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Wranglers Series Preview: Going Moose hunting
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Photo credit: Eric Boldt/Calgary Wranglers
Paige Siewert
Dec 10, 2024, 10:00 ESTUpdated: Dec 10, 2024, 00:31 EST
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Two Canadian AHL teams take the ice on the Scotiabank Saddledome the next couple of nights and they are the Manitoba Moose and Calgary Wranglers. These cross-divisional teams still remain on opposite ends of their division standings and the Wranglers look to earn a couple of wins to continue their fight with the Hershey Bears for the top spot in the league. The Moose on the other hand, are just trying to work towards separating the gap between wins and losses which sits at a 0.342 win percentage. 

Projected lines

Calgary
William Stromgren – Rory Kerins – Dryden Hunt
Sam Honzek – Clark Bishop – Martin Frk
Lucas Ciona – Sam Morton – Adam Klapka
Parker Bell – David Silye – Alex Gallant
Yan Kuznetsov – Hunter Brzustewicz
Jonathan Aspirot – Jeremie Poirier
Joni Jurmo – Ilya Solovyov
Devin Cooley 
Waltteri Ignatjew 
Manitoba
C.J. Suess – Dominic Toninato – Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Mason Shaw – Ben King – Nikita Chibrikov (Inactive)
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby – Chaz Lucius – Parker Ford
Mark Liwisi – Kevin Conley – Tyson Empey
Ashton Sautner – Simon Lundmark 
Dylan Anhorn – Dawson Barteaux
Dmitry Kuzmin – Tyrel Bauer
Thomas Milic
Kaapo Kahkonen

Leaders

Calgary
Rory Kerins – 23GP, 16G, 8A
Dryden Hunt – 21GP, 5G, 15A
Walker Duehr – 20GP, 11G, 8A (Inactive on NHL call-up)
Manitoba
Nikita Chibrikov – 19GP, 5G, 8A (Inactive on NHL call-up)
Elias Salomonsson – 17GP, 3G, 9A
Brad Lambert – 16GP, 3G, 8A 

Notes and expectations

Their last match-up was not too long ago just back on November 29th and December 1st. The Wranglers earned a sweep on the road with 3-2 and 6-1 decisions. Parker Bell had his best outing of the season against the Moose with two goals in their 6-1 win. Others who found the scoresheet on both games were William Stromgren, Rory Kerins, and Martin Frk. 
Stromgren especially will be a player to watch this week as he is on a current five game point streak with seven points in the last five games. He has been promoted to the top line in the last few games with Jakob Pelletier up with the Flames. Stromgren has been on the starting lineup and scored the game-opening goals in both of their weekend games very early. One was just 17 seconds in and the other was just 3:01 into the game. We’ll see if he can help his team get off to a good start in these games as well.
Another player to keep an eye on who hasn’t been going crazy on the scoresheet but has been playing an exciting game is Sam Honzek. There’s no denying Honzek wants his chance back with the Flames and he’s doing all the right things to make that so. On a veteran line with Martin Frk and Clark Bishop, he’s been able to showcase his playmaking abilities and his hockey IQ. Honzek averages about a point every second game or so but his presence on the ice has especially been felt in the last couple of weeks.
Calgary looks to keep a perfect season series record against the Moose with this series starting on Tuesday night and continuing for a back-to-back on Wednesday night. Both games are at the Scotiabank Saddledome with a 7:00 p.m. MT puck drop. You can follow along with the stream for a fee on Flo Hockey, with the Fan960 radio broadcast or with various FlamesNation contributors on X (formerly Twitter).

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