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Barracuda win 4-3 in overtime fashion

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San Jose Barracuda vs Abbotsford Canucks on Saturday November 22nd at Tech CU Arena (via sjbarracuda/x)

By Madison Montez

Similar to San Jose’s last game, special teams played an important part in San Jose’s 4-3 win. Abbotsford got on the board first taking advantage of their first powerplay opportunity. Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored his first powerplay goal of the season to give Abbotsford the 1-0 lead.

Two minutes into the second period, Oliver Wahlstrom scored his third powerplay goal of the season to tie the game at 1. Seven minutes later, he scored another powerplay goal to give San Jose their first lead of the game.

Igor Chernyshov added to that lead scoring a shorthanded goal 6 minutes into the third period after Jack Thompson took a two minute penalty for tripping. Vilmer Alriksson cut the lead to 3-2 scoring his first powerplay goal of the season. Kirill Kudrayavtsev tied the game at 3-3 scoring his first goal of the season sending the game into overtime.

A minute and 11 seconds into OT, Filip Bystedt became the hero scoring his third goal of the season to secure the 4-3 win for San Jose.

There were lots of players in the box in last night’s game which gave many opportunities to show off their special teams. Abbotsford had four opportunities, taking advantage of two while San Jose had five opportunities, taking advantage of two.

Last night’s goalie matchup was Gabriel Carriere versus Nikita Tolopito. Carriere who recorded the win, making 17 saves on 20 shots, now has a record of 4-3-2-0. Tolopito who recorded the loss, making 31 saves on 35 shots, now has a record of 1-3-1-0.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Igor Cherynoshov
  2. Filip Bystedt
  3. Kirill Kudryavstev

The Barracuda will be back in action on Wednesday November 26th , hosting the Calgary Wranglers for a one game series. The last time these two teams faced off was on Saturday November 1st when San Jose won 4-1.

Barracuda win 5-3 against Canucks

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San Jose Barracuda vs Abbotsford Canucks on Friday November 21st at Tech CU Arena (via sjbarracuda/x)

By Madison Montez

Special teams were put on full display on Friday night with the first goal of the game being a powerplay goal in San Jose’s 5-3 win. San Jose was the first to get on the board with Oliver Wahlstrom scoring his second powerplay goal of the season. Three minutes later, scored his first powerplay goal and the Barracuda were up 2-0.

A minute into the second period, Abbotsford’s Ben Berard cut the San Jose lead in half and scored to put his team on the board with his third powerplay goal of the season. Ty Mueller tied the game at 2-2 with his 3rd powerplay goal of the season. Abbotsford got their first lead of the game when Chase Wouters scored his first of the season at 8:25 into the third period.

Pavol Regenda tied the game at 3-3 when he scored his second goal of the season, 6:18 into the third period. Igor Cherynoshov gave San Jose their lead back when he scored his 7th goal of the season. Pavol Regenda put the cherry on top scoring an empty net for his second goal of the night, securing the 5-3 win.

Both teams had a shot at showing off their special teams in the game and both teams took advantage. Abbotsford fully took advantage going 2-2 while San Jose went 2-3. Coming into the game, Abbotsford was third in the AHL on the powerplay while San Jose was second, meaning both teams have a pretty strong powerplay. On the other side, Abbotsford was second to last on the PK and San Jose was last, meaning both team’s penalty kills aren’t their strong sides.

For San Jose, Jakub Skarek got the start. Recording the win making 19 saves on 22 shots, his record now moves to 6-2-1. For Abbotsford, Nikita Tolopilo got the start. Recording the loss making 28 saves on 32 shots, his record now moves to 1-3-0.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Pavol Regenda
  2. Ben Berard
  3. Luca Cagnoni

The Barracuda will be back in action on Saturday November 22nd, hosting the Abbotsford Canucks again at home ice at 7pm.

Barracuda’s Musty scores overtime winner in 5-4 win

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San Jose Barracuda vs San Diego Gulls on Wednesday November 19th at Pechanga Arena (via sjbarracuda/x)

By Madison Montez

The San Jose Barracuda edged the San Diego Gulls 5-4 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. San Diego struck first, Matthew Phillips made a knee pass to Stian Solberg, Solberg scores his first of the season. After a backdoor pass by Ethan Cardwell, Colin White tied the game at 1-1 a piece for his fifth goal of the season.

San Jose won a stick battle going into San Diego’s zone and Oliver Wahlstrom gave San Jose their first lead of the game. Former Barracuda Justin Bailey tied the game for San Jose with a quick shot after the pass from Sasha Pastujov.

After puck movement and a loose puck, Ethan Cardwell scored to give San Jose their lead back. A minute later, Quentin Musty extended the Barracuda’s lead to two.

Sasha Pastujov made it a one goal game 39 seconds into the third period, scoring his second powerplay goal of the season. With six minutes left in the game, San Diego tied the game at four after putting pressure in San Jose’s zone. Judd Caulfield deflected the shot to score his seventh goal of the season.

Two minutes into overtime, Quentin Musty was the hero scoring his second of the night to secure the Barracuda 5-4 win.

The score being as close as it was, the shots on goals were also pretty even and close. After the first period, San Jose and San Diego both shot seven. After the second period, San Jose outshot San Diego 11-8. And to end the game, San Diego outshot San Jose 11-4.

Both teams had a shot to show off their special teams in Wednesday night’s game. San Jose went to the box four times while San Diego only went to the box two times, San Diego was able to capitalize on their powerplay. San Jose came in fourth on the powerplay and last on the penalty kill. San Diego came in last on the powerplay and second on the penalty kill.

The goalie matchup in Wednesday night’s game was Gabriel Carriere for San Jose and Ville Husso for San Diego. Carriere was coming off of an overtime loss against the Abbotsford Canucks while Husso was coming off of a 17 save shutout against the Abbotsford Canucks.

Carriere, making 21 saves on 25 shots recorded the loss, his record now moves to 3-3-2. On the other side, Husso, who made 18 saves on 22 shots recorded the loss and his record is now 6-5-1.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Quentin Musty
  2. Sasha Pastujov
  3. Stian Solberg.

The Barracuda will be back in action on Friday November 21st, hosting the Abbotsford Canucks. The last time these two teams faced off was on November 12th in Abbotsford when Carriere recorded the loss in overtime 4-3.

Skarek blocks Canucks in 7-0 win

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San Jose Barracuda vs Abbotsford Canucks on Tuesday November 11th at Abbotsford Centre (via abbycanucks/x)

By Madison Montez

San Jose struck first scoring eight minutes into the first period courtesy of Patrick Giles. San Jose got on the board again when Zack Ostapchuk scored in his first game back with the Barracuda after getting sent down from the Sharks. Pavol Regenda registered the main assist, his second of the night.

They did not take the foot off the gas pedal when Lucas Carlsson scored his second of the season, three minutes into the second, to make it now 3-0. To add to the lead, Patrick Giles scored his second of the night, Vincent Iorio, who is on loan from the Sharks, registered the main assist, now 4-0.

Igor Cherynoshov scored his fourth of the season to advance the score to 5-0. 8 minutes into the third, Igor Cherynoshov scored his second of the night, now making it 6-0. To complete the hat trick, Cherynoshov scored his third of the game to absolutely seal the win.

Both goalies faced a good amount of shots. After the first period, Abbotsford outshot San Jose 12 to 11. After the second period, San Jose heavily outshot Abbotsford 10 to 5. After the game, San Jose outshot Abbotsford 36-27.

Both teams had the chance to show their special teams in tonight’s game. San Jose came into the game third on the powerplay with a 26.2% and last on the penalty kill with a 69.0%. For Abbotsford, they came into the game 4th on the powerplay with a 23.7% and 8th on the penalty kill with a 72.5%. San Jose went to the box twice and Abbotsford went 0-2 on the PP. Abbotsford also went to the box twice and San Jose went 1-2 on the powerplay.

Jakub Skarek, who has been good for the Barracuda so far, got the start for San Jose. Skarek making 27 saves on 27 shots, recorded the win. While Ty Young who made 16 saves on 21 shots, recorded the loss.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Igor Cherynoshov
  2. Jakub Skarek
  3. Patrick Giles

The Barracuda will be back in action Wednesday night at 7pm against this same Abbotsford Canucks team. Gabriel Carriere and Jonathan Lemeieux are expected to get the start in Wednesday’s game.

Poturalski sets franchise record in 6-3 loss to Tucson

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San Jose Barracuda vs Tuscon Roadrunners on Saturday March 15th at Tucson Convention Center Arena (via Will MacNeil)

By Madison Montez

Coming into Saturday night’s game, the Barracuda looked to get back in the win column coming off of a 5-4 overtime against the Abbotsford Canucks on March 8th. In the loss, Jimmy Schuldt, Pavol Regenda, and Colin White all registered goals. Getting back in the win column the Barracuda were able to do some rebounding with some aggressive offense with a 6-3 win over the Tucson Roadrunners on Saturday night.

San Jose played without the hot streak of Thomas Bordeleau. Bordeleau was in warm-ups but had an aggravated lower body. The Barracuda will be playing without one of their top five goal scorers.

Carl Berglund, who was acquired via the Jake Walman trade, drew in making his San Jose debut. Previous to this, Berglund was with the Bakersfield Condors where he had two goals and ten assists through 45 games played.

Tucson opened up the scoring at 7:30 of the first period. Curtis Douglas extended his goal streak to three, scoring his sixth of the season. Ryan McGregor and Max Szuber registering the assists. The Roadrunners extended their lead at 10:04 when their captain Agozzino scored his 15th of the season. Robbie Russo and Sammy Walker registering the assists.

On an Andrew Poturalski tripping penalty, the fifth ranked power-play team were given their second opportunity. Andrew Agozzino scored his 6th power-play goal of the season, his second goal of the night. Kailer Yamamoto and Max Szuber registering the assists. Agozzino and Szuber both with their second points of the night.

San Jose didn’t back down without putting up a fight. Colin White scored early at 1:35 of the second. Danil Guschin and Pavol Regenda registering the assists. White extending his point streak to two, Guschin extending his point streak to three and Regenda extending his point streak to two.

Tucson extended their lead again when Andrew Agozzino completed the hat-trick, scoring his third goal, also his second power play goal of the night. With the Agozzino hat-trick, San Jose has now given up five hat-tricks this season. Max Szuber and Ben McCartney registering the assists. Szuber assisted on three of Tucson’s four goals.

San Jose showed life when they scored their 51st power-play of the season, remaining the top ranked power-play team in the division. Andrew Poturalski scored his tenth power-play goal of the season. Not only does Poturalski lead the AHL in points but he now has set a franchise record for points in a single season (62). Danil Guschin and Luca Cagnoni registering the assists. Guschin with his second point of the night.

Cutting back into Tucson’s lead, San Jose scored their second power-play goal of the night scored by Rem Pitlick. Danil Guschin and Luca Cagnoni registering the assists. Guschin’s third assist and Cagnoni’s second of the night.

With 44.1 seconds left, Yamamoto sealed the win for the Roadrunners scoring an empty net goal.

20 seconds later, Ben McCartney scored another empty net goal to make it a 6-3 final.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Andrew Agozzino
  • 2. Max Szuber
  • 3. Curtis Douglas

The Barracuda will be back in action tomorrow against the Roadrunners once again. San Jose is now 1-2-0 against Tuscon this season.

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda looking for weekend win in Tucson on Saturday night

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It was a physical game between the Abbotsford Canucks left wing Arshdeep Bains (13), San Jose Barracuda forward Scott Sabourin (49), Kirsten Welsh linesperson (10) squeezed in the mix, and Canucks defenseman Christian Wolanin (86), at Abbotsford Arena in Abbotsford BC Sat Mar 8, 2025 (photo by San Jose Barracuda)

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Saturday the San Jose Barracuda’s (29-30-4-3) Colin White scored twice but couldn’t get San Jose to seal the deal against the Abbotsford Canucks (29-23-2-1) in a game that resulted in a 5-4 loss at Abbotsford Centre.

#2 It was a tough loss for the Barracuda as they attacked early scoring the first two goals of the game with Jimmy Schuudlt and Pavol Regenda to open the game with a 2-0 lead after the first period.

#3 The Canucks in the second period started to make a move scoring two. The Canucks Max Sasson scored at 1:19, the Barracuda’s Colin White would answer back with a goal at 5:27, and the Canucks cut the Barracuda lead to 3-2 when Danila Klimovich scored at 9:06 to end the second period.

#4 Third period the Tristen Nielsen scored at 3:52 to tie up it up 3-3 for the Canucks. White would score again for the Barracuda to take a brief lead again at 4-3 at 5:27. Then there’s Linus Karlsson who tied the game up once again 4-4 at 17:22. The game went into overtime and Karlsson struck again scoring his second goal of the game for the game winner at 3:09 in a 5-4 Canucks win.

#5 It’s off to Tucson on Sat Mar 15 at 7:00pm PDT and the Tucson Roadrunners 27-23-3-2 seventh in the Pacific Division. The Barracuda are catching the Roadrunners during a hot spell who have won six of their last ten games. The Barracuda have won four of their last ten games and are fifth in the Pacific at 29-20-4-3. How do you see this match up on Saturday night at the Tucson Convention Arena.

Marko Ukalovic is a San Jose Barracuda beat writer and podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Barracuda shutout Canucks 3-0, 2nd period frenzy

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San Jose Barracuda vs Abbotsford Canucks at Abbotsford Centre on Friday March 7th (via abbycanucks/x)

By Madison Montez

Prior to Friday’s game, it was announced that a trade occurred. The San Jose Barracuda lost one of their longest players, Tristen Robins.

Robins was apart of a trade that sent him, the San Jose Sharks Fabian Zetterlund, and a 2025 fourth round pick to the Ottawa Senators. In exchange, San Jose received forward Noah Gregor, forward Zack Ostapchuk and a 2025 second round pick.

On the ice the Barracuda shutout the Abbottsford Canucks in Abbottsford 3-0. Barracuda goalie Gabriel Carriere stopped all 35 Canucks shots for the shutout.

San Jose opened up the scoring at 4:16 of the second when Thomas Bordeleau scored his fourth power play goal of the season. Lucas Carlsson and Ethan Cardwell registering the assists. At 8:30, San Jose struck again with Danil Guschin scoring his ninth power play goal of the season. Luca Cagnoni and Rem Pitlick registering the assists.

Three minutes later, Walker Duehr scored his second goal in his second game, unassisted to seal the win. Duehr is only in his second game with the Barracuda and has shown what he can bring to the table.

Earlier Friday, Gabriel Carriere signed a two-way NHL contract and on that same day, he recorded his first shutout in the American Hockey League. It was announced that Georgi Romanov will not be available for AHL playoffs since he is currently on the Sharks roster. This means that Carriere is set to be the backup of Yaroslav Askarov when playoffs roll around.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Gabriel Carriere, 35 SVs on 35 SH
  • 2. Thomas Bordeleau, 1G
  • 3. Nikita Tolopilo, 21 SVs on 24 SH

The Barracuda will be back in action Saturday against the Canucks, looking to sweep the series.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Cuda hit the road against Canucks for two game set in Abbottsford

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San Jose Barracuda goaltender Aaron Dell stopped 51 shots and allowed five goals. Dell was busy all day in the Barracuda battle against the Bakersfield Condors at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield on Sun Jan 12, 2025 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

San Jose Barracuida podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda earned a point in their overtime loss to the Bakersfield Condors 5-4 at Mechanics Bank in Bakersfield on Saturday night.

#2 The Barracuda Brandon Coe scored his second goal of the season at 18:32 with assists from Joey Keane and Thomas Bordeleau to take a 1-0 lead.

#3 All the scoring took place in the second period with the Condors Jayden Grubbe scoring at 3:45, the Barracuda would answer back with three goals from Anthony Vincent at 11:02, Scott Sabourin at 11:44, and Ethan Cardwell at 16:20. with the score 3-2 the Condors would make it 4-2 when Conner Carrick at 19:25 scored.

#4 In the third period the Condors would score two unanswered goals to force overtime when Cameron Wright scored at 6:32 and at 7:28 Drake Caggiula to make it 4-4. In overtime at 2:45 the Condors Carrick scored the game winning goal for the 5-4 victory.

#5 The Barracuda are back in British Columbia for a battle with the Abbottsford Canucks Sat Jan 18th a 7:00pm PST puck drop its the first of a two game series. The Canucks are seventh in the Pacific Division at 16-15-1-1 and have won four of their last ten games. How do you see this match up this coming weekend.

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

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

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

On the San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Barracuda blow out Canucks on the road 7-2

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda Twitter. Barracuda players celebrate a goal against the Canucks on February 20th.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

The second game in a row against the Canucks ended up being a blow out for the Barracuda on the road by a final score of 7-2.

For San Jose Strauss Mann got the start in goal while Spencer Martin started for the Canucks.

Barracuda’s offense got off to a hot start in this game as less than six minutes in William Eklund on a breakaway scored his 16th goal of the season.

Not long after the goal Abbotsford took a tripping penalty that lead to Eklund one-timing home his second geno of the night.

The offensive out pouring continued in the first as Artemi Kniazev sniped on blocker side taking San Jose’s lead to 3-0.

Yushiroh Hirano took a penalty once again putting San Jose on the power play and Kyle Criscuolo one-timed a pass home from Eklund stretching the Barracuda’s lead to four.

Eklund ended up finishing the first period with three points truly putting a highlight reel 20 minutes together.

Scoring in the second period didn’t take long to get going as just 2:56 into the period C.J. Suess scored on a beautiful feed from Tristen Robins.

A little after Suess’s goal the Canucks finally got a response from Tristen Nielsen who scored his 13th goal of the season.

Later in the second on a scramble out front Robins tucked it in tallying his 11th of the season.

That ended up being all of the scoring in the period with the shots finishing in favor of the Canucks at 25-22.

In the third period Abbotsford kicked things off as Kyle Rau banged home his 13th of the campaign.

Danil Gushchin responded making it 7-2 on a great effort as he wrapped the puck around and sniped it over Martin.

That ended up being the final goal of the game with the shots finishing in favor of the Canucks 39-34.

The three stars of the game were 1st: William Eklund 2nd: Strauss Mann 3rd: Tristen Robins

San Jose’s next game will be against the Ontario Reign on Friday at 7 p.m. on the road.