What a night.
What a win.
It was the second game of a back-to-back series against the Ontario Reign at the Scotiabank Saddledome, with the Wranglers celebrating captain Brett Sutter’s 1,000th AHL game.
Sutter scored in fairy-tail fashion and Kevin Rooney picked up his first goal since joining the Wranglers. Jakob Pelletier, Adam Klapka, and Connor Zary – with an empty netter – to round out the scoring, as the Wranglers beat the Reign 5-2 to head into the Christmas break on a high note.
Dustin Wolf was a rock between the pipes once again for Calgary, turning aside 38 shots to record his 16th win of the season.
CGY Goal Scorers: Jakob Pelletier – Adam Klapka – Brett Sutter – Kevin Rooney – Connor Zary
It would appear Ontario’s intention to start the game was to ‘Reign’ on the parade … pardon the pun.
They came out of the gates quickly, peppering the net with pucks. The Wranglers did have an early powerplay in the first five minutes of the game, and wouldn’t you know it, Sutter scored, however, it was waved off due to a blown whistle.
Wolf was the main reason the Wranglers were still in it early on, making a series of big saves in the first period, facing 20 shots in the opening 20 minutes.
The Reign would keep pressing though and eventually took the lead on a powerplay of their own. Lias Andersson scored his seventh of the season to give Ontario the 1-0 edge heading into the intermission.
After killing off a Wranglers powerplay in the second period, the Reign extended the lead to 2-0, when Andersson scored his second goal of the game off a shot that floated over the shoulder of Wolf in rather fluke-like fashion.
However, in the late stages of the frame and with the crowd getting antsy, Pelletier finally put the Wranglers on the board with a quick shot from the circle, picking up his 11th of the season in the process.
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