The Wranglers of Calgary (29-15-2) returned to action in Nevada, opening a series of weekends with the Henderson Silver Knights for their first games after the classic Ahl All-Star.
In the end, the Wranglers underwent a loss of 5-2 On the road with a slightly adjusted programming, without the main goalscorer Dryden Hunt (41 points) and the best defender Ilya Solovyov (21 points).
However, Captain Clark Bishop was back with the “C” while Martin Frk scored another goal, and Rory Kerins had his first two points since he joined the team last week with a goal and a assist.
Despite their best efforts and the 39 Devin Cooley judgments, the Silver Knights were dominant and supported by a lap of the hat of Mitch Mclain, who burned his former team with his first round of the hat of the season.
Kerins opened the scoring at 4:22 am with his 22nd of the year by pulling a sub -Lindblom’s blocker. Aid on the game went to Sam Morton (18) and Jonathan Aspirot (17). With an assistant, Morton extended his sequence of five -game points.
About seven minutes later, Mclain marked his first night on the power game at 11:29 am for even things in front of the second period. The Silver Knights were the only team to break through as part of the middle when Cal Burke gave Henderson his first advance at 3:38 pm.
FRK equaled the match at 2-2 only 1:18 in the third period with a potential game goal that would make Sidney Crosby Prier while he was burning a flow of Kerins, sliding on his knees even. Unsurprisingly, Morton recovered his second spend in the evening, his fifth assistant in the last three games.
Mclain took over from there, collecting his second at night at 1:16 p.m. and completing his hat turn at 6:26 pm in an empty net. However, the Silver Knights were not finished, because Mason Morelli scored another with only one second to play.
Each team went 1 for 3 on the power game, while the Silver Knights doubled the Wranglers in gunshots, 44-26, reaching the two figures at each period.
LindBlom won the goalkeeper battle on Friday evening, arresting 24 of the 26 shots (0.923 SV%), while Cooley suffered his third defeat since his return from injury, producing a .907 SV% on Friday.
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It is 1-3 with 14 goals against and producing an SV% of 0.895, significantly lower than its total of the season of 0.927 SV% which earned it a selection of star matches.
The Wranglers, which still have 60 points, remain the best team in the Pacific division, but they only have four points ahead of the Firebirds of Coachella Valley (56 points).
On Saturday, the Silver Knights and the Wranglers meet again for a drop of washer from 7:00 p.m.
