San Jose Barracuda vs Tucson Roadrunners on Saturday December 6th at Tech Cu Arena (via sjbarracuda/flickr)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE–San Jose opened up the scoring in their 6-2 loss on Saturday night. Jack Thompson made it rain teddy bears when he scored his second goal of the season to give San Jose their first lead of the game. Five minutes later, Tucson evened the score at 1-1 with Ty Tulio scoring his first goal of the season.

Tucson took their first lead of the game when Cameron Hebig scored his ninth goal of the season. Ty Tulio went on hattrick watch when he scored his second of the game to extend Tucson’s lead. San Jose cut into that lead when Cam Lund scored his second of the season. Tucson extended their lead once more to make the score 4-2 when Ben McCartney scored his second powerplay goal of the season.

Tucson took their lead even further and made the score 5-2 when Cameron Hebig scored his second of the night.

The score being as close as it was, the shots were pretty even too. After the first period, San Jose outshot Tucson 11-6. After the second period, Tucson outshot San Jose 12-8. To end the game, San Jose ultimately outshot Tucson 41-22.

Both teams were good at staying out of the box, San Jose going to the box twice while Tucson went to the box four times. Coming into Saturday night’s game, San Jose was third on the powerplay while Tucson was seventh. Shorthanded, San Jose was last and Tucson was fourth.

Gabriel Carriere and Matthew Villalta were the goalies going head to head in Saturday night’s game. Carriere, who made 16 saves on 21 shots, recorded the loss. His record now moves to/5-5-2-1. Villalta, who made 37 saves on 39 shots recorded the win. His record now moves to 7-4-1-1.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

1. Cameron Hebig
2. Ty Tullio
3. Jack Thompson

The Barracuda will be back in action on Wednesday December 10th, hosting the San Diego Gulls. The last time these two teams faced off was on Wednesday November 19th, where the Barracuda won in overtime, 5-4.