{"id":541334,"date":"2026-04-05T02:25:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T02:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/541334\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T02:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T02:25:52","slug":"rory-kerins-has-career-best-performance-in-wranglers-5-2-win-over-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/541334\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory Kerins has career-best performance in Wranglers 5-2 win over Rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Calgary Wranglers took the ice in Laval for the first time in team history and were met with over 10,000 fans. Calgary has done very well against the North Division leaders this season and this game was no exception. The Rocket opened the scoring in the first, then the Wranglers\u2019 production exploded in the second period for five goals. The Wranglers held onto this lead and ended up winning 5-2.<\/p>\n

Lineup notes<\/p>\n

Aydar Suniev didn\u2019t join the team for this trip as he was called up by the Flames earlier in the day. The team also provided an injury update prior to the game that included Artem Grushnikov out with an upper body injury and Ivan Prosvetov out with a lower body injury. Connor Muphy backed up Sergeev for this game. Martin Frk was back in for this game and Lucas Ciona also slotted back into the lineup. Coming out was Alex Gallant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wranglers lines<\/p>\n

Dryden Hunt \u2013 Sam Morton \u2013 Martin Frk<\/p>\n

Rory Kerins \u2013 Justin Kirkland \u2013 William Stromgren<\/p>\n

Carter King \u2013 Clark Bishop \u2013 Carter Wilkie<\/p>\n

Parker Bell \u2013 David Silye \u2013 Lucas Ciona<\/p>\n

Turner Ottenbreit \u2013 Daniil Miromanov<\/p>\n

Nick Cicek \u2013 Gavin White<\/p>\n

Etienne Morin \u2013 Xavier Bernard<\/p>\n

Arsenii Sergeev<\/p>\n

Game at a glance<\/p>\n

The starting goaltending match up for this game was Arsenii Sergeev for Calgary and Kaapo Kahkonen for Laval. A penalty was called against the home team early for tripping at 1:15. Calgary got a few looks on this opportunity, then after the man advantage came to a close, Owen Beck opened the scoring for the Rocket. At 5:32, Beck was in front of the net and on a half spin, got the puck past Sergeev.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Wranglers needed to activate their penalty kill a few minutes later when Carter Wilkie was called for holding. Calgary killed this off then the Rocket took a holding call of their own at 17:54. The Wranglers registered a shot before the power play came to a close and at the end of 20 minutes, the Rocket were ahead 1-0. The Wranglers out-shot their opponents 9-7 in the first period.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Wranglers carried the zone activity to start the second period and were awarded for it just 3:49 in when Rory Kerins scored by deflecting a shot from Lucas Ciona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rory Kerins puts Calgary on the board with a deflection goal<\/p>\n

Just over three minutes later, William Stromgren scored off a sharp angle shot at 6:55 that was assisted by Rory Kerins and Daniil Miromanov.<\/p>\n

William Stromgren’s sharp angle shot gives the Wranglers the lead<\/p>\n

At 9:13, Tyler Thorpe and Lucas Ciona got caught up in a scrum in front of the Wranglers net and were called for offsetting roughing minors. At 10:46, Rory Kerins scored his second goal of the game with a stunning bar down shot. Dryden Hunt and Nick Cicek picked up the assists on this marker.<\/p>\n

Rory Kerins rips a bar down shot to put Calgary up 3-2. He’s up to two goals and an assist in this game so far<\/p>\n

Exactly a minute later, Martin Frk scored as well off a set up from Kerins. This was Rory Kerins\u2019 fourth point of the game and the secondary assist went to Nick Cicek.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Martin Frk scores in tight with a set up from Rory Kerins<\/p>\n

At 12:20, the Wranglers scored their fifth of the period with a goal from Sam Morton off a passing play between him and Martin Frk. Lucas Ciona picked up the secondary assist.<\/p>\n

Sam Morton makes it five for the Wranglers. Calgary has scored all of their goals so far in the second period<\/p>\n

Right after this goal, Laval changed their goaltender to put Hunter Shepard in net. The Rocket took a boarding penalty at 13:48 and then another high sticking penalty right after at 15:57. Before the period came to a close, Tyler Thorpe deflected a point shot into the back of the net at 18:28. That wrapped up an action packed second period and Calgary went into the second intermission up 5-2 and out-shot Laval 16-5 in the middle frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The scoring slowed in the third period and the opportunities were going back and forth for most of the frame. At 15:40, Owen Beck and Clark Bishop were called for roughing for another scrum, this time in front of Laval\u2019s net. Shortly after, Laval pulled Shepard for the extra attacker at 16:11.<\/p>\n

Calgary had multiple attempts at the empty net, including one off the post and out but weren\u2019t able to score one more in this one. At 19:12, Florian Xhekaj was called for unsportsmanlike conduct and Hunter Shepard came back out in net for the rest of the game. The Wranglers ended up winning 5-2 and out-shot Laval 29-18.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rory Kerins had his first four point night of his professional career in this game and was awarded the first star of the night. Martin Frk was given the second star.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scoring stat summary<\/p>\n

Rory Kerins \u2013 2G, 2A<\/p>\n

William Stromgren \u2013 1G<\/p>\n

Dryden Hunt \u2013 1A<\/p>\n

Lucas Ciona \u2013 2A<\/p>\n

Daniil Miromanov \u2013 1A<\/p>\n

Martin Frk \u2013 1G, 1A<\/p>\n

Nick Cicek \u2013 2A<\/p>\n

Sam Morton \u2013 1G<\/p>\n

Next up<\/p>\n

This series has a quick turnaround with game two going at 1:00 p.m. MT on Saturday. The Wranglers look to build off this big win and sweep the weekend series. <\/p>\n

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