San Jose, Ca – The Calgary Wranglers returned to the win column on Wednesday, defeating the San Jose Barracuda 6-4 at Tech CU Arena to improve to 4-1-0-0 on the season.
After San Jose opened the scoring, Ben Jones evened the game with just 22 seconds remaining in the first period, extending his goal-scoring streak to four games.
Ben Jones finds the equalizer in the final seconds of the first period 🚨 https://t.co/D0jgFMTJJ5
— Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) October 14, 2026
Sam Morton gave Calgary its first lead of the game early in the second period, but San Jose responded with two unanswered goals to take a 3-2 advantage.
Morty causing chaos at the top of the crease 🙂↕️ https://t.co/LVLvSF7253
— Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) October 14, 2026
Tyson Gross tied the game before Dryden Hunt scored his first goal of the season just 50 seconds later to put Calgary ahead 4-3.
Gross ties it for the Wranglers once again 🔥 https://t.co/ymYxCOSJ61
— Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) October 14, 2026
Huntsy with the wrister to put the Wranglers back in the lead 🚨 https://t.co/Wlzn97Is7L
— Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) October 14, 2026
However, the Barracuda answered late in the period to send the teams into the third tied 4-4.
With the game still deadlocked in the final minute of regulation, Alex Nylander redirected a shot from Connor Zary with just 50 seconds remaining to score his first goal as a Wrangler and give Calgary a 5-4 lead.
Nyls lights the lamp to get the Wranglers ahead in under a minute left of the game 💥 https://t.co/Cb9A2dNmBD
— Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) October 14, 2026
Morton added an empty-net goal 17 seconds later to secure the 6-4 victory.
Sam Morton scores the empty netter to solidify the win https://t.co/xBDgsQB3MB
— Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) October 14, 2026
Morton led the Wranglers with two goals, while Brayden Pachal recorded three assists. William Strömgren and Connor Zary each added two assists.
Arsenii Sergeev made the start in goal, stopping 27 of 31 shots faced.
The Wranglers remain in San Jose for a rematch against the Barracuda on Friday, October 16, with puck drop set for 8:00 p.m. MT.
Fans can catch all the action live on AHLTV via FloHockey at https://flosports.link/calgarywranglers or listen to the radio broadcast at https://edge.mixlr.com/channel/fblzn.
