San Jose Barracuda vs Tucson Roadrunners on Sunday March 16th at Tucson Convention Center (via Will MacNeil)

By Madison Montez

Wrapping up the four-game roadtrip, the San Jose Barracuda looked to split the series against the Tucson Roadrunners. Bordeleau drew back into the lineup after missing last night’s game due to a lower-body injury. Bordeleau played on the first line alongside Brandon Coe and Andrew Poturalski. Despite Poturalski’s two goals the Barracuda fell short in the shootout losing 6-5 at the Tucson Convention Center on Sunday.

Tucson continued scoring early and playing with a lead. Hunter Drew scored his 13th goal of the season at 7:28 of the first. Travis Barron and Egor Sokolov registered the assists.

On San Jose’s first power-play opportunity, Danil Guschin scored his tenth power-play goal of the season, unassisted. To give San Jose their first lead of the weekend, Lucas Carlsson scored his fifth power-play goal on their second power-play goal. Colin White and Thomas Bordeleau registered the assists.

Tucson tied the game at 2-2 when Ben McCartney scored his 12th of the season. Hunter Drew and Travis Barron registered the assists.

San Jose regained their lead at 4:38 when Andrew Poturalski scored his 11th power-play goal. Luca Cagnoni and Danil Guschin registered the assists. Guschin’s second point of the game.

Starting the third period on the power-play, San Jose kept their foot on the gas, scoring at 0:56 of the third. Pavol Regenda with his fourth power-play goal of the season. Andrew Poturalski and Luca Cagnoni registered the assists, each with their third point.

Tucson cut into San Jose’s lead again at 14:00 when Curtis Douglas scored his second of the night. Julian Lutz registered the lone assist.

With 14 seconds left on the 5-3 powerplay, Sammy Walker tied the game 5-5 at 18:10 of the third to send the game into overtime. Walker scored his seventh goal of the season, Max Szuber and Andrew Agozzino registering the assists.

Overtime wasn’t enough as the game went into a shootout. Both Roadrunners scored, neither Barracuda scored. Tucson secured the comeback 6-5 win.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

• 1. Sammy Walker
• 2. Curtis Douglas
• 3. Hunter Drew

The Barracuda will be back in action on Wednesday March 19th at 10:30AM PDT against the San Diego Gulls in San Jose. The last time these two teams faced off was on Wednesday March 5th. San Diego walked away with the win that night when former Barracuda captain Ryan Carpenter scored in overtime.