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Series preview: Wranglers host Moose for throwback themed series this weekend
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Photo credit: Jonathan Kozub / Manitoba Moose
Paige Siewert
Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 EDTUpdated: Mar 13, 2026, 02:24 EDT
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It’s throwback weekend at the Scotiabank Saddledome as the Calgary Wranglers rock some threads reminiscent of the Saint John Flames. It’s the 25th anniversary of this Flames affiliate’s Calder Cup victory and the Wranglers are paying homage to that with custom jerseys for their home series against the Manitoba Moose. 

Last game’s lines

Calgary
Dryden Hunt – Sam Morton – William Stromgren
Brennan Othmann – Justin Kirkland – Aydar Suniev
Parker Bell – Clark Bishop – Lucas Ciona
Alex Gallant – Carter King – David Silye
Nick Cicek – Daniil Miromanov
Etienne Morin – Turner Ottenbreit
Artem Grushnikov – Gavin White

Ivan Prosvetov
Manitoba
Mason Shaw – Danny Zhilkin – Phillip Di Giuseppe
Samuel Fagemo – Parker Ford – Walker Duehr
Jaret Anderson-Dolan – Brayden Yager – Nikita Chibrikov
Colby Barlow – Jacob Julien – Tyson Empey
Ashton Sautner – Tyrel Bauer
Isaak Phillips – Dylan Anhorn 
Kale Clague – Dawson Barteaux
Thomas Milic 
Domenic DiVincentiis

Leaders

Calgary
Rory Kerins – 50G, 17G, 28A
Martin Frk – 55GP, 20G, 24A
Dryden Hunt – 37GP, 15G, 28A
Manitoba 
Mason Shaw – 52GP, 15G, 20A
David Gustafsson – 44GP, 9G, 21A
Walker Duehr – 43GP, 12G, 15A

Notes and expectations

Calgary’s hoping to get at least one of their top scorers back for this series. In their last series against the Coachella Valley Firebirds, they were without Rory Kerins and Martin Frk. Frk is the more likely return for this series as he was listed as day-to-day. Kerins on the other hand, was week-to-week. Brett Sutter provided an update on Kerins earlier this week on the Fan960 and said Kerins is still a few weeks from returning so he has been ruled out against the Moose. 
This weekend will be the third and fourth meeting between these teams this season. They last faced each other on Feb. 14 and 16 in Winnipeg. That series resulted in a split with the Moose taking game one 5-1 and the Wranglers winning game two 3-2 in a shootout. That win kickstarted a three game winning streak for Calgary.
The Wranglers will be the fresher team going into this series as the Moose started their road trip earlier this week with a two game, back-to-back set in Abbotsford to face the Canucks. They won 4-0 in their first match-up on Tuesday and fell 4-1 in their second match-up on Wednesday. Calgary last played on Sunday against the Coachella Valley Firebirds and are looking to snap a six game losing streak.
This series starts on Friday evening and wraps up on Sunday afternoon. Friday’s game has a 7:00 p.m. MT start time and Sunday’s is a noon puck drop. Tickets are available for both of these games and 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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