San Jose Barracuda forward Ty Felhaber (#28) celebrates his first period goal against the San Diego Gulls as stuffed animals rain down from the stands during the annual Teddy Bear Toss Night at Tech CU Arena on Saturday NOV 14, 2026. (Joey Cascarano-Sport Shot)
by Marko Ukalovic
SAN JOSE — Filip Bystedt scored the game winning goal on the power play with 4:58 remaining in the third period as the San Jose Barracuda scored four unanswered goals for a 5-4 come from behind victory over the San Diego Gulls on Saturday evening at Tech CU Arena.
San Jose snapped its two-game losing streak. San Diego had its two-game winning streak snapped.
Bystedt scored his second power play goal of the game with just under five minutes left in the game while the Cuda were on the man advantage when Gulls goalie Tomas Suchanek was called for a delay of game penalty. Brett Leason found Bystedt at the left faceoff dot and the Swedish center roofed home a wrist shot for his sixth goal of the season.
On the annual Teddy Bear Toss Night, the fans in the stands didn’t have to wait long to throw their stuffed animals out on the ice. San Jose (7-9-0). Patrick Giles found Ty Felhaber in the Gulls zone. Felhaber skated up to the center of the point before releasing a hard wrist shot past Suchanek for his first goal in a Cuda sweater at the 6:05 mark.
After a 12-minute delay to clear the ice, both teams resumed play.
San Diego (7-6-3) outshot San Jose in the opening 20 minutes 11-8 but the majority of those were easily saved by Cuda goalie Eric Comrie who was perfect in the period.
The Gulls evened the game early in the second period with an even strength goal. Sean Ferrell came into the Cuda zone and found Ethan Procyszyn who beat Comrie top shelf for his first goal of the season at the 2:12 mark. Anton Wahlberg picked up the secondary assist.
San Diego gained its first lead of the just under three minutes later. A shot from the point was initially saved by Comrie. However, the rebound leaked out to the left and Stian Solberg poked it home for his third goal of the season at the 5:05 mark. Nathan Gaucher and Yegor Sidorov received helpers on the play.
Walhberg made it a two-goal lead with its third unanswered goal in the middle frame. A failed clearance out of their zone by the Cuda led to Gaucher finding Wahlberg in the slot and he beat Comrie to the stick side with a quick wrist shot for his fourth goal of the season at the 12:42 mark.
The Gulls scored its fourth goal of the period with a short-handed goal. A two-on-one led by Nico Myatovic led to him skating around Comrie and sliding the puck past him for his sixth goal of the season at the 16:37 mark.
San Jose stopped the bleeding 46 seconds later with its first power play goal. Andre Gasseau made a backhanded pass to Mattias Havelid who made a quick pass over Felhaber in the slot. Felhaber beat Suchanek to the far side for his second goal of the game and second of the season.
Luca Cagnoni cut the deficit to a one-goal game to start the third period after taking advantage of a turnover inside the San Diego zone. Myatovic tried to send a pass back over to his teammate. Cagnoni intercepted the pass, spun around and fired a shot past Suchanek for his second goal of the season at the 1:33 mark.
Filip Bystedt scored the Cuda’s second power play goal and third unanswered. Cagnoni found Bystedt on the left wing and the third-year pro skated in before beating Suchanek through the five-hole with a wicked wrist shot for his fifth goal of the season at the 6:24 mark.
Comrie (4-6-0) finished the night stopping 25 of the 29 shots he faced to earn his fourth win of the season. Suchanek (1-1-1) made 24 saves on 28 shots in the losing effort.
GAME NOTES: San Jose went 3-for-3 on the power play. San Diego went 0-for-1.
The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Bystedt (2G, 0A) 2) Felhaber (2G, 0A) 3 Cagnoni (1G, 1A).
UP NEXT: San Jose head out on the road for a three-game road trip. First stop is down in the desert as they take on the Henderson Silver Knights on Wednesday November 18 at 7:00pm at Lee’s Family Forum.
