Labate has been loaned to Cleveland (AHL).
Joe Labate News
Columbus has signed Joseph LaBate to a one-year, two-way contract.
LaBate was the 101st overall pick of the Vancouver Canucks in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. He played 13 games with the Canucks, scoring zero points, in the 2016-17 season, but has exclusively been an AHL player since. The 31-year-old LaBate has four points (1G / 3A) in five games with the Cleveland Monsters (AHL) this season.
Call up / Send down
The Canucks have recalled Joe Labate from Utica (AHL).
Labate is one of four players coming up from Utica because there are five Canucks believed to be dealing with mumps.The 23-year-old has just nine points (2G / 7A) in 25 games this season and has not recorded a point in three career NHL games.
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