Wranglers sign forwards Martin Frk and Alex Gallant to one year AHL deals

Originally posted on Flamesnation | By Ryan Pike | Last updated Jul 3, 2025 3:00 PM ET

The Calgary Flames have bolstered their minor league depth. On Thursday, the club announced that the Calgary Wranglers, their American Hockey League farm club, has signed forwards Martin Frk and Alex Gallant to one year AHL deals.

The 31-year-old Frk was previously on a two-way NHL deal with the Flames, while the 32-year-old Gallant was on an AHL deal.

Frk is a right shot forward that can play either wing. He was originally selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2012 NHL Draft. Since going pro in 2013-14, he’s played 124 NHL games with Carolina, Detroit and Los Angeles, and 470 AHL games with Grand Rapids, Ontario, Springfield and the Wranglers. Blessed with a heck of a shot, he had 27 goals and 33 assists for 60 points in 67 games with the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers last season. He joined the Flames organization as an NHL free agent in 2024.

Gallant is a left shot forward who primarily plays the left wing. Since going pro in 2013-14, he’s carved out a niche as a hard-nosed checker who isn’t afraid to drop the mitts. Heck, if you go Hockey Fights, you’ll see a ton of footage of Gallant in wild tilts.

In addition to this season’s classic with Manitoba’s Tyrel Bauer, if you’re into that sort of thing check out his clash with Abbotsford’s Alex Kannok-Leipert from 2023-24.

Gallant originally joined the Flames system on an AHL deal back in 2019-20, and he’s basically become a fixture in the minor-league system. He won’t play every night and his offensive abilities are, to be charitable, less than Frk’s. But he’s a reliable pro that can help mentor a young forward group at the AHL level, and occasionally engage in any necessary nastiness that comes up. In 385 AHL games with San Jose, Syracuse, Chicago, Stockton and the Wranglers, Gallant has 36 points… and 1,152 penalty minutes.

If nothing else, the Wranglers have tied up a couple really useful AHL veterans.

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