The Abbotsford Canucks have brought back a familiar name, signing forward Kole Lind to a one-year AHL contract as part of a Friday roster announcement that also included 25-year-old forward Sean Chisholm.
Lind, who turns 28 this month, was selected 33rd overall by the Canucks in the 2017 NHL Draft. He spent four years with the organization’s former farm club, the Utica Comets, and also logged a seven-game NHL stint in 2020-21 before the Seattle Kraken took him in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft.
Over the past two seasons, Lind has played only in the AHL, and last month he signed a professional tryout contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay later released him from that PTO, leaving him an unrestricted free agent before this new deal in Abbotsford.
Even though Lind has never actually played a game for the Abbotsford Canucks, he arrives with a track record of production at the AHL level. His numbers dipped last season, but the year before that he posted 52 points in 71 games with Texas in 2024-25 and 65 points in 69 games in 2023-24.
Chisholm is also joining the roster on a one-year deal. The left-shot forward from Caledonia, Ontario recorded six points in 51 games for the AHL Texas Stars last season after signing out of Dartmouth College late in the 2024-25 season.
Both Lind and Chisholm are on Abbotsford’s opening night roster as the club opens its season tonight in Calgary against the Wranglers.
The roster includes two goaltenders, eight defencemen and 15 forwards. In goal, Abbotsford is carrying Nikita Tolopilo and Ty Young. The blue line features Joe Arntsen, Isaac Belliveau, Cole Clayton, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Sawyer Mynio, Tim Rego, Jimmy Schuldt and Gavin White.
Up front, the group includes Vilmer Alriksson, Ben Berard, Austin Brimmer, Gabriel Chiarot, Sean Chisholm, Braeden Cootes, Trey Fix-Wolanksy, Kole Lind, Ty Mueller, Riley Patterson, Anri Ravinskis, Ilya Safonov, Bennett Schimek, Matthew Stienburg, Cooper Walker and Chase Wouters.
Per the Canucks, the roster features at least one player from six nationalities: Canada (18), United States (3), Russia (2), Belarus (1), Latvia (1) and Sweden (1). Two players are from British Columbia: Berard, who is from Duncan, and Mynio, who is from Kamloops. Of the 26 players on the roster, nine are former Vancouver Canucks draft picks, 10 originally joined the organization through AHL free agency, five came in via NHL free agency and two were acquired by Vancouver in trades.
Abbotsford also noted that five rookies made the team out of training camp: Austin Brimmer, Gabriel Chiarot, Braeden Cootes, Riley Patterson and Bennett Schimek.
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