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Series preview: Wranglers embark on one last road series to wrap up season
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Photo credit: David Moll/Calgary Wranglers
Paige Siewert
Apr 17, 2026, 14:30 EDTUpdated: Apr 17, 2026, 10:42 EDT
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The Calgary Hitmen and Calgary Flames may be done for the season, but there is still one more Calgary team with a couple of games left to play. The Calgary Wranglers wrap up their season with a two game road series in Loveland, CO, against the Colorado Eagles this weekend. This will be a back to back with games on Friday and Saturday night. Most of the playoff teams have already been determined and the Wranglers, who sit at the bottom of the league standings, have a challenge in these games against the second best team in the Division.

Last game’s lines

Calgary
Dryden Hunt – Rory Kerins – Brennan Othmann
Clark Bishop – Justin Kirkland – Martin Frk
William Stromgren – Sam Morton – David Silye
Alex Gallant – Carter King – Carter Wilkie
Xavier Bernard – Gavin White
Nick Cicek  – Daniil Miromanov
Etienne Morin – Kyle Walker
Connor Murphy
Colorado 
Alex Barre-Boulet – T.J. Tynan – Gavin Brindley
Matt DiMarsico – Jayson Megna – Tristen Nielsen
Taylor Makar – Ivan Ivan – Jason Polin
Chase Bradley – Mark Senden – Tye Felhaber
Keaton Middleton – Gustav Stjernberg
Jack Ahcan – Jacob MacDonald
Sean Behrens – Ronnie Attard
Trent Miner

Leaders

Calgary 
Dryden Hunt – 50GP, 17G, 40A
Martin Frk – 64GP, 28G, 28A
Rory Kerins – 55GP, 22G, 32A (Inactive on NHL call-up)
Colorado
Alex Barre-Boulet – 69GP, 26G, 44A (Inactive on NHL call-up)
Jayson Megna – 68GP, 26G, 25A
Jack Ahcan – 60GP, 11G, 39A

Notes and expectations

The Wranglers had the week to practice at home before travelling out of town for this series. Wednesday was their last practice before hitting the road and Ivan Prosvetov, Lucas Ciona and Jonathan Castagna did not practice. Artem Grushnikov was back with the team in a no-contact jersey so those four are likely ruled out for these games. 
On the Flames side, they did end up using their last recall of the season on Rory Kerins. Kerins got into the lineup for Calgary’s game against the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday and their season closer on Thursday against the Los Angeles Kings. Also still up with the Flames on Thursday was Aydar Suniev and Arsenii Sergeev. Sergeev was called up to the Flames on an emergency recall basis as Devin Cooley was ruled out with an illness. It was confirmed in the morning skate that he would get his first NHL start against the Kings and ended up picking up his first NHL win. These three will likely return to the Wranglers and may not be available for Friday’s game, but should be ready for Saturday.
As far as ATO signings since their last game, the Wranglers added right shot defenceman Kent Anderson this week. Anderson led the University of Denver to a National Championship last weekend as Captain of the squad. He also played with Carter King the last three seasons and they won a National Championship in 2023-24. Anderson’s had a whirlwind of a week but looks forward to this opportunity with the Wranglers. The Calgary native not only gets a chance with his hometown team, but is also anticipating his first professional games in his University state. He said: 
“It’s great. It’s a rink I’m familiar with. We were lucky enough to play a couple of games there in our Regional out there in Loveland. So it’s nice to have a familiar arena and obviously being in Colorado, it’s great.”
This final series of the year kicks off on Friday at 7:05 p.m. MT and continues on Saturday for a puck drop at the same time. Streaming options are available for a fee on Flo Hockey and the radio broadcast will be carried by the Fan960. FlamesNation contributors, Ryan Pike and I will have updates on X (formerly Twitter).

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