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Wranglers series preview: A season opening series in Colorado
Source: https://flamesnation.ca/news/wranglers-series-preview-a-season-opening-series-in-colorado
It has been a long five months since the Calgary Wranglers last played, but the time has finally come. They start a new season with a new bench boss and a couple more prospects on their roster while other regulars like Ilya Solovyov, Jonathan Aspirot and Waltteri Ignatjew have moved on.
The Wranglers open up their 2025-26 season on the road for a series against the Colorado Eagles.
Wranglers available roster
Forwards: Rory Kerins, William Stromgren, Quinn Olson, Dryden Hunt, Carter Wilkie, Lucas Ciona, Clark Bishop, Alex Gallant, Parker Bell, David Silye, Martin Frk, Aydar Suniev, Carter King, Sam Morton, Andrew Basha
Defencemen: Turner Ottenbreit, Artem Grushnikov, Jeremie Poirier, Etienne Morin, Simon Mack, Yan Kuznetsov, Nick Cicek, Hunter Brzustewicz
Goaltenders: Owen Say, Arseni Sergeev, Ivan Prosvetov
Rostered player on Flames call-up: Sam Honzek
Eagles available roster
Forwards: T.J. Tynan, Jason Polin, Taylor Makar, Jason Megna, Jake Wise, Matthew Stienburg, Chase Bradley, Tye Felhaber, Mark Senden, Maros Jedlicka, Tristen Nielsen, Cooper Gay, Alex Barre-Boulet, Danil Gushchin, Ivan Ivan
Defencemen: Wyatt Aamodt, Jack Ahcan, Saige Weinstein, Hank Kempf, Alex Gagne, Garrett Pyke, Keaton Middleton, Bryan Yoon, Connor Kelley
Goaltenders: Isak Posch, Kyle Keyser
Notes and expectations
If you missed some of the off-season news, Brett Sutter has now gone from Wranglers captain to Wranglers assistant coach to Wranglers interim head coach to Wranglers head coach. Trent Cull’s permanent promotion to the Flames gave Sutter the opportunity to take the reins of the team he ended his playing career with. These games will be the first looks we see of him in his first full season as Head Coach.
Another larger change the Flames’ AHL affiliate will see this year is between the pipes. Former Wranglers starter Devin Cooley has been promoted to be Dustin Wolf’s backup for the Flames, and Waltteri Ignatjew has gone to play in the SHL. Arsenii Sergeev was with the Wranglers on their playoff roster earlier this year but has yet to play a game for them. The only remaining familiar goalie in the minor leagues is Connor Murphy with the Rapid City Rush.
For the core of the team, much remains the same as last season. A couple of guys in particular, such as Sam Morton, Hunter Brzustewicz and Aydar Suniev, who had a shared NHL debut at the end of the 2024-25 season, are going to be pushing to get another shot with the big club. They each had some time in camp to show their off-season work, but their play in these early games with the Wranglers will further determine how close they are to another opportunity with the Flames.
It’s a clean slate and a fresh start to a new season this weekend. Calgary plays the Colorado Eagles on Friday and Saturday night with a 7:05 p.m. MT puck drop. Games are available to stream on FloHockey for a fee and multiple FlamesNation contributors will have updates on X (formerly Twitter).
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