The Henderson Silver Knights fell to the Calgary Wranglers, 5-3, on Friday evening at Lee’s Family Forum. 

HOW IT WENT DOWN
The Wranglers jumped out to an early lead, with AHL scoring leader Kerins netting the first goal of the game at 6:20 in the first period. Bishop then doubled that lead just 39 seconds later. Duehr added a third goal for the Wranglers in the final minute of the first period on the power play. 

At 10:02 in the second period, Cal Burke dumped it into Gage Quinney on a race to the crease. Quinney found the back of the net for his first goal of the season, cutting the deficit to 3-1. A minute later the Wranglers got it right back with a powerplay goal from Kerins. 

The Silver Knights narrowed the Wranglers’ lead to 4-2 on Grigori Denisenko’s first goal of the campaign at 9:47 in the third. Jonas Rondbjerg found Tanner Laczynski on the wing who wrapped it behind the net and centered it for a Denisenko one-timer. At 15:04 in the final frame, Quinney got ahead on a breakaway and whipped it tape-to-tape to Burk, who beat the goalie to the far post for a tap-in. Robert Hägg also picked up an assist on the play. In the dying seconds, Bishop put home an empty netter to seal the Wranglers’ 5-3 victory. 

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, Oct. 19 | 6 p.m. | vs Calgary Wranglers | Tickets
Wednesday, Oct. 23 | 7 p.m. | vs. San Jose Barracuda | Tickets
Friday, Oct. 25 | 11 a.m. | vs. San Jose Barracuda | Tickets
Sunday, Oct. 27 | 3 p.m. | at Ontario Reign
Friday, Nov. 1 | 7 p.m. | vs. Ontario Reign | Tickets
Saturday, Nov. 2 | 6 p.m. | at Ontario Reign

NOTES ON THE KNIGHT
Cal Burke: Burke notched his third assist of the season midway through the second period on a dump-in to Quinney. In the third period Burke beat the defender and goalie on a breakaway, netting his first goal of the year. He’s second in points on the Silver Knights on the season (4).

Gage Quinney: Quinney, like his linemate Burke, also finished with two points (1G, 1A). After assisting Burke’s goal in the second, he returned the favor and found Quinney on the breakaway for his first goal of the season as well. 

Grigori Denisenko: Denisenko one-timer in the third period marked his first goal as well, as he’s up to 3 points on the year (1G, 2A)

LOOKING AHEAD
The Silver Knights will return to Lee’s Family Forum for the second of their back-to-back against Calgary on Saturday, October 19. The first 3,000 fans to enter the building will receive a commemorative popcorn bucket and the first 1,000 fans will also receive a popcorn voucher. Fans can also watch on FloHockey or tune in on 1230 The Game. Puck drop is set for 6 p.m. PT.