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San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda conclude regular season in Calgary this Friday and Saturday

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San Jose forward Patrick Giles (54) and Ontario Reign defenseman Augus Booth (24) battle on the ice at Tech CU Arena in San Jose on Sat Apr 12, 2025 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Marko final home game of the regular season the San Jose Barracuda (35-26-5-4) gave up two goals in the first three minutes and could never find their way back eventually losing to the visiting Ontario Reign (41-24-3-1) at Tech CU in San Jose.

#2 What was impressive was the Reign’s goaltender 18 years old Carter George had 33 saves in his first professional game and what a way to start with your first shutout as well.

#3 The Reign’s Martin Chromiak scored his 17th goal of the season on a tipped in shot from the right point from between the circles for a 1-0 lead. The Reign’s Reilly Walsh scored his fifth goal of the season making it 2-0 going top shelf in the offensive zone off the face off.

#4 In the second period San Jose had opportunities to get on the scoreboard the Reign’s Walsh did it again scoring a perfect shot glove side under goaltender Yaroslav Askarov from between the circles. The Reign came away with a 4-0 shutout for the win on Saturday night.

#5 The Barracuda take on the fifth placed Calgary Wranglers next Friday and Saturday to conclude the regular season. The Wranglers are 36-27-4-3 and won five of their last ten games. How do you see this match up in Calgary?

Marko Ukalovic will cover the San Jose Barracuda post season for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Barracuda Shut Out 4-0 by Reign; San Jose’s clinches spot for post season

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San Jose Barracuda forward Scott Sabourin (49) and the Ontario Reign defenseman Otto Salin (10) skate behind the net at Tech CU in San Jose on Sat Apr 12, 2025 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

By Mary Walsh

A day after clinching their spot in the Calder Cup playoffs, the San Jose Barracuda lost 4-0 to the Ontario Reign on Saturday. Martin Chromiak, Riley Walsh and Taylor Ward scored for the Reign. 18 year old Carter George made 33 saves for the win in his professional debut. Yaroslav Askarov made 24 saves in the loss. The loss makes home ice in the playoffs less likely for the Barracuda.

Ontario jumped to an early lead with a goal at 1:50 of the first period. Martin Chromiak’s shot from the point made its way through traffic into the net. Assists went to Joseph Cecconi and Reilly Walsh.

Reilly Walsh scored right off an offensive zone faceoff win, giving the Reign a 2-0 lead. An assist went to Kaleb Lawrence.

The shot count was very close in the first, 10-9 Barracuda. San Jose finished the first period on a power play with 1:26 left on that to start the second period. The Barracuda did not score on that power play or the five-on-three that they had at the end of the period.

They did give up one goal during four-on-four play that ate up the final seconds of a late Barracuda power play.

Riley Walsh got a shot off from high in the slot after Jack Studnicka set him up with a pass from below the goal line. An assist also went to Andre Lee.

The Reign made it 4-0 midway through the third period on a power play. Charles Hudon passed the puck across the ice to Taylor Ward for a shot that got by Askarov before he could get across. Assists went to Hudon and Martin Chromiak.

Pavol Regenda led the Barracuda in shots with 4. Jake Furlong, Jimmy Shuldt, Ethan Cardwell and Filip Bystedt each had three shots.

The Barracuda next play on Friday in Calgary against the Wranglers at 2:00 PM PDT.

Barracuda clinch for a playoff spot, first time since 2019; San Jose defeats Ontario 4-1 at Tech CU

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San Jose Barracuda goaltenders Yaroslav Aksarov (30) and Gabriel Carriere (35) hugging after clinching a playoff spot (via Joey Cascarano/Hockey Shots)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE– The San Jose Barracuda clinched for the post season after defeating the Ontario Reign 4-1 at Tech CU Arena in San Jose on Friday night. Ontario opened up the scoring, 36 seconds into the game when Caleb Jones scored his second of the season. San Jose tied the game up at 1-1 when Scott Sabourin scored his ninth goal of the season, three minutes into the second period.

The third period was all San Jose. Pavol Regenda scored his seventh power-play goal of the season after Caleb Jones took a high-sticking penalty, giving San Jose their first lead of the game. They extended their lead even further when Danil Guschin scored his 27th of the season at 11:07 of the third.

Pavol Regenda sealed the win scoring his second power-play goal of the night after two Ontario Reign players were called for roughing. Registering the assists on both Regenda goals, Guschin registered three points; two assists and one goal.

San Jose coming out with the win, the shots on goal were dominated by them for the majority of the game. In the first period, Ontario outshot San Jose 14 to 7. In the second period, San Jose outshot Ontario 9-8. Lastly, in the third period, San Jose outshot Ontario 13-7. This ended with Ontario outshooting San Jose 32-29.

Each team’s penalty kill was put to work in Friday’s game. Coming into Friday, San Jose was ranked fourth and Ontario was ranked third. San Jose took six penalties and Ontario took seven. San Jose was able to capitalize on two penalties, courtesy of Pavol Regenda. Ontario wasn’t able to capitalize on any penalties, going 0/4 on the power-play.

Friday’s winning goalie was San Jose’s Gabriel Carriere. Carriere nearly had a perfect game, only letting in one goal, making 31 saves on 32 shots. Friday’s losing goalie was Ontario’s Pheonix Copley. Copley made 25 saves on 29 shots.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Pavol Regenda
  • 2. Gabriel Carriere
  • 3. Danil Guschin

The Barracuda will be back in action at Tech CU in San Jose Saturday night against the Ontario Reign, looking to sweep the series.

Barracuda shutout Firebirds 1-0, Bystedt overtime winner

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San Jose Barracuda vs Coachella Valley Firebirds on Wednesday April 9th at Acrisure Arena (via sjbarracuda/x)

By Madison Montez

There was a lack of goals throughout the first and second periods but there wasn’t a lack of effort. Both teams in Wednesday night’s midweek matchup were playing their absolute best games of the season. For the overtime winner 53 seconds in, Filip Bystedt scored his 11th goal of the season as the San Jose Barracuda edged the Coachella Valley Firebirds 1-0.

Although the scoring appeared even and low, the shots on goals were split between the first and second periods but San Jose outshot Coachella Valley in the third period. In the first period, San Jose outshot Coachella Valley 12 to 7. In the second period, Coachella Valley outshot San Jose 11 to 5. To end the game, San Jose outshot Coachella Valley 10 to 6.

Tempers were flared in Wednesday night’s game, especially throughout the second period. During the first period, each team took two penalties each. In the second period, Coachella took six penalties and San Jose took five.

Seven of the eleven penalties were for fighting or roughing. Coachella was given a four minute power-play opportunity when Lucas Vanroboys took a 4 minute double minor for attempting to head butt a Firebird. Ultimately, both San Jose and Coachella Valley equally took nine penalties.

The penalty kills were on display Wednesday night with neither team being able to capitalize on the many penalties. Previous to Wednesday night’s game, San Jose was in fifth place on the PK with an 82.2%. Coachella Valley was in 1st, and it showed in Wednesday night’s game, going nine for nine on the penalty kill.

Wednesday night’s game was nothing but a goalie duel starting goalie for San Jose was Yaroslav Askarov, his second game in a row after his injury. Askarov faced 24 shots and made 24 saves, his second shutout against the FireBirds this season. For Coachella Valley, starting goalie was Nikke Kokko. Kokko recorded the loss, making 27 saves on 28 shots.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Yaroslav Askarov, 24 svs on 24 shots
  • 2. Nikke Kokko, 27 svs on 28 shots
  • 3. Filip Bystedt, 1G

The Barracuda will be back in action on Friday April 11th for the last home series of the regular season. San Jose will be hosting the Ontario Reign.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda looks to recover from loss to Colorado face Coachella on Wednesday

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San Jose Barracuda defenseman Luca Cagnoni (42) pursues the Colorado Eagles forward Oskar Olausson (4) who tries to get the puck past San Jose goaltender Yaroslav Askarov (30) at Blue CFU Arena in Loveland CO on Sat Apr 5, 2025 (AP News photo)

SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Marko, the San Jose Barracuda never got on track as they were scrambling and trying to figure out the Colorado Eagles defense Saturday in Colorado the lack off offense hurt them as they lost by two goals 3-1 in their last game.

#2 The Eagles Oskar Olausson scored his 11th goal of the season to get the Eagles started with a 1-0 lead. He got assist from TJ Tynan and Jack Ahcan at 19:50.

#3 In the second period Scott Sabourin scored his eighth goal of the season 23 seconds into the period and it would turn out to be San Jose’s only goal of the contest making it a 1-1.

#4 The Eagles got their final two goals of the game at 4:53 in the second period Jayson Megna picked up his 18th goal of the season taking a 2-1 lead. In the third period Tye Falhaber scored his 21st goal at 19:14. and the Eagles came away with a 3-1 win. It was the Barracuda’s 25th loss of the season making them 33-25-3-2.

#5 Next up for San Jose they make the trip to face the Coachella Firebirds on Wednesday with a 7:00pm face off at Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms. The Firebirds are fourth in the Pacific at 36-24-2-5. The Firebirds are playing .500 hockey having lost five of their last ten games. Marko how do you see this match up.

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

Barracuda fall 3-1 to Eagles in Askarov’s return

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San Jose Barracuda vs Colorado Eagles on Saturday April 5th at Blue Arena (via sanjosebarracuda/x)

By Madison Montez

The Colorado Eagles knocked off the San Jose Barracuda 3-1 in Colorado on Saturday night. The Eagles got the first lead of the game with ten seconds left of the first period. Oskar Olausson scored his 11th of the season. With the secondary assist, Jack Ahcan extended his point streak to two games. Colorado took the lone penalty when Mark Sedan took a two-minute cross-checking penalty.

23 seconds into the second period, San Jose tied the game, courtesy of Scott Sabourin. Scoring in back to back games, Sabourin extended his point streak to two games. Recording the lone assist, Lucas Vanroboys made it back to back games, assisting on a Sabourin goal. After good puck movement, Colorado regained their lead. Jayson Megna, older brother of former Shark Jaycob Megna scored his 18th of the season.

San Jose was the better team at staying out of the box. Only committing four penalties while Colorado committed five, most of the Barracuda’s penalties came from the fight that occured in the second period. Just like last night, two players on each team dropped the gloves. Saturday night, it was Walker Duehr and Braden Hache of the Barracuda, and Nikita Prishchepov of the Colorado, each dropped the gloves.

The Eagles sealed the win, splitting the series. Tye Felhaber scored an empty net goal to secure the win and avoid the sweep against San Jose. Matthew Phillips recording the primary assist, recorded two assists on the night.

Colorado dominated nearly every aspect of the game but most notably, they outshot the Barracuda consistently all game. The shots were 10-8 after the first period, 16-7 after the second period, and 6-7 after the third period.

In his first game back since February, Yaroslav Akarov recorded his 7th loss of the season. In his 7th loss, Askarov made 29 saves on 31 shots. For Colorado, Kevin Mandolese got the start. Mandolese recorded the win, making 21 saves on 22 shots.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Jayson Megna
  • 2. Oskar Olausson
  • 3. Matthew Phillips

The Barracuda will be back in action on Wednesday April 9th in Coachella Valley taking on the Firebirds. This will be the last matchup between the two teams this season.

Barracuda take down first place Eagles 6-3

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San Jose Barracuda vs Colorado Eagles on Friday April 4th at Blue FCU Arena (via sjbarracuda/Instagram)

By Madison Montez

After 17 games missed due to injury, San Jose Barracuda Filip Bystedt returned to the lineup in Friday night’s game against Colorado Eagles. Previous to his injury, Bystedt was riding a four-game point streak. In tonight’s game, Bystedt registered two points. Scoring one goal and recording one assist. The Barracuda picked up the 6-3 win at Blue FCU Arena in Loveland.

In his first game back, Filip Bystedt opened up the scoring to give San Jose their first lead of the game. Colorado quickly tied the game 30 seconds later. Jayson Megna, the older brother of former Shark Jason Megna, scored his 17th of the season.

The second period was a scoring frenzy. Colorado took their first lead of the game at 9:41, Cooper Gay scored his first AHL goal of the season. San Jose tied the game four minutes later, Scott Sabourin scored his seventh of the season. Colorado regained their lead when Jere Innala scored his 16th goal of the season. San Jose tied the game up once again when Patrick Giles scored his second goal in back to back games.

Taking advantage of Colorado’s fifth penalty taken, Patrick Giles scored his second of the night. With the primary assist, Filip Bystedt recorded his second point in his first game back from injury. San Jose extended their lead to 5-3 three minutes later when Lucas Vanroboys scored his 11th of the season. Sabourin registering the secondary assist, recorded his second point of the night.

Anthony Vincent sealed the win, scoring an empty net goal to improve the score to 6-3.

Keeping the trend going, San Jose was the better team at staying out of the box. San Jose took four penalties while Colorado took five. Majority of the penalties taken were in the second period when each team had two guys drop the gloves. For San Jose, Patrick Giles and Braden Hache. For Colorado, Chase Bradley and Ivan Ivan. San Jose was the only team to captialize, scoring one power-play goal.

Aaron Dell was tonight’s starting goalie, with Yaroslav Askarov backing him up. Dell recorded 15 saves on 18 shots. Dell’s record now moves to 2-3. For Colorado, Trent Miner was the starting goalie. Miner made 22 saves on 27 shots. Miner’s record now moves to 19-8.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Patrick Giles, 2G
  • 2. Cooper Gay, 1G
  • 3. Filip Bystedt, 1G 1A

The Barracuda will be back in action tomorrow against the Colorado Eagles, looking to sweep the series.

Sharks fall 3-2 in Romanov’s 3rd NHL start, Walman’s return

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San Jose Sharks vs Edmonton Oilers on Thursday April 3rd at SAP Center (via sanjosesharks)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- The San Jose Sharks dropped their fourth game in a row to the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 who got out to an early start at 6:20 of the first. Connor Brown with his ninth of the season, Jake Walman with the secondary assist in his first time back at SAP Center since the trade. San Jose quickly answered back two minutes later when Jack Thompson scored his fourth of the season.

Taking advantage of their first power-play opportunity of the game, the seventh ranked power play team retook their lead. Viktor Arvidsson scored his 13th goal of the season. In his second game back from injury, Draisaitl recorded the secondary assist.

San Jose tied the game again when Tyler Toffoli scored his 28th. Mario Ferraro registered the secondary assist, recording an assist on both San Jose goals. Edmonton extended their lead late at 14:57 when Jeff Skinner scored, deflecting the puck, his second point of the night.

For San Jose, Mario Ferraro excelled the most, assisting on both of San Jose’s goals. One primary and one secondary, adding up to a total of two points. For Edmonton, Jeff Skinner excelled the most, registering a goal and an assist, adding up to a total of two points.

Both teams excelled at staying out of the penalty box. San Jose took two penalties while Edmonton only took one. San Jose went zero for one on the power-play and Edmonton went one for two on the power-play.

Calvin Pickard was in the net for Edmonton, recording his 20th win this season. Pickard recorded the win, recording 27 saves on 29 shots. In between the pipes for San Jose was Georgi Romanov. Romanov with his 3rd start of the season, recorded 35 saves on 38 shots.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Jeff Skinner, 1G 1A
  • 2. Tyler Toffoli, 1G
  • 3. Jack Thompson, 1G

The Sharks will be back in action on Saturday April 5th, hosting the Seattle Kraken. The last time these two teams faced off was on January 30th where San Jose fell 6-2. Carl Grundstrom and Tyler Toffoli both scoring in the loss.

Barracuda swept by Canucks, fall to 5th place

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San Jose Barracuda vs Abbotsford Canucks on Sunday March 29th at Tech CU Arena (via sjbarracuda/flickr)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- 11 seconds in, tempers were flared after Braden Hache from San Jose and Jett Woo from Abbotsford dropped the mitts, both taking five minute fighting penalties.

30 seconds later on four on four action, Abbotsford got out to another early start. Sammy Blais scored his 13th of the season, recording his first point of the night.

Abbotsford extended their lead three times in the first, to make it four-zero. The first came off of a short handed goal. Chase Wouters, the captain, scored his ninth of the season. The second, came as a result of traffic in front of the net. Nate Smith netted his seventh of the season. The third, came on a goal courtesy of Jujhar Khaira. Khaira now has goals in back to back games.

Starting the second on a power-play, San Jose took advantage and scored. Pavol Regenda scored his sixth power-play goal of the season. After being a healthy scratch in last night’s game, Thompson picked up the secondary assist. This would end up being San Jose’s only goal throughout the whole game.

Abbotsford nearly dominated the whole game, outshooting San Jose in two of the three periods. San Jose also changed the amount of penalties they took. While Abbotsford took seven penalties, San Jose only took two. Four of the seven penalties the Canucks took, were in the second period.

Sealing the 5-1 win, Nate Smith scored his eighth of the season. Sammy Blais registered the secondary assist.

For Abbotsford, Sammy Blais recorded three points and Nate Smith recorded two points. For San Jose, with Rem Pitlick recording today’s primary assist, he’s extended his point streak to two.

Ty Young was Saturday’s winning goalie. Young made 14 saves on 15 shots. His record now improves to 8-3. Gabriel Carriere got the start for the second game in a row. After a little over halfway, Carriere was pulled again and Dell was put in. Before getting pulled, Carriere recorded seven saves on 11 shots. Dell recorded 17 saves on 18 shots.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Nate Smith
  • 2. Sammy Blais
  • 3. Jujhar Khaira

The Barracuda will be back in action next Wednesday, hosting the Ontario Reign for a mid-week matchup.

Barracuda fall 5-1 to Abbotsford Canucks, extend losing streak to two

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San Jose Barracuda vs Abbotsford Canucks (via sjbarracuda/flickr)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- Riding a seven game winning streak, Abbotsford Canucks was looking to keep the win streak alive and extend it to eight. Most recently, they defeated the Manitoba Moose 5-4. San Jose was coming off of a 4-3 overtime loss to the San Diego Gulls.

On Friday night the Canucks were able to extend their winning streak to eight games with a 5-1 win over the San Jose Barracuda at Tech CU Arena in San Jose.

Abbotsford got out to an early lead, scoring three times in the first period. Three different Canucks registered goals; Cooper Walker, Phillip Di Giuseppe, and Chase Wouters, each scored a goal in the first.

They extended their lead to four-nothing, five minutes into the second. Jujhar Khaira registered his fifth goal of the season. To extend their lead even further, Phillip Di Giuseppe scored his second of the night to move the score to 5-0. That was on Abbotsford’s fourth power-play opportunity. Di Giuseppe’s first power-play goal of the season.

To avoid the shutout, Joey Keane netted his second of the season. Guschin registering the main assist, he now extended his point streak to nine games.

Although the Barracuda got outscored five to one, the shots were close all game. The only time the Barracuda were in full control of the game was in the second period where San Jose out-shot Abbotsford 17 to 14. Other than that, Abbotsford outshot San Jose in the first 13 to 8, and in the third each team took 13 shots.

The difference in Friday night’s two teams were the power-play opportunities. Abbotsford had six power-play chances while San Jose only had two. Many of San Jose’s penalties came from fights. In the third period, there were six fighting penalties. Both Braden Hache and Lucas Vanroboys from the Barracuda were given game misconducts at 16:33 of the third period.

Nikita Tolopilo was the winning goalie, nearly recording a perfect game, making 38 saves on 39 shots. Gabriel Carriere got the start for the third game in a row. Carriere made seven saves on ten shots until getting pulled and Dell came in. Dell gave up one goal, making 29 saves on 31 shots.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Philip Di Giuseppe
  • 2. Chase Wouters
  • 3. Tristen Neilsen

The Barracuda will be back in action Saturday at 7:00pm PDT against Abbotsford, looking to avoid the sweep.