Calgary, AB – The Calgary Wranglers suffered their first loss of the 2026-27 season, falling 5-4 to the Bakersfield Condors.

Ben Jones opened the scoring on the power play, recording his 100th career point as a Wrangler to give Calgary an early lead.

 

Trailing 2-1 after the opening frame, captain Rory Kerins netted his first goal of the season, with assists from Alex Nylander and Abram Wiebe, who recorded his first career AHL point. Just 30 seconds later, Sam Morton found the back of the net to give the Wranglers a 3-2 lead.

However, Bakersfield responded with three unanswered goals to take a 5-3 advantage in the third period.

Jones brought Calgary back within one, scoring his second goal of the night and the 100th AHL goal of his career, but the Wranglers were unable to complete the comeback.

Jones, Nylander and Wiebe each finished with two-point performances.

Kirill Zarubin made the start in goal, stopping 21 of 26 shots faced.

The Wranglers now head to San Jose to take on the Barracuda on Wednesday, October 14, with puck drop set for 11:30 a.m.

Fans can catch all the action live on AHLTV via FloHockey atΒ https://flosports.link/46YqCIJΒ or listen to the radio broadcast atΒ https://edge.mixlr.com/channel/fblzn.