Walter Ignatjew’s AHL career got off to a strong start Friday night, as he stopped 32 shots to lead the Wranglers to a 5-3 win over the Henderson Silver Knights.
It was the opening game of a back-to-back series between the two teams.
Rory Kerins continued his hot streak, opening the scoring for the Wranglers. That was followed up by Clark Bishop, who made it 2-0 off a feed from Jakob Pelletier.
The Wranglers went up by three late in the first period on a goal by Walker Duehr, who was set up by Ilya Nikolaev.
After Gage Quinney scored for the Silver Knights, Kerins added his second of the night to make it 4-1 in the second.
In the third, the Silver Knights rallied, getting goals from Gigori Denisenko and Callahan Burke to cut the score to 4-3 before Bishop was awarded his second of the night with 20 …