Surrey Stars players raise aloft the Jayden Memorial Cup, the team beat Rewa 3-0 in the final at the Bear Creek Park in Surrey
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CANUCKS will have to wait at least another couple of days to see Elias Pettersson back on the ice.
The star rookie skated with his teammates ahead of Wednesday’s contest with the Edmonton Oilers, but won’t suit up for the game.
It will be the fourth game in a row he’s missed since suffering a knee injury in Montreal on Jan. 3.
Pettersson said he wasn’t feeling any pain during Wednesday’s skate and was working on his stick-handling and shooting.
"Feeling good, feeling good," he said. "Just trying to get, how you say, get the condition back after I missed some games."
The 20-year-old Swedish centre said he’s watched video of the play that led to the injury, where he got tied up with Montreal Canadiens centre Jesperi Kotkaniemi and fell awkwardly.
There was no malice in the move, Pettersson said.
"It’s just an accident. We got tangled up. I don’t think he wants to injure me or anything. It’s just an accident. My knee got stuck in a bad position," he said.