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Recap: Wranglers give up five power play goals in 6-3 loss to the Eagles
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Photo credit: David Moll/Calgary Wranglers
Paige Siewert
Mar 28, 2026, 10:00 EDTUpdated: Mar 28, 2026, 10:48 EDT
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The Calgary Wranglers hosted the Colorado Eagles on Friday for some afternoon hockey. The visitors really put the pedal to the metal from puck drop and scored five of their six goals on the power play. Calgary had some push back in the middle of the game but could not catch up to the team that has led the Pacific Division at multiple points this season. The Wranglers ended up falling 6-3.

Lineup notes

Martin Frk returned for this game and the Wranglers were able to go back to a typical 12 forward and six defencemen system. Carter Wilkie also returned back to the lineup and the scratches included Chase Pauls on the back end and Lucas Ciona up front.

Wranglers lines

Dryden Hunt – Justin Kirkland – Martin Frk
William Stromgren – Sam Morton – Aydar Suniev
Brennan Othmann – Clark Bishop – David Silye
Parker Bell – Carter King – Carter Wilkie
Nick Cicek – Daniil Miromanov
Turner Ottenbreit – Gavin White
Etienne Morin – Simon Mack
Ivan Prosvetov

Game at a glance

Ivan Prosvetov got the start for this game for his first start since the Wranglers game against the Silver Knights on March 17. Trent Miner was the starting netminder for the Eagles. Colorado started circling the zone for the first couple of minutes of the game before Calgary could take the puck the other way. At 3:22, the first penalty of the game was called against Justin Kirkland for kneeing. The Wranglers managed to kill off this penalty without giving up a shot. 
The Eagles found the first goal of the game when Maros Jedlicka roofed a shot from the slot over Prosvetov at the nine minute mark. Around the 12 minute mark, Nick Cicek and Maros Jedlicka were pushing and shoving each other after a whistle and it boiled over at the next stoppage. They were both called for slashing minors and fighting majors. 
At 13:02, the Wranglers were penalty killing as Daniil Miromanov took a cross-checking penalty. At 14:43, Colorado added to their lead with a goal from Tye Felhaber, who was right on the doorstep for the tip-in. 
Just over a minute later, Clark Bishop banked a shot off an Eagles player in front of the net to put the Wranglers on the board. David Silye was right there and from a first look, it seemed like he may have scored but he didn’t end up getting a touch on it. Gavin White and Brennan Othmann picked up the assists on this goal at 15:53. 
11 seconds later, Clark Bishop was called for a high-sticking double minor. The Eagles also scored on this power play with a one-timer from Alex Barre-Boulet at 19:04. Before the end of the period, Colorado took a hooking call that would carry into the second period. At the end of 20 minutes, the Wranglers were down 3-1 and outshot 19-4. 
Calgary wasn’t able to generate much on the remaining 1:23 of their power play to start the second and at 4:32, they were back in the box as Justin Kirkland was called for high sticking. At 5:24, Danil Gushchin was in the slot and just picked a spot and scored on the power play to make it a 4-1 game. 
At 6:33, the Wranglers answered back with a goal from Sam Morton. Morton won the faceoff and Suniev was able to keep the puck in the zone to get it up to William Stromgen, who fed it back to Morton to take the shot. 
At 9:52, a bit more emotion boiled over and Carter Wilkie and Luke Toporowski were called for roughing. On this four on four, Turner Ottenbreit got a feed from Aydar Suniev at 10:43 and made it a one goal game. Gavin White picked up the secondary assist. 
At 11:44, the Wranglers were back in the box as Martin Frk was called for hooking then Turner Ottenbreit was called for high-sticking at 12:37. On this five on three, the Eagles scored right after Frk’s penalty with a goal from Jack Ahcan. 
Shortly after this goal, the Wranglers got a chance on the power play when the Eagles were called for holding. Calgary managed a few shots on this man advantage but continue to struggle to score on the power play. At the end of two complete periods, the Wranglers trailed the Eagles 5-3 but were closer in shots in that frame being 10-9 for Colorado. 
About two and a half minutes into the third, the Wranglers appeared to have scored their fourth goal with another marker from Clark Bishop but it was immediately waved off by the officials. The puck bounced out so the play wasn’t whistled down. At the next stoppage, the replay showed the puck hugging the line but it did not go over. The officials reviewed it and kept the call on the ice as no goal. 
At 6:27, the Wranglers got going on the power play when the Eagles were called for interference. Calgary managed a few shots then shortly after their power play, they were called for a penalty. It was Parker Bell who was sent to the box for holding the stick. At 9:30, just 27 seconds into the power play, Tristen Nielsen scored Colorado’s sixth goal of the afternoon. 
At 14:57, the Wranglers were called for too many men and William Stromgren ended up serving this call. After this call, the Eagles went to the box for holding with just 2:26 to go in regulation. The Wranglers put up one more shot before the end of the game and ended up falling 6-3. The Eagles ended up going five for nine on the power play and shots finished 46-25 for the Avalanche affiliate.
Assistant coach David Liffiton talked to the media after the game and owned some of the issues with the special teams this season. He said:
“You know I don’t think it’s one thing. I think obviously when it’s going the way it has, it’s a combination of things. So both areas have to be better, my area definitely has to be better and we’ll keep moving forward here.”

Scoring stat summary

Turner Ottenbreit – 1G
Gavin White – 2A
William Stromgren – 1A
Clark Bishop – 1G
Brennan Othmann – 1A
Aydar Suniev – 2A
Sam Morton – 1G

Highlights

Next up

The Wranglers have a day between games and will be back at it on Sunday against the Eagles. Puck drop is set for the same time at 1:00 p.m. MT.

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