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Series preview: Wranglers look to bring back their brand of hockey against the Reign this week
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Photo credit: David Moll/Calgary Wranglers
Paige Siewert
Nov 11, 2025, 10:00 ESTUpdated: Nov 10, 2025, 21:44 EST
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The Calgary Wranglers have two games left in their homestand before they go on the road for nearly a month. Their last two games didn’t go their way as they fell to the San Jose Barracuda last Thursday and Saturday. They look to get back in the winning side of things after snapping their five game winning streak. 

Last game’s lines

Calgary
Dryden Hunt – Sam Morton – William Stromgren 
Aydar Suniev – Rory Kerins – Martin Frk
Parker Bell – Clark Bishop – Matvei Gridin 
Alex Gallant – David Silye – Lucas Ciona
Turner Ottenbreit – Hunter Brzustewicz
Nick Cicek – Jeremie Poirier
Artem Grushnikov – Simon Mack
Ivan Prosvetov
Owen Say (back up)
Ontario 
Taylro Ward – Akil Thomas – Martin Chromiak 
Andre Lee – Glenn Gawdin – Cole Guttman 
Francesco Pinelli – Kenny Connors – Jared Wright 
Aatu Jamsen – Jack Huges – Koehn Ziemmer 
Joe Hicketts – Jack Millar 
Kirill Kirsanov – Kyle Burroughs
Samuel Bolduc – Otto Salin
Pheonix Copley 
Erik Portillo 

Leaders

Calgary
Rory Kerins – 12GP, 5G, 8A 
Matvei Gridin – 10GP, 4G, 7A 
Dryden Hunt – 11GP, 4G, 7A 
Ontario
Taylor Ward – 12GP, 6G, 3A
Akil Thomas – 12GP, 3G, 6A
Martin Chromiak – 12GP, 5G, 3A

Notes and expectations

Calgary went with Ivan Prosvetov for both starts last week and with it being a back to back series, Owen Say is due for a start. He did a great job coming in for Prosvetov in the first San Jose game, and didn’t let anything past him. He was a big reason why this team almost made a full comeback and finished within one of the Barracuda. I’d imagine he starts the first game of this series, but the rotation does have Ivan Prosvetov being favoured as the starter, so that may be a factor into deciding that first game netminder. 
The scoring slowed a bit for Calgary in the last two games as the Barracuda really didn’t give them the time and space to set things up. Regular scorers like Rory Kerins, Matvei Gridin and Sam Morton were kept quiet but still contributed with assists or chances as the games went on. Even the players agreed that team threw them off their game and structure and those are both things they want to focus on going into this next series. 
Hunter Brzustewicz spoke about this after practice on Monday saying:
”I think all teams play different so I think it’s all different scenarios, but San Jose and our previous Bakersfield, they are two run and gun teams that forechecked with two really hard forecheckers. I think we need to do a better job playing against that. We’ll see what we get versus Ontario tomorrow, but I think it’s just all different opponents. We just got to be ready for whoever and whatever they play.”
Ontario has had a similar record to the Wranglers in their last five games and comes into this series off a 4-3 win against the San Diego Gulls. Most of their major categories for special teams, and goals for and against look very close when you compare the teams apples to apples. With Ontario at 41 goals for and 36 goals against and Calgary with 38 goals for and 37 goals against. It could be another couple of close games for the Flames affiliate. 
This series starts on Tuesday for a Remembrance Day game and continues for a back to back on Wednesday. Tuesday’s game starts at 6 p.m. MT and Wednesday’s goes an hour later at 7 p.m. MT. Tickets are available for both games or you can stream them on Flo Hockey. Multiple FlamesNation contributors will have updates on X (formerly Twitter). 

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