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.
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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