It was a physical game between the Abbotsford Canucks left wing Arshdeep Bains (13), San Jose Barracuda forward Scott Sabourin (49), Kirsten Welsh linesperson (10) squeezed in the mix, and Canucks defenseman Christian Wolanin (86), at Abbotsford Arena in Abbotsford BC Sat Mar 8, 2025 (photo by San Jose Barracuda)

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Saturday the San Jose Barracuda’s (29-30-4-3) Colin White scored twice but couldn’t get San Jose to seal the deal against the Abbotsford Canucks (29-23-2-1) in a game that resulted in a 5-4 loss at Abbotsford Centre.

#2 It was a tough loss for the Barracuda as they attacked early scoring the first two goals of the game with Jimmy Schuudlt and Pavol Regenda to open the game with a 2-0 lead after the first period.

#3 The Canucks in the second period started to make a move scoring two. The Canucks Max Sasson scored at 1:19, the Barracuda’s Colin White would answer back with a goal at 5:27, and the Canucks cut the Barracuda lead to 3-2 when Danila Klimovich scored at 9:06 to end the second period.

#4 Third period the Tristen Nielsen scored at 3:52 to tie up it up 3-3 for the Canucks. White would score again for the Barracuda to take a brief lead again at 4-3 at 5:27. Then there’s Linus Karlsson who tied the game up once again 4-4 at 17:22. The game went into overtime and Karlsson struck again scoring his second goal of the game for the game winner at 3:09 in a 5-4 Canucks win.

#5 It’s off to Tucson on Sat Mar 15 at 7:00pm PDT and the Tucson Roadrunners 27-23-3-2 seventh in the Pacific Division. The Barracuda are catching the Roadrunners during a hot spell who have won six of their last ten games. The Barracuda have won four of their last ten games and are fifth in the Pacific at 29-20-4-3. How do you see this match up on Saturday night at the Tucson Convention Arena.

Marko Ukalovic is a San Jose Barracuda beat writer and podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com