As the Calgary Flames hit the ice for warm-up in advance of their game with the Seattle Kraken on Monday night, they announced a transaction. The club has called up goaltender Owen Say from the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers under emergency conditions. Netminder Devin Cooley is unavailable due to illness, so Say will dress as backup behind Dustin Wolf.

A product of London, Ontario, Say is a 24-year-old goaltender in his first year of pro with the Wranglers. He came up through Ontario minor hockey and then spent two seasons in the BCHL with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. He was named the BCHL’s top goaltender in 2021-22.

Then he moved onto college, where he spent two seasons with Mercyhurst University in the Atlantic conference before moving onto the University of Notre Dame for his junior year. He was named to the Atlantic conference’s all-rookie team in 2022-23 and was third team all-conference in 2023-24. His numbers improved every season in college, and he impressed enough that the Flames signed him to an entry-level contract at the end of the 2024-25 season.

Playing at first as backup to Ivan Prosvetov and more recently as part of a tandem with fellow collegiate product Arsenii Sergeev, Say has appeared in 18 games this season for the Wranglers. He’s posted a 6-7-5 record with a 3.33 goals against average, .891 save percentage and one shutout. He served as backup to Sergeev in Sunday’s 4-0 Wranglers loss to Tucson, so he’ll have the unique distinction of backing up in back-to-back games in the same building in two different leagues.

When we say “emergency conditions,” in this case it refers to the Flames exercising the “goaltender exception” to the 23-man roster limit to ensure that they have two healthy goaltenders available to play. With Say’s call-up, the Flames’ active roster is temporarily at 24 players – three goaltenders, seven defencemen and 14 forwards. Once Cooley is available to play again, Say will be required to be returned to the Wranglers.

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