Flames Prospect Skates In 200th AHL Game, Wrangles Lose 3-2

The Calgary Wranglers may still be the top team in the AHL, but even the best teams have off nights, as the Manitoba Moose edged the Wranglers at the Saddledome on Sunday night, 3-2.

It was a rough start for the home team, who fell behind just 3:51 when Parker Ford scored a shorthanded goal for Manitoba. The Wranglers tied the contest at 1-1 when Lucas Ciona scored just 2:10 into the second period with his third of the year. Assists on the play went to Jeremine Poirier and Artem Grushnikov.

About ten minutes later, Kevin Conley restored the Moose's lead at 2-1, and Calgary went into intermission down by a goal for the second time.

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Although it was anyone's game to start the third, the Wranglers tied things again when Sam Morton buried his seventh of the year at 15:03, thanks to Adam Klapka and Poirier's second helper of the night.

However, Manitoba secured the win with a Nikita Chibrikov goal at 18:30, avenging a Friday night 5-4 overtime defeat.

Meanwhile, Devin Cooley had an off night in the crease, making only 20 saves on 23 shots to finish the night with a .870 SV%, the fifth-lowest SV% of the season. Moreover, Sunday night was only the sixth time in 24 games he's surrendered three or more goals.

Although he didn't score against the Moose, it was a special night for Ilya Solovyov, who skated in his 200th AHL game.

Initially a seventh-round pick (205th overall) from the 2020 Draft, he's spent parts of the four seasons in the Flames organization, skating in ten NHL games last season. So far in 2024-25 with the Wranglers, he's scored four goals and 17 points in 30 games.

The Wranglers (23-10-1-0) have 47 points on the season and are off all week before heading south for a weekend back-to-back with the Colorado Eagles (17-10-1-2) on Friday and Saturday.