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“We see him as a skilled player, an offensive player, to fill in an offensive role,” assistant coach Newell Brown said. “We’ve heard he’s been playing real well. We’ve got good reports about him. He’s had a great attitude. He’s skating real well and producing.” Concerns about Shirokov’s fitness and his skating have been alleviated

The Canucks have recalled right-winger Sergei Shirokov from Manitoba in his place. Shirokov leads the Moose in both goals and assists this season (16-17-33) and has recently improved his defensive play, demonstrated by a plus-10 rating through the first 39 games of the season. “He’s checking way better,” Noel said. “Through his checking and defending

The Moose opened a 2-0 lead in the second period after Kevin Connauton and Sergei Shirokov each scored in the opening frame. But Milwaukee’s Scott Ford cut the lead to one when he scored his first of the year 16:50 of the second, then Aaron Johnson tied the game early in the third. Mark Dekanich

As it almost always is in hockey, it’s a little of both. Shirokov’s touch continued Thursday night at the MTS Centre. He assisted on captain Nolan Baumgartner’s first-period power-play goal, helping the Moose to a 3-0 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals before 6,211 fans at the MTS Centre. That extended a points streak to 11

Sergei Shirokov has plenty of reasons to smile these days. For starters, his native country of Russia stunned Canada in the world junior final on Wednesday night in Buffalo, making Shirokov one happy camper at Moose practice on Thursday morning. “It’s really good for Russian hockey,” the winger said. “It was a really good game,

2010 AHL All-Star Sergei Shirokov scored twice and goaltender Tyler Weiman pitched a 27-save shutout for his first win in more than a month as Manitoba blanked Abbotsford by a 4-0 count on Monday in the opener of a two-game set at the Entertainment & Sports Centre. Shirokov opened the game’s scoring 3:33 into the