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San Jose Barracuda forward Igor Chernyshov (#92) celebrates his empty net goal against the Bakersfield Condors with his teammates at Tech CU Arena on Saturday JAN 24, 2026. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — Colin White scored the eventual game winning goal with 4:45 remaining in the third period as the San Jose Barracuda defeated the Bakersfield Condors 5-3 on Saturday evening at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose has won four out of the last six games. Bakersfield has lost two games in a row after earning points in 10 straight games.

San Jose (22-13-1-2-47 points) drew first with a 5-on-3 power play goal early in the first period. Igor Chernyshov found Oliver Wahlstrom along the left wall. Wahlstrom skated up to the slot before rifling a wrist shot past Condor’s goalie Connor Ungar for his co-leading 11th goal of the season at the 5:28 mark.

This was Chernyshov’s first game the Cuda since being reassigned by the San Jose Sharks earlier in the week. The last time Chernyshov was in a Barracuda uniform was back on December 13th

Bakersfield (22-12-6-0-50 points) answered back with a power play goal just before the halfway mark of the opening frame. Seth Griffin’s shot was initially saved by Cuda goalie Laurent Brossoit, but Quinn Hutson cleaned up the rebound in front of the crease for his team leading 24th goal of the season at the 9:03 mark. Hutson is the brother is of Montreal Canadiens defenseman and last year’s Calder Memorial Trophy winner Lane.

The Condors earned it first lead with just over a minute left in the period with an even strength goal. Max Jones slid a pass over to Damien Carfagna in the slot who beat Brossoit with a wrist shot for fourth goal of the season at the 18:48 mark.

Cam Lund evened the score with his seventh goal of the season early in the second period. Jimmy Huntington’s pressure inside the Condor’s zone created a turnover at the blueline. Lund collected the puck and skated in on a breakaway and beat Ungar with a quick shot from the short side at the 1:53 mark.

Bakersfield regained its lead when James Hamblin found Josh Brown with a backdoor pass as Brown beat Brossoit with a shot into an open net for his second goal of the season at the 8:48 mark. Brown has both of his goals this season against San Jose.

Max Jones was rewarded with a penalty shot when he drew a penalty on a breakaway with 2:59 remaining in the middle frame. Jones tried to deke out Brossoit with a move to the left side, but Brossoit made a sliding right pad save to keep the deficit at a one-goal game.

Once again, the Barracuda scored the equalizer to start a period. Egor Afanasyev skated into the Condor’s zone and fired a wrist shot just to the right of the net. Huntington crashed the net and cleaned up the rebound off of the back boards into an open net for his seventh goal of the season at the 2:23 mark of the third period.

Chernyshov scored an empty net goal from inside his own defensive zone with 20 seconds left in the game to clinch the game for San Jose.

Brossoit (5-4-0) finished the game 23 of the 26 shots he faced to earn his fifth win in a Barracuda sweater. Ungar (6-1) made 38 saves on 42 in losing his first start of the season after winning his first six.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-5 on the power play. Bakersfield went 1-for-4.

San Jose has scored a power play goal in six consecutive games.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Chernyshov 2) Huntington 3) Afanasyev.

UP NEXT: San Jose continues its four-game homestand with a weekend series against the Calgary Wranglers on Friday January 29 at 7:00pm at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose Barracuda defensemen Cole Clayton (#59) and Luca Cagnoni (#42) help take Ontario Reign forward Jared Wright (#78) to the ground after the whistle during the Barracuda’s 5-4 win at Toyota Arena on Wednesday DEC 31, 2025. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

Lucas Carlsson ended up giving the San Jose Barracuda a Happy New Year.

Carlsson scored the game winning goal with one tenth of a second left on the clock as the Cuda defeated the Ontario Reign 5-4 on New Year’s Eve at Toyota Arena.

Cam Lund sent a cross-ice pass through the crease that hit off the stick off of Reign goalie Phoenix Copley and Carlsson cleaned up the rebound into the back of the net with just one tenth of a second remaining. The goal went to review, and it was deemed a good goal as San Jose escaped with two points in regulation after blowing a two-goal lead.

San Jose concluded the season series with Ontario with a 5-2-1 record including going 3-0-1 at Toyota Arena. They also have won three consecutive road games and three out of their last four overall.

Ontario (18-10-1-1-38 points) drew first blood with a power play goal just past the halfway mark of the first period. Glenn Gawdin sent a pass over to Cole Guttman to the right wing. Guttman looked out in front before unloading a wrist shot past Cuda goalie Gabriel Carriere for his sixth goal of the season at the 10:57 mark. Guttman played in his first game back from a two-game suspension when he had a hit to the head of Quentin Musty back on December 22nd.

San Jose (18-10-1-1-38 points) showed little to none forecheck during the opening frame as they only registered four shots against Reign goalie Phoenix Copley, who only had to make one tough save off of a Musty shot through traffic in front of his crease with under five minutes remaining.

The Barracuda evened the game with an even strength early in the second period. Colin White’s pass behind the net found Kasper Halttunen inside the trapezoid. Halttunen’s back hand pass was tucked home by Oliver Wahlstrom for his ninth goal of the season at the 2:47 mark.

San Jose gained its first lead of the game less than three minutes later. Musty led a two-on-one odd man rush inside Ontario’s zone. Musty sent a cross-ice pass over to an unmarked Ethan Cardwell who buried a one-timer to the short side for his fourth goal of the season at the 5:27 mark.

The Barracuda scored its third unanswered goal with a short-handed goal late in the middle frame. Filip Bystedt initiated a two-on-zero odd man rush inside the neutral zone. Bystedt skated all the way before depositing a wrist shot through the five-hole of Copley for his ninth goal of the season at the 12:41 mark.

Ontario responded just 32 second later moments after their power play opportunity just ended. Jack Hughes sent a backhand pass from behind the net to Kenny Connors at the left wing. Connors sneaked a wrist shot past Carriere to the short side for his seventh goal of the season.

San Jose regained its two-goal lead with 40 seconds left in the middle period with an even strength goal. Egor Afanasyev rifled in a one-timer from the left wing for his fifth goal of the season to cap off a four-goal second period.

Ontario erased San Jose’s two goal lead with two goals in the first 1:45 of the third period. Guttman scored his second goal of the game 1:20 in when he beat Carriere with a wrist shot to the glove side for his seventh goal of the season. Then 25 seconds later on the next shift, Tim Rego cleaned up a rebound into an open net for his first goal of the season.

Carriere (8-6-2-1) finished the game stopping 18 of the 22 shots to earn his eighth win of the season. Copley (7-7-0) made 26 saves on 31 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 0-for-1 on the power play. Ontario went 1-for-4.

The Three Stars of the Game:

1) Carlsson (1G, 0A)

2) Guttman (2G, 1A)

3) Rego (1G, 0A)

UP NEXT: San Jose begin the new calendar year with a weekend series against the Bakersfield Condors on Friday January 2nd at 7:00pm at Dignity Health Arena.

San Jose Barracuda defenseman Luca Cagnoni (#42) looks to make a pass over to one of his teammates against the Texas Stars at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Saturday DEC 13, 2025. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

Filip Bystedt scored his second goal of the game with 3:08 remaining in overtime on the power play as the San Jose Barracuda overcame three one-goal deficits to defeat the Texas Stars 4-3 Saturday evening at H-E-B- Center at Cedar Park.

Igor Chernyshov sent a cross-ice pass from the left wing over to Bystedt who buried a one-timer top shelf past Stars goalie Remi Poirier for a power play goal, his second goal of the game and sixth of the season at the 1:52 mark of the overtime period as San Jose left the Lone Star state with four points.

San Jose, who never led in the game, has won two games in a row as they sweep the weekend series. Texas has lost four games in a row.

Texas (8-13-3-1) drew first blood with an even strength goal early in the first period. Tristan Bertucci won a battle along the far side boards. Bertucci sent a cross-ice pass over to a pinching Michael Karow who beat Cuda goalie Jakub Skarek with a one-timer with a back door goal, his third of the season at the 2:58 mark.

San Jose (15-8-1-1) score the equalizer late in the opening frame. A failed clearing attempt by Texas led to a give and go between Igor Chernyshov and Filip Bystedt at the left faceoff circle. Bystedt fired a wrist shot that beat Poirier over the glove on the near side for his first goal of the game and fifth goal of the season at the 17:12 mark.

The Stars regained the lead with its second even strength goal near the halfway point of the second period. A failed clearing attempt by San Jose led to Cameron Hughes coming away with the puck. Hughes centered the puck in between the faceoff circles over to Matthew Seminoff who blasted a one-timer past Skarek for his fifth goal of the season at the 8:02 mark.

The Barracuda scored their second equalizer of the game just under three minutes later. Bystedt glided a puck a through the crease where the puck hit off of the skate of Egor Afanasyev and into the back of the net for his second goal of the season at the 10:58 mark.

Texas gained its third lead of the contest with its third even strength goal early in the third period. After a faceoff win inside the Cuda zone, Gavin White knuckleballed a shot from the point that went over the blocker of Skarek for his second goal of the season at the 4:53 mark.

San Jose didn’t go down quietly as they scored their third equalizer late in the third period. Patrick Giles centered the puck from the left wing into the crease. Cam Lund fought through the traffic in front and poked home the puck past Poirier for his fourth goal of the season at the 17:11 mark.

Skarek stopped 26 of the 29 shots he faced to earn his eighth win of the season. Poirier made 30 saves on 34 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-4 on the power play. Texas went 0-for-3.

San Jose has four straight overtime games.

The Three Stars of the Game:

1) Bystedt (2G, 1A)

2) Seminoff (1G,0A)

3) Giles (0G, 1A)

UP NEXT: San Jose continues their five-game road trip on Wednesday December 17 when they take the Coachella Valley Firebirds at 6:00pm at Acrisure Arena.

San Jose Barracuda defenseman (#42) awaits the puck during the game against the San Diego Gulls at Tech CU Arena on Wednesday DEC 10, 2025. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

Justin Bailey scored the eventual game-winning goal in the second period as the San Diego Gulls defeated the San Jose Barracuda 3-1 on Wednesday evening at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose has lost two games in a row as the closed out the homestand at 1-2. San Diego has twon two games in a row.

San Diego (9-6-6-0) drew first blood late in the first period with an even strength goal. A shot from Ryan Carpenter from close range was initially saved by ‘Cuda goalie Jakub Skarek. The rebound leaked out to the slot where Judd Caulfield beat Skarek with a wrist shot top-shelf for his eighth goal of the season at the 14:20 mark.

The Gulls doubled its lead 54 seconds to start to the second period. Sasha Pastujov slid a back door pass through the crease to Justin Bailey who buried the puck into an open net for his ninth goal of the season. Bailey played for the Barracuda back in the 2023-24 season.

San Jose (13-8-1-1) cut the deficit in half less than five minutes later. Jimmy Huntington fed the puck down low to Cam Lund behind the Gulls net. Lund made a quick move to beat Gulls goalie Calle Clang with a backhanded wraparound for his third goal at the 5:24 mark.

The blood started to boil late in the middle frame between the two divisional rivals when a clean hit by Anthony Vincent sparked a fight with Nathan Gaucherat the 13:05 mark. Then two minutes Braden Hache and Noah Warren who squared off with each other right after a faceoff at the 15:17 mark.

Caulfield scored his second goal of the contest, an empty netter, his ninth of the season with 28 seconds remaining to ice the game for San Diego.

Clang finished the game stopping 32 of the 33 pucks he faced to earn his second win of the season. Skarek made 32 saves on 34 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 0-for-2 on the power play. San Diego went 0-for-1.

The Three Stars of the Game:

1. Bailey (1G,0A)

2. Lund (1G,0A)

3. Clang (32 saves)

UP NEXT: San Jose begins a five-game road trip with a weekend series versus the Texas Stars on Friday December 12th at 5:00pm at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.

San Jose Barracuda forward Micheal Misa lines up to take a faceoff against the Tucson Roadrunners at Tech CU Arena on Friday DEC 5, 2025. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

San Jose Barracuda defenseman Lucas Carlsson scored the game winning goal with 57.8 seconds left in overtime to give the Cuda a 4-3 win over the Tucson Roadrunners on Friday evening at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose has won seven of its last eight games and 11 out of their last 14. Tucson has lost three games in a row.

Carlsson’s heroics were set up Filip Bystedt who fed Carlsson with a pass back up to the point after a faceoff win. Carlsson blasted a slap shot past Roadrunners goalie Jaxson Stauber for his seventh goal of the season.

San Jose Sharks rookie center Michael Misa made his return to the ice after healing from a right ankle injury he suffered back on November 5th. Misa is on a conditioning assignment with the Barracuda. He didn’t need much time to shake off the rust as his first shot of the game rang off of the post early in the first period.

Each team had a power play opportunity in the opening frame, but neither were able to capitalize as the first 20 minutes was scoreless. Tucson had a slight edge in shots 13-9.

San Jose (13-6-1-1) drew first blood with an even strength goal early in the second period. Anthony Vincent fed a pass back to the point to Kasper Halttunen. The Finnish rookie skated in between the faceoff circles before launching a wrist shot top shelf past Stauber for his fifth goal of the season at the 7:56 mark.

Tucson (8-10-3-0) evened the game late in the middle frame with an even strength goal. Max Szuber received the puck off of the end boards. Suzber’s backhand pass made it out to the slot where Ben McCartney beat Cuda goalie Jakub Skarek with a quick wrist shot through the five-hole for his seventh goal of the season at the 17:48 mark.

The Roadrunners gained its first lead of the game with a power play goal early in the third period. Cameron Hebig’s shot from the between the faceoff circles was initially stopped by Skarek but Kevin Rooney cleaned up the rebound on the short side for his sixth goal of the season at the 5:21 mark.

Tucson’s lead didn’t last long as San Jose countered with the equalizer on the next shift. Misa found Luca Cagnoni along the right board. Cagnoni skated around a Roadrunner defender with a spin-o-rama before depositing the puck off of a skate past Stauber from a tight angle for his fifth goal of the season 18 seconds later.

The Roadrunners gained its second lead of the game after a failed clearing attempt by the Cuda. Noel Nord intercepted the puck at the blueline and spun around with a backhand pass out to a wide-open Sammy Walker for a breakaway opportunity. Walker got Skarek to go down before roofing a backhander for his fourth goal of the season at the 8:17 mark.

Once again it didn’t take San Jose long to tally their second equalizer of the game. Igor Chernyshov intercepted an errant pass in the slot and buried a wrist shot from point-blank range for his team leading 11th goal of the season 40 seconds later.

Skarek finished the game stopping 30 of the 33 shots he faced to earn his fifth win of the season. Stauber made 30 saves on 34 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: Both teams finished 1-for-3 on the power play.

The Three Stars of the Game:

1) Carlsson (1G,0A)

2) Chernyshov (1G,0A)

3) Walker (1G, 1A)

UP NEXT: San Jose and Tucson conclude their two-game weekend series on Saturday December 6 at 6:00pm at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose Barracuda forward Zach Ostapchuk (#63) reacts after scoring a goal on Ontario Reign goalie Phoenix Copley (#29) during the Cuda’s 4-2 win over the Reign at Tech CU Arena on Saturday NOV 1, 2025. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

The San Jose Barracuda rebounded nicely after a very poor performance the night before in a 4-2 victory over the Ontario Reign on Saturday evening at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose snapped it’s two-game losing streak and won for just the second time in their past six games. Ontario lost for the just the second time in its past six games.

The Barracuda (3-5-0) drew first blood defenseman Jack Thompson scored his first goal of the season at the 8:07 mark of the first period. Ethan Cardwell, who was back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch the night before, picked up the primary assist and Lucas Carlsson received the secondary helper.

Zach Ostapchuk doubled the Cuda’s lead with a short-handed goal late in the opening frame. Ostapchuk skated in a breakaway and beat Reign goalie Phoenix Copley with a wrist shot for his second goal of the season at the 15:05 mark.

Ontario (5-3-1) cut their deficit in half when Martin Chromiak scored his third goal of the season just past the halfway mark of the second period at 10:23. Glenn Gawdin and Joe Hicketts set up Chromiak’s second goal in as many games.

The teams traded power play goals in the third period. Quentin Musty regained San Jose’s two-goal lead when he buried a shot past Copley for his second goal of the season at the 7:34 mark. Colin White and Cam Lund were credited with assists. Then Taylor Ward answered with fifth goal of the season at the 16:07 mark to bring some late game drama.

However, 63 seconds later, Pavol Regenda shut down any Reign attempt at a comeback when he scored his first goal of the season to seal the deal for San Jose with 2:50 remaining in the game. Filip Bystedt had the only assist on the play.

Cuda goalie Gabriel Carriere stopped 27 of the 29 shots he faced to earn his first win of the season. Copley made 26 saves on 30 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-2 on the power play. Ontario went 1-for-3.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Musty 2) Ostapchuk 3) Thompson.

UP NEXT: San Jose starts a five-game road trip when they take on the Ontario Reign on Tuesday November 4th at 7:00pm at Toyota Arena.

Ontario Reign forward Taylor Ward celebrates his goal along the wall with his teammates against the San Jose Barracuda at Tech CU Arena on Friday OCT 31, 2025. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — It was ghoulish night for the first ever game played on Halloween in the franchise history of the San Jose Barracuda.

The Ontario Reign played the role of Frankenstein’s monster with a four goal second period en route to a 6-1 blowout victory on Friday evening at the haunted house known as Tech CU Arena.

San Jose has lost three out of its last four games. Ontario has won four out of its last five games.

Ontario (5-2-1) drew first blood early in the first period. Martin Chromiak centered a pass from behind the net out to Taylor Ward whose initial shot was stopped by Cuda goalie Jakub Skarek. Ward fought through a check in front of the crease and collected his own rebound and beat Skarek for his fourth goal of the season at the 4:48 mark.

San Jose (2-5-0) responded a power play goal late in the opening frame. A shot from the point by Luca Cagnoni was stopped by a sprawled-out Reign goalie Erik Portillo in front of a sea of traffic. Colin White pounced in from the point and his shot attempt hit off of Oliver Wahlstrom after a mad scramble in front of the crease for Wahlstrom’s first goal of in a Cuda sweater at the 18:09 mark.

It was the seventh consecutive game San Jose has conceded the game’s first goal. Ward has seven points in his past two games.

The Reign regained the lead with an even strength goal early on in the second period. Koehn Ziemmer’s shot from the right wing was redirected past Skarek by for his third goal of the season at the 6:59 mark.

Ontario went up by two goals after a turnover by San Jose in the neutral zone at the halfway mark of the middle frame. Samuel Bolduc skated in on a breakaway before sliding a backhander through the five-hole of Skarek for his fourth goal of the season at the 10:27 mark.

The Reign scored its third unanswered goal in the period. A shot from the point caromed off of both posts before Jack Hughes poked home the rebound at the 12:40 mark. Ziemmer and Angus Booth were credited with the assists on Hughes’ first goal of the season.

That was the end of the night Skarek as Cuda head coach John McCarthy inserted backup goalie Gabriel Carriere. Skarek went to the showers with 13 saves on 17 shots.

San Jose immediately didn’t do any better after the goalie change. Jakub Dvorak made it 5-1 with a four-on-four game at the 13:47 mark. Ward sent a cross-ice pass over to Dvorak who beat Carriere with a one-timer top shelf for his first goal of the season.

Kenny Connors made it five straight unanswered goals for Ontario as the puck deflected off of Cagnoni and Connors fired a shot past Carriere for his first career AHL goal at the 4:32 mark of the third period.

Portillo finished the game stopping all but one of the 36 shots he faced to earn his third win of the season. Carriere made four saves on six shots in mop up duty.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-5 on the power play. Ontario went 0-for-4.

UP NEXT: San Jose and Ontario conclude their two-game weekend series on Saturday November 1st at 6:00pm at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose Barracuda forward Colin White (#16) celebrates his third period and eventual game winning goal against the Milwaukee Admirals with his teammates at Tech CU Arena on Saturday OCT 25, 2025. (Bridget Whitaker-Bay Area Sports Wrap)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — Colin White picked a good time to score his first goal of the season.

White’s heroics in the third period gave the San Jose Barracuda a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals on Saturday evening at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose snapped its three-game losing streak as it split the series with the Admirals. Milwaukee has started the season splitting its first four games.

The game winning goal began when Luca Cagnoni’s shot from the point was initially saved by Admirals (and former Cuda) goalie Magnus Chrona. Igor Chernyshev collected the puck, went around the net before centering the puck out in front of the crease. Egor Afanasyev’s shot attempt was blocked in front, but White pounced on the rebound and went top shelf for his first goal of the season at the 7:08 mark of the final frame.

Milwaukee (2-2-0) continued its success on the power play from last night as they drew the game’s first goal on the man advantage early in the first period. Jake Lucchini’s shot from the point was initially save by Cuda goalie Jakub Skarek but Ryan Ufko cleaned up the rebound with a quick wrist shot to the short side for his second goal of the season at the 7:37 mark.

The Admirals have scored five power plays in six attempts during the weekend series against the Barracuda.

San Jose (2-3-0) evened the score late in the opening frame with an even strength goal. Ethan Cardwell finished off a give-and-go with Luca Cagnoni inside Milwaukee’s zone when he beat Chrona with a backhand shot through the five-hole for his second goal of the season at the 13:20 mark.

The Barracuda gained its first lead on the power play late in the middle frame. Cagnoni blasted a shot from the point past a screened Chrona for his second goal of the season at the 13:12 mark. Afanasyev picked up his first point in a Cuda sweater with the primary assist. Quentin Musty was credited with the secondary assist.

Milwaukee scored the equalizer with 65 seconds left in the period. The puck hit off of the right boards past an outstretched Cagnoni who fell to the ice. Oasiz Wiesblatt hopped over Cagnoni, gathered the puck and beat Skarek with a wrist shot to the short side for his second goal of the season and second in as many games.

Skarek finished the match stopping 20 of the 22 shots he faced to earn his second win of the season. Chrona made 36 saves on 39 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished the game 2-for-5 on the power play. Milwaukee was 1-for-2.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) White 2) Cagnoni 3) Afanasyev.

UP NEXT: San Jose travels down to San Diego for a midweek tilt with the Gulls on Wednesday October 29 at 7:00pm at Pechanga Arena San Diego.