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Barracuda snap losing streak with shootout win over Henderson Silver Knights 4-3

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda Twitter. The Barracuda celebrate a goal in front of their home fans.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- After going on a eight game losing streak the Barracuda finally snapped it with a victory in a shootout over their rival the Silver Knights by a final of 4-3.

In front of the home crowd the Barracuda got on the board quickly as just 3:43 in Luke Johnson scored his sixth goal of the season to make it 1-0. Ozzy Wiesblatt and Max Veronneau assisted on the goal.

Not too much later in the first period Jeffrey Viel followed that up with a goal his fifth on the year assisted by Brandon Coe and Darren Brady.

That ended up being all the scoring in the period as the shots in period favored San Jose at 10-9.

The second period took a little longer to find any scoring but 9:32 in Gage Quinney scored his 12th goal of the season making the score 2-1. Sheldon Rempal and Byron Froese assisted on the goal.

12:23 into the period Viel took a boarding penalty that would be a major giving Henderson a five minute power play.

A couple minutes into the power play Quinney scored his second of the game to tie the game at two with the goal being assisted by Froese and Jonas Rondbjerg.

With still some time left on the major Henderson scored again this time Ivan Morozov got his third of the season to give the Silver Knights the lead. Both Connor Corcoran and Connor Ford assisted on the goal.

Less than a minute after the power play goal though San Jose answered this time Jasper Weatherby tallied his third goal of the season to tie things right back up. Nick Cicek and Brandon Coe assisted on the goal.

Heading into the third now all tied up the shots now favored Henderson at 21-18.

The third period ended up being a close affair with neither team being able to get the go ahead goal. There were also no penalties called in the period forcing extra hockey.

The shots at the end of the third still favored the Silver Knights at 31-25.

In overtime both starting goalies were not particularly busy as Aaron Dell and Laurent Brossoit only had to turn aside a few shots each.

However with both goalies playing perfect this meant it was time for a shootout.

For Henderson both Quinney and Brendan Brisson had attempts in the shootout and were turned aside by Dell.

San Jose however picked both Danil Gushchin and Luke Johnson to shoot and both of them scored to give the Barracuda the victory.

The shots at the end of the game favored Henderson 35-29.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Luke Johnson 2nd: Gage Quinney 3rd: Brandon Coe.

The Barracuda will be heading out on the road for their next game on Friday against the Ontario Reign which will be played at 7 p.m.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda attempt to snap out of eight game losing streak against Henderson Wednesday

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The San Jose Barracuda who battled against the Coachella Valley Firebirds on Sat Dec 31, 2022 at Tech CU Arena in San Jose in AHL action. The Barracuda host the Henderson Silver Knights Wed Jan 4, 2023 in San Jose (photo by the San Jose Barracuda)

On the San Jose Barracuda with Marko:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda (13-18-0-1) continue to struggle, last Saturday the Barracuda fell behind two goals to the Coachella Valley Firebirds in an eventual 4-1 loss at Tech CU Arena.

#2 The Firebirds Jimmy Schudt scored at 2:28 in the first period top shelf and teammate Kole Lind scored on a turnover to make it 2-0 at intermission.

#3 In the second period the Barracuda’s Thomas Bordeleau scored from the right side of the crease to cut Coachella’s lead to 2-1.

#4 Third period the Firebird Max McCormick scored top shelf on Barracuda goaltender Eetu Makiniemi and Firebird Ryan Evans scored his third goal of the season 60 second later at 10:48 to round off all the scoring for the night.

#5 Marko, the Barracuda continue this four game home stand Wednesday night against the Henderson Silver Knights a 7pm face off at Tech CU in San Jose.

Join Marko for the Barracuda podcasts at http://www.sportsradioervice.com

New year’s eve not kind to Barracuda who drop eighth in a row against the Firebirds 4-1

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda Twitter. William Eklund stick-handles in front of a Firebirds defender.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE – In the second of back to backs against the Firebirds on home ice the Barracuda one again turned in a disappointing performance this time losing 4-1.

It was a quick start compared to yesterday’s game between these two teams as just 44 seconds in Ryker Evans took a holding penalty putting San Jose on the power play.

The power play however did not go to plan as shorthanded Jimmy Schuldt scored his fourth of the season putting the Firebirds on the board.

For San Jose the power play continued to struggle going 0/3 in the first though no more shorthanded goals were scored.

At the 9:59 mark Kole Lind extended Coachella Valley’s lead to two scoring his 14th goal of the season with no assists on the play.

That ended up being all the scoring in the first with the shots favoring San Jose at 14-9.

The following period saw San Jose’s power play unit get another chance as Kole Lind was sent to the box for slashing.

This time on a beautiful passing play Thomas Bordeleau scored his 15th goal of the season on the power play as Danil Gushchin and William Eklund assisted on the goal.

The rest of the period played out closely with neither team pulling away offensively and so the score finished at the end of the second 2-1.

The shots at the end of the second still favored San Jose at 24-17.

Unlike the first two period the third period ended up being a penalty fest as in total 11 penalties were called.

On one of these penalties the Firebirds responded as Max McCormick scored his 12th goal of the season. Both Brogan Rafferty and Cameron Hughes assisted on the goal.

Coachella Valley looking to pull away got another goal this time it was Evans scoring his second of the game. Tye Kartye and Alexander True both assisted on the goal.

The score now becoming out of reach 15:12 into the third Patrick Sieloff took a boarding penalty as well as receiving a game misconduct and penalty for abuse of an official.

With that play the game was essentially over as the Barracuda had to spend the rest of the game killing off Sieloff’s penalties.

The shots at the end of the game favored the Barracuda at 31-30.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Jimmy Schuldt 2nd: Thomas Bordeleau 3rd: Joey Daccord

San Jose’s next game will be Wednesday at home at 7 p.m. against the Henderson Silver Knights.

Barracuda shut out on home ice against the Firebirds 4-0

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda Twitter. Patrick Sieloff battles for the puck.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- Continuing their home stand the Barracuda dropped another one in front of their fans this time against the Coachella Valley Firebird by a final of 4-0.

The Barracuda got off to a good start in the game with a couple good chances against Coachella Valley goalie Christopher Gibson. However the goalie held his own long enough for the Firebirds to get his team in the game.

With the momentum carrying the other way 16:49 into the first period Ville Petman scored his seventh goal of the season to get the Firebirds on the board. Both Austin Poganski and Carsen Twarynski assisted on the goal.

That ended up being all the scoring in the first with the shots finishing at the end of the first in favor of Coachella Valley 16-8.

The second period got off to a quiet start with the first major play of the period coming 10:42 in when Alexander True took a cross-checking penalty.

San Jose was given a great opportunity though when John Hayden took a delay of game penalty for batting the puck with his hand on the face-off. Giving the Barracuda a five-on-three.

Coachella’s penalty kill rose to the challenge and killed off what could have been a huge momentum swing for San Jose.

Then in the dying moments of the period John Hayden made up for his penalty by scoring his tenth goal of the season with both Kole Lind and Alexander True assisting on the play.

The score at the end of the second finished 2-0 in favor of the Firebirds with the shots also in favor of Coachella Valley at 28-18.

Heading into the third the Barracuda needed a big push on offense but got off to a rough start as just over five minutes in Danil Gushchin took a slashing penalty.

San Jose’s penalty kill also was just as strong on the night killing off the penalty and every other penalty they took on the night.

With the score still close the Barracuda pulled Aaron Dell to try to equalize the score.

Jesper Froden had other plans though as he scored on the empty net to get his 15th goal of the season. Tye Kartye got the lone assist on the goal.

San Jose pulled Dell again and this time Hayden scored on the unguarded cage getting his second goal on the night. Both True and Lind assisted on the goal.

The shots at the end of the game favored the Firebirds 37-24.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Ville Petman 2nd: Christopher Gibson 3rd: Aaron Dell

“I liked our start tonight I thought we came out we were ready to play. Took some penalties and they got a little momentum they found their game a little bit and I felt they controlled the play after that,” Barracuda head coach John McCarthy commented after the game.

The Barracuda’s next game will be at home tomorrow at 3 p.m. against these same Firebirds.

Barracuda lose sixth in a row in 5-1 loss to Condors

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Raphael Lavoie celebrates his goal with his teammates during the Condors win over the Barracuda at Tech CU Arena on Tuesday Dec 27, 2022. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — Seth Griffith just loves playing against the San Jose Barracuda.

Griffith scored two goals against the ‘Cuda to help the Bakersfield Condors to a 5-1 victory on Tuesday evening at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose has lost a season worst six games in a row. Bakersfield has won two of its past three games.

Bakersfield (11-15-1-0) drew first blood with a power play goal late in the first period. Raphael Lavoie sent a rink wide pass over to Carter Savoie who whipped a one-timer past ‘Cuda goalie Strauss Mann for his fourth goal of the season at the 14:26 mark.

It was the 14th time in the last 15 games that San Jose had conceded the first goal of the game.

The Condors only needed 37 seconds to double its lead when Ty Tullio led a rush up the ice from out of its own zone. Tullio found Griffith in the slot and the ‘Cuda killer made one move into the middle before beating Mann with a wrist shot for his seventh goal of the season.

Bakersfield scored its third unanswered goal with two seconds left in the opening frame when Michael Kesselring led a two on one odd man rush down the left side. Kesselring snapped home a wrist shot past Mann for his ninth goal of the season.

San Jose (13-16-0-1) got on the scoreboard with a power play goal early in the second period. Artemi Kniazev sent a cross ice pass over to Thomas Bordeleau who blasted a one-timer past Condor’s goalie Olivier Rodrigue for his team leading 14th goal of the season at the :46 mark.

Bordeleau leads all rookies in the AHL with his 14 goals.

Griffith recorded his second goal of the game halfway through the middle frame. Luke Esposito found Griffith down low near the net. Griffith then fake a passed through the crease and backhanded a shot through the short side past Mann for his eighth goal of the season at the 10:21 mark.

Bakersfield put the game away with its second power play goal of the contest just under three minutes later. Lavoie cleaned up his own rebound after his initial shot was blocked for his fourth goal of the season at the 13:25 mark.

San Jose put on an offensive push in the third period as they outshot Bakersfield 15-10 in the period but could not get another puck past Rodrigue who played one of his best games of the season.

Rodrigue stopped 36 of the 37 shots to earn the victory. Mann made 23 saves on 28 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-6 on the power play. Bakersfield went 2-for-5.

The Three Stars of the Game were: 1) Rodrigue 2) Griffith 3) Lavoie.

UP NEXT: San Jose hosts the Coachella Valley Firebirds for a two-game series on Friday 12/30 at 7:00pm at Tech CU Arena.

Barracuda drop sixth straight as Condors get victory 5-1

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda Twitter. Barracuda Captain Andrew Agozzino skates up the ice.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- Despite coming back home to kick off a four game home stand San Jose came out flat losing to the visiting Condors 5-1.

The scoring took a minute to get going on either side but finally 14:26 into the the first Carter Savoie broke the ice scoring his fourth of the year on the power play. Raphael Lavoie and Yannis Kaldis both got assists on the goal.

Looking to capitalize on the momentum Seth Griffith scored his seventh of the season less than a minute later. Ty Tullio got the lone assist on the goal.

In the dying moments of the first with less than three seconds on the clock Michael Kesselring scored his ninth goal of the season. Both Noah Philip and Jason Demers assisted on the goal making it 3-0.

The shots at the end of the first favored Bakersfield 10-9.

Unlike the first the scoring in the second came much quicker as just 46 seconds in on the power play Thomas Bordeleau scored his 14th goal of the season. Artemi Kniazev and Andrew Agozzino assisted on the goal.

With their lead shrunk to just two goals the Condor’s responded as Seth Griffith scored his second of the game and ninth on the year. The lone assist on the goal went to Luke Esposito.

Then 13:25 into the second on the power play Bakersfield got another one as Raphael Lavoie scored his fourth goal of the season making it 5-1. Yanni Kaldis and Brad Malone got the assists on the goal.

The shots at the end of the second favored San Jose 22-18.

In the third period there was no scoring as the game finished 5-1 in favor of the Condors. There were plenty of penalties in the period as in total between the two teams 12 penalties were taken.

Both Graham McPhee on the Condors and Darren Brady on the Barracuda were given ten minute misconducts in the period.

On the night the Condors power play went 2/5 while the Barracuda’s power play went 1/6.

The shots in total favored San Jose at 37-28.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Olivier Rodrigue 2nd: Seth Griffith 3rd: Raphael Lavoie

San Jose’s next game will be at home on Friday at 7 p.m. against the Coachella Valley Firebirds.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barrcuda host Condors Tuesday night at Tech CU Arena

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The Abbottsford Canucks Will Lockwood (7) scores a second period goal against San Jose Barracuda defenseman Artemi Kniazev (25) in Abbottsford on Wed Dec 21, 2022 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda (13-15-0-1) had leads in the first period on Wednesday against the Abbottsford Canucks (16-9-1-1) in Abbottsford but the defense went soft and gave up four unanswered goals in the 6-3 loss.

#2 Andrew Agozzino would score the Barrcuda’s first first period goal in 14 games for the 1-0 lead. The Canucks Phil Di Giuseppe answered back with a goal to tie the game up at 1-1. The Cuda’s Max Vernoneau put San Jose back in the lead scoring on a rebound shot.

#3 In second period action: Justin Dowling’s goal at 14:42 in the second period gave San Jose a two goal lead 3-1. At 1:07 after Dowling’s goal the Canucks Will Lockwood scored on Barracuda goaltender Eteu Makiniemi to cut the lead to one 3-2.

#4 With the Barracuda up by two goals the Canucks would strike back scoring three third period goals by Jake Rathbone, Chase Wouters, and Linus Karlsson for the 6-3 win.

#5 The Barracuda return back to San Jose for a Tuesday match with Bakersfield Condors a 5pm face off at Tech CU Arena. After this past road trip how much will playing back at home matter facing the Condors Tuesday.

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

Barracuda drop another one on the road against the Canucks 6-3

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda Twitter. A mass of players piles up in front of Abbotsford goaltender Collin Delia.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

San Jose went into Abbotsford and took on the Canucks Wednesday night and proceeded to drop their fifth in a row by a final of 6-3.

The first period saw the Barracuda open up the scoring with Andrew Agozzino scoring his 10th goal of the season. Both Darren Brady and Artemi Kniazev assisted on the goal.

The Canucks rallied back mere minutes later as Phil Di Giuseppe scored his fifth goal of the season and his second in as many games. Vasily Podkolzin and Guillaume Brisebois assisted on the goal.

With the period tied the Barracuda struck back this time Max Verronneau scored getting his first goal of the campaign. The assists on the goal went to Luke Johnson and Ozzy Wiesblatt.

At the end of the first the shots finished in favor of the Barracuda at 14-10.

In the second period the first goal wouldn’t come till the 14:22 mark were Justin Dowling scored his sixth of the season to get the Canucks the lead back.

A little over a minute later the Canucks got the fans up on their feet again as Will Lockwood scored his 12th goal of the season.

The shots still favored San Jose at the end of the second 27-20.

Opposite to the second the scoring in the third happened a lot quicker as at the 4:36 mark Rathbone scored on the power play to bring the Canucks lead up too two goals.

Later in the game the Barracuda pulled their goalie but Chase Wouters scored on it to get his third goal of the season and put the game away.

Despite being down, on the power play Danil Gushchin scored his eight goal of the season to bring the score back to 5-3.

Trying once again to come back San Jose pulled their goalie but once again the Canucks scored on it this time Linus Karlsson scored his eight goal of the season.

The three stars of the game were 1st: Phil Di Giuseppe 2nd: Jack Rathbone 3rd: Vasily Podkolzin

The shots at the end of the game finished in favor of San Jose at 34-25.

San Jose will get a little bit of a break as they won’t play again until Tuesday where they’ll play the Condors at home at 5:00 p.m.

On the road Barracuda drop their fourth straight against the Canucks 6-2

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda Twitter. Thomas Bordeleau gets warmed up before a game.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

In Abbotsford the Barracuda took on the Canucks and dropped another one this time by a final of 6-2.

For San Jose it’s been a rough road trip with no wins to speak of and in this one they’d look to reverse their fortunes.

The Barracuda did not get off to a great start however when just 3:58 into the first Kyle Rau scored to get his sixth of the season. The assists on the goal went to both Justin Dowling and Christian Wolanin.

At the 11:07 mark the Canucks doubled up their score by getting another one this time John Stevens scored to get his sixth of the season. Phil Di Giuseppe got the lone assist on the goal.

That ended up being all the scoring in the first as both teams powerplay’s went 0/2.

The shots at the end of the period also favored Abbotsford at 10-4.

Down 2-0 the Barracuda found a response 5:16 into the second as Andrew Agozzino got his ninth goal of the season with both Patrick Sieloff and William Eklund getting assists on the play.

Not long after San Jose got closer the power play unit for the Canucks struck to get the lead back to two with Dowling getting his fifth goal on the year. Both Wolanin and Tristen Nielsen assisted on the goal.

Nick Cicek at the 13:34 mark took a hooking penalty and put Abbotsford’s power play unit back on the ice.

Feeling the momentum of their last power play goal they scored again this time Will Lockwood scored his 11th goal of the season. Dowling and Wolanin joined in again on the scoring both assisting on the goal.

On top of giving up two power play goals Aaron Dell got a surprising ten minute misconduct for abuse of an official. He stayed in the game though and the Canucks did not score on the power play.

At the end of the period the shots still favored the Canucks at 18-14.

In the third just 3:32 in Abbotsford continued the offensive push this Di Giuseppe scored tallying his fourth of the season. John Stevens got the lone assist on the goal.

The Canucks offense was not done yet though as Rau scored his second of the game making it 6-1 with both Lockwood and Dowling assisting on the goal.

With little time left in the third San Jose’s power play hit the ice once again and this time scored as Thomas Bordeleau scored to get his 13th of the season. Eklund and Danil Gushchin both assisted on the goal.

That ended up being the final goal of the game with the score finishing at 6-2.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Justin Dowling 2nd: Christian Wolanin 3rd: Kyle Rau

The shots at the end of the game ended tied at 24.

San Jose’s next game will be tomorrow against the Canucks once again in Abbotsford at 7 p.m. 

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda and Canucks battle in Abbotsford tonight

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In their last game against the Colorado Eagles the San Jose Barracuda dropped a three goal match in Colorado on Fri Dec 16, 2022 (photo by the San Jose Barracuda)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 In their second of back to backs against the Eagles the Barracuda lost another one on the road 5-2.

#2 The penalty unit despite being forced out there early killed the PP off and went perfect in the first period killing all four penalties they faced. Though the penalty kill went fine five-on-five the Eagles got a goal 9:39 into the first period from Ryan Wagner who got his fourth goal of the season. Both Spencer Smallman and Keaton Middleton got assists on the goal.

#3 Less than five minutes after the first goal for Colorado they followed that up as Smallman got another his second in as many games. The Barracuda’s Middleton and Josh Jacobs also got assists on the goal.

#4 At just a two goal deficit San Jose looked to tie it by pulling their goalie. Burke though would end that push with an empty net goal his seventh of the season from Anton Blidh and Ryan Wagner.

#5 San Jose’s next game will be on Tuesday on the road against the Abbotsford Canucks at 7 p.m.

Marko is a San Jose Barracuda beat writer and covers Barracuda home games at http://www.sportsradioservice.com