San Jose Barracuda vs Tucson Roadrunners on Friday October 9th at Tech Cu Arena (via sjbarracuda/flickr)
By Madison Montez
San Jose opened up the scoring when Captain Jimmy Huntington. Filip Bystedt recording the lone assist. Tucson tied the game at 1-1 when Zac Jones scored his first AHL goal. Joshua Roy recorded the primary assist while Gabe Smith recorded the secondary assist. Roadrunners’s Cameron Hebig scored his first goal of the season to make it 2-1 Tucson. Tucson kept the foot on the gas making it 3-1 to make it their third player scoring their first goal of the season, Caleb Desnoyers. T.J Iginla recorded the lone assist. Cutting the Roadrunners’s lead down to 3-2, Filip Bystedt, who assisted on the Huntington goal, scored to make it a 1 goal game.
The dedicated Tucson Roadrunners kept the scoring up early in the 2nd period. Just 6 minutes into the second period, Ben McCartney scored the first powerplay goal of the game. Vadim Moroz recorded the primary assist and Gabe Smith recorded his second assist of the night. The Birthday Boy Brendan Hoffman scored his first goal of the season to make it a 1 goal game, again. This time 4-3. Phillip Sinn recorded the primary assist while Anthony Vincent recorded the secondary assist. Two minutes later, the Tech CU crowd erupted when Jimmy Huntington scored his second goal of the night to tie the game at 4-4! Ethan Cardwell recorded the primary assist while Eric Pohlkamp recorded the secondary assist. Tucson quickly regained their lead to make it 5-4 when Vadim Moroz scored his second goal of the season. Gabe Smith recorded the primary assist while Ben McCartney recorded the secondary assist.
The gritty Tucson Roadrunners kept shooting and made it a 6-4 game when Artem Duda shot from the blue line and scored. Gabe Smith recorded the primary assist while Cameron Hebig recorded the secondary assist. Kevin Rooney sealed the win for Tucson when he scored an empty netter.
After the first period, San Jose outshot Tucson 12-10. After the second period, shots were 12 a piece. After the third period, San Jose outshot Tucson 12 to 9.
Two games into the season, San Jose ranks third on the powerplay and ninth shorthanded in the Pacific Division. On the other side, the Tucson Roadrunners ranked last on the powerplay and 3rd shorthanded. Tonight, San Jose went 2/5 and Tucson went 2/3.
The starting goaltender matchup tonight was Eric Comrie for San Jose vs Michael Hrbal for Tucson. Recording tonight’s win, made saves on shots. Recording tonight’s loss, made saves on shots.
THREE STARS OF THE GAME:
- Gabe Smith
- Jimmy Huntington
- Cameron Hebig
The San Jose Barracuda will be back in action tomorrow against this same Tucson Roadrunners team. The goalie matchup looks like it’ll be.
