Picture courtesy of San Jose Barracuda. Barracuda player Danil Guschin keeps his head up against the Iowa Wild on Friday night.
By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)
In the season opener at Iowa against the Wild the Barracuda found a way to pull off the win in the shootout by a score of 4-3.
It would open up with a threatening power play from the Barracuda that saw a multitude of opportunities. Jesper Wallstedt would stand strong though for the Wild and stave off the attack.
Not to long after the power play Tristen Robins would find the back of the net with a beautiful wrist shot to make it 1-0. It would end up being an unassisted goal at the 16:54 mark of the 1st and Robins first professional goal.
The quick start would continue for the Barracuda as Thomas Bordeleau found twine with an assist from Patrick Sieloff. It was a sort of fluky one as a shot from the point by Sieloff would just trickle through Wallstedt and be poked in by Bordeleau.
As the young guns found a way to get on the board the Wild would slowly begin to climb back into the game and actually evened the shots by the end of the period at ten.
To kick of the second period Scott Reedy continued the offense with a goal of his own to make 3-0. The assists would go to Derrick Pouliot and Andrew Agozzino on the power play goal.
Finally after some time in the second period would pass the Wild got a goal from Mason Shaw with an assist from Nic Petan.
After more continued pressure the Wild slowly took control of the shot count ending the second period up in shots at 20-16.
The Wild continued this momentum into the third period were they would open the scoring this time with a goal from Joseph Cramarossa. The lone assist ended up going to Sammy Walker.
With the drama at a fever pitch the Wild would find another opportune goal to tie it at the 20:00 minute mark of the third from Sammy Walker. The assists credited to both Joe Hicketts and Daemon Hunt who helped this game go to overtime.
At the end of three periods the shots finished in favor of the Wild at 34-23.
In overtime the pressure continued from the Wild as they had four shots on goal in overtime but it was not enough as a shootout would be necessary to decide this one.
The shootout would end up being a long one as both goalies made saves back and forth.
Finishing the night off on a high note brand new captain of the Barracuda Agozzino scored in the shootout to give the Barracuda a win in Iowa.
The Barracuda’s next game will be tomorrow in Iowa again against the Wild at 4:00 p.m.
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