The Calgary Wranglers wrapped up their weekend series against the Abbotsford Canucks in their Hot Wheels themed game on Sunday. It was a very well attended game with a crowd of over 8,500. The Wranglers took this game out of regulation for the 23rd time this season and needed another shootout decision after falling in their last match-up against Abbotsford in the same way. This one ended up having the same result and the Wranglers fell 3-2 in the shootout.

Lineup notes

Rory Kerins and Lucas Ciona were still unavailable for this game due to their nagging lower-body injuries. Added to the injury list was Parker Bell. Bell took an awkward hit that folded him behind the net in their last game and stepped off for a few minutes. He was able to return to finish the game but did not practice on Saturday and needed to sit this one out with an upper body injury.

Wranglers lines

Dryden Hunt – Sam Morton – Aydar Suniev

William Stromgren – Justin Kirkland – Martin Frk

Ryan Chyzowski – Clark Bishop – Carter King

David Silye – Carter Wilkie

Turner Ottenbreit – Daniil Miromanov

Nick Cicek – Hunter Brzustewicz

Etienne Morin – Gavin White

Artem Grushnikov 

Arsenii Sergeev

Game at a glance

Arsenii Sergeev got the start for this game for the second game in a row. On the Canucks’ side, they swapped things up to give Ty Young the start. The game got started on a physical note with William Stromgren putting up a big hit on his first shift. Unfortunately, the momentum went the other way and the Canucks ended up scoring on their first shot of the game. The goal scorer was Danila Klimovich, who just jumped on a puck that was tangled up between a few skaters.

Sergeev had to be sharp right after this and put up a big save to prevent further damage. Calgary put up their first shot of the game at 4:11 and continued to put the pressure on for the next eight minutes of play. They didn’t give up a shot through this stretch and at 12:27, Clark Bishop was screening the net and getting tangled up with Sawyer Mynio. After the shot, the two exchanged a couple of punches and were called for offsetting roughing calls.

Shots slowed through this four-on-four and by the end of the first period, the Wranglers were behind 1-0 but outshot Abbotsford 9-4. Calgary started the second period with a good jump and attitude on the ice. They had a point blank chance at 2:35, when Gavin White dealt David Silye a pass right on the doorstep. This was stopped by Ty Young. A couple of minutes later William Stromgren was up on the rush and tried a through the legs move but ran out of space to get a good shot off. Aydary Suniev also looked like he could find that first Wrangler goal a couple of times around the six minute mark.

At 9:59, the Canucks added another goal to their lead with a goal from Joe Arntsen. Arntsen scored on a far side shot on Sergeev’s glove side and lit the lamp. Carter Wilkie had a great chance on a breakaway around the 15 minute mark of the period but also could not beat Young. There were only a handful of shots for the rest of the period and at the end of 40 minutes, the Wranglers were down 2-0. Shots in the middle frame were 9-4 Calgary once again.

There was a lot of pace to the third period and the Wranglers continued to drive play despite the two goal deficit. Finally, at 14:27, something gave and the same player that scored first in the last two games, Aydar Suniev, also scored first in this game off his signature quick release. Dryden Hunt and Turner Ottenbreit picked up the assists.

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Scoring stat summary

Turner Ottenbreit – 1A

Dryden Hunt – 1A

Justin Kirkland – 1G

Daniil Miromanov – 1A

Martin Frk – 1A

Aydar Suniev – 1G

Highlights

Next up

This game wrapped up a four game homestand for the Wranglers. They’ll have a lighter schedule next week on the road when they take on the Coachella Valley Firebirds on Friday and Sunday. Friday’s game gets going at 7:00 p.m. MT.

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