Canucks sign Chase Wouters to one-year contract
The Vancouver Canucks have agreed to terms on a one-year, two-way contract with forward Chase Wouters, the club announced Wednesday afternoon.
Wouters, 26, spent the entirety of the 2025-26 season with the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks, collecting 11 goals and 26 points in 70 games while serving as team captain. The previous year, he played an instrumental role in Abbotsford capturing the Calder Cup as AHL champions.
An undrafted player, Wouter has spent the entirety of his professional career to date in Abbotsford, first joining the club for its inaugural season in 2021-22 after a successful junior career with the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades. This is his first two-way NHL contract; according to PuckPedia, he will earn $850,000 in the NHL and $425,000 in the AHL next season.
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“Chase has worked extremely hard to earn this contract,” Canucks general manager Ryan Johnson, who previously managed the AHL club, said in a statement on Wednesday. “He is a heart and soul type player, someone who doesn’t cheat the game and always goes the extra mile to work on his craft.”
A product of the minor hockey systems in Lloydminster, Wouters spent parts of six seasons with the WHL’s Blades, serving as team captain for the final three. The 6′, right-shot center collected 75 goals and 181 points in 280 regular-season games with Saskatoon and added two goals and six points in 10 playoff contests.
Upon turning pro with Abbotsford in 2021, Wouters quickly established himself as an everyday bottom-six forward with the Canucks’ newly relocated affiliate. He became Abbotsford’s captain in 2022 and has served in that role ever since.
In 338 career games over five seasons with Abbotsford, Wouters has collected 43 goals, 120 points, and 316 penalty minutes. He’s also skated in 38 playoff games with the Canucks, including all 24 during their run to the 2025 Calder Cup, in which he contributed two goals and five points.