San Jose Barracuda vs Coachella Valley Firebirds on Wednesday January 21st at Acrisure Arena (via Coachella Valley Firebirds/flickr)

By Madison Montez

Coachella Valley got an early 1-0 lead after Tyson Jugnauth scored his sixth of the season, 1 minute into the game. This would be the first of four goals scored by Coachella in the 4-3 game. Coachella added onto that lead, making it 2-0, Carson Rehkopf scoring his sixth of the season.

San Jose cut the lead into half to start the second period. Colin White scored his third powerplay goal of the season. Oliver Wahlstrom tied the game at 2-2 after the Firebirds lost and overturned the puck. Carson Rehkopf scored his second of the game to regain their lead to 3-2. To complete the hat trick, Carson Rehkopf scored his third of the season to extend their lead to 4-2.

Cutting the lead to 4-3, Cam Lund scored his sixth of the season with 5 minutes left in the game.

After the first period, San Jose outshot Coachella Valley eleven to seven. After the second period, San Jose outshot Coachella Valley eight to five. After the third period, San Jose outshot Coachella Valley ten to six.

Both teams had chances to show their special teams units. Coming into tonight’s game, San Jose was first on the powerplay and second to last on the penalty kill. For Coachella Valley, they came in 6th on the powerplay and fifth on the penalty kill. In tonight’s game, San Jose went 1/3 and Coachella went 0/2.

Laurent Broissiot got the start for San Jose and Victor Östman got the start for Coachella Valley. Making 14 saves on 18 shots, Broissiot recorded the loss. Making 26 saves on 29 shots, Osman recorded the win.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

1. Carson Rehkopf
2. Gustav Olofsson
3. Tyson Jugnauth

The Barracuda will be back in action on Saturday November 24th against the Bakersfield Condors. The last time these two teams faced off was earlier this month on January 3rd where they fell 2-1 in a shootout.