Kings play short-handed – including no head coach – lose to Spurs 113-98

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The Sacramento Kings went into the game in San Antonio with only nine players dressed for the game. Willie Cauley-Stein (right knee bone contusion), Skal Labissiere (shoulder strain), Frank Mason (partial tear plantar fascia), Malachi Richardson (ankle sprain), Garrett Temple (ankle sprain) and Georgios Papagiannis (unavailable due to coach’s decision) made for a very short bench. JaKarr Sampson was brought up from the Reno Bighorns for roster help.

If having only nine players did not make things tough enough, the Kings lost their coach two minutes into the game. Dave Joerger jumped up to protest the lack of a call from the officials and his knees buckled. Assistant coach Elston Turner reached out to help Joerger and to keep him from falling to the floor. At the encouragement of the Kings’ medical staff, Joerger walked under his own power to the visitor’s locker room.

The decision was made to for Joerger to sit the rest of the game out and let assistant coach Elston Turner coach the team. Reports later in the game confirmed that there was nothing seriously wrong with Joerger.

And now on to the game

The Kings fall behind by nine points early in the first quarter and it looked it might be a very long night for Sacramento fans. The Kings were down by seven as the second period began.

The Spurs increased their lead to 10 points early in the second quarter but then the Kings began chipping away at San Antonio’s advantage. By the time the second 12 minute period was over the Kings held a one point edge, 50-49.

The third quarter would prove to the Kings downfall as it has so many times this season. The Spurs outscored Sacramento 30-19 in the third period and they ended the quarter on an 8-0 run that would carry over into the final period.

San Antonio continued their run until it became a 12-0 run on the Kings which made it look like the game was over but someone forgot to tell De’Aaron Fox and George Hill. The two Kings guards continued to make incredible shots that kept the game reasonably close but in the end it was not enough.

The Spurs won the game 113-98 but the Kings could hold their heads high because they played hard under adverse circumstances.

Top Performers

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  • Second-year shooting guard Bryn Forbes was the Star of the Game for the Spurs on Sunday night. He came off the bench to lead San Antonio in scoring with 23 points shooting 9-for-15 overall from the field and hitting 5-of-8 from 3-point range. Forbes had a +16 rating during his 27-plus minutes of playing time.
  • Manu Ginobili came off the bench in first game back after being off for injury to post 15 points in 25-plus minutes on the floor. He put in 6-of-13 field goal attempts. He also grabbed four rebounds and dished out three assists.
  • Best supporting player award goes to Patty Mills who just kills this reporter every time. Late in the game as the Kings were trying to mount a comeback, Mills sank back-to-back 3-point buckets that killed that potential comeback. Mills finished with 11 points hitting 4-of-6 field goals with three of those baskets being 3-point field goals.

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  • Star of the Game goes to De’Aaron Fox who recorded a game-high and career-high 26 points in the contest. “Swipa” hit a perfect 6-for-6 from 3-point land. He was as Dan Patrick would say – “en fuego!”. For a player who would never be able to shoot the 3-ball in the NBA according to scouting experts, Fox sure seems to have figured out how to hit from long-range.
  • George Hill may be on his way out of Sacramento but do not accuse him of laying down on his team. He came off the bench to score 19 points shooting 6-for-11 overall and hitting 3-of-6 from downtown. He also dished out four assists. Talk about making yourself more valuable in a trade situation. Hill gets a Co-Star of the Game credit.
  •  Special Guest Star credit goes to Vince Carter. The future Hall of Famer recorded 21 points coming off the bench converting 5-of-7 3-point opportunities. Carter also grabbed six rebounds in his almost 27-minutes on the floor. The 41-year old had +5 rating for his playing-time on the versus the Spurs.

Key Stats

San Antonio (33-19)

  • The Spurs shot 50-percent from the floor hitting 45-of-90 field goal attempts in the game.
  • San Antonio out-rebounded the Kings 52-34. The Spurs had 13 offensive rebounds to SAC’s six offensive rebounds. The Spurs outscored the Kings 16-9 in second-chance points.
  • The Spurs had an incredible 33 to 7 assists to turnover ratio. The seven San Antonio turnovers became 13 Kings points.

Sacramento (15-34)

  • The Kings shot an unbelievable 52.9-percent from 3-point land hitting 18-of-34 attempts. Fox hit 6-of-6 while Carter went 5-for-7 from behind the line.
  • Sacramento turned the ball over just nine times which became just nine Spurs points in the game.
  • The Kings shot 90.9-percent from the free throw line. They only went to the line 11 times but they converted 10 shots.

Up Next

Sacramento

The Kings wrap up this long six-game road trip on Tuesday night in New Orleans. Of course, the drama is gone because of the devastating season ending injury to DeMarcus Cousins.

San Antonio

The Spurs will stay at home and host Denver on Tuesday night.

Kucherov scores first 3-on-3 hat trick, Pacific wins 5-2 after loss in 2017 All-Star Game

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~ By Pearl Allison Lo

~ Nikita Kucherov, one of four Tampa Bay Lightning players represented, scored the first hat trick of the new format, and the Pacific Division beat the Atlantic 5-2 Sunday.

Kucherov, who came into the game with a regular season slump, ended the second semifinal game to hats on the ice in front of his home fans.

The Pacific Division lost to the Metropolitan Division in 2017 by a score of 4-3. This time, they got the $1 million dollar prize as they won both of their games 5-2.  All three games were decided by three.

Neon colors connected the four teams. The jerseys described as futuristic, the Central and the Pacific wore orange and the Metropolitan and the Atlantic going with yellow.

First-time rookie All-Star Brock Boeser from the Vancouver Canucks won the MVP and a Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid. He scored in both his games, with the game-winner in the first and added an assist in the second.

The All-Star players hit a lot metal throughout the games, but most in the first game.

In the final, the Pacific scored all three of their goals in the first half and never trailed.

Rickard Rakell (Pacific) had two goals and an assist, Mike Green (Atlantic) had two goals, the Pacific’s Johnny Gaudreau and Drew Doughty scored and Brad Marchand (Atlantic) and Anze Kopitar (Pacific) each had two assists.

All three games’ first goal came with less than two minutes of start time, Rakell’s the fastest at 50 seconds into a wide-open left side.

Boeser made it 2-0 with the rebound off Gaudreau’s shot at 5:05.

Green, in his first All-Star appearance since 2011, got the Atlantic on the board at 6:08 when he scored from the faceoff circle.

Tampa goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy was able to fend off a Pacific Captain Connor McDavid breakaway.

Doughty got a direct assist from Los Angeles Kings teammate Kopitar as he scored down the slot with the help of Auston Matthews’ screen at 8:35.

The Pacific got their biggest lead when Gaudreau got his own goal to make it 4-1.

The Atlantic went without a shot on goal from Green’s first goal to right before Green’s second goal when Atlantic Captain Steven Stamkos from Tampa had a shot on goal. Green scored right above Mike Smith’s glove at 3:26.

Rakell brought the game full circle when he scored his second with a patient shot to the top right of the net against Carey Price at 7:24.

Game #1
The first game pitted Team Black (Central) versus White (Pacific). Although the Central had a 7-2 shot advantage at one point, the Pacific won for the third time in as many years, by a 5-2 advantage.

Team Pacific scored all five of their goals in the second half.

James Neal (Central) had two goals, Nathan MacKinnon (Central) and San Jose Sharks’ Brent Burns (Pacific) had a goal and assist, Doughty, Central Captain P.K. Subban and Boeser also scored and McDavid had four assists along with a game-high +4 and four takeaways.

MacKinnon had the game’s first shot and first goal for the Central as he scored almost straightaway at 1:47. His goal was aided by Blake Wheeler against Marc-Andre Fleury.

Burns had two missed shots off the goalpost one second away.

Nearing first half end, McDavid picked up a turnover and missed the net, followed by a shot two seconds later. Less than 20 seconds later, Pekka Rinne made a save with McDavid’s shot going over his back.

Doughty tied the game on a breakaway at 4:13. His goal was helped by McDavid against Connor Hellebuyck.

The Pacific started outshooting the Central after and Neal gave the Pacific their first lead at 6:57. Burns got the takeaway and passed across to McDavid.

All the following goals came in quick succession, under a minute of each other.

Subban scored the Central’s last goal, on a breakaway against Smith to retie the game.

Boeser and Burns’ goals were the quickest of Game #1, coming within 24 seconds of each other. Burns’ was the first of two empty netters.  Regarding his goal, Burns commented, “I was trying to make a move, lost the puck and it went in.”

Neal scored the last goal of the game at 9:18 to seal the win.

Game #2
Team Metropolitan (gray) faced off versus Team Atlantic (dark blue), with the Atlantic taking the game in the second half, 7-4, with four straight goals, the first one establishing the matchup’s third tie.

The Atlantic’s Jack Eichel had a goal and two assists. Matthews, Brayden Point (Tampa) and Marchand each had a goal and assist. Erik Karlsson had three assists.

The Metropolitan’s Sidney Crosby, Captain Alex Ovechkin, Claude Giroux and Kris Letang scored.

Game #2 had a more active first half in terms of scoring than Game #1. Each team traded goals for the most part.

Crosby scored with help from Ovechkin at 1:09. Crosby replied, “Right after that goal, emotions start.”

The shot advantage started out more even until the Metropolitan shot advantage got to 8-2. Crosby then had two shots followed by Noah Hanifin.

Henrik Lundquist missed the second shot as Matthews scored at 5:30. Two seconds before the goal, Lundqvist saved Eichel’s wrist shot. Matthews was helped by Eichel and Aleksander Barkov.

Giroux gave the Metropolitan back a 2-1 lead on another breakaway after faking a pass to Brian Boyle.

Ovechkin then broke the back-and-forth between the teams with his own goal at 8:16.

The Atlantic was quick to respond. 11 seconds later, Kucherov got his first as the puck slid next to Lundqvist’s jersey.

Kucherov got his second in a row at 2:12 of the second half, stringing together the Atlantic’s first two goals. It came by way of a spin-o-rama pass from Kucherov to Eichel and then a behind-the-back pass back to Kucherov.

Kris Letang made it 4-3 at 3:17 and then the Atlantic went off to the races with their four straight goals, starting with Point at 4:33 off Braden Holtby.

Actually, if it was not for an offsides challenge that the Atlantic won, the Metropolitan would have had another goal from Erik Karlsson.

Eichel scored at 6:40, Marchand received initial cheers for his goal at 7:41 and Kucherov finished at 7:56.  

Game notes: Burns also had an assist in the Final.

AFC edges NFC 24-23, despite rain-soaked Pro Bowl

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By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Tennessee tight end Delanie Walker snared an 18-yard touchdown pass from Oakland quarterback Derek Carr with 1:31 to play, giving the AFC a 24-23 win over the NFC in Sunday’s Pro Bowl in rainy Orlando, Fla.

It was the second touchdown reception in the game for Walker, who was named offensive MVP. Walker caught four passes for 29 yards. He has a touchdown catch in each of his three Pro Bowl appearances.

Defensive honors went to Von Miller of Denver. Miller had three tackles, one sack, one pass deflection and ended the game with a strip-sack of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff.

Carr completed 11 of 15 passes for 115 yards, including the game-winning pass to Walker on a post pattern.

Each of the three AFC quarterbacks, Carr, Smith and Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers, threw interceptions. The game had considerable sloppiness due to the heavy rain. Some fans left Camping World Stadium early, while others donned ponchos. The rain also prompted players on both teams to find protection for their cellphones.

The NFC had a 20-3 halftime lead, but the AFC responded with 14 points in the third quarter.

Early on, two Minnesota Vikings turned in big plays – Adam Thielen made a touchdown catch on the NFC’s opening possession, and Harrison returned an interception 79 yards for a TD.

Arizona cornerback Patrick Peterson had two interceptions, giving him five career all-star picks. AFC quarterbacks combined to throw three picks. Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Casey Howard picked off a pass by Seattle’s Russell Wilson.

Winner’s share was $64,000. Loser’s share $32,000.

NHL All-Star Podcast with Daniel Dullum: Skills Competition in Tampa Bay; Talks at the All Star game Thornton out; No NHL players at the Olympics and more

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nhl.com photo: The Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid wins the fastest skater in the NHL skills competition on Sunday before the All Star game in Tampa Bay

On the NHL Podcast with Daniel Dullum:

1 All-Star Game Weekend – Skills Competition

2 Joe Thornton is still engine that drives Sharks, and they will miss him

3 Bettman on Olympics, goalie interference calls, expanding playoffs

4 NHL wants in Seattle, but is the Emerald City a hockey town?

Daniel Dullum does the NHL Podcast each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: A’s Fiesta De Fanaticos 2018, Big Turnout at Jack London Square in Downtown Oakland

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photo by capitalcorridor.org: Oakland A’s fans are jubilant entering the A’s Fanfest at Jack London Square in downtown Oakland on Saturday Jan 27th

By: Amaury Pi Gonzalez

OAKLAND — It was all free admission, so there was no hard-ticket count, but it could have easily be 20,000 or more that visited the Oakland Athletics Fanfest this past Saturday at Jack London Square, to celebrate the A’s 50th Anniversary in Oakland. Food trucks served free food for the enthusiastic crowd, who enjoyed live music. A’s players mingled with fans and signed autographs, kids had pictures with clowns and the fiesta was on!

At The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame booth, A’s newly acquired reliever, Yusmeiro Petit, signed autographs for about 40 minutes. He also posed with fans and their families for photographs.

“Estoy muy contento de estar de vuelta en California. Translation: “I am very happy I am back in California,” the 33 year old Venezuelan right handed told me. Many fans that got his signature at the Hispanic Baseball Museum booth remember him with the Giants across the Bay Area, where he was an excellent reliever and a part-time starter from 2012 to 2015.

I asked Yusmeiro if he was surprised that the Angels did not keep him (last year in 60 relief appearances he had a 2.73 ERA and was the most dependable reliever for Mike Sciocia’s team). “Esto es un negocio, tu sabes. Translation: “You know, this is a business.” Petit brings experience to the team’s pitching which is a welcome site on a relatively young pitching staff. He was happy and poised to meet with A’s fans this Saturday. He was also anxious to report to Spring Training in Mesa, Arizona, by mid-February.

Note: All autographs were signed with free pens from KIQI 1010/990 AM Radio, the home of the A’s Spanish Broadcast Network.

Great ambiance permeated the event, as old colorful characters we know at the Coliseum like “Banjo Man” was playing as well as “Swinging A’s Ragtime Band.” It was held next door to the spectacular new front offices of the Oakland A’s. The place was rocking on a perfect sunny morning/afternoon.

A’s President Dave Kaval came over to our booth, like he did last season, and was “taking it all in.” He faces some challenges after the Laney College location (his No. 1 favorite) for the proposed new park didn’t materialized. But he is a determined and optimist young man with a plan that will succeed in this endeavor, even in the very complicated and competitive Bay Area thoughts when it comes to building new baseball facilities.

The players were wearing their new Green and Gold jerseys, which they will wear on Friday home games with the 50th anniversary patch on the shoulder. Dallas “El Perfecto” Braden was taking pictures around our booth. I call him “El Perfecto” because on Mother’s Day (May 9, 2010), he pitched a perfect game at the Oakland Coliseum against the Tampa Bay Rays. Dallas is the new A’s television analyst, taking the place of Mark Mulder, and he is always pumped up.

It was a great afternoon for all at Jack London Square. I spoke with a gentleman who was at the Oakland Coliseum for the first ever game in Oakland in 1968. I also talked to some other baseball veteranos like my good friend Adalberto “Ucho” Lopez, who was here in 1968 and was part of the great tradition of Major League Baseball in Oakland, California. They were happy to see the four World Series trophies. I spoke with many of my friends that for years have been with the A’s Booster Club. It was a fun day at Oakland! It was a truly a Grand Slam event!

See you in Spring Training!

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Vice President of the Major League Baseball Hispanic Heritage Museum and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsadioservice.com

Kings Press Row Podcast for January 27, 2018: the losing streak is over & trade rumors run wild!

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hosts Charlie O & Jordan “Chape” Chapin

  • The Kings love playing in Florida as they win two in a row in the Sunshine State

  • Every NBA rumor site in the world has George Hill going to the Cleveland Cavaliers

  • If Hill goes to the Cavs, the Kings could wind up with Iman Shumpert through the 2019 season. Is that worth the trade?

  • It looks like the Hill trade could mean that Skal Labissiere or Malachi Richardson could be on their way out of Sacramento. Is that worth the dollar savings of off-loading Hill?

  • Can the Kings off-load Shumpert during off-season before the start of the 2018-19 campaign?

  • Is it too soon to give up on Labissiere?

Charlie O and Jordan “Chape” Chapin talk all things Kings in this week’s edition of the King’s Press Row Podcast.

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Pac-12 Hoops: Bruins Roll Past the Cardinal 89-73

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By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Saturday, January 27, 2018

The UCLA Bruins, behind the one-two offensive punch of Aaron Holiday and Kris Wilkes, cruised to an 89-73 Pac-12 men’s basketball victory over the Stanford Cardinal at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.

Holiday led the Bruins (15-7 overall, 6-4 Pac-12) with 21 points and Wilkes added 18. Thomas Welsh, who suffered a knee injury in UCLA’s win over California on Thursday, was back in the starting lineup and produced 12 points and 10 rebounds. Bruins point guard Jaylen Hands added nine points and 10 assists.

Daejon Davis paced the Cardinal (11-11, 5-4) with 23 points, 10 assists and four rebounds. Dorian Pickens scored 16 points, Michael Humphrey had 12 points, and Reid Travis led Stanford with seven rebounds while scoring 11 points.

Davis has scored a combined 45 points against UCLA this season. He posted 22 points in the Cardinal’s first meeting with the Bruins.

After winning five of its first six conference games, Stanford lost its third straight Pac-12 contest.

The Bruins took a 38-27 lead in the first half, sparked by a 14-0 run that included seven points from Holiday. After the halftime break, UCLA built a 22-point lead with 11:40 remaining, doing most of the damage in transition.

UCLA outshot the Cardinal 53 percent to 46 percent, and made 53 percent of its 3-point attempts. The Bruins also sank 92 percent of its free throws, and held a 33-28 rebounding edge.

The loss squares the regular season series between the two schools. Earlier, on Jan. 4, the Bruins lost to Stanford in double-overtime. UCLA has won its last 12 home games against the Cardinal.

Up Next: Stanford returns home this week for home games against the Oregon schools, hosting Oregon State on Thursday at Maples Pavilion. Tip-off is at 8 p.m.

Curry scores 49, Warriors win a thriller over Celtics 109-105

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By Jerry Feitelberg

OAKLAND, Calif. — The game was billed as a preview of a possible NBA Finals series between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics.

The Warriors lost to the Celtics by four points last November and Golden State knew that they would be in a dogfight against Boston Saturday evening. The Celtics came into Oracle Arena with a lot of confidence as they beat the Warriors in Oakland the past two seasons. Celtics coach Brad Stevens had his team playing great defense, and they are ranked No. 1 in that department in the NBA. The Warriors, however, are not too shabby in that department. They also knew how to play defense, showing their abilities it in the second and third quarters of the game. It was touch and go all night long, but the Warriors came up with the clutch plays when needed, and they beat the Celtics 109-105.

The Celtics–behind a strong offensive performance by Kyrie Irving–outscored the Warriors 37-27 in the first 12 minutes of play. Irving scored 14 points in just nine minutes of action. He was 5-for-5 from the floor, and he knocked down two 3-point shots. The Warriors tied the game at 10, but the Celtics went on an 8-0 run and kept the Warriors at bay.  Former Cal standout, Jaylen Brown, scored 14 in the quarter. Stephen Curry led the Warriors with 13.

The Warriors played defense in the second period as they held the Celtics to just 17 points. The Warriors tallied 23 and cut the deficit to four as they trailed 54-50 at the end of the first half. Curry led the Warriors with 16, and Kevin Durant scored 11. Kyrie Irving led the Celtics with 19.

The Warriors got it going in the third quarter as they have done so many times this year. They continued to play great defense, and the offense perked up as they outscored Boston 30-19 and finished the period leading 80-73.

The Celtics, the best team in the Eastern Conference, showed the Warriors and the fans in Oracle Arena why they are the best in the East. Irving made a 3-pointer to make it a one-point game (90-89). Curry made a bucket, but the Celtics took the lead (93-92). The game was tied at 95 with just 2:36 to play. Steph hit a three and followed with a layup with 1:08 left to put the Warriors up by five. The Celtics’ Terry Rozier hit a trey to make it 105-104 with 7.7 seconds left on the clock. The Celtics fouled Curry, and he hit two free throws. The Celtics could not convert, so they fouled Curry again, and he iced the game by making the two free throws. The Warriors won 109-105 over a very tough and determined Celtics team.

Game Notes and Stats: Curry was the star of the game. He scored 49 points, and the fans were chanting “MVP, MVP” many times throughout the game. He scored 13 points in the last 1:32 of the game.

Draymond Green had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Also, he blocked three shots.

Durant had 20.

Klay Thompson scored just seven points, but he played a fantastic game on defense. The Warriors shot 45.2% from the floor, and they were 10-for-27 from three-point range. They also had six steals and nine blocks on defense.

Boston was led by Kyrie Irving’s 37 points. Jaylen Brown recorded 20 and Marcus Morris–coming off the bench–scored 12.

With the win, the Warriors are now 40-10 for the season, and Boston drops to 35-15.

Up Next: The Warriors will take on the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City Tuesday night.

Barracuda split weekend series with 5-1 win over Rampage; enter AHL All-Star break on positive note

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By: Ana Kieu

The San Jose Barracuda played in their final game before the AHL All-Star break against the San Antonio Rampage Saturday night at the AT&T Center. Prior to the minor league hockey matchup, San Jose was on a two-game losing skid, while San Antonio shutout the road team 3-0 the night before.

The Barracuda jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on Rudolfs Balcers’ goal. Assists were provided by Tim Clifton and Radim Simek.

San Antonio received an elbowing call, which gave San Jose their first power play of the game. Then, Barracuda’s Jon Martin had a heated moment and went to the box for roughing alongside Rampage’s Andrew Agozzino. After the penalties expired, the game reverted back to 5-on-5 hockey.

The Barracuda played a solid first period and headed into the intermission with a 1-0 lead over the Rampage.

San Jose grabbed an early 2-0 lead to start the second period, thanks to Jacob Middleton. Assists were provided by Balcers and Nick DeSimone.

The Barracuda didn’t just stop there. Just a little less than five minutes later, Emerson Clark scored a goal to give San Jose a 3-0 lead.

The Rampage almost got a goal, but they got a slashing call first. No goal for San Antonio. The Barracuda held onto a 3-0 lead midway through the period.

The Barracuda then went on a few power plays following a few penalties committed by the Rampage. San Jose was able to capitalize on one of those power plays as Cavan Fitzgerald snapped a shot into the net during the 4-on-3 man advantage to make it a 4-0 game.

The Barracuda carried a 4-0 lead to the locker room after two periods of play.

Barracuda’s Brandon Bollig got a holding call early in the third period and San Jose headed to the penalty kill for the first time tonight. Balcers then struck again for his second goal of the game and third overall point for a 5-0 lead. Assists were provided by O’Regan and DeSimone.

The Barracuda’s perfect lead was eventually snapped by the Rampage. Andre Mironov apparently said “no shutout in my house” as he fired the puck past Parker Gahagen to reduce the deficit to 5-1 late in the game.

After being blanked last night, the Barracuda got revenge in tonight’s match against the Rampage with a 5-1 win.

Notes
3 stars of the game
1. Rudolfs Balcers
2. Jake Middleton
3. Antoine Bibeau

Barracuda’s starting lineup: Rudolfs Balcers, Danny O’Regan, John McCarthy, Jacob Middleton, Nick DeSimone and Antoine Bibeau.

Up Next
The Barracuda return to action as they take on the Stockton Heat on February 2 at 7 pm PT.