San Jose Barracuda vs Bakersfield Condors on Sunday November 1st at Tech CU Arena (via sjbarracuda/flickr)
By Madison Montez
SAN JOSE- After a battle between the Barracuda and the Condors, San Jose came out with the 3-2 overtime win.
Picking up a loose puck, Condors Right Wing Rhett Pitlick scored his first goal of the season, to give Bakersfield an early 1-0 lead. Tucker Robertson recorded the lone assist. San Jose tied the game at 1-1 when Forward Brendan Hoffman scored his second goal of the season. Carson Wetsch recorded the primary assist and Anthony Vincent recorded the secondary assist.
Taking advantage of their second powerplay opportunity of the game, Condors Defenseman Tomáš Cibulka scored his first goal of the season. Seth Griffith recorded the primary assist and Quinn Hutson recorded the secondary assist. Tying the game again, this time at 2-2, Luca Cagnoni scored his first goal with the Barracuda since being loaned. Recording the primary assist was Tye Felhaber and recording the secondary assist, was Eric Pohlkamp.
Regulation wasn’t enough for either of these teams to take the lead. With two minutes left of the overtime period, Roland McKeown scored his second overtime winner of the season to get San Jose the 3-2 win.
After the first period, San Jose outshot Bakersfield 12-5. After the second period, San Jose outshot Bakersfield again, this time 11-9. After the third period, San Jose outshot Bakersfield 11-4.
Both teams today had opportunities for powerplay goals but only Bakersfield was able to capitalize. Bakersfield went 1/3 while San Jose went 0/2.
Sunday’s goalie matchup going head to head was Eric Comrie for San Jose versus Samuel Jonsson for Bakersfield. Making 18 saves on 20 shots, Comrie recorded Sunday’s win. Making 34 saves on shots, Jonsson recorded Sunday’s loss.
THREE STARS OF THE GAME:
- Roland McKeow
- Tomáš Cibulka
- Luca Cagnoni
The Barracuda will be back in action on Wednesday November 4th where they will head to Ontario to face off against the Reign for a 7pm start at Toyota Arena.
