Sergeev makes 36 saves as Wranglers top Rocket
CALGARY (Interstat) — Arsenii Sergeev made 36 saves and the Calgary Wranglers beat the visiting Laval Rocket 4-2 on Thursday at Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary improved to 6-5; Laval fell to 7-3. Mike Benning opened the scoring in the first, William Strömgren scored in the second, and Laval tied it in the third on goals by Luke Mittelstadt and Xavier Simoneau. Alex Nylander put Calgary ahead at 16:02, and Ben Jones sealed it at 18:57. Sergeev stopped 36 of 38 shots. Jones had one goal, one assist and three shots. Nylander had one goal and six shots. Luke Philp had one assist, three shots and two penalty minutes. Strömgren scored and had 10 penalty minutes. Dryden Hunt had two assists and two shots. Mittelstadt scored on six shots. Benning scored on one shot. Rory Kerins had two assists, one shot and two penalty minutes. Simoneau scored on one shot. Sergeev was Calgary’s top star. Attendance was 2,230.