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Winnipeg's Leipsic staying positive as healthy scratch with Canucks

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Vancouver Canucks left wing Brendan Leipsic won't be playing tonight. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press files)

It wasn't the homecoming Brendan Leipsic was hoping for, but the fifth-year pro still has a zeal for the game and a determination to earn regular work in the NHL.

On Thursday, with his Vancouver Canucks making their lone regular-season visit to Bell MTS Place, the 24-year-old Winnipegger was on the outside looking in again, spending extra time on ice during the morning skate with his fellow healthy scratches.