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Recap: Wranglers allow three answered goals in third period against Canucks, fall 3-1

Photo credit: Photo Credit: Darren Scott Francis/Abbotsford Canucks

By Paige Siewert

Oct 25, 2026, 14:00 EDTUpdated: Oct 25, 2026, 11:48 EDT

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The Calgary Wranglers are on the last leg of their six game road trip with a weekend series against the Abbotsford Canucks. This is their second series against each other this season with both games in Calgary’s home opener going their way. They looked to keep an edge on the season series and finish off the week with a pair of wins. In this game however, they were only able to score once with a marker from Rory Kerins on the power play and the Canucks scored three unanswered in the third period to win 3-1.

Lineup notes

There were a few changes going into this game. Connor Zary was listed in the pre-game injury report as out with a lower body injury. There was no timeline announced to indicate how long this may keep him out. He appeared to tweak his knee or ankle towards the end of the second period against the Ontario Reign on Tuesday. He was tripped on the play and at the media timeout, he skated it off and stayed in the game.

Coming off the injured list was Will Dineen. Dineen returned after missing six games with a lower body injury and slotted in on the fourth line. The Wranglers did make a call-up from the Rapid City Rush to bring up Alex Campbell as an extra forward. Campbell did not slot in for this game but could very well be an option for Sunday due to an apparent injury to Andrew Basha late in this game.

Wranglers lines

Dryden Hunt – Rory Kerins – William Stromgren

Sam Morton – Tyson Gross – Alex Nylander

Andrew Basha – Carter Wilkie – Luke Philp

Alex Gallant – Nikita Pavlychev – Will Dineen

Jake Livingstone – Hunter Brzustewicz

Axel Hurtig – Mike Benning

Abram Wiebe – Brayden Pachal

Arsenii Sergeev

Game at a glance

Arsenii Sergeev was matched up against Nikita Tolopilo in this game and there was some physicality right from the start. In the first period, Axel Hurtig and Will Dineen were both on the receiving end of some pretty big hits. At 8:21, the first penalty of the game was called against Rory Kerins for slashing. The Wranglers managed to kill this off and shortly after, were on a power play of their own as Abbotsford was called for tripping on Hunter Brzustewicz.

There were a few looks on this man advantage but the shots didn’t make it all the way through. When things got back to even strength, the Canucks were testing Sergeev the most but it was a pretty even first period. At the end of 20 minutes, it was a scoreless game with the Canucks out-shooting the Wranglers 11-6.

The physicality showed itself again in the second period when Cole Clayton was up near the Canucks’ net with William Stromgren and shoulder checked him, then hit him over the head with his forearm. This got him called for roughing just 40 seconds into the frame and Calgary got a power play chance.

At 2:31 in the dying seconds of this power play, Rory Kerins took a wrist shot from the top of the circle and beat Tolopilo for the first goal of the game. Dryden Hunt picked up the primary assist on this goal and Luke Philp picked up the secondary.

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The Canucks battled back after this goal and went on a stretch in the offensive zone, then Calgary pulled the momentum right back. By the end of the period, Calgary was up 1-0 and flipped the shots to be 11-6 in this frame and an even 17-17 in the game.

Abbotsford didn’t stay off the board for long as just 2:54 into the third period, Sawyer Mynio blasted a one-timer past Sergeev to tie the game. Shortly after, Calgary had a chance to pull ahead again on the power play at 3:16, when the Canucks were called for slashing. William Stromgren was up on the rush and was slashed on his shot attempt. He had enough at this point and exchanged a few shoves with the couple of Canucks who were around him.

On the power play, Dryden Hunt had a look but the man advantage was cut short by a slashing call against William Stromgren at 4:31. A few minutes later, there was a big collision by the Canucks’ bench just shy of the eight minute mark. Andrew Basha was carrying the puck at full speed and lost his footing when he was clipped by Austin Brimmer, then on the fall, he collided with Anri Ravinskis, who was also trying to put up a hit on him. Basha was hit around the midsection and grabbed his head when he went down to the ice. He also couldn’t put much weight on his left leg when he got up on his own and went down the tunnel. He didn’t end up returning to this game.

This all blew over then at 10:30, Abbotsford was called on another penalty for high-sticking. Once again, Calgary cut their own power play short when Sam Morton was called for tripping at 11:40. Once it was just Morton in the box and the Wranglers were penalty killing, Ty Mueller managed to score on the secondary rebound that popped out from a point shot. This goal came at 12:52.

About four minutes later, the Canucks got another off a rebound Cole Clayton elevated over the shoulder of Sergeev. The Wranglers had a big push in the offensive zone after this and were able to pull Arsenii Sergeev for the extra attacker at 17:31. The Wranglers kept the Canucks defending for an extra long shift before the home team was able to ice the puck and get a little relief before taking the next draw.

The Wranglers weren’t able to get one or two more back to extend this game, but they did prevent an empty net attempt in the dying seconds of the game. The Wranglers fell 3-1 and shots finished 27-22 for Abbotsford. With no points from William Stromgren in this game, his seven game point streak came to a close.

Scoring stat summary

Rory Kerins – 1G

Dryden Hunt – 1A

Luke Philp – 1A

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The Canucks are now up to a four game winning streak that the Wranglers look to snap on Sunday in their rematch. Game time goes at 4:00 p.m. MT.

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