On Wednesday, during a pretty news-filled day already, the American Hockey League announced the rosters for its upcoming 2025 AHL All-Star Classic. Representing the Calgary Wranglers at the event will be goaltender Devin Cooley and forward Rory Kerins.

It’s the first AHL All-Star appearance for each player.

Cooley, 27, is in his first year with the Flames organization after signing a two-year deal as a free agent. He’s absolutely shined with the Wranglers – he’s openly praised goaltending coach Mackenzie Skapski for his suggested tweaks – and he’s among the AHL league leaders in basically every goaltending category. Through 24 games with the Wranglers, Cooley is 17-6-0 with a 1.99 goals against average, .937 save percentage and three shutouts.

Kerins, 22, is in the third year of his entry level contract with the Flames. He was drafted by the club in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL Draft and struggled to find a niche in his first two seasons as a pro. But he’s absolutely clicked this season, playing on the Wranglers top line between some really smart two-way forwards in Jakob Pelletier, William Strömgren and veteran Dryden Hunt. But Kerins has been full marks, making great plays with the puck and helping drive the Wranglers’ offence this season. Through 34 games, he has 21 goals and 13 assists for 34 points. If we’re being honest, Kerins has gone from someone with an unclear pro future to someone who might be the Flames’ next call-up to the NHL – his season has been that good.

Cooley and Kerins will be joined by the Wranglers head coach, whoever it is at the time. Trent Cull is the team’s usual head coach, but he’s with the Flames on an interim basis filling in for assistant coach Brad Larsen, and Wranglers assistant coach Joe Cirella is serving as their interim head coach in Cull’s place. Odds are that Cirella will be representing the Wranglers at All-Star weekend, but we’ll see what unfolds.

The 2025 AHL All-Star Classic takes place Feb. 2-3 in Palm Desert, California, and will be hosted by the Coachella Valley Firebirds.