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PENTICTON – The dominance wasn’t as comprehensive as it was on Friday night but the Vancouver Canucks still ground out a win and Elias Pettersson and Jonathan Dahlen did their thing in the windup to the Young Stars tournament.

Sunday afternoon at the South Okanagan Event Centre, Pettersson and Dahlen both scored first-period goals as the Canucks built a 3-0 lead before hanging on for a 6-4 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.

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What we learned

The Canucks’ main camp starts Friday in Whistler and the Young Stars produced any number of tantalizing storylines for the NHL team, beginning with Pettersson and Dahlen.

Over their two games in Penticton, Pettersson and Dahlen combined for six goals and nine points in two Canucks victories. True, their team coughed up a 3-0 lead and the two Swedes were on the ice for two of the Jets’ goals during the second period. But the larger takeaway from the four days in the Okanagan is the Canucks have two elite offensive talents to key their rebuilding program.