Vancouver, B.C. - The Vancouver Canucks announced today their opening night 23-man active roster for the 2016.17 season. The Canucks open the campaign with a pair of back-to-back home games starting Saturday, October 15 th vs Calgary and Sunday, October 16 th vs Carolina.

Defenceman Number Player 55 Biega, Alex 23 Edler, Alex 44 Gudbranson, Erik 27 Hutton, Ben 63 Larsen, Philip *41 Nilsson, Tom 5 Sbisa, Luca 8 Tanev, Chris 88 Tryamkin, Nikita

Forwards Number Player Position 47 Baertschi, Sven L 14 Burrows, Alex L 15 Dorsett, Derek R 21 Eriksson, Loui R 50 Gaunce, Brendan L 60 Granlund, Markus C 36 Hansen, Jannik R 53 Horvat, Bo C *17 Rodin, Anton R 22 Sedin, Daniel L 33 Sedin, Henrik C 9 Skille, Jack R 20 Sutter, Brandon C 18 Virtanen, Jake R

Goaltender Number Player 25 Markstrom, Jacob 30 Miller, Ryan

*Injured reserve

The Canucks play back-to-back games on Opening Weekend hosting the Calgary Flames at 7:00 pm on Saturday, October 15th and the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday, October 16th at 7:00 pm. A limited number of tickets are available for both games. Visit canucks.com/tickets for more information.

For further details on Opening Weekend and to enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the game versus Carolina on Sunday, October 16th, fans are encouraged to visit canucks.com/openingweekend.