kunz recorded three. Knyzhov, Jayden Lee, Chase Wouters, Dino Kambeitz and Josh Bloom all finished at -2 for Abbotsford.

Canucks forward Juhjar Khaira said the team needs some work to get back on track.

“Obviously we need to do a reset here,” he said. “There were parts of the game where we played well, but there were a lot of parts where we backed off and let them do their thing. So I think it’s having a reset after tonight and then getting back to our game plan.”

The seventh consecutive loss breaks the previous record of six, which was first established last season from Dec. 20, 2024 to Jan. 4, 2025.

The Canucks record now sits at 2-6-0-1 and they occupy 10th (last) place in the Pacific Division. Abbotsford has a record of 0-4-0-1 at home this season and may complete this six-game home stand without a win.

Abbotsford’s struggles can be traced to injury issues that have plagued the Vancouver Canucks early into this season.

Since the start of the season Abbotsford has seen Max Sasson, Mackenzie MacEachern, Kirill Kudryavtsev and Tom Willander all get called up. Players like Joe Labate, Jimmy Schuldt and Nils Aman have also been back and forth. Abbotsford has been forced to call up players from the ECHL’s Kalamazoo Wings, as well as sign new players to contracts.

Injuries and roster turnover is a reality of the AHL, but the Canucks offensive production has to improve if the team hopes to have any success. Abbotsford has only 14 goals in nine games this season, which averages out to 1.55 goals per game. The Canucks have recorded just seven even strength goals in nine games this season.

The Canucks and Silver Knights meet again on Sunday (Nov. 2) at 4 p.m.

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