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Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado

Clear, 61° in Loveland at 11:30 AM. Forecast high 65, low 39.

Loveland

Colorado Eagles hold off Calgary Wranglers 6-4 after opening with four straight goals

·Loveland·Larimer County

Calgary scored three times in the second period to cut a four-goal deficit to one. Tyson Gross brought the Wranglers within one again in the third before Gavin Brindley scored into an empty net.

The Colorado Eagles beat the Calgary Wranglers 6-4 on Saturday at Blue Federal Credit Union Arena in Loveland after opening with four straight goals and seeing their lead shrink to one. Colorado never trailed, but Calgary scored three times in the second period and closed the gap again in the third.

Adam Beckman scored at 0:22 of the first period and added another before the intermission, accounting for two of Colorado’s three first-period goals. Gavin Brindley’s power-play goal at 0:17 of the second put the Eagles ahead 4-0. Calgary’s answer began later that period.

Tyson Gross opened the Wranglers’ three-goal response, and Dryden Hunt and Rory Kerins followed to bring Calgary within 4-3 by the second intermission. The Wranglers put 20 shots on goal in the period, but the Eagles carried a one-goal lead into the third.

Nikita Prishchepov made it 5-3 early in the third. Gross scored his second goal on a power play to bring Calgary within 5-4, but the Eagles held off the Wranglers. Brindley scored into an empty net at 19:44 of the third, his second goal of the game after the earlier power-play goal. The Eagles play at the Abbotsford Canucks on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Final
Team123T
Calgary Wranglers0314
Colorado Eagles3126

ScoringScore after each, CGY-COL

  1. 1st 0:22Adam Beckman, assisted by Keaton Middleton and Tristen Nielsen0-1
  2. 1st 11:10Alex Gagne, assisted by Cooper Gay0-2
  3. 1st 12:04Adam Beckman, assisted by Tristen Nielsen and Gavin Brindley0-3
  4. 2nd 0:17Gavin Brindley, assisted by Tristen Nielsen and Domenick Fensore (PP)0-4
  5. 2nd 7:05Tyson Gross, assisted by Sam Morton and Dryden Hunt1-4
  6. 2nd 8:50Dryden Hunt, assisted by Alex Nylander and Ben Jones2-4
  7. 2nd 16:12Rory Kerins, assisted by Andrew Basha and Axel Hurtig3-4
  8. 3rd 2:33Nikita Prishchepov, assisted by Maroš Jedlička and Domenick Fensore (GWG)3-5
  9. 3rd 13:19Tyson Gross, assisted by Ben Jones and Luke Philp (PP)4-5
  10. 3rd 19:44Gavin Brindley, unassisted (EN)4-6

Shots on goal

Team1st2nd3rdT
Calgary Wranglers1120637
Colorado Eagles157830

Goaltenders

  • Trent Miner, 33 saves on 37 shots
Penalties 9
  1. 1st 8:18Alex Gallant, Holding, 2 minutes
  2. 1st 17:02Axel Hurtig, Fighting, 5 minutes
  3. 1st 17:02Cooper Gay, Fighting, 5 minutes
  4. 1st 18:43Hunter Brzustewicz, Slashing, 2 minutes
  5. 2nd 3:52Taylor Makar, Goaltender interference, 2 minutes
  6. 2nd 3:52Mike Benning, Slashing, 2 minutes
  7. 2nd 12:00Mike Benning, Delay of game - Bench minor, 2 minutes
  8. 3rd 12:26Alex Gagne, Holding, 2 minutes
  9. 3rd 16:50Sean Behrens, High-sticking, 2 minutes

Blue Federal Credit Union Arena, Loveland, CO. Attendance 5,089.

Every score that day

Play-by-play as the American Hockey League publishes it. Clock times are time elapsed in the period.