San Jose Barracuda vs Ontario Reign on Saturday February 22nd at Toyota Arena (via sjbarracuda/x)

By Madison Montez

San Jose got back in the win column following a 2 game losing streak, dropping games against San Diego and Ontario on Saturday with a 3-1 win at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. In Wednesday’s game, the Barracuda erased a three goal deficit in the third period only to lose 6-4. For Saturday’s game, head coach John McCarthy’s key to the game was to “lock in right away.”

After a quiet first period, San Jose opened up the scoring at 4:45 of the second. After a board battle at the blue line won by Andrew Poturalski, Thomas Bordeleau scoring his 11th of the season. Poturalski and Ethan Cardwell registering the assists.

Picking up his own rebound, Ethan Cardwell scored his seventh goal of the season to extend San Jose’s lead to 2.

As the result of forcing a turnover, Mitchell Russell scored his first goal of the season, Rem Pitlick registering the assists. Russell with his second in his AHL career, spending most of the season with the ECHL affiliate the Wichita Thunder.

With under 30 seconds left in the game, Ontario avoids the shutout. Martim Chromiak scoring his 5th PPG of the season. Reily Walsh and Charles Hudon registering the assists.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

• 1. Gabriel Carriere, 23 SVS
• 2. Ethan Cardwell, 1G, 1A
• 3. Thomas Bordeleau, 1G

The Barracuda will be back in action Sunday against the Coachella Valley FireBirds. The last time these two teams faced off was a month ago on January 22nd where the Barracuda won at home in a shootout. San Jose will be looking to continue their win streak against Coachella for the whole season.