San Jose Barracuda vs Texas Stars on Friday December 12th at H-E-B Center (via txstarshockey)

By Madison Montez

The San Jose Barracuda get that first road win with a defeat over the Texas Stars 3-2 on Friday night. Jimmy Huntington opened up the scoring putting the Barracuda up first. 30 seconds later, the stars tied the game at one a piece, courtesy of Curtis Mackenzie. 

Patrick Giles scored at 1:22 of the second to put San Jose back in the lead, 2-1. Jimmy Huntington scored his second of the night to extend their lead to 3-1. 27 seconds later, Jack Becker scored to make the score 3-2 but it wasn’t enough to make it a comeback. 

Despite it being a pretty low scoring game, both teams put up a good amount of shots. After the first period, Texas outshot San Jose 8 to 7. After the second period, Texas outshot San Jose again 13 to 10. And after the third period, Texas outshot San Jose once again 8 to 7. As a total, Texas outshot San Jose 29 to 24. 

Both teams were quiet and stayed away from the penalty box, San Jose taking the only penalty of the game. Anthony Vincent was called for a holding penalty at 16:06 of the second, Texas did not take advantage of their power play. Stars came into the game, last on the power play while San Jose came into the game also last on the penalty kill. 

Gabriel Carriere got the start for San Jose while Remi Poirier got the start for Texas. Carriere, who recorded the win, made 27 saves on 29 shots. His record now moves to 6-5-2-1. Poirier, who recorded the loss, made 21 saves on 24 shots. His record now moves to 6-9-3-1.  

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

1. Jimmy Huntington 
2. Curtis McKenzie
3. Jack Becker 

The Barracuda will be back in action tomorrow against this same Texas team, looking to sweep the weekend. Jakub Skarek and Arno Tiefensee are expected to get the start in tomorrow’s game.