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Barracuda supernova the Stars 6-1 to sweep Texas trip

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By Marko Ukalovic

It wasn’t exactly the “Four Dead in Five Gun Fight” 137 years ago in Texas, but it was as close as it could get for a hockey game. The San Jose Barracuda (7-1-0-1) scored four goals in the second period in a 6-1 thrashing of the Texas Stars (4-3-1-1) on Saturday evening at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park to sweep their two-game Texas road trip.

Texas didn’t take long to get the opening goal. Michael Mersch tipped in a shot from Denis Gurianov past the five-hole of Cuda goalie Antoine Bibeau (3-1-1) for his fourth goal of the season at the 1:17 mark of the first period.

San Jose would respond with the equalizer just over a minute later, in what would start six consecutive unanswered goals by the Cuda. Jayden Halbgewachs would score his fifth goal of the season after receiving a pass from co-team goal leader Maxium Letunov and jammed in his own rebound past Texas goalie Colton Point (1-2-1) from point-blank range at the 2:33 mark. Filip Sandberg received the secondary assist.

The Cuda took over the lead just 61 seconds later and never looked back when defenseman Keaton Middleton jumped all over a loose puck and wristed it inside the far left post for his first career AHL goal at the 3:34 mark. Alexander True and Lukas Radil received assists on the Middleton’s first ever professional goal.

San Jose expanded their lead early in the second period when Manny Wiederer was able to deflect a shot from the point from Jacob Middleton that just trickled past the goal-line at the 3:50 mark. It was Wiederer’s third goal of the season. Kyle Wood received the secondary assist.

The Cuda poured it on the rest of the second period. Jeremy Roy received a pass from Radil, skated in from the point and rifled a shot past Point for his first goal of the season at the 14:24 mark. Matt Fonteyne received the secondary assist.

Radim Simek joined the goal party over a minute later when his shot from the point beat Point through his five hole for a 5-1 lead at the 15:36 mark. Simek’s second goal of the season would send Point to the showers as he was replaced by Landon Bow. Praplan and Manny Weiderer received assists.

Letunov, who assisted on Halbgewachs goal, beat Bow through his five hole to complete a four-goal second period. His fifth goal of the season was assisted by Halbgewachs at the 16:18 mark.

Bibeau was sharp in the net with 20 saves on 21 shots for the win. Point allowed five goals on only 16 goals in suffering the defeat. Bow finished with nine saves on 10 shots in mop up relief.

GAME NOTES: San Jose was 0/2 on the power play. Texas was 0/2.

San Jose stays undefeated on the road at 5-0. This is the first time in franchise history they finished the month of October with a perfect road record.

This was only the second time this season the Cuda didn’t score the first goal.

Fisticuffs! San Jose’s Jeffery Viel and Texas’ Samuel Laberge late in the second period.

Gurianov has scored a point in six straight games.

The Cuda will only play Texas twice this season as the Stars were realigned into the Central Division (along with San Antonio) of the Western Conference.

The announced attendance was 4,841.

UP NEXT: San Jose returns home on Friday, November 2 to host the San Antonio Rampage at SAP Center at 7:00 pm PT.

MLB The Show podcast with Matt Harrington: Red Sox piecemeal lineup isn’t enough to get by Dodgers on Friday night

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On the MLB The Show podcast with Matt:

The way that Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora had managed the 18 inning affair on Friday night at Dodgers Stadium from a hitting stand point where he missed not executing a double switch properly and didn’t make the right substitutions so heading into extra innings you in that Sox line up missing JD Martinez, Rafael Devers, Mitch Moreland, Steve Pearce.

So they really took a couple of weapons away and also no Andrew Benintendi as a pinch hitter. The Red Sox took away a lot of their weapons early in that game and they went with a makeshift line up that included having the pitcher bat through the game and the Sox kind of piecemealed the game and lost by a run in the end.

Matt Harrington does the MLB The Show podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Sharks podcast with Len Shapiro: Sharks get lots of help, but Hurricanes just a bit better during shootout

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On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Len:

#1 The Carolina Hurricanes and San Jose Sharks forced a shootout. Both teams had very respective records going in.

#2 The Sharks got goals from Timo Meier, Antti Suomela, and Tomas Hertl. Hertl is listed out with an injury and is not expected to be in the line up for Sunday’s game in Anaheim.

#3 In goal, Aaron Dell made 38 saves on 41 shots for San Jose.

#4 The Hurricanes outshot the Sharks by 61% and the Canes beat the Sharks on the draw by 39%.

#5 The Sharks (5-3-2) head to Anaheim (5-5-1) for a Sunday Night draw.

Len does the Sharks podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Durant dominates in the Warriors’ 128-100 rout of the Knicks in NYC

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By Jerry Feitelberg

The Golden State Warriors put on a show at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, trailing at times but rallying in the fourth to obliterate the New York Knicks 128-100.

When asked what happened in the final quarter, Knicks head coach David Fizdale replied: “Kevin Durant.”

“I saw our young guys, I just saw that look of, ‘We’ve done enough tonight. We played them hard enough.’ We played three and a half really good quarters,” Fizdale said his postgame interview. “With a champion, that’s not enough. That’s not even enough if you’re an established team against a champion so you’ve got to keep your focus and maintain your discipline all the way to the end. We just haven’t been able to sustain that.”

Durant scored 25 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter. He also contributed throughout the game. He made a dunk on a Warriors fast break early in the first to tie the game at 10 points. The Warriors regained a lead, but Trey Burke made a running layup tie the game again at the end of the quarter at 25.

The teams were tied at the half, too, at 53.

New York played a solid game until the Warriors decided to dominate late in the third. Golden State trailed 10 points with less than two minutes left in the quarter, and whittled the Knicks’ lead to 3 points.

“I think that group that we had in the end of the third kind of changed the mindset,” Draymond Green told reporters after the game. “They were battling, and they got us a little momentum going into the fourth and we picked it up from there.”

Durant was on fire in the fourth, making layups, jump shots, a fadeaway shot and a free throw.

“We’ve seen KD do it like he did tonight,” Stephen Curry said postgame. “To do it in the garden is a different buzz as well. Low-key we become fans on the court watching greatness.”

Durant, whose future could be with the Knicks in light of his free agency, had 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Curry scored 29 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr had a hard time remembering exactly when the team had consecutive games with such “spectacular” performances from the two stars. Curry scored 51 points on Wednesday night at Oracle Arena.

“They generally both play well every night so it’s hard to assess that kind of stuff. In back-to-back games they have both been phenomenal,” Kerr said. “Obviously, we are tough to beat when they both play like that.”

The Warriors (5-1) continue their three-game road trip on Sunday against the Brooklyn Nets (2-3) at Barclays Center. Tip-off is at 2 p.m.

Barracuda get quirky goal to send Rampage to eighth straight loss with 2-1 win

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By Marko Ukalovic

When you are off to your best start in franchise history, the luck usually goes your way. The San Jose Barracuda (6-1-0-1) took advantage of a weird bounce to score the game-winning goal to beat the San Antonio Rampage (1-8-0-0) 2-1 at AT&T Center on Friday evening. The Rampage have now lost eight games in a row.

Kyle Wood sent in a puck along the boards from the right side of the neutral zone that caromed off a glass stanchion out to the middle of the slot where Rampage goalie Ville Husso (1-6-0) was out of position and waiting for Matt Fonteyne who tapped it into an empty net for his first goal of his season at the 7:14 mark of the third period. Lukas Radil received the secondary assist.

Neither team scored in the first period as it was a tightly-checked defensive battle in the opening frame. Each team only registered six shots on net. Both teams had an abbreviated power play that didn’t generate any chances.

San Jose had a chance to take the lead with just 30 seconds left when Manny Weiderer fed a pass over to Jayden Halbgewachs. He then fed it over to Vinnie Praplan, who misfired on a shot wide of an open net.

Francis Perron took advantage of a two-man advantage power play for the Cuda to break the deadlock in the second period. Kyle Wood retrieved his own rebound and sent a pass over to Perron at the point where he skated in front of the circles and picked his spot, wiring a wrist shot off the near post past Husso for his team-leading fifth goal season of the season at the 5:50 mark. It was also his third power play goal for San Jose.

San Antonio had a 2-on-1 odd man chance late in the second period, but they weren’t able to get a shot on goal at Cuda goalie Josef Korenar (4-0-0). San Jose out shot San Antonio 11-7 in the second period.

San Antonio scored the equalizer in the third period, thanks to a bad line change by the Cuda. Nolan Stevens made a heads up pass over to Klim Kostin, who skated in on a 2-on 0 with Adam Musil. Kostin sent the puck over to Musil, who tapped it into the net for his second goal of the season at the 5:28 mark.

Korenar had an excellent third period, including a point-blank save on Nikita Soshnikov just 27 seconds into the period to stay perfect on the season. He finished with 27 saves out of 28 shots for the victory. Husso made 19 saves on 21 shots in suffering the tough luck loss.

GAME NOTES: San Jose went 1/4 on the power play. The came into the game ranked 23rd in the AHL. It was the first time they have scored on the power play in two games.

San Antonio was 0/4 on the power play.

San Jose is 4-0 on the road this season.

Forward Lukad Ridal returned to the lineup after missing the past two game due to a lower body injury. Fonteyne also returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past two games.

The Rampage celebrated Dia De Los Muertos night by wearing a special game jersey “Los Chimuelos De San Antonio.”

The announce attendance was 7,703.

UP NEXT: San Jose continues the Texas road trip up to Austin to take on the Texas Stars on Saturday, October 27 at 5:00 pm PT.

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Lami: 49ers expected to win next three games, starting in Arizona Sunday

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On the San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe:

#1 Dante Pettis, the 49ers wide receiver, is looking forward to returning to action. The second round rookie pick missed the last three games due to a knee injury.

#2 Pettis is glad to be getting back into the line up this Sunday in Arizona. Pettis said this is the first time he’s missed any games in his entire career.

#3 Running back Matt Breida is out with an ankle injury and didn’t practice this week, but head coach Kyle Shanahan said he’s a possibility for Sunday.

#4 Wide receiver Pierre Garcon is doubtful for this Sunday Garcon out with a knee injury, Richard Sherman (calf) and Jimmie Ward (hamstring) Sherman and Ward had a light practice this week.

#5 The 49ers and Cardinals match up this Sunday. Joe also goes over the 49ers next three games, which they are expected to win.

Joe does the 49ers podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsrasdioservice.com

Oakland Raiders podcast with Joe Hawkes Beamon: McKenzie says “no one is untouchable” while Gruden says “we’re not trading anyone”

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On the Oakland Raiders podcast with Joe:

#1 How much of a factor was it for the decision to trade wide receiver Amari Cooper? He had 36 yard totals in four different games and his production was down before being traded to Dallas on Monday.

#2 The trade came at a peculiar time during practice Monday. Cooper got pulled out of practice Monday and was notified that he had been traded.

#3 Monday general manager Reggie McKenzie said no one is untouchable and then head coach John Gruden said, “we’re not trading anyone else.”

#4 Quarterback Derek Carr has gone through a challenging week and a half after getting sacked nearly a dozen times in London by the Seahawks in their last game.

#5 The Raiders are over the jet lag and are set to host the Indianapolis Colts this Sunday. How do you see this matchup?

Raiders podcasts with Joe are heard each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Stanford Cardinal basketball podcast with Joey Friedman: Cardinal open up with new players and returning players against Sonoma State Tuesday

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On the Stanford Cardinal basketball podcast with Joey:

#1 The Cardinal will open their season October 30th against Sonoma State the time has come for the Cardinal to open the season with new faces and returning players.

#2 Stanford has a number of players that can be a difference maker, including Oscar DeSilva, who is a sophomore.

#3 Head coach Jerod Haase is looking forward to work with the younger talent

#4 Joey takes a look at who could be that one player that could fill the void for a Travis Reid as coach Haase shapes this 2018 team.

Joey Friedman does the Stanford Cardinal basketball podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland Raiders podcast with Tony Renteria: Fall out from the Cooper deal; Can Raiders top visiting Colts this Sunday?

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On the Oakland Raiders podcast with Tony:

#1 The deal to send Amari Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys has changed the chemistry in the Raiders’ locker room, hasn’t it?

#2 Was this the move like team general manager Reggie McKenzie said “an opportunity that couldn’t be passed up” or was it just part of a fire sale that could be continued?

#3 The Raiders’ quarterback Derek Carr said he wasn’t crying after getting hit by the Seattle Seahawks in London. What was the true story?

#4 McKenzie said Cooper, 24, was under contract until 2019 and could have made $13.9 million. McKenzie said money was not the reason for trading Cooper.

#5 The Raiders (1-5) take on the Indianapolis Colts (2-5) this Sunday at 1 PM. Both teams in last place in their respective divisions.

Tony does the Raiders podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Things falling into place for Sharks, who take on the Hurricanes next

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On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 The Sharks had an up and down road trip from October 5th through October 14th, but have turned it around since with wins on October 18th, 20th, and 23rd. That’s three in a row.

#2 How much of a difference did it make to have Logan Couture with a hat trick against Buffalo last Thursday lift up the team from that last road trip?

#3 In Nashville on Tuesday, the Sharks’ Brenden Dillion, Joe Pavelski, and Brent Burns all scored in the Sharks’ 5-4 win.

#4 What measure of success would you give the Sharks in their win over the Predators who had a five-game win streak?

#5 The Sharks (4-3-1) go to Carolina (5-3-1) on Friday night. The Hurricanes a first place team. How much of a test will it be for San Jose?

Mary Lisa does the Sharks podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com