There will be playoff hockey at the Saddledome this spring.
The AHL’s Calgary Wranglers will continue their Calder Cup quest after completing a sweep Friday of their best-of-three opening-round series against the Tucson Roadrunners.
The Flames’ farm-clubbers won two in a row in enemy territory, advancing with a 4-3 victory in Game 2 in Tucson.
Sam Morton, Riley Damiani, Ilya Solovyov and William Stromgren did the lamp-lighting for the Wranglers in Friday’s series-clincher, while Adam Klapka collected a pair of assists and rising-star netminder Dustin Wolf made 40 stops in Calgary’s crease.
Wolf was superb in an upset of the higher-seeded Roadrunners, posting a .966 save percentage.
Next up for the Wranglers is a best-of-five showdown against the Coachella Valley Firebirds in the Pacific Division semifinals. The Wranglers will host Games 1-2 at the Saddledome, set for next Friday (7 p.m.) and Sunday (4 p.m.), and the Firebirds will be at home for Games 3-5.