Calgary, AB – The Calgary Wranglers returned to the win column Thursday night, defeating the Laval Rocket 4-2 at the Scotiabank Saddledome to move to 6-5-0.
Mike Benning opened the scoring with just nine seconds remaining in the first period, with assists from Rory Kerins and Dryden Hunt to give Calgary a 1-0 lead heading into the intermission.
William Strömgren extended Calgary's lead midway through the second period, scoring his third goal of the season on the power play, with Kerins and Hunt each getting their second assist of the night.
However, Laval responded early in the third period with a power-play goal from Luke Mittelstadt to cut Calgary's lead to 2-1. Xavier Simoneau tied the game at 2-2 with just over five minutes remaining in regulation.
Just 1:04 later, Alex Nylander restored Calgary's lead, scoring his third goal of the season with assists from Luke Philp and Ben Jones. Jones added an empty-net goal in the final two minutes to secure the 4-2 victory.
Kerins, Hunt and Jones each finished with two-point performances, while the Wranglers went 1-for-4 on the power play.
Arsenii Sergeev made the start in goal, stopping 36 of 38 shots faced.
The Wranglers remain at home for a rematch against the Rocket on Saturday, October 31, with puck drop set for 12:00 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.
