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The Vancouver Canucks won’t return to the ice until next month, but when it comes to protecting their copyright, the franchise has no off-season.

Their latest opponent is a pickup team at this weekend’s Top Cheese three-on-three youth lacrosse exhibition in Langley.

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The team, which has no formal name and is comprised of just four preteen boys, was planning to wear a customized jersey featuring a modified version of the Johnny Canuck logo carrying a lacrosse stick.

The boys were going to be participating in a “fun day” event organized by a youth academy run by the Vancouver Stealth, the local National Lacrosse League team recently purchased by the Canucks. Participants dress up in silly clothes or creative, homemade uniforms for an informal, daylong tournament.

The jerseys in question made the rounds on social media earlier in the week, leading some to speculate online that the design might be a sneak peek of the sweaters for a rebranded Stealth team, which will begin its season under Canucks Sports & Entertainment ownership in December.