Friday, October 16, 2026 | 8 PM MT | Tech CU Arena
OPPONENT: San Jose Barracuda
LOCATION: Tech CU Arena
Last Game: Calgary 6 vs. San Jose 4
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.
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. 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.
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. Morton added an empty-net goal 17 seconds later to secure the 6-4 victory.
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.
Milestones This Season
• Ben Jones: 100 AHL goals — Oct. 11 vs Bakersfield
Approaching
• William Stromgren: 96 AHL assists — 4 from 100
• Sam Morton: 93 AHL points — 7 from 100
• Mike Benning: 92 AHL points — 8 from 100
• Brayden Pachal: 195 AHL games — 5 from 200
• Nikita Pavlychev 197 AHL games — 3 from 200
