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Series preview: Wranglers start big Pacific Division week against Silver Knights
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Photo credit: David Moll/Calgary Wranglers
Paige Siewert
Mar 17, 2026, 12:00 EDTUpdated: Mar 17, 2026, 01:21 EDT
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The Calgary Wranglers continue a busy stretch of hockey kicking off a four game week with a two game series against the Henderson Silver Knights. Every point is a battle for Calgary at this point in the season, so with eight available points on the line against Pacific Division opponents, this week is going to be critical for the Flames’ affiliate.

Last game’s lines

Calgary
Dryden Hunt – Justin Kirkland – Martin Frk
Brennan Othmann – Sam Morton – William Stromgren
Carter King – Clark Bishop – Aydar Suniev
Alex Gallant – David Silye – Carter Wilkie
Artem Grushnikov – Daniil Miromanov
Nick Cicek – Gavin White
Etienne Morin – Simon Mack
Arsenii Sergeev
Henderson
Raphael Lavoie – Tanner Laczynski – Ben Hemmerling
Trevor Connelly – Kai Uchacz – Alexander Holtz
Jackson Hallum – Matyas Sapovaliv – Mathieu Cataford
Mitch McLain – Jakub Brabenec – Joe Fleming
Jaycob Megna – Lukas Cormier
Jeremy Davies – Dylan Coghlan
Brandon Hickey – Viliam Kmec
Cameron Whitehead
Carl Lindbom

Leaders

Calgary
Dryden Hunt – 39GP, 15G, 32A
Martin Frk – 57GP, 20G, 26A
Rory Kerins – 50GP, 17G, 28A
Henderson
Tanner Laczynski – 50GP, 17G, 39A
Lukas Cormier – 45GP, 7G, 37A
Ben Hemmerling – 54GP, 21G, 17A

Notes and expectations

Despite being in the same division, Henderson and Calgary haven’t seen a lot of each other this season. Last season, they played eight times and this season, they’ve only seen each other twice. Their last meeting was back near the start of the season on Nov. 15 and 16. The Wranglers took game one by a 6-4 decision, then the Silver Knights came back the next day and won 5-2. 
The Silver Knights were in that battle for the last playoff spot a couple of weeks ago and have managed to pull ahead to the sixth spot in the division with 66 points. The Wranglers still sit in eighth place with 54 points. They have quite a bit of ground to make up on the Tucson Roadrunners, who are the next team up with 63 points. Already, a couple of the top teams have secured playoff spots and Calgary only has 13 games remaining in the regular season. 
A couple of players who stood out in the Manitoba Moose series over the weekend were Justin Kirkland and Aydar Suniev. Both had two goal games in Calgary’s 7-2 win on Friday and Kirkland netted another in their 4-2 loss on Sunday. Kirkland is up to four goals in his last three games and Suniev had a season high three points in Friday’s game. They’ll both be good players to watch going into this week.
This series starts on Tuesday and wraps up on Thursday night. Both games have a 7:00 p.m. MT puck drop. You can celebrate your St. Patrick’s Day at the ‘Dome with tickets still available or stream the games for a fee on Flo Hockey. FlamesNation contributors Ryan Pike and I will have updates on X (formerly Twitter).
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