VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Vancouver Canucks will test their early-season fatigue levels when they host the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.Meanwhile, the Senators (3-2-0-0) will attempt to adapt quickly to playing in Western Canada after a long flight -- and overcome repeated failure at Rogers Arena.The Canucks (4-1-0-1) will play their third game in four nights while trying to overcome two losses in California, to the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings. Sundays 4-2 setback in Anaheim was Vancouvers first loss in regulation time after the first five games involved overtime or a shootout.Canucks coach Willie Desjardins was hoping that the losses were due more to fatigue than a downturn in play after his team reeled off four straight wins to start the season.I thought we were tired as a group, Desjardins told Post Media after Sundays loss to the Ducks. I thought our (defensemen) were tired. L.A. is a big, heavy team and they might have wore a little bit out on our (defense), I think.After a team day off Monday, the defense crew will have some refreshment available Tuesday. On Monday, the Canucks called up rookie defensemen Troy Stecher from Utica of the AHL. Stecher, a native of the Vancouver suburb of Richmond, B.C., who played three seasons at the University of North Dakota, turned heads in the preseason with his strong play.He showed offensive flair and the ability to move the puck quickly out of the defensive zone. Desjardins admitted Stecher threw a wrench into final roster selection plans. Stecher was sent down largely because, as a rookie, he did not have to clear waivers to be demoted -- and other veterans did. Although he was expected to be back with Vancouver at some point this season, Stecher has arrived sooner than expected, possibly because fellow rearguard Nikita Tryamkins days with the Canucks are limited.Tryamkin, who saw action with Vancouver last season but is still classified as a rookie, has a clause in his contract that requires him to be returned to the Kontinental Hockey League instead of being sent to the minors. The 22-year-old Russian, who stands six-foot-seven and weighs 220 pounds, has been a healthy scratch in all six of Vancouvers games to date, and the Canucks have attempted to send him to Utica, but he has refused to go.There is no possibility that he will play in the American Hockey League, Canucks general manager Jim Benning told Post Media over the weekend. Weve explored that. Weve talked to him and his agent and he has said no.Stecher, 22, has recorded one assist and two penalty minutes in four games with Utica this season. The Canucks also promoted winger Jason Megna on Monday. Megna, 26, who signed as a free agent in the offseason after splitting last season with the New York Rangers and their Hartford farm team, is expected to fill in for Alex Burrows, who is sidelined with an undisclosed injury. Burrows and fellow winger Derek Dorsett (shoulder) missed Sundays game in Anaheim due to health woes, forcing the Canucks to use defenseman Alex Biega as a forward.While the Canucks were still in California, the Senators arrived a day early in Vancouver in a bid to reverse some misfortune in Canadas westernmost city. The Sens have not won at Rogers Arena since March 13, 2004 -- although they did post a victory next door at B.C. Place Stadium in the Heritage Classic in 2014, when former Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo stewed on the bench as a backup in what would be his final game with the team before a trade to Florida.The Sens hit town two days early -- instead of the usual one -- in a bid to reverse the bad history.We know that we cant just say, OK guys lets try to get over the time change. Its something you have to live (with) and every day you have ahead of the game makes a difference, coach Guy Boucher was quoted by Post Media after a practice Monday.I believe this is going to be enough. The practice was good. The guys were intense, focused and we tackled everything we wanted to do. So I think we got everything we needed out of the last few days. We had a day off, a hard-working day and now we have to be ready to start on time.In addition, Boucher has disrupted all of his line combinations to help rejuvenate the Sens following their 4-1 home loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday.I was just trying out a few things, Boucher told Post Media. Were on the road, so we dont have the matchups we want, so Im just trying to balance things out so we get good matchups with the four lines. Swell Wood Water Bottle .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. Real Wood Water Bottle . P.A. Parenteau scored early in the third period to help the Avs edge Toronto 2-1 on Tuesday night. 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Even if Ernie Merrick doesnt coach another game, his record as the most successful mentor in the A-Leagues history will take some beating.Only Graham Arnold is within cooee of Merricks 100 A-League wins, a benchmark that cements the former Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix coachs place in A-League history.Merrick resigned as Phoenix coach on Sunday night after a 2-0 loss to previously winless Adelaide United.It is likely to spell the end of Merricks senior coaching career.At 63, Merrick would be the oldest man in the leagues history to begin a fresh coaching stint.The Edinburgh-born Scottish-Australian coach can look back on a fantastic legacy.He is the only man to be named coach of the year twice and the only man to win the premiership-championship double twice.In 2007, Archie Thompson led a 6-0 grand final rout of Adelaide United to secure the clubs first title.Two years later, Tom Pondeljaks goal over the Reds in another grand final confirmed Victory as the leagues biggest club.So much of that was because of Merrick.He led Victorys original recruitment efforts, bringing Archie Thompson and Kevin Muscat among others to the club.Long-time rival Graham Arnold said he was saddened by the resignation of a fantastic guy.Hes the most successful and experienced coach in the A-League in terms of trophies and games, he said on Monday.Its (Phoenix coach) got to be he hardest job in the A-League.The traveel is very difficult but then having to deal with the international FIFA windows and losing players.ddddddddddddIn the first eight or nine games hes lost players for two games ... theyre fatigued, then you lose and it just rattles players confidence and its hard to bring everything back together, especially in the public eye.Merrick was the last foundation coach to be sacked when the increasingly ambitious Victory board fired him in 2011 after a 5-1 Asian Champions League loss to Gamba Osaka.At Wellington, Merrick was a victim of raised expectations - hopes hed raised himself.Merrick told AAP the clubs sights were set on a top-four finish after a pre-season with nine wins from 10 games and the additions of Kosta Barbarouses, Gui Finkler and Marco Rossi.Im very upbeat about this team, he said in early October.Were buzzing in Wellington because weve got such a strong squad. It would have to be the strongest squad since Ive been at the club.Despite resigning his post on Sunday, Merrick believed - both at the start of the season and now - that the Nix could be champions this season.In the shadow of the 2-0 loss to the Adelaide, Merrick said the team was certainly good enough to make the finals still with a strong run.If we did we could get in the finals and do something, he said. ' ' '