San Jose Barracuda vs Abbotsford Canucks on Sunday March 29th at Tech CU Arena (via sjbarracuda/flickr)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- 11 seconds in, tempers were flared after Braden Hache from San Jose and Jett Woo from Abbotsford dropped the mitts, both taking five minute fighting penalties.

30 seconds later on four on four action, Abbotsford got out to another early start. Sammy Blais scored his 13th of the season, recording his first point of the night.

Abbotsford extended their lead three times in the first, to make it four-zero. The first came off of a short handed goal. Chase Wouters, the captain, scored his ninth of the season. The second, came as a result of traffic in front of the net. Nate Smith netted his seventh of the season. The third, came on a goal courtesy of Jujhar Khaira. Khaira now has goals in back to back games.

Starting the second on a power-play, San Jose took advantage and scored. Pavol Regenda scored his sixth power-play goal of the season. After being a healthy scratch in last night’s game, Thompson picked up the secondary assist. This would end up being San Jose’s only goal throughout the whole game.

Abbotsford nearly dominated the whole game, outshooting San Jose in two of the three periods. San Jose also changed the amount of penalties they took. While Abbotsford took seven penalties, San Jose only took two. Four of the seven penalties the Canucks took, were in the second period.

Sealing the 5-1 win, Nate Smith scored his eighth of the season. Sammy Blais registered the secondary assist.

For Abbotsford, Sammy Blais recorded three points and Nate Smith recorded two points. For San Jose, with Rem Pitlick recording today’s primary assist, he’s extended his point streak to two.

Ty Young was Saturday’s winning goalie. Young made 14 saves on 15 shots. His record now improves to 8-3. Gabriel Carriere got the start for the second game in a row. After a little over halfway, Carriere was pulled again and Dell was put in. Before getting pulled, Carriere recorded seven saves on 11 shots. Dell recorded 17 saves on 18 shots.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

• 1. Nate Smith
• 2. Sammy Blais
• 3. Jujhar Khaira

The Barracuda will be back in action next Wednesday, hosting the Ontario Reign for a mid-week matchup.