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Preview: Wranglers play second and third game in a row against Barracuda
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Photo credit: Andreea Cardani/San Jose Barracuda
Paige Siewert
Feb 24, 2026, 13:00 ESTUpdated: Feb 24, 2026, 12:18 EST
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The Calgary Wranglers return to home ice after four games on the road. Last week, they played three of those four and picked up wins in all three. One of those meetings was against the same opponent they face on Tuesday and Wednesday, the San Jose Barracuda. In six games against San Jose, the Wranglers have only been victorious in one. Now, they have a chance to pick up two more wins to wrap up the season series.

Last game’s lines

Calgary 
Clark Bishop – Justin Kirkland – Lucas Ciona

William Stromgren – Rory Kerins – Martin Frk
Carter King – Sam Morton – Aydar Suniev
Parker Bell – David Silye
Nick Cicek – Daniil Miromanov
Turner Ottenbreit – Hunter Brzustewicz
Etienne Morin – Gavin White

Artem Grushnikov

Ivan Prosvetov
San Jose
Igor Chernyshov – Jimmy Huntington – Oliver Wahlstrom
Quentin Musty – Patrick Giles – Egor Afanasyev
Kyle Crnkovic – Brendan Hoffman – Kasper Halttunen
Donavan Houle – Lucas Vanroboys – Anthony Vincent
Nolan Allan – Luca Cagnoni 
Lucas Carlsson – Mattias Havelid 
Braden Hache – Jack Thompson 
Laurent Brossoit 
Gabriel Carriere 

Leaders

Calgary 
Rory Kerins – 48GP, 16G, 27A
Martin Frk – 51GP, 19G, 23A
Dryden Hunt – 33GP, 14G, 26A
San Jose
Filip Bystedt – 40GP, 13G, 23A
Jimmy Huntington – 46GP, 10G, 21A
Igor Chernyshov – 35GP, 13G, 16A

Notes and expectations

Since their last game on Saturday, the Wranglers have called up Ryan Chyzowski from the Rapid City Rush. Last week, they were without forwards Dryden Hunt and Alex Gallant and an injury to Carter King in their last match-up may keep him out of the lineup too. Chyzowski comes to the Wranglers with 70 games of AHL experience between the Manitoba Moose and Toronto Marlies. He has yet to play a game with the Wranglers but has 37 points consisting of 22 goals and 15 assists in 49 games with the Rush this season. If he slots into the lineup, he will be wearing number 27. 
Also announced on Monday was an award for William Stromgren. He was named as the AHL’s player of the week with his three goal and three assist performance last week. His +/- also finished at +6 for the week. Stromgren felt Saturday’s win was extra special considering their record against the Barracuda, especially winning in overtime in a rival’s barn. The goal that won the game for Calgary came off a breakaway from Stromgren. 
As far as the rest of the team goes, there have been some great responses to the adversity Calgary has faced to start 2026. Even in their losses, they were trending in the right direction and some line shifting has shown its effectiveness. Captain Clark Bishop reflected on the plan going into this next week of hockey and said:
“We have to play our game the way we’ve been playing it the last few games. In the way we know we can play and that’s when we win hockey games. We can’t change anything. Get too high and get too loose out there because that’s when bad things happen and it usually goes to the back of the net. So, when we’re all on the same page, we’re playing a simple hockey game out there, that’s when we’re at our best.”
This series starts on Tuesday and continues for a back to back on Wednesday. Both games have a 7:00 p.m. MT start time. Tickets are still available if you’d like to catch the games in person or you can stream them for a fee on Flo Hockey. FlamesNation contributors, Ryan Pike and I will have updates on X (formerly Twitter). 
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