The Abbotsford Canucks are rolling, and the wins are starting to pile up in a way that has them knocking on the door of franchise history.
Abbotsford opened the 2026-27 season with a perfect 5-0 record at home, and that stretch has helped push the club to eight straight victories overall. After a sluggish start, the Vancouver Canucks’ AHL affiliate has climbed to second in the Pacific Division and looks like a team that has found its rhythm fast.
The home success is the part that stands out most. Five straight at Rogers Forum has the Canucks within reach of the franchise mark for consecutive home wins, which is seven and was set by the 2024-25 team. They are still a ways off the overall franchise win streak record of 13, also held by that same 2024-25 squad, but the current run is putting those numbers back in view.
What makes this stretch even more impressive is the variety. Abbotsford has not been winning the same way every night.
Some games have turned into tighter, lower-scoring battles, while others have opened up, but the result has stayed the same. Through the five-game home streak, the Canucks have outscored opponents 21-11, and the game-winning goal has come from a different player each night.
Fresh off a Friday win over the Ontario Reign, Abbotsford gets the same opponent again on Saturday night. The Canucks will try to stretch the overall winning streak to nine games when the puck drops at Rogers Forum at 5:00 pm PCT. The game can be viewed on FloSports.
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