VANCOUVER (CP) _ The Vancouver Canucks re-signed centre Ryan Kessler to a three-year contract on Thursday.

The 22-year-old had six goals and 10 assists in 48 games in 2006-07 before a hip injury knocked him out of the club's final 34 regular-season games.

He returned in time for the playoffs but suffered a hand injury in Game 1 of the first-round series with Dallas that ended his year.

Last summer as a restricted free agent, Kessler signed a

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