Calgary's AHL affiliate team to be known as the Wranglers

Calgary's new American Hockey League team officially has a name: the Wranglers.

The team had previously been based in Stockton, Calif., since 2015, as part of the AHL, a developmental league for the National Hockey League.

In May, the move to Calgary was approved by the AHL's board of governors. The Wranglers will play in Calgary starting next season.

"The Wranglers become the second team to don the name in Calgary following the Calgary Wranglers of the Western Canadian Junior Hockey League (WCHL), who came to Calgary in 1977," reads a release from the Calgary Flames. 

"The WCHL Wranglers played in Calgary for 10 seasons, graduating such Flames alumni as Kelly Kisio, Dana Murzyn and Mike Vernon to the NHL."

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