Coachella Valley Firebirds defeat Calgary Wranglers 7-5 [Video]

A third period double-minor penalty proved to be the Calgary Wranglers’ undoing Wednesday night as they lost to the Coachella Valley Firebirds 7-5 in Game 3 of their best-of-five AHL playoff series.

The defeat puts the Wranglers on the brink of elimination: a loss Friday night to the Firebirds ends their season.

Jeremie Poirier, Jonathan Aspirot, Adam Klapka, Jakob Pelletier and Cole Schwindt scored for the Wranglers, who lost their second game in a row to the Firebirds, who eliminated them from the AHL playoffs in 2023.

The Wranglers opened the scoring on a goal from Aspirot, but Coachella Valley responded twice, on goals from John Hayden and Jacob Melanson, to take a 2-1 lead after one period.

Klapka scored on a power play to make it 2-2 before Coachella’s Marian Studenic scored to take a 3-2 lead into the third.

Early in the third, Poirier scored to tie the …