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The Vancouver Canucks are changing up the faces in their executive suite.

Postmedia can confirm that chief operating officer Jeff Stipec is stepping down and will be replaced by Trent Carroll, who is currently executive vice president of revenue.

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Stipec will remain with the Canucks for about a month to help with the transition between COOs.

Carroll has been with the Canucks since 2011.

Stipec had served as COO since June 2016. He had previously been vice president of hospitality and event operations for the Canucks. He had been an executive for Intrawest, the former owners of Whistler-Blackcomb, before that.

He was credited with pushing for a renewal of the Canucks’ in-game presentation, as well as new approaches to fan and season-ticket holder relationships. Reportedly, the Canucks season ticket holder renewal rate this off-season was around 90 per cent, which is considered a very strong sales rate.

(What their rate of new season tickets sales is is not known.)