Tristen Nielsen is third in all-time regular season games played with the Abbotsford Canucks, but he won’t be adding to that total.

The 25-year-old forward inked a one-year contract as a free agent with the Colorado Eagles last week, ending a four-year run with Abbotsford, the Vancouver Canucks’ AHL farm team.

The Eagles are a Colorado Avalanche affiliate. Abbotsford beat the Eagles in the third round of the AHL playoffs this past season on their way to winning the Calder Cup league championship.

Nielsen had been on a two-year, two-way contract with Vancouver that he inked in July 2023 . He never saw action with the big club during that time. The former Vancouver Giant from Fort St. John played his first two years in Abbotsford on an AHL deal.

Vancouver moved its farm team to Abbotsfo

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