CALGARY — The Calgary Wranglers ended a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Laval Rocket on Thursday at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Mike Benning scored his second goal of the season with nine seconds left in the first period, at 19:51, from Rory Kerins and Dryden Hunt. Laval outshot Calgary 21-8 in the period. William Strömgren made it 2-0 on the power play at 10:33 of the second period, his third goal of the season, also assisted by Kerins and Hunt. Kerins and Hunt finished the night with two assists each.
Laval tied the game in the third period. Luke Mittelstadt scored his fifth goal of the season on the power play at 5:11, from Sasha Pastujov and Laurent Dauphin, and Xavier Simoneau tied it 2-2 at 14:58 with his third, from Dillan Bentley and Reilly Walsh.
Alex Nylander put Calgary back in front 64 seconds later, scoring his third goal of the season at 16:02 from Luke Philp and Ben Jones. Jones closed out the scoring with his eighth of the season at 18:57, assisted by Jake Livingstone.
Arsenii Sergeev made 36 saves for the win, as Laval outshot Calgary 38-28. Kaapo Kähkönen stopped 24 shots for Laval. Calgary went 1-for-4 on the power play and Laval went 1-for-2. The win moves Calgary to 6-5-0-0 on the season, while Laval falls to 7-3-0-0. The two teams meet again Saturday at Scotiabank Saddledome, with puck drop at noon.
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