The Calgary Wranglers return to home ice after going 1-2-0-1 on their four game road trip. They kick off their homestand with a two game series against the Coachella Valley Firebirds. They last faced them the last time they were at home in early March, which resulted in two high scoring games that did not go Calgary’s way. Their last scores were 6-1 and 8-2 to the Seattle Kraken’s affiliate. This weekend, they’ll have a chance to get some revenge.
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<h2>Projected lines</h2>
Calgary
William Stromgren &#8211; Rory Kerins &#8211; Ty Tullio
Martin Frk &#8211; Sam Morton &#8211; Kyler Kupka
Parker Bell &#8211; Clark Bishop &#8211; Jonathan Aspirot
Lucas Ciona &#8211; Brett Davis &#8211; Alex Gallant
Tyson Barrie &#8211; Ilya Solovyov 
Yan Kuznetsov &#8211; Hunter Brzustewicz
Artem Grushnikov &#8211; Jeremie Poirier 
Devin Cooley
Waltteri Ignatjew
Coachella Valley
David Goyette &#8211; Logan Morrison &#8211; Jacob Melanson 
Ryan Winterton &#8211; Brandon Biro &#8211; Jagger Firkus
Eduard Sale &#8211; Luke Henman &#8211; Cade Borchardt 
Ryan Jones &#8211; Tucker Robertson &#8211; Ian McKinnon
Gustav Olofsson &#8211; Ville Ottavainen
Max LaJoie &#8211; Ty Nelson
Nikolas Brouillard &#8211; Charlie Wright
Nikke Kokko
Victor Ostman 
<h2>Leaders</h2>
Calgary 
Martin Frk &#8211; 55GP, 21G, 29A
Rory Kerins &#8211; 51GP, 27G, 21A
Dryden Hunt &#8211; 48GP, 15G, 33A (inactive on NHL call-up)
Coachella Valley
Jani Nyman &#8211; 55GP, 26G, 15A (inactive on NHL call-up)
Ben Meyers &#8211; 47GP, 20G, 21A
Logan Morrison &#8211; 60GP, 12G, 24A
<h2>Notes and expectations</h2>
The roster moves were pretty quiet this week. No movement took place between the Wranglers and Flames, but they did bring on a couple more players from the Rapid City Rush. The team announced on Thursday that Charles Martin and Connor Murphy were assigned from their ECHL affiliate. The past few games have been closer in scoring but it would still be interesting to see Murphy get a game in this weekend to see if there is some depth in net that may work in their favour.
As far as other available players go, David Silye is expected to be out for this series after suffering a lower body injury in the first game of the Abbotsford Canucks series. He was listed as week to week in the pre-game update on Sunday. Sam Honzek was still on that update too but changed his status to day-to-day, so there is a chance he may be back for the Firebirds series. 
A Wrangler to watch this weekend is Sam Morton. Morton has had a really good stretch of games with six points in his last five games. His scoring streak was snapped in the 1-0 loss to Abbotsford but before that, he was scoring and scoring early to set the tone. He scored just 34 seconds into their last game against Coachella Valley, so it would be interesting to see if he pulls that off again in these upcoming games. 
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A Firebirds turnover at center ice turns into a Wranglers goal just 33 seconds in. Sam Morton scored and Dryden Hunt picked up the assist <a href="https://t.co/DC9xQbI6Ef">pic.twitter.com/DC9xQbI6Ef</a>
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This series starts on Friday at 7:00 p.m. MT and continues into Sunday for an earlier than usual 12:00 p.m. MT puck drop. Tickets are still available for both games and streams are available for a fee on AHLtv on Flo Hockey. The Fan960 will have the radio call for these games and multiple FlamesNation contributors will have updates on X (formerly Twitter). 
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The Calgary Wranglers return to home ice after going 1-2-0-1 on their four game road trip. They kick off their homestand with a two game series against the Coachella Valley Firebirds. They last faced them the last time they were at home in early March, which resulted in two high scoring games that did not go Calgary’s way. Their last scores were 6-1 and 8-2 to the Seattle Kraken’s affiliate. This weekend, they’ll have a chance to get some revenge.
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<h2>Projected lines</h2>
Calgary

William Stromgren - Rory Kerins - Ty Tullio

Martin Frk - Sam Morton - Kyler Kupka

Parker Bell - Clark Bishop - Jonathan Aspirot

Lucas Ciona - Brett Davis - Alex Gallant

Tyson Barrie - Ilya Solovyov 

Yan Kuznetsov - Hunter Brzustewicz

Artem Grushnikov - Jeremie Poirier 

Devin Cooley

Waltteri Ignatjew

Coachella Valley

David Goyette - Logan Morrison - Jacob Melanson 

Ryan Winterton - Brandon Biro - Jagger Firkus

Eduard Sale - Luke Henman - Cade Borchardt 

Ryan Jones - Tucker Robertson - Ian McKinnon

Gustav Olofsson - Ville Ottavainen

Max LaJoie - Ty Nelson

Nikolas Brouillard - Charlie Wright

Nikke Kokko

Victor Ostman 
<h2>Leaders</h2>
Calgary 

Martin Frk - 55GP, 21G, 29A

Rory Kerins - 51GP, 27G, 21A

Dryden Hunt - 48GP, 15G, 33A (inactive on NHL call-up)

Coachella Valley

Jani Nyman - 55GP, 26G, 15A (inactive on NHL call-up)

Ben Meyers - 47GP, 20G, 21A

Logan Morrison - 60GP, 12G, 24A
<h2>Notes and expectations</h2>
The roster moves were pretty quiet this week. No movement took place between the Wranglers and Flames, but they did bring on a couple more players from the Rapid City Rush. The team announced on Thursday that Charles Martin and Connor Murphy were assigned from their ECHL affiliate. The past few games have been closer in scoring but it would still be interesting to see Murphy get a game in this weekend to see if there is some depth in net that may work in their favour.

As far as other available players go, David Silye is expected to be out for this series after suffering a lower body injury in the first game of the Abbotsford Canucks series. He was listed as week to week in the pre-game update on Sunday. Sam Honzek was still on that update too but changed his status to day-to-day, so there is a chance he may be back for the Firebirds series. 

A Wrangler to watch this weekend is Sam Morton. Morton has had a really good stretch of games with six points in his last five games. His scoring streak was snapped in the 1-0 loss to Abbotsford but before that, he was scoring and scoring early to set the tone. He scored just 34 seconds into their last game against Coachella Valley, so it would be interesting to see if he pulls that off again in these upcoming games. 

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This series starts on Friday at 7:00 p.m. MT and continues into Sunday for an earlier than usual 12:00 p.m. MT puck drop. Tickets are still available for both games and streams are available for a fee on AHLtv on Flo Hockey. The Fan960 will have the radio call for these games and multiple FlamesNation contributors will have updates on X (formerly Twitter). 

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