The Calgary Wranglers wrapped up their season on Saturday night with a win against the Colorado Eagles. On Monday, April 20, the team did their exit meetings and took some time with the media to reflect on their season. The overarching narrative that was consistently brought up in the media availabilities was the frustration of the way the season went, but how this roster had such a great group of guys despite the results.

The Wranglers did not qualify for postseason play for the first time in team history. While they finished the year on a high note, the disappointment of being done so early was ever present. The final regular season record for Calgary was 23-34-10-5, and they placed 10th in the Pacific Division.

Some players did better individually than others, but the biggest thing was not finishing games and not clicking at the same time. Wranglers Captain, Clark Bishop, talked about the down year and what needs to change for next season. He said:

“It’s tough. Everybody wants to win, right? Unfortunately, it just didn’t happen this year. It’s a learning year. Guys really have to figure out what they need to do next year to come back even stronger and what they need to do to help the team.”

Alternate Captain Martin Frk led the team in points and hit the 30 goal mark over the weekend against the Eagles. He talked about how this team showed their compete in those games and said:

“It was good we showed what we can do as a team in those last two games and it was also beating a really good team too as well. I thought we played pretty well. I was telling Bish (Clark Bishop), how come we didn’t play like that for most of the season. You know, that would have put us in a better spot.”

There were more downs than ups for this team this year and even when it was hard to leave the rink on days, the guys were still excited and willing to show up and play for each other. Nearly every guy who took time with the media talked about how close the locker room was and how they wished the results would match that.

Someone who had a unique perspective on this season was Etienne Morin. Morin won the Gilles-Corteau Trophy nearly a year ago with the Moncton Wildcats and went from the best team in his junior league to one of the AHL’s bottom teams the following season. When comparing the stark differences in the season. Morin said:

“To be honest, the group was really awesome. Same thing for the staff. They came in every day and made us work, had a smile and did what they wanted the best versions of ourselves. Honestly it might have just been about like buying in and stuff like that. I don’t think it’s one point or another that made us not make the playoffs. I know I need a big reset but I think everybody needs one too.”

In a down year, there were a few milestones that still came up. Both Martin Frk and Clark Bishop celebrated their 500th AHL games and Dryden Hunt was able to still put up career numbers despite a small injury set back and call up time with the Flames. The Wranglers also graduated three players, who will likely be considered every day NHLers next season. That includes Yan Kuznetsov, Hunter Brzustewicz and Matvei Gridin. Kuznetsov graduated after 10 games with the Wranglers, then the other two split time between the two teams almost evenly.

This team had glimmers of potential and good performances, especially on an individual player level. Where they struggled, was bringing it all together. They had a complete brand new set of goaltenders, two of which went down with injuries for extended periods of time. Ivan Prosvetov was in and out with injury then Owen Say was shut down as he was starting to get comfortable in this league. This was the first season since the team came to Calgary that they didn’t have all-star calibre goaltending with Dustin Wolf and Devin Cooley being previous performers in that position.

Beyond the goaltending growing pains, there was also some team consistency they struggled to find. When some top performers were scoring, others went quiet. One of the biggest opportunities the team left on the table was their games out of regulation. They had 24 overtime appearances and 15 of those finished in an overtime loss or a shootout loss.

Special teams also sticks out as opportunities they would’ve liked to do more with. Calgary finished 28th in the league in power play percentage with a 15.1%. Their penalty kill landed them at the bottom of the league with a 75.8%. Both showed signs of improvement over the last few weeks of the season but it was too late by then. The season coming to an end early this year comes as a disappointment, but in some ways, a relief for a team that went through plenty of trials and tribulations over the course of the year. Guys are going their separate ways for the summer, taking a little time away from hockey then getting back in the swing of preparing for next season.

Final regular season stats

Leaders

Points Leaders

Dryden Hunt – 52GP, 18G, 45A

Martin Frk- 66GP, 30G, 30A

Rory Kerins – 56GP, 22G, 35A

William Stromgren – 66GP, 11G, 36A

Sam Morton – 68GP, 17G, 21A

Most games played – Clark Bishop (72)

Most goals – Martin Frk (30)

Most assists – Dryden Hunt (45)

Most points – Dryden Hunt (63)

GAA – Connor Murphy (2.95)

SAV% – Connor Murphy (0.905)

Highlights

Hunter Brzustewicz’s early season power play goal (Oct. 18)

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Great patience by Dryen Hunt and a great shot by Hunter Brzustewicz through traffic on this power play goal.

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Etienne Morin’s first AHL goal (Dec. 13)

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Etienne Morin's first AHL goal

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AHL graduates

Yan Kuznetsov – 57 games

Matvei Gridin – 37 games

Hunter Brzustewicz – 34 games

Rory Kerins – 4 games

Dryden Hunt – 3 games

Sam Morton – 3 games

Arsenii Sergeev – 1 game

Contract statuses

RFAs

Rory Kerins, Brennan Othmann, William Stromgren, Sam Morton, Parker Bell, Lucas Ciona, Carter King, Artem Grushnikov, Gavin White, Owen Say

UFAs

Clark Bishop, Daniil Miromanov, Nick Cicek, Ivan Prosvetov

Who to watch at Worlds

No current Wranglers will be heading to Worlds but two former Wranglers will be representing their respective countries. Devin Cooley will be representing the USA and Martin Pospisil will be representing Slovakia.

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