SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 1: The San Jose Barracuda host the Henderson Silver Knights at Tech CU Arena on February 1, 2025 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Andreea Cardani/San Jose Barracuda)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- The Barracuda were looking to sweep the Henderson Silver Knights for the first time this season, coming off of a 6-2 win last night. Vitek Vanecek had a 22 saves on 24 shots night after playing in his first game since he was injured mid-December.

The Barracuda drew first blood with Donavan Houle winning a race to the puck and backhand shooting it to score his 10th of the season at 18:05. Tristen Robins and Ethan Cardwell registering the assists.

Henderson wasn’t going down without a fight, scoring at 12:43 of the third. Mason Morelli with his 3rd PPG of the season after Shakir Mukhamadullin took a 2 minute penalty for tripping. Gage Quinney and Calen Addison registering the assists.

Regulation wasn’t enough for these two teams as the game went into overtime. Overtime also wasn’t enough as the game went into a shootout. All of the players that Henderson and San Jose sent out were unsuccessful until Matyas Sapovaliv from Henderson scored to secure the win.

Three stars of the game:

• 1. Matyas Sapovaliv
• 2. Georgi Romanov
• 3. Carl Lindbom

The Barracuda will be back in action after the all-star break next Friday on the 7th against the Tucson Roadrunners. This will be the first match-up between the two teams this season. Last season, San Jose and Tucson were head to head in a playoff spot, Tucson ultimately earning the spot. San Jose are a lifetime 41-46 against them and will be looking to extend their winning streak against them to 2.