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Wranglers Recap: 21 shot third period push shut down by Silver Knights

Photo credit: Photo Credit: RJ Forbus/Henderson Silver Knights

By Paige Siewert

Nov 15, 2026, 09:00 ESTUpdated: Nov 15, 2026, 01:18 EST

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The Calgary Wranglers wrapped up their five game road trip with a meeting against the Henderson Silver Knights on Saturday. Henderson came out with the first goal in the opening frame but Calgary was able to answer back with a tip-in goal from Alex Gallant. Hunter Brzustewicz walked into a shot later in the period to put the Wranglers up 2-1. The Silver Knights scored the next two goals and their goalie held them in it despite Calgary’s 21 shot attempt in the third period. The Wranglers fell to the Silver Knights 3-2 and split the series.

Lineup notes

Sam Honzek was in for this game to make his season debut with the Wranglers. He was sent down ahead of their previous match-up against the Silver Knights but did not appear in that game. Prior to this game, an injury announcement was made for Will Dineen. Dineen had fought in the last two games and missed some time earlier in the year with injury. He is listed as having an upper body injury.

To accommodate these changes, the Wranglers returned back to a traditional 12 forward and six defencemen system. Alex Gallant returned to the lineup and Ryan Hofer made his Wranglers debut in this game on the fourth line.

Wranglers lines

Sam Honzek – Ben Jones – Luke Philp

Dryden Hunt – Rory Kerins – Andrew Basha

Sam Morton – Tyson Gross – Alex Nylander

Ryan Hofer – Carter Wilkie – Alex Gallant

Axel Hurtig – Mike Benning

Abram Wiebe – Hunter Brzustewicz

Jake Livingstone – Tyson Feist

Owen Say (starter)

Arsenii Sergeev

Game at a glance

Owen Say got the nod in net for his third straight start and on the other end, the Silver Knights made a change from last game with Cameron Whitehead getting the start. Owen Say was getting the majority of the work to start the game but that was broken up a bit by a couple of penalty calls within 10 seconds of each other. Alex Nylander was sent to the box for hooking at 4:37 and Ville Heinola made his way over for tripping at 4:47.

Just a second after the Wranglers brief power play ended, Henderson scored first with a low wrist shot from Jakub Demek at 6:48. Calgary pushed back after this goal and started climbing in the shot category. At 10:37, Hunter Brzustewicz took a shot from the point that ended in the back of the net. He was originally credited for this goal but it was later changed to Alex Gallant for the last touch. Brzustewicz still got the primary assist and Abram Wiebe picked up the secondary.

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The scoring has changed on this goal to Alex Gallant for the last touch. Brzustewicz still gets the primary assist.

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Hunter Brzustewicz with the blue line blast to even things up for the Wranglers.

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The Wranglers finished up the first period with a 2-1 lead and climbed up to a 13-11 edge in shots. The second period got out to a slower start for Calgary and at 7:14, former Wrangler Mitch McLain scored on a breakaway to make it a 2-2 game. A couple of minutes after this Silver Knights goal, Andrew Basha was called for hooking and Calgary managed to kill this penalty off. It was a pretty low event second period and at the end of the frame, the 2-2 score remained. Shots were also an even 18-18 by the end of 40 minutes.

Calgary got an early power play chance in the third when Jaycob Megna was called for cross-checking just 46 seconds into the frame. They didn’t score on this chance and at 4:27, the Silver Knights took the lead. Kai Uchacz tried a shot and elevated his own rebound over Say’s glove to give the home team the lead.

Calgary absolutely peppered Cameron Whitehead, trying to find a goal to even up the score once again. At 13:59, they got a power play chance that turned into a five on three for 11 seconds when Henderson was called for an additional penalty for delay of game. The Wranglers opted to use their timeout at this time, then pulled Owen Say at 16:50 for the extra attacker.

They gave it all they could with 21 shots on goal in the third period but could not find another marker before the end of the game. Henderson had a couple of attempts at the empty net but shot them wide. This game finished with the Silver Knights winning 3-2 and shots finished 39-21 for Calgary.

Sam Honzek had a pretty quiet game in his first match-up since his injury earlier in the season but was still doing things the right way. He was playing top minutes, skating on the top power play unit and finishing his hits. He finished with two shots on goal. I imagine he only continues to go up from here.

Scoring stat summary

Abram Wiebe – 1A

Dryden Hunt – 1A

Alex Gallant – 1G

Hunter Brzustewicz – 1G, 1A

Andrew Basha – 1A

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Next up

Calgary’s AHL squad will return home now and will be right back into game action on Tuesday and Wednesday. They host the Coachella Valley Firebirds next and both games have a 7:00 p.m. ABT start time.

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