Loveland, CO – The Calgary Wranglers fell 6-4 to the Colorado Eagles on Saturday night at Blue Federal Credit Union Arena, dropping to 7-7-0 on the season.
Colorado opened the scoring just 22 seconds into the first period on a goal from Adam Beckman. Alex Gagne doubled the Eagles’ lead midway through the frame, before Beckman added his second of the night to give Colorado a 3-0 advantage after 20 minutes.
Tristen Nielsen extended Colorado’s lead to 4-0 on the power play just 17 seconds into the second period. Tyson Gross got Calgary on the board at 7:05 of the middle frame, with an assist from Ben Jones.
Just 1:45 later, Dryden Hunt found the back of the net, with assists from Alex Nylander and Jones, to bring the Wranglers within two.
Captain Rory Kerins scored at 16:12 of the second period, with assists from Andrew Basha and Axel Hurtig, cutting Colorado’s lead to 4-3 heading into the final frame.
Nikita Prishchepov restored Colorado’s two-goal advantage early in the third period, but Jones brought Calgary back within one on the power play at 13:19, with assists from Luke Philp and Hunter Brzustewicz.
Despite Calgary’s late push for an equalizer, Colorado grabbed the empty net goal to secure the 6-4 victory.
Jones led the Wranglers with a three-point performance, recording one goal and two assists.
Arsenii Sergeev made the start in goal, stopping eight of 11 shots, before Kirill Zarubin entered in relief and turned aside 16 of 18 shots.
The Wranglers continue their road trip on Tuesday, November 10, against the Bakersfield Condors, with puck drop set for 8:40 p.m. MT. Fans can catch all the action live on AHLTV via FloHockey at https://flosports.link/46YqCIJ or listen to the radio broadcast at https://edge.mixlr.com/channel/fblzn.