Moose Rebound to Trounce Calgary
Published on February 14, 2026 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release
The Manitoba Moose (23-17-3-0) earned a 5-1 victory over the Calgary Wranglers (16-20-10-2) at Canada Life Centre on Saturday night. Manitoba was coming off a 4-3 loss to the Texas Stars on the road on Feb. 7.
Manitoba enjoyed an offensive explosion in the opening frame, jumping out to a 3-0 lead, while outshooting the Wranglers 10-8. Samuel Fagemo opened the scoring with a heavy wrister over the shoulder of Ivan Prosvetov 4:14 into the contest to give the home side a 1-0 lead. Danny Zhilkin followed up a rebound at 13:56, cashing his ninth marker of the season for a 2-0 lead. Brayden Yager then snapped his sixth goal of the campaign off Prosvetov and in, giving the Moose a 3-0 edge with 43 seconds left in the period. Thomas Milic made all eight saves tasked of him in the opening 20.
The middle frame only featured one goal as the Moose extended their lead. Fagemo backhanded his second goal of the contest into the net, making good on a nice slap-pass from Kale Clague at the offensive blue line. Though the Moose held a slim 9-8 advantage on the shot clock, they couldn't further boost their advantage as Prosvetov turned away eight offerings. Milic continued his strong afternoon in the Manitoba goal, denying Calgary's eight chances.
The Wranglers pushed back in the third, cutting the Moose lead to 4-1 just 2:48 into the frame. Martin Frk slotted a shot past Milic on a breakaway, but Manitoba answered back. With the penalty kill unit on the ice, Mason Shaw sent a pass up to Walker Duehr, who put the Moose up 5-1. Milic finished the night with 23 stops, as the Moose captured a 5-1 win to move back into third place in the Central Division standings.
Quotable
Moose forward Walker Duehr (click for full interview)
"We've been doing things the right way for the past little bit. There are things we can still clean up, but we're going in the right direction."
Statbook
David Gustafsson is on a two-game point streak (3A)
Nikita Chibrikov has assists in two straight games (2A)
Walker Duehr set a new career high with his third shorthanded goal of the season
Three defencemen (Phillips, Sautner, Clague) registered assists for the Moose
Manitoba's penalty kill is 16/16 over the past six games
Prepared by Frankie Benvenuti
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