Vancouver Canucks President and General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that defenceman Chris Tanev has been recalled from the Chicago Wolves of the AHL.

Tanev, 22, has played 25 games with the Wolves this season and recorded 12 points (0-12-12) with a +5 rating in addition to playing three games with the Canucks. The Toronto, Ontario native has appeared in 32 career NHL games and five NHL playoff games with the Vancouver Canucks. In 2010.11, he collected his first NHL point and registered 32 blocked shots in the regular season and 11 blocked shots in the playoffs.

The 6’0", 185-pound defenceman was first signed by Vancouver on May 31, 2010.

Career Regular Season Statistics

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 2006-2007 Durham Fury-OPJHL 40 0 9 9 8 2007-2008 Durham Fury-OPJHL 19 1 6 7 12 2007-2008 Stouffville Spirit-OPJHL 4 0 0 0 0 2007-2008 Markham Waxers-OPJHL 26 1 9 10 12 2008-2009 Markham Waxers-OJHL 50 4 37 41 33 2009-2010 Rochester Institute of Technology-AH 41 10 18 28 4 2010-2011 Canucks 29 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.0 2010-2011 Manitoba Moose-AHL 39 1 8 9 5 16 0 0 0 21 4.8 2011-2012 Canucks 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 NHL Totals 32 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 15 0.0