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Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks General Manager Jim Benning announced today that the club has reassigned forward Michael Chaput to the AHL Utica Comets.

Chaput, 25, has appeared in nine games with Vancouver and 23 games with Utica (9-7-16). He ranks tied for second on the Comets in goals, tied for fifth in points and third in power-play goals (5). The 6-2, 204-pound native of Ile Bizard, Quebec has appeared in 135 NHL career games and collected 17 points (6-11-17).