The Calgary Wranglers and Manitoba Moose played their second game in as many nights on Wednesday. After the Wranglers delivered quite a beating on Tuesday night, the Moose were looking to clean up some of the mistakes of the last game.
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Manitoba put up more of a battle in this one and the score finished closer than the previous game but ended 6-3 for the Wranglers.
<h2>Lineup notes</h2>
There was a paper transaction between the Flames and Wranglers including Jakob Pelletier and Walker Duehr on Wednesday morning to manage their waiver status the longer they’re up with the Flames. They were not in the lineup for the Wranglers for this game and will likely return to the Flames roster again this week. 
There were just a few minor tweaks for this game. William Stromgren was out of the lineup on a maintenance day and this move brought a line promotion for Adam Klapka. He joined Rory Kerins and Dryden Hunt on the top line. To add another body to the lineup, Trevor Janicke slotted in for his Wranglers debut. He started the year with the Rapid City Rush before being called up to the Wranglers when Walker Duehr and Jakob Pelletier were first called up. 
<h2>Wranglers lines</h2>
Dryden Hunt &#8211; Rory Kerins &#8211; Adam Klapka
Sam Honzek &#8211; Clark Bishop &#8211; Martin Frk 
Parker Bell &#8211; Sam Morton &#8211; Lucas Ciona
Alex Gallant &#8211; David Silye &#8211; Trevor Janicke
Yan Kuznetsov &#8211; Hunter Brzustewicz
Jonathan Aspirot &#8211; Jeremie Poirier
Joni Jurmo &#8211; Ilya Solovyov 
Waltteri Ignatjew
<h2>Game at a glance</h2>
Both squads switched things up between the pipes on Wednesday. Waltteri Ignatjew was in net for the Wranglers and Kaapo Kahkonen started for the Moose. It was mostly Wranglers again to start but not quite with the same explosion of action as there was on Tuesday night. The first penalty call was against the Wranglers and went to Adam Klapka for boarding at 6:38.
A few minutes later, the Moose took back-to-back penalties but the Wranglers only put up one shot on these man advantages. Instead, the first goal action of this competition came at even strength when Adam Klapka caught the Moose off guard on a turnover in the offensive zone. He made a patient play and baited Kahkonen out of his net to sneak the puck past him. This was an unassisted marker that came at 18:17.
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In the last 13 seconds of the period, the Moose made a play on Ignatjew that was close enough to take another look at. The puck was being pushed into the net but Ignatjew was able to keep it out. The AHL doesn’t have an official goal review but they can take another look at the streams to see if the puck passed the line or not. In this case, it did not and the score remained 1-0. 
That was the score after the remaining 13 seconds of the opening period and the Wranglers outshot the Moose 10-8. In the second period, Calgary was eager to pull ahead in this game but a penalty on Alex Gallant for slashing took a little momentum away. Not much, however, because Sam Honzek scored his second goal in as many nights shortly after this penalty was killed. 
This goal came at 6:38 when Honzek received a pass from Clark Bishop, sped his way into the zone and flipped the puck into the back of the net.
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Just over a minute later, Hunter Brzustewicz scored his first professional goal at 7:42 after burying a rebound in the slot. Rory Kerins and Dryden Hunt assisted on Brzustewicz’s milestone goal. 
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Shortly after this goal, Brad Lambert was called for hooking and less than a minute later, the Moose scored their first goal of the game shorthanded. C.J. Suess was the goal scorer and his marker came at 10:06. 50 seconds later, Jonathan Aspirot set up Martin Frk for a huge slap shot at 10:56 and Kahkonen didn’t have much of a hope in stopping that. Hunter Brzustewicz also picked up the secondary assist on this marker. 
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The back and forth did not stop there as Mason Shaw got a puck past Ignatjew at 16:14. Dominic Toninato and Simon Lundmark assisted. That closed up the scoring through the second frame and the score was 4-2 Calgary after 40 minutes of play. Manitoba had the edge in shots this period outshooting Calgary 11-8. 
In the third, the Wranglers got caught on their heels early and almost paid for it in a goal. Fortunately, the Moose didn’t score on an early grade-A opportunity but instead waited until the midway mark to add to their score. The Moose took a shot off the faceoff win and got the puck past Ignatjew to bring the score to 4-3. This goal came from Captain, Dominic Toninato at 10:52. 
The visiting Winnipeg Jets affiliate kept trying for that next goal to try and even things up and pulled Kahkonen at 17:45 for the extra attacker. Sam Honzek got the puck in the empty net at 18:08 then Clark Bishop scored in the last 30 seconds on the empty net as well.
The Wranglers picked up a 6-3 win with those two late empty-netters and Waltteri Ignatjew picked up the win between the pipes. Shots finished 34-26 for Manitoba and the three stars went to Clark Bishop for the third, Sam Honzek for the second and Hunter Brzustewicz for the first. 
<h2>Scoring stat summary</h2>
Hunter Brzustewicz &#8211; 1G, 1A
Rory Kerins &#8211; 1A
Dryden Hunt &#8211; 1A
Clark Bishop &#8211; 1G, 2A
Martin Frk &#8211; 1G, 2A
Sam Honzek &#8211; 2G, 1A
Adam Klapka &#8211; 1G
Jonathan Aspirot &#8211; 1A
<h2>Highlights</h2>
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<h2>Next up</h2>
This game wrapped up the Wranglers&#8217; brief stretch at home and maintained their perfect record against Manitoba this season. They will now head on the road for the weekend to face the Coachella Valley Firebirds on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. MT and Sunday at 4:00 p.m. MT.

The Calgary Wranglers and Manitoba Moose played their second game in as many nights on Wednesday. After the Wranglers delivered quite a beating on Tuesday night, the Moose were looking to clean up some of the mistakes of the last game.
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Manitoba put up more of a battle in this one and the score finished closer than the previous game but ended 6-3 for the Wranglers.
<h2>Lineup notes</h2>
There was a paper transaction between the Flames and Wranglers including Jakob Pelletier and Walker Duehr on Wednesday morning to manage their waiver status the longer they’re up with the Flames. They were not in the lineup for the Wranglers for this game and will likely return to the Flames roster again this week. 

There were just a few minor tweaks for this game. William Stromgren was out of the lineup on a maintenance day and this move brought a line promotion for Adam Klapka. He joined Rory Kerins and Dryden Hunt on the top line. To add another body to the lineup, Trevor Janicke slotted in for his Wranglers debut. He started the year with the Rapid City Rush before being called up to the Wranglers when Walker Duehr and Jakob Pelletier were first called up. 
<h2>Wranglers lines</h2>
Dryden Hunt - Rory Kerins - Adam Klapka

Sam Honzek - Clark Bishop - Martin Frk 

Parker Bell - Sam Morton - Lucas Ciona

Alex Gallant - David Silye - Trevor Janicke

Yan Kuznetsov - Hunter Brzustewicz

Jonathan Aspirot - Jeremie Poirier

Joni Jurmo - Ilya Solovyov 

Waltteri Ignatjew
<h2>Game at a glance</h2>
Both squads switched things up between the pipes on Wednesday. Waltteri Ignatjew was in net for the Wranglers and Kaapo Kahkonen started for the Moose. It was mostly Wranglers again to start but not quite with the same explosion of action as there was on Tuesday night. The first penalty call was against the Wranglers and went to Adam Klapka for boarding at 6:38.

A few minutes later, the Moose took back-to-back penalties but the Wranglers only put up one shot on these man advantages. Instead, the first goal action of this competition came at even strength when Adam Klapka caught the Moose off guard on a turnover in the offensive zone. He made a patient play and baited Kahkonen out of his net to sneak the puck past him. This was an unassisted marker that came at 18:17.

https://twitter.com/AHLWranglers/status/1867038726662086820

In the last 13 seconds of the period, the Moose made a play on Ignatjew that was close enough to take another look at. The puck was being pushed into the net but Ignatjew was able to keep it out. The AHL doesn’t have an official goal review but they can take another look at the streams to see if the puck passed the line or not. In this case, it did not and the score remained 1-0. 

That was the score after the remaining 13 seconds of the opening period and the Wranglers outshot the Moose 10-8. In the second period, Calgary was eager to pull ahead in this game but a penalty on Alex Gallant for slashing took a little momentum away. Not much, however, because Sam Honzek scored his second goal in as many nights shortly after this penalty was killed. 

This goal came at 6:38 when Honzek received a pass from Clark Bishop, sped his way into the zone and flipped the puck into the back of the net.

https://twitter.com/AHLWranglers/status/1867046460837015640

Just over a minute later, Hunter Brzustewicz scored his first professional goal at 7:42 after burying a rebound in the slot. Rory Kerins and Dryden Hunt assisted on Brzustewicz’s milestone goal. 

https://twitter.com/AHLWranglers/status/1867047274200645987

Shortly after this goal, Brad Lambert was called for hooking and less than a minute later, the Moose scored their first goal of the game shorthanded. C.J. Suess was the goal scorer and his marker came at 10:06. 50 seconds later, Jonathan Aspirot set up Martin Frk for a huge slap shot at 10:56 and Kahkonen didn’t have much of a hope in stopping that. Hunter Brzustewicz also picked up the secondary assist on this marker. 

https://twitter.com/AHLWranglers/status/1867049887726006593

The back and forth did not stop there as Mason Shaw got a puck past Ignatjew at 16:14. Dominic Toninato and Simon Lundmark assisted. That closed up the scoring through the second frame and the score was 4-2 Calgary after 40 minutes of play. Manitoba had the edge in shots this period outshooting Calgary 11-8. 

In the third, the Wranglers got caught on their heels early and almost paid for it in a goal. Fortunately, the Moose didn’t score on an early grade-A opportunity but instead waited until the midway mark to add to their score. The Moose took a shot off the faceoff win and got the puck past Ignatjew to bring the score to 4-3. This goal came from Captain, Dominic Toninato at 10:52. 

The visiting Winnipeg Jets affiliate kept trying for that next goal to try and even things up and pulled Kahkonen at 17:45 for the extra attacker. Sam Honzek got the puck in the empty net at 18:08 then Clark Bishop scored in the last 30 seconds on the empty net as well.

The Wranglers picked up a 6-3 win with those two late empty-netters and Waltteri Ignatjew picked up the win between the pipes. Shots finished 34-26 for Manitoba and the three stars went to Clark Bishop for the third, Sam Honzek for the second and Hunter Brzustewicz for the first. 
<h2>Scoring stat summary</h2>
Hunter Brzustewicz - 1G, 1A

Rory Kerins - 1A

Dryden Hunt - 1A

Clark Bishop - 1G, 2A

Martin Frk - 1G, 2A

Sam Honzek - 2G, 1A

Adam Klapka - 1G

Jonathan Aspirot - 1A
<h2>Highlights</h2>
https://twitter.com/AHLWranglers/status/1867087984174174248
<h2>Next up</h2>
This game wrapped up the Wranglers' brief stretch at home and maintained their perfect record against Manitoba this season. They will now head on the road for the weekend to face the Coachella Valley Firebirds on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. MT and Sunday at 4:00 p.m. MT.

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