San Jose Barracuda vs Abbotsford Canucks on Wednesday October 28th at Tech CU Arena (via sjbarracuda/flickr)
By Madison Montez
SAN JOSE–The Abbotsford Canucks rallied with two goals that fired up the Canucks that help seal their win over the San Jose Barracuda in a 5-2 win at Tech CU in San Jose.
Abbotsford opened up the scoring when Riley Patterson scored his third goal of the season. Anri Ravinskis recorded the primary assist while Kirill Kudryavtsev recorded the secondary assist. They then extended that lead to 2-0 when Ben Berard scored his first goal of the season. Ty Mueller recorded the primary assist and Sawyer Mynio recorded the secondary assist. San Jose cut the lead in half when Patrick Giles scored his first goal of the season, while being shorthanded.
Picking up his own rebound, Alex Barre-Boulet scored his first of the season, a powerplay goal, to tie the game at 2-2 in the second period. Jimmy Huntington recorded the lone assist. Regaining their initial lead, Abbotsford scored to make it a 3-2 game. Jacob Quillan scored his fifth of the season, Riley Patterson with the primary assist and Gavin White with the secondary assist.
Finding a pocket in the net, Abbotsford’s Captain Chase Wouters scored his first of the season to extend their lead to 4-2. Former Barracuda Defenseman Cole Clayton recorded the only assist.
Securing the win with the empty-netter, Ben Berard scored his second goal of the game to make it 5-2.
After the first period, San Jose outshot Abbotsford 11-9. After the second period, Abbotsford outshot San Jose 13 to 4. After the third period, San Jose outshot Abbotsford 10-4.
Both Abbotsford and San Jose showed both sides of their special teams Wednesday night. For San Jose, they were able to capitalize both shorthanded and having the advantage, scoring both a powerplay and shorthanded goal. On the powerplay, San Jose went 1/2. For Abbotsford, they were not able to capitalize on either slate, going 0/3.
For San Jose, Ilya Samsonov was given his second start of the season. Coming off of a win, his first in a Barracuda sweater, he was looking to get his second. Making 21 saves on 25 shots, Samsonov recorded Wednesday night’s loss. For Abbotsford, Ty Young was the starting goaltender. Also coming off of a win, he was looking to get his second of the season. Making 24 saves on 26 shots, Young recorded Wednesday night’s win.
THREE STARS OF THE GAME:
- Jacob Quillan
- Riley Patterson
- Alex Barre-Boulet
The Barracuda will be back in action on Sunday November 1st where they will be hosting the Bakersfield Condors at Tech CU Arena for a 3pm start time.
