Vancouver, B.C. \u2013 Vancouver Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the team has agreed to terms with forwards Akil Thomas and Trey Fix-Wolansky on one-year, two-way contracts.<\/p>\n
Thomas, 26, appeared in 20 games for the Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL) in 2025.26, scoring nine points (5-4-9) and 14 penalty minutes in 20 games, adding six points (3-3-6) in 12 playoff games. He also skated in 19 games for the Ontario Reign (AHL), registering 13 points (4-9-13) and two penalty minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 6\u20190\u201d, 195lbs forward has played in 32 career NHL games, all with the Los Angeles Kings, recording seven points (4-3-7) and nine penalty minutes. He has also appeared in 196 career AHL games, split between the Ontario Reign and Springfield Thunderbirds, posting 115 points (55-60-115) and 90 penalty minutes, adding 16 points (10-6-16) and eight penalty minutes in 25 postseason games.<\/p>\n
A native of Toronto, ON, Thomas has represented Canada on the international state multiple times, including the 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, the 2017 and 2018 U18 World Championships, the 2017 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament (gold), and the 2020 World Junior Hockey Championships (gold).<\/p>\n
Thomas was originally selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round, 51st overall, in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fix-Wolansky, 27, skated in 72 games for the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) in 2025.26, posting 55 points (31-24-55) and 121 penalty minutes. His 31 goals and 55 points both led the Wolf Pack, while his 24 assists placed him second.<\/p>\n
5\u20197\u201d, 193lbs forward has played in 26 career NHL games, all with the Columbus Blue Jackets, recording six points (4-2-6) and two penalty minutes. He has also appeared in 361 career AHL games, split between the Cleveland Monsters and Hartford, registering 314 points (143-171-314) and 375 penalty minutes, adding 13 points (4-9-13) in 23 career postseason games. The Edmonton, AB native was named to the AHL All-Star Classic in both 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n
Fix-Wolansky was originally selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the seventh round, 204th overall in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver, B.C. \u2013 Vancouver Canucks General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the team has agreed to terms…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-774964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}