VANCOUVER -- Simon Chen was limping as he left the ice early on the second day of Vancouver Canucks development camp, but the pain showing on the China-born defenseman's face had been replaced by a smile when he returned the next day.
There was no way Chen was going to let a charley horse stop him from continuing a dream that began when he was a young child. And there was no way the Beijing native was going to miss a chance to play in the Canucks Summer Showdown Top Prospects Game at Rogers Arena on Thursday.
Dream comes true for China-born player at Canucks development camp
Beijing native Simon Chen plays in prospects game at Rogers Arena

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© Jeff Vinnick/Vancouver Canucks

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