San Jose Barracuda vs Henderson Silver Knights on Friday April 10th at Lee’s Family Forum (via henderson silver knights)

By Madison Montez

The Henderson Silver Knights picked up a three goal win over the San Jose Barracuda 9-6 at Lee’s Family Forum Friday night. Henderson got out to an early start, scoring twice in a three minute span. Raphael Lavoie opened up the scoring, scoring his 26th goal of the season to make it 1-0.

Three minutes later, Matyas Sapovaliv scored his 16th goal of the season to extend their lead to 2-0. San Jose cut the lead in half on their first powerplay opportunity. Kasper Halttunen, scoring his sixth powerplay goal of the season, made it a 2-1 game. Quentin Musty and Oliver Wahlstrom recording the assists.

Restoring their 2 goal lead, Henderson’s Mitch McLain scored his 21st goal of the season to make it 3-1, just 34 seconds into the second period. San Jose cut into the lead again, this time Luca Cagnoni scored his eighth goal of the season. Egor Afanasyev and Patrick Giles recording the assists. Scoring his second of the night, Raphael Lavoie to make it 4-2. A minute later, San Jose’s Filip Bystedt scored his 21st goal of the season to make it 4-3. Luca Cagnoni and Braden Hache recording the assists.

Three minutes later, San Jose tied the game at 4-4 when Colin White scored his 20th goal of the season. Luca Cagnoni and Oliver Wahlstrom recording the assists. To regain their 5-4 lead, Trevor Connelly scored his 12th goal of the season. Extending that lead and getting the hat trick, Raphael Lavoie scored his third of the game to make it 6-4 with 20 seconds left in the second.

Making it 7-4 a minute and a half into the third, Kai Uchaz scored his 17th goal of the season. Cutting into the lead agaim, Colin White scored his second of the game to make it 7-5. Making it a one goal game, Lucas Vanroboys scored his fourth of the season. Brendan Hoffman and Nolan Allan recording the assists. To regain the lead, Matyas Sapovaliv scored an empty netter. To secure the win, Jakub Brabenec scored another empty netter.

After the first period, Henderson outshot San Jose ten to nine. After the second period, San Jose outshot Henderson 15-12. After the third period, San Jose outshot Henderson 11-10.

Special teams played a huge role in Friday night’s game. Friday night, San Jose went 3/4 and Henderson went 2/4.

Former Silver Knights goalie Laurent Brossoit got the start for San Jose. Making 16 saves on 22 shots before being pulled from Friday night’s game, Brossoit recorded Friday night’s, loss. Gabriel Carriere who came into the game in the third period, made seven saves on eight shots. For Henderson, Cameron Whitehead got the start. Making 28 saves on 34 shots, Whitehead recorded tonight’s win.

The Barracuda will be back in action Saturday night, against this same Henderson team, closing out a four game season series against the Silver Knights.