Coulombe up..

Here's Grant Kerr from the Globe & Mail,

The turnstile continues to revolve for the injury-plagued defence of the Vancouver Canucks with the recall of Patrick Coulombe and the assignment of Luc Bourdon to the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Coulombe, 6 foot 1 and 190 pounds, was summoned yesterday from the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League, likely to replace Rory Fitzpatrick, the latest Canuck defenceman with an injury.

Fitzpatrick, with a sore ankle that required a magnetic resonance imaging test, joined Sami Salo and Willie Mitchell on the sideline, although Vancouver may get one of them back for today's home game against the Anaheim Ducks.

Bourdon, 19, was a major disappointment to the Canucks because he almost made the team the previous fall as an 18-year-old after he was selected in the first round of the 2005 National Hockey League entry draft. He played nine games this season and was pointless while averaging 7 minutes 59 seconds playing time. Bourdon's positioning was in question many games, which limited his ice time.

Coulombe, 21, is a much smaller defender than Bourdon, who is 6 foot 2 and 205 pounds.

Sigh. When 1 inch makes you "much smaller" *shake head* Only in the NHL.. and the NBA. lol.