Pickard shuts out Wranglers in 1-0 loss to Condors
Seven power plays, 22 shots, no finish. Calgary runs into a perfect night from Pickard in a one-goal road loss.
Photo by Angela Burger/Calgary Wranglers
BAKERSFIELD, CA — The Calgary Wranglers generated chances and finished with a slight edge in shots. It still wasn’t enough.
Calgary was shut out 1-0 by the Bakersfield Condors on Saturday night, with the game decided by a single second-period goal and a perfect night from Calvin Pickard.
The only goal came at 1:28 of the second period, when Atro Leppanen scored his ninth of the season, finishing a play set up by Viljami Marjala and Quinn Hutson.
That was all Bakersfield would need.
Calgary pushed back, outshooting the Condors 22-20, including a 10-shot third period, but couldn’t solve Pickard, who stopped all 22 shots he faced.
Arsenii Sergeev gave the Wranglers a chance, turning aside 19 of 20 shots for a .950 save percentage.
The Wranglers went 0-for-7 on the power play, while Bakersfield went 0-for-2. Despite generating seven opportunities with the man advantage, Calgary couldn’t find a breakthrough.
Bakersfield took more penalties, finishing with 18 minutes to Calgary’s eight, but kept the Wranglers off the board.
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Miromanov ends it early in OT as Wranglers storm back to beat Condors 5-4
Calgary erased a two-goal deficit and answered a late power-play setback before Daniil Miromanov delivered 31 seconds into overtime. With multi-point performances from Miromanov and William Strömgren, the Wranglers outlasted Bakersfield in a momentum-swinging Pacific Division matchup.
BAKERSFIELD — Calgary clawed back from multiple deficits Friday night and sealed a high-event Pacific Division thriller when Daniil Miromanov struck just 31 seconds into overtime, lifting the Wranglers to a 5-4 win over the Bakersfield Condors.
The night demanded resolve. The Wranglers trailed 3-1 midway through the game and again surrendered a late third-period lead before finding their finishing touch in extra time.
After Seth Griffith opened the scoring for Bakersfield at 5:48 of the first period, Calgary answered late when William Strömgren buried his eighth of the season at 19:02, finishing an opportunity generated by Rory Kerins and Miromanov to even the contest heading into intermission.
The Condors surged in the second. Alec Regula restored the lead at 2:47 before Ethan Keppen extended it at 7:39, pushing Bakersfield ahead 3-1 and putting Calgary on its heels.
Momentum shifted late in the frame.
Turner Ottenbreit scored his first career shorthanded goal at 18:05, assisted by Carter King and Sam Morton, cutting the deficit to one and injecting life into the Wranglers’ bench.
Calgary carried that energy into the third period. David Silye netted his first of the season at 10:04 to tie the game, but Atro Leppanen responded on the power play at 12:18 to restore Bakersfield’s advantage.
With 1:13 remaining and the net empty, Martin Frk stepped into space and wired home his 18th of the season to force overtime.
Extra time barely began before it ended. Off a quick sequence from Strömgren and Kerins, Miromanov jumped up in the play and finished at 0:31, completing the comeback and securing the two points.
Miromanov and Strömgren each finished with a goal and two assists, while Kerins added two helpers as Calgary outshot Bakersfield 33-29.
In goal, Arsenii Sergeev stopped 25 of 29 shots, posting a .862 save percentage while weathering key stretches of second-period pressure. Connor Ungar turned aside 28 of 33 shots for Bakersfield, finishing with a .848 save percentage.
Calgary now heads to San Jose to face the Barracuda at Tech CU Arena on Saturday night.