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Andrew Poturalski scores in shootout win in his and Jimmy Schuldt’s return to Coachella Valley

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COACHELLA VALLEY, CA – DEC 12, 2024: The Coachella Valley Firebirds vs. San Jose Barracuda at Acrisure Arena. (Photo by Mike Zitek/Coachella Valley Firebirds)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- The San Jose Barracuda faced off against the Coachella Valley Firebirds for the 4th time this season and for the third game in a row.

After a score-less 1st period, the Barracuda outshot the Firebirds by a close 9 to 8. Both teams took 3 penalties and both teams went 0 for 3 on the powerplay. At 19:15 of the 1st period, Luke Henman of Coachella took a 2 minute penalty for hooking which will give the Barracuda a 1:16 powerplay to start the 2nd period. As of now, San Jose is third in the division on the powerplay with a 20.5%.

At 1:03 of the second, Danil Guschin netted his 2nd PPG of the season assisted by Luca Cagnoni to open up the scoring. A minute and 32 seconds later, Lucas Carlsson netted his 1st of the season assisted by Ethan Cardwell and Scott Sabourin.

Coachella cut into San Jose’s lead at 10:48 with Jani Nyman scoring his 6th of the season, Brandon Biro and Max Lajoie registering the assists. A minute and 5 seconds later, Jagger Firkus tied the game at 2, scoring his 6th of the season assisted by Brandon Biro and John Hayden.

At 14:41, Coachella took their first lead of the game at 14:41 of the third period on a Brandon Biro goal, his first of the season, after assisting on both of Coachella’s 2nd period goals. Logan Morrisson registering the only assist. In his return to Coachella Valley, Andrew Poturalski tied the game at 18:37 scoring his 9th goal of the season assisted by Thomas Bordeleau and Danil Guschin. This goal came after John McCarthy pulled Yaroslav Askarov to get the man advantage.

Regulation wasn’t enough for the two teams with the game going into overtime and eventually a shootout. First to shoot was Danil Guschin who scored and next was Andrew Poturalski who scored to win it. The Barracuda are now 4-0 against the Coachella Valley Firebirds this season.

The Barracuda will be back in action on Saturday December 14th against the San Diego Gulls for the 3rd matchup this season.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda has Firebirds on the run both clubs meet again Thursday night

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San Jose Barracuda celebrate their win over the Coachella Valley Firebirds at Tech CU in San Jose on Sun Dec 8, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda edged the Coachella Valley Firebirds on Sunday afternoon 2-1 at Tech CU Arena in San Jose. The Firebirds Nikolaus Brouillard scored his second goal of the season at 9:36 in the first period to put the Firebirds on the scoreboard to kick things off 1-0. It was early but the Firebirds are a good club were there any fears or worries from the Barracuda bench?

#2 At 15:17 the Barracuda’s Thomas Bordeleau scoring his fourth goal of the season to tie up the game in the first period.

#3 Oh yes nice job by goaltender Georgi Romanov stopped 32 shots nice work in keeping the Birds out of the net.

#4 Game hero Barracuda Donavan Houle scored the go ahead goal at 10:32 making it 2-1.

#5 The Firebirds are a tough a club but for head coach John McCarthy and company to take a two game sweep from the Firebirds the Barracuda in second place moved four points on the third place Firebirds in the standings.

#6 The Barracuda take on the Firebirds at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert this Thu Dec 12th at 7:00pm PST. You got to see both clubs on Saturday and Sunday how do you see this match up in the desert this Thursday?

Join Marko Ukalovic for the San Jose Barracuda podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Barracuda edge Firebirds 2-1 to sweep weekend series

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San Jose Barracuda forward Anthony Vincent (#76) battled for a puck alongside Coachella Valley Firebirds defenseman Cale Fleury during the blah blah’s 2-1 victory at Tech CU Arena on Sunday DEC 8, 2024. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — Donovan Houle scored the game winning goal in the third period to give the San Jose Barracuda 2-1 victory over the Coachella Valley Firebirds on Sunday afternoon at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose swept the weekend series and and has won five out of its past six games. Coachella Valley has lost five of its past six games.

Coachella Valley (11-8-1-2-25 points) drew first blood with an even strength goal near the halfway mark of the first period. Ville Ottavainen set up Nikolas Brouillard up at the point and the Firebirds defenseman blasted a slapshot past Cuda goalie Georgi Romanov for his second goal of the season at 9:36.

San Jose (14-6-0-1-29 points) scored the equalizer with a power play goal late in the opening frame. Shakir Mukhamadullin’s slap shot from the point was initially saved by Firebirds goalie Nikke Kokko, but the puck bounced out to Thomas Bordeleau who buried the rebound in for his fourth goal of the season at the 15:17 mark.

Tensions boiled over from last night as both teams danced the tango with the fisticuffs twice in the period. Tucker Robertson and Lucas Vanroboys fought at the 2:41 mark and then Ian McKinnon and Scott Sabourin battled it out on the ice with 24 seconds remaining.

“They (Coachella Valley) came out competitively tonight and I thought we matched them. I thought we responded appropriately. It’s good to take care of that side of it and get back to playing hockey,” Cuda head coach John McCarthy said.

Things calmed down in a scoreless second period. There were only two minor penalties in the penalty, both by San Jose. However, Coachella Valley weren’t able to cash in on either opportunity as once again the Barracuda penalty kill kept the Firebirds from taking the lead in the middle frame.

“You always talk about having your goalie be your best (penalty) killer. Askie (Yaroslav Askarov) has been huge for us. Tonight Gerogie (Romanov) was awesome. Also being on the same page and out competing their five guys with our four,” defensman Jimmy Schuldt said.

Houle’s game winning heroics for San Jose happened just past the halfway mark of the third period. Collin White sent the puck back up to the point. Mukhamadullin sent a wrist shot on net that was redirected by Houle that knuckleballed past Kokko for his fifth goal of the season at the 10:32 mark.

“I just tried to get to the net and get a stick on the puck,” said Houle on his game winning goal. “Luckily, I tipped it. It was a great feeling.”

Romanov (4-3-0) finished the game stopping 32 of the 33 shots he faced to earn his fourth win of the season and jump over the .500 mark for the first time this season. Kokko (6-1-1) suffered his first regulation loss of the season as he made 36 saves on 38 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-5 on the power play. Coachella Valley was 0-for-3.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Houle 2) Romanov 3) Bordeleau.

UP NEXT: San Jose begins a five-game road trip on Thursday 12/10 when they take on the Coachella Valley Firebirds at 7:00pm at Acrisure Arena.

San Jose Barracuda fall in 12 round shootout against the San Diego Gulls

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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 4: The San Jose Barracuda host the San Diego Gulls at Tech CU Arena on December 4, 2024 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Panayiota Good/San Jose Barracuda)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- In a goalie duel between Yaroslav Askarov and Calle Clang, each letting in one goal, San Jose fall 2-1 in a shootout.

The Barracuda struck first on a 4v4 scored by Justin Bailey assisted by Andrew Poturalski and Joey Keane at 6:16 of the first period. That was Bailey’s 5th goal, Poturalski’s 12th assist, and Keane’s 5th assist. Although San Diego’s penalty kill being 76.9% (last in the division), they killed 3 different penalties, San Jose being 0-3 on the powerplay.

At 11:29, Lucas Carlsson took a 2 minute penalty for hooking. 25 seconds into the penalty kill, Roland McKeown tied the game at 1 scoring his 7th goal of the season assisted by Josh Lopina.

Although taking the game to overtime, San Jose falls to San Diego in the 12th round. San Diego has now snapped San Jose’s 3 game win streak.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Nathan Gaucher

2. Justin Bailey

3. Roland McKeown

The Barracuda will be back in action on Saturday December 7th against the Coachella Valley Birds. The last time these two faced off was on October 30th at home. San Jose walked away in the win column winning by a score of 5-1. Grainger, Vanroboys, Poturalski, Graf, and White all scored individual goals. Coachella is 1 point behind San Jose in the standings meaning this weekend is an important series.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda take 3 game win streak into Wed game vs. San Diego

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San Jose Barracuda defenseman Luca Cagnoni (42) had himself quite an afternoon against the Abbottsford Canucks scoring two power play goals and picking up three assists at Tech CU in San Jose on Sun Nov 30, 2024 (photo by San Jose Barracuda)

On the San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda scored their most power play goals of the season with four as they defeated the Abbotsford Canucks 7-4 at Tech CU in San Jose.

#2 Marko their offense is going so well their seven goals on Saturday is also a season high for most goals scored in a game.

#3 It took seven different Barracuda scorers to combine the seven goals. The Barracuda Collin Graf had three assists and Luca Cagnoni scored twice on a power play.

#4 Barracuda goaltender Gabriel Carriere made 25 saves for his second win against no loses. Carriere is 3-0 in his AHL career. Carriere is doing so well he got an assist for Andrew Poturalski’s power play goal a first assist in his career.

#5 The Barracuda are getting a lot of offense and how much has that carried over to their parent club the San Jose Sharks who are starting to have some success of their own?

Join Marko Ukalovic does the San Jose Barracuda podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Barracuda sweep the Abbotsford Canucks scoring 12 goals on the weekend

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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 30: The San Jose Barracuda host the Abbotsford Canucks at Tech CU Arena on November 30, 2024 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Andreea Cardani/San Jose Barracuda on X)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE–As Gabriel Carriere gets his first start at home of the season, The San Jose Barracuda sweep the Abbotsford Canucks scoring 12 goals. Carriere making 25 saves on 29 for his first win at Tech CU.

At 3:45 of the 1st, Arshdeep Bains took a two minute penalty for Holding to give the Barracuda an early powerplay opportunity. 32 seconds into the powerplay, Luca Cagnoni scored his sixth goal of the season assisted by Colin Graf and Andrew Poturalski to give the Barracuda an early 1-0 lead. 32 seconds later, Colin White nets hits fifth goal of the season assisted by Donovan Houle and Anthony Vincent to extend San Jose’s lead to two.

Abottsford cut down San Jose’s lead to 1 at 1:11 of the second scored by Tristen Nielsen assisted by Elias Pettersson. They shortly tied it up at 2:19 with Ben Berard scoring his first of the season assisted by John Stevens. At 7:11, Elias Pettersson took a two minute roughing penalty against Anthony Vincent.

43 seconds into the powerplay, San Jose got their second powerplay goal of the night scored by Luca Cagnoni assisted by Collin Graf and Danil Guschin. Abbotsford tied it up again at 10:50 scored unassisted by Danila Klimovich.

With 37.8 seconds left in the two, Andrew Poturalski nets his eighth of the season and third powerplay goal of the game assisted by Collin Graf and… goalie Gabriel Carriere. Right as the buzzer sounds, the Barracuda extend their lead to two on another Colin White goal assisted by Thomas Bordeleau and Donovan Houle to move the score to 5-3.

San Jose extended their lead to three at 3:42 on a Thomas Bordeleau goal, his third of the season, assisted by Justin Bailey. With seconds left on a Filip Bystedt high-stick penalty, San Jose gives up their first shorthanded goal of the game.

Tristen Nielsen scoring his second of the game and fifth of the season assisted by Nils Åman and Kirill Kudryavtsev to make the score 6-4. Justin Bailey secured the win scoring an empty net goal with 03.7 seconds left. Carriere recording his first win at home of the season after being called up.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Luca Cagnoni, 2G

2. Collin Graf, 3A

3. Colin White, 2G 1A

The Barracuda will be back in action on Wednesday December 4th hosting the San Diego Gulls for another midweek matchup. The last time these two teams faced off was on Wednesday November 13th where San Jose won 2-1 on two Thomas Bordeleau goals.

San Jose Barracuda break Abbotsford Canucks’s win streak in 5-3 win

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San Jose Barracuda Donovan Houle (83) battles with Abbottsford Canucks Akito Hirose (41) for the puck at Tech CU in San Jose on Fri Nov 29, 2024 (photo from San Jose Barracuda X)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE–In a multi goal-night from Lucas Vanroboys, the San Jose Barracuda takes Game 1 of 2 against the Abbotsford Canucks.

This is the first time these two teams have faced off this season. The last matchup was on Saturday February 24th last season where San Jose fell to Abbotsford 5-2. Thomas Bordeleau and Scott Sabourin both registered goals that game.

San Jose got to scoring early with Lucas Vanroboys netting his 3rd of the season assisted by Shakir Mukhamadullin and Jimmy Schuldt at 8:09. Vanroboys struck again at 19:08 assisted by Scott Sabourin to extend the Barracuda’s lead. “I’ve been focusing on shooting more, got a puck inside the dots there and figured I’d throw it on net and good things happened”. The Barracuda dominated the first period outshooting the Canucks 12-6.

San Jose extended their lead to 3 at 6:11 of the 2nd on a Justin Bailey goal, his 3rd of the season; assisted by Filip Bystedt and Lucas Carlsson. After a minute of 3 on 3, Abbotsford got on the board at 9:13 on an Elias Pettersson goal assisted by Dino Kambeitz and Ty Glover. San Jose’s lead was cut down to 1 at 12:14 when Dino Kambeitz scored his second of the season assisted by Nate Smith and Akito Hirose.

After a hit on Shakir Mukhamadullin by Dino Kambetiz, he picked up the puck and tied the game at 3-3 at 4:26 into the third. At 15:24, Scott Sabourin tapped in Shakir Muhkamadullin’s shot to give the Barracuda the lead again with Cptain Jimmy Schuldt getting the primary assist. “They’re so steady out there, you can always trust them and know that they are going to make a good smart play” said Scott Sabourin when asked about the d-pairing. With one minute left in the game, Filip Bystedt secured the win scoring an empty net goal to give the Barracuda the 5-3 win.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Scott Sabourin, GWG, 1A

2. Lucas Vanroboys, 2G

3. Dino Kambeitz, 2G, 1A

The Barracuda will be back in action Saturday night at 6pm for Game 2 of the series against the Canucks at Tech CU in San Jose

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Shootout gets Barracuda win over Marlies at Coca Cola Arena; Cuda open 2 game series with Canucks Fri

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San Jose Barracuda celebrate their win over the Toronto Marlies in a shootout at Coca Cola Arena in Toronto on Sun Nov 24, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda (10-6-0-0) might have another good goaltender in Gabriel Carriere who stopped 30 shots in what a huge difference defeating one of the AHL’s toughest teams the Toronto Marlies (10-1-2-3) 2-1 in a shootout.

#2 Danil Gushchin scored the Barracuda’s only goal and it was Gushchin to the rescue again scoring the game winner in the shootout.

#3 Carriere showed his talent and stamina turning aside both Marlie shooters that challenged him in the shootout.

#4 San Jose’s Andrew Poturalski scored the game winning goal in the bottom of the second round and the Cuda came away with the split.

#5 Marko, the Barracuda return to Tech CU for a face off with the Abbottsford Canucks (9-8-0-1) at 7:00pm PST. The Canucks are a handful how do you see this series with the Canucks this weekend.

Marko Ukalovic does the Barracuda podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Barracuda split the series and beat the Toronto Marlies in a shootout 2-1

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Anthony Vincent (76) and Justin Bailey (90) congratulate Andrew Poturalski (22) after shooting the winning shootout goal against the Toronto Marlies at the Coca Cola Coliseum in Toronto on Sun Nov 24, 2024 (Toronto Marlies photo)

By Madison Montez

In his season debut, Gabriel Carriere records his first win making 31 saves on 31 shots and denying both players in the shootout. The San Jose Barracuda split the two game series with the Toronto Marlies. The Barracuda taking the second game on Sunday 2-1 in a shootout at Coca Cola Arena in Toronto.

San Jose was the first to go on the powerplay at 8:51 of the 1st after Roni Hirvonen took a holding penalty but couldn’t take advantage. Toronto then got their powerplay opportunity when Lucas Vanroboys took a seat for tripping. John McCarthy’s key to the game today was to get pucks to the net and the Barracuda did so outshooting Toronto 6-3 although being scoreless after the 1st.

The Barracuda went on the penalty kill early 37 seconds in when Ethan Cardwell took a tripping penalty. Toronto couldn’t take advantage of that and went on the penalty kill two minutes later when Robert Mastrosimone took a tripping penalty. With nine seconds left, Sam Stevens opens up the scoring in back to back games to give Toronto the lead. Toronto outshot San Jose 13-8 in the second so there’s no doubt one of those would go in.

seven seconds into the Barracuda’s fifth powerplay, Danil Guschin scored his third goal of the season tying the game at 1-1 in the third assisted by Luca Cagnoni and Filip Bystedt.

Regulation and overtime wasn’t enough and the game went to a shootout. First to shoot for the Marlies was Braeden Kressler who was denied. The Barracuda called upon Danil Guschin and he scored. The Marlies then sent out Logan Shaw who was also denied. With the opportunity to win it for the Barracuda, John McCarthy called upon Alternate Captain Andrew Poturalski who scored on a backhand shot.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Gabriel Carriere: 31 SVs on 31 SOs
  2. Danil Guschin: 2 G’s
  3. Matt Murray: 27 SVs on 26 SOs

The San Jose Barracuda will be back at home on the 29th for a 2 game series against the Abbotsford Canucks. The last time these 2 teams faced off was on February 24th where the Barracuda fell 5-2 with Magnus Chrona recording the loss.

San Jose Barracuda fall 3-0 in first game against Toronto Marlies

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The San Jose Barracuda Jimmy Schuldt (59) take control of the puck against the Toronto Marlies at the Coca Cola Coliseum in Toronto on Sat Nov 23, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

By Madison Montez

In Jimmy Schuldt’s first game as the Barracuda’s captain, the Barracuda fall to Toronto 3-0 at the Coca Cola Coliseum in Toronto. The San Jose Barracuda traveled to Toronto to take on the Marlies for a two game series for the first time in franchise history.

Outshooting the Barracuda 16-8 in the first, The Toronto Marlies got on the board on a Sam Stevens goal assisted by Logan Shaw and Cade Webber at 14:28 of the first period. After initially making the save, Romanov didn’t see Shaw in the corner of the net. With that goal, Stevens has his first goal of the season.

At 10:15 of the second, Ethan Cardwell took a tripping penalty and 8 seconds into the penalty kill, Roni Hirvonen scored his 2nd PPG of the season assisted by Nick Abruzzese and Topi Niemela. Coming into today’s game, San Jose’s PK was 88.3% and Toronto’s PP was 25.5%.

Being down 2-0 with a minute left of the 3rd, San Jose pulled Georgi Romanov leaving an empty net. This lead to an empty net goal scored by Ryan Tverberg assisted by Jacob Quillan to seal the deal to a 3-0 win for the first game of a 2 game series.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

1. Artur Akhtyamov: 23 SVs / 23 SH

2. Sam Stevens: 1G

3. Roni Hirvonen: 1G

The Barracuda will play again tomorrow at 1:00pm PST looking to split the series.