The Abbotsford Canucks forward William Eklund (9) tries to put a stick on the San Jose Barracuda left winger William Eklund (72) at Tech CU Arena in San Jose on Sat Feb 4, 2023 (photo by the San Jose Barracuda)

On SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The Abbotsford Canucks scored three goals in the second period as the defeated the San Jose Barracuda 3-2 to sweep the weekend series on Saturday afternoon at Tech CU Arena.

#2 San Jose heads into the All-Star break with having lost three of its past four games. Abbotsford has won three games in a row.

#3 San Jose (18-24-0-3) drew first blood on the power play early in the first period. Danil Gushchin fed a pass back to the point over to Derrick Pouliot who skated in a wired a wrist shot past Canucks goalie Arturs Silovs for his second goal of the season at the 7:23 mark.

#4 Abbotsford gained its first lead, a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, late in the middle frame. Matt Alfaro centered a pass through the crease where Vincent Arseneau scored his fourth goal of the season from point blank range.

#5 San Jose hosts the Calgary Wranglers for a two-game series starting on Friday 2/10 at 7:00pm at Tech CU Arena.

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