PENTICTON, B.C. – The ping of Liam Ohgren’s bar-down goal during the Vancouver Canucks’ scrimmage on Saturday was not the first time the powerful winger has heard a metallic bang with his shot.

At his mom’s house in Stockholm, Liam and his younger brother, Noel, built a shooting rink in the front yard. It has plastic ice, boards, and a double layer of netting behind the goal. But sometimes pucks get away.

“The puck has gone through the netting a couple of times,” Ohgren said after scoring twice in the scrimmage at South Okanagan Events Centre. “I don’t think our neighbours are too happy about it because there is a house there. And there’s a road with cars crossing. There was one time we heard a big crash or something, but the car didn’t stop, so I don’t know if it was the puck or not for sure.”

So maybe there’s a Volvo somewhere in Sweden with a puck-shaped dent, just as there is a goal frame here with the rubber scuff from Ohgren’s laser.

The 22-year-old National Hockey League sophomore, whose play surged in his rookie season after a December trade to the Canucks from the Minnesota Wild, is literally and figuratively aiming high.

Besides his heavy shot, Ohgren’s speed, power and directness were on display Saturday, as they have been since Vancouver opened its camp Thursday morning.

He beat veteran goalie Kevin Lankinen on consecutive shots early in the 30-minute scrimmage that ended with Brock Boeser’s shootout goal and a 4-3 win for the Whites against the Blues.

The line of Ohgren and Boeser, centred by Marco Rossi, reunited after finishing last season together, was the most dangerous unit.

After failing to register a point in 18 games with the Wild, who sent Ohgren to Vancouver as part of the Quinn Hughes blockbuster, the former first-round pick played his way up the lineup for the Canucks, contributing eight goals and 18 points in 51 games. Over the final 28 games,........

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