Wranglers rally from 4-0 down to beat Eagles 7-5 in finale

Photo by David Moll / Calgary Wranglers

LOVELAND, CO — The Calgary Wranglers closed their season with a comeback that turned into a touchdown on the scoreboard, erasing a 4-0 deficit to defeat the Colorado Eagles 7-5.

Colorado controlled the opening stretch and built a 3-0 lead in the first period. Gavin Brindley opened the scoring on the power play, Luke Toporowski followed off passes from Bryan Yoon and Cooper Gay, and Jacob MacDonald added another power-play goal late in the frame.

The Eagles extended the lead to 4-0 just 14 seconds into the second period when T.J. Hughes scored, with Brindley and Hank Kempf on the play.

From there, the momentum shifted.

Brennan Othmann put Calgary on the board at 1:51 of the second, finishing a setup from David Silye and Clark Bishop. Daniil Miromanov followed at 3:35, and Nick Cicek brought the Wranglers within one at 10:42, both goals coming off work from Rory Kerins and Dryden Hunt.

Colorado responded through Ronnie Attard to make it 5-3, but Calgary answered again before the period ended. Bishop scored at 16:13 off a play from Sam Morton and William Strömgren to cut the deficit to one heading into the third.

The Wranglers completed the comeback in the final period.

Parker Bell tied the game at 5:04 with Carter Wilkie picking up the assist, and Martin Frk gave Calgary its first lead at 7:54 on the power play, finishing a play set up by Hunt and Kerins.

Frk added an empty-net goal at 19:08, his 30th of the season, to secure the 7-5 win as Calgary scored seven of the game’s final eight goals.

Arsenii Sergeev made 44 saves on 49 shots for a .898 save percentage, handling steady pressure from Colorado throughout.

Calgary closes the regular season with one of its most dramatic wins of the year, turning a four-goal deficit into a seven-goal finish on the scoreboard.