{"id":936688,"date":"2026-10-17T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936688\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T18:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:00:25","slug":"battle-of-alberta-in-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936688\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle Of Alberta In Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 8:10 PM MT | Dignity Health Arena<\/p>\n<p>OPPONENT: Bakersfield Condors<\/p>\n<p>LOCATION: Dignity Health Arena<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.flohockey.tv\/teams\/calgary-wranglers?utm_medium=partner&amp;utm_source=partner2webflow&amp;utm_content=landingpage&amp;utm_term=ahl.calgarywranglers&amp;utm_campaign=ahl&amp;contract_id=0063m00000uda24aae\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20264\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"176\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792260024_171_300x100.png\"\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.mixlr.com\/channel\/fblzn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20265\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"298\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792260025_780_CW_Wranglers_Radio_1920x1080-2-300x169.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last Game: San Jose 5 vs. Calgary 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Calgary Wranglers fell 5-4 to the San Jose Barracuda on Friday night at Tech CU Arena,<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">splitting their two-game series in San Jose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Calgary wasted no time getting on the board, as rookie Axel Hurtig opened the scoring just 20<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">seconds into the game.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BIG AX STARTS THE JUMP EARLY\ud83d\udd25 https:\/\/t.co\/rAGP0J5TBI<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AHLWranglers\/status\/2111278772532248883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">San Jose answered 33 seconds later before William Str\u00f6mgren restored<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">the Wranglers\u2019 lead with his first goal of the season at 2:46.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">IKEA \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea<\/p>\n<p>William Stromgren lights the lamp from the top of the crease. https:\/\/t.co\/IKBkjas3y3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AHLWranglers\/status\/2111280149446713459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">However, the Barracuda responded<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">with two unanswered goals to take a 3-2 advantage into the first intermission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Ben Jones brought Calgary even midway through the second period, before scoring his second<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">of the night shorthanded just 1:29 later to give the Wranglers a 4-3 lead.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Right where mom hides the cookies \ud83c\udf6a https:\/\/t.co\/624S3eLdW7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AHLWranglers\/status\/2111294404405399593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ben Jones battles to notch a shorthanded goal for the Wranglers \ud83d\ude42\u200d\u2195\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/vxgxsvKLpL<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AHLWranglers\/status\/2111295912429715653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">San Jose responded with a goal from Andre Gasseau to send the teams into the third period tied 4-4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Barracuda regained the lead at 5:59 of the third period on a goal from Donavan Houle, and<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">despite Calgary\u2019s efforts to find the equalizer, San Jose held on for the 5-4 victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Jones led the Wranglers with two goals, while Sam Morton and Tyson Gross each recorded two<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">assists. Arsenii Sergeev made the start in goal, stopping 28 of 33 shots faced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Milestones This Season<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u2022 Ben Jones: 100 AHL goals \u2014 Oct. 11 vs Bakersfield<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Approaching<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u2022 William Stromgren: 96 AHL assists \u2014 4 from 100<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u2022 Sam Morton: 95 AHL points \u2014 5 from 100<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u2022 Mike Benning: 93 AHL points \u2014 7 from 100<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u2022 Brayden Pachal: 195 AHL games \u2014 5 from 200<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u2022 Nikita Pavlychev 197 AHL games \u2014 3 from 200<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 8:10 PM MT | Dignity Health Arena OPPONENT: Bakersfield Condors LOCATION: Dignity Health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-936688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936688","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=936688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}