The San Jose Barracuda center Thomas Bordeleau (17) tries to get control of the puck against the Tucson Roadrunners defenseman Artem Duda (78) at Tech CU on Sat Feb 8, 2025 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Danil Gushchin scored two goals and had assist for the San Jose Barracuda (24-13-2-3) on Saturday for a 5-3 win over the Tucson Roadrunners (20-20-2-1).

#2 In the first period the Barracuda had a 16-8 lead on shot on goals against the Roadrunners. The Barracuda opened the first period picked up a point from Braden Hache at 10:55 that was tipped in by Filip Bystedt for his eighth goal of the season. The Roadrunners Edgor Sokolov scored at 18:08 to tie it up 1-1. San Jose’s Danil Gushchin scored his tenth goal of the season at 19:45 as the Barracuda took a 2-1 lead to end the first period.

#3 The Roadrunners Cameron Hebig scored his 17th goal of the season at 4:31 to tie it up 2-2 and Gushchin came through again for San Jose scoring his 11th goal of the season second of the game at 12:03 as the Barracuda regained the lead after two periods 3-2.

#4 In the third period the Barracuda’s Colin White scored his sixth goal at 17:38 for a 4-2 lead. Ethan Cardwell added another goal for San Jose his sixth of the year at 18:47 for a 5-2 San Jose lead and the Roadrunners Lleyton Moore would close out all the scoring at 19:58 as the Barracuda come away with a 5-3 win ending a seven game homestand.

#5 Next up the Barracuda face off against the Colorado Eagles on Tue Feb 11 for a 6:05pm PST at Blue FCU Arena in Loveland. The Eagles are second in the Pacific Division at 25-12-4-2. The Eagles have won five of their last ten games. How do you see this match up Tuesday?

Marko Ukalovic does the San Jose Barracuda podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com