LOVELAND, Colo. — Tyson Gross scored twice as the Calgary Wranglers fell 6-4 to the Colorado Eagles on Saturday at Blue Federal Credit Union Arena.
Adam Beckman scored 22 seconds in and again at 12:04, and Alex Gagne scored at 11:10, as Colorado led 3-0 after the first period. Tristen Nielsen assisted on both Beckman goals.
Gavin Brindley made it 4-0 on the power play 17 seconds into the second period.
Gross got Calgary on the board at 7:05 of the second, assisted by Sam Morton and Dryden Hunt, and Dryden Hunt scored 1:45 later, assisted by Alex Nylander and Ben Jones.
Captain Rory Kerins scored at 16:12, assisted by Andrew Basha and Axel Hurtig, to cut it to 4-3. Calgary outshot Colorado 20-7 in the period.
Nikita Prishchepov restored the two-goal lead at 2:33 of the third period. Gross scored his second, on the power play at 13:19, to make it 5-4, but Brindley hit the empty net at 19:44.
Brindley finished with two goals and an assist, Beckman scored twice, and Nielsen had three assists for Colorado. Jones had two assists for Calgary.
Arsenii Sergeev stopped eight of 11 shots for Calgary before Kirill Zarubin took over, stopping 16 of 18. Trent Miner made 33 saves for Colorado. The shots finished 37-30 for Calgary. Attendance was 5,089.
The loss dropped the Wranglers to 7-7-0. Their road trip continues Tuesday against the Bakersfield Condors (8:40 p.m. ABT).
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