Vancouver Canucks mourn the loss of important member of the team

The Vancouver Canucks are a team who are proud to share their heavy involvement in the local community. This includes a very important part worship with BC Guide Dogs. A program where the team works to support the development of training of guide dogs for the visually impaired.

After the partnership she team had a guide dog named Ryp, named after the late Rick Rypien who passed away at just 27-years-old back in 2012.

Unfortunately today the Canucks took to their X page to announce the passing of "Ryp" who passed away suddenly at just 2-years-old.




The Canucks introduced the Team Dog, Ryp, before the 2022-23 season and he represented the ultimate teammate. When they announced Ryp, the Canucks shared that he would be trained as a service dog to work with a visually impaired client, a child with autism, or a veteran/First Responder living with OSI-PTSD.

Our thoughts go out to the Canucks Family at this time.