Wranglers Battle Eagles, Lose 2-1

0:00It's March 30th. You're listening to Calgary Flames News today. AI-powered coverage of your team. I'm Corey, with the story. The Calgary Wranglers hosted a fun kids day game with a next-generation theme, complete with custom jerseys, collectible pens, free shirts for the little ones, and posters after the final buzzer. They drew 6,341 fans and battled hard against the top ranked Colorado Eagles, but fell short in a 2-1 loss. Thanks to a pair of deflection goals by Taylor McCarr, Rory Karen's made a strong return from a lower-body injury that sidelineed him since February 25th, sliding right back into the lineup and scoring the Wrangler's long goal. The team also dealt with Brennan Hoffman getting called up to the Flames where he notched his first point there, plus they brought in Xavier Bernard from the minors in signed goalie Aaron Trotter on a tryout with Arsenii Sergeev starting in net. Fans saw a gritty battle from the drop, with Colorado jumping ahead early

1:01before Karen's tied it on a wrist shot set up by his linemates. Calgary killed off several penalties, including a tough 5 on 3, keeping the score even through 2 periods despite the Eagles out shooting them. Coach Brett Sutter praised the squad's discipline after they gave up 5 powerplay goals last time out, calling this a perfect penalty kill effort. And he was thrilled to have Karen's back, even chatting with him right after that goal. The Wranglers head out on the road next for Easter weekend games against the Laval rocket, facing off-good Friday at 5 p.m. mountain time, and Saturday at 1 p.m. mountain time, looking to build on that solid compete level.