{"id":491709,"date":"2026-02-22T09:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/491709\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T09:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:02:14","slug":"hook-line-and-sinker-calgary-wranglers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/491709\/","title":{"rendered":"Hook, Line, And Sinker! &#8211; Calgary Wranglers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Annie Nadin<\/p>\n<p>William Str\u00f6mgren struck twice, including the overtime winner, as Calgary took to a 4-3 overtime victory over San Jose at the Tech CU Arena on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theahl.com\/stats\/game-center\/1028561\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BOX SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was another example of Calgary digging in, staying patient and finding a way as they collected their third straight win. Saturday\u2019s victory marked the Wranglers\u2019 first win over the Barracuda this season.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose grabbed the early edge in the first when Oliver Wahlstrom buried a powerplay marker, giving the home team a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The pushback came in the second.<\/p>\n<p>Daniil Miromanov sparked the momentum shift, wiring home a pass from Str\u00f6mgren at the right circle after Calgary established zone time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Miromanov continues to be on \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Game is tied 1-1! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qRLgf37uHK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qRLgf37uHK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AHLWranglers\/status\/2025408417272398265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moments later, Rory Kerins forced a turnover high in the Barracuda zone, and Str\u00f6mgren jumped all over it, snapping a quick shot past Laurent Brossoit to give Calgary their first lead of the night.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The interception \ud83d\ude42\u200d\u2195\ufe0f<br \/>The finish \ud83d\ude42\u200d\u2195\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sp2RnmXjSf\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Sp2RnmXjSf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AHLWranglers\/status\/2025409574698700935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Martin Frk added insult to injury, lugging the puck from the top of his own zone, drove wide and rifled a bar-down snipe from the right circle to make it 3-1.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bardown Beauty \ud83d\udea8 Frk Yeah! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zcjp0Q4uzL\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Zcjp0Q4uzL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AHLWranglers\/status\/2025412409037668487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the Barracuda wouldn\u2019t go quietly.<\/p>\n<p>Wahlstrom struck again on the man advantage to cut the deficit, and in the third, Brendan Hoffman netted his first AHL goal with just three minutes remaining to knot things at three and force overtime.<\/p>\n<p>It marked Calgary\u2019s third consecutive trip beyond regulation.<\/p>\n<p>San Jose entered with a tidy 6-1 overtime record, while the Wranglers entered at 6-10.<\/p>\n<p>This time, though, there was no hesitation.<\/p>\n<p>Kerins created the chance once more, picking off another pass to spring Str\u00f6mgren through the neutral zone.<\/p>\n<p>With speed and a clear lane, Str\u00f6mgren broke in alone and made no mistake, tucking the winner past Brossoit to seal it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">extra swedish meatballs from Stromgren tonight \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DT9OxozeBK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/DT9OxozeBK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AHLWranglers\/status\/2025433350928838840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By: Annie Nadin William Str\u00f6mgren struck twice, including the overtime winner, as Calgary took to a 4-3 overtime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-491709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}