 Complete the following phrase:  Following his stint in the AHL, Virtanen was invited to participate in the Canucks 2015 training camp prior to the 201516 season. He impressed during the camp by recording two goals and two assists in six pre-season games and was subsequently named to their opening night roster. His NHL debut came days later when he was subbed in as a replacement for Jared McCann on October 13 prior to the Canucks contest with the Los Angeles Kings. He went scoreless in his debut but later recording his first NHL point an assist on a Derek Dorsett goal in a 51 win against the Montreal Canadiens. On November 1, 2015, it was announced Virtanen and McCann had made the Canucks team past their nine-game tryout period which would have sent them back to juniors without wasting a year of their contract. Following this decision, Virtanen, playing alongside Brandon Sutter, scored his first career NHL goal in a 31 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. After recording one goal and four points in 19 games with the Canucks, he was reassigned to the Comets on a condition stint. He played two games with the team before being loaned to the Canadian national junior team for the 