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San Jose Barracuda forward Egor Afanasyev (#11) skates with the puck along with his teammate defenseman Braden Hache (#86) while Texas Stars defenseman Tristian Bertucci (#3) defends in his own zone at Tech CU Arena on Tuesday MAR 31, 2026. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — The Texas Stars scored two quick goals to open the third period as they defeated the San Jose Barracuda 2-1 on Tuesday evening at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose has lost four games in a row. Texas is .500 in its past four games.

San Jose (38-22-2-2-80 points) dominated play in the first period. Despite recording 12 shots in first 10 minutes of the period, none of them resulted in goals as Stars goalie Remi Poirier was perfect between the pipes to start the game.

Cuda goalie Laurent Brossoit had an uneventful opening 20 minutes as Texas (33-27-3-1-70 points) registered just five shots on goal.

The Barracuda drew first blood early in the second period. Filip Bystedt scored his 19th goal of the season when he beat Poirier with a quick wrist shot at the 5:37 mark. Lucas Carlsson set up Bystedt from the left wing with a centering pass for his 14th assist of the season. Bystedt leads the team with 51 points on the season as his extended his points streak to three games.

Texas evened the game early in the third period with an even strength goal. Cross Hanas gathered the rebound off a Matthew Seminoff shot and buried it beyond the reach of Brossoit for his 14th goal of the season at the 1:24 mark.

Then 16 seconds later on the next shift, Dylan Hryckowian rifled home a slap shot past Brossoit from the right wing for his first goal of the season. Ayrton Martino and Micheal Karow received helpers on the play.

Poirier (23-17-4) had one of his best games of the season stopping 43 of the 44 shots he faced to earn his 23rd win of the season. Brossoit (14-7-1) suffered just his seventh loss of the season as he made 32 saves on 34 shots.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 0-for-4 on the power play. Texas went 0-for-2.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Poirier 2) Brossoit 3) Hryckowian.

UP NEXT: San Jose continues its four-game homestand with a two-game weekend series with the Colorado Eagles on Friday April 3rd at 7:00pm at Tech CU Arena.

The San Jose Barracuda had no problem taking the down the Coachella Valley Firebirds in a 5-1 win at Tech CU Arena on Wednesday MAR 18, 2026. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — The San Jose Barracuda gave the school kids a lot to cheer about on a Wednesday morning.

San Jose scored five unanswered from five different goal scorers as they dominated the Coachella Valley Firebirds in a 5-1 victory during the annual Cuda Classroom Day at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose snapped its two-game losing streak after not earning a point in Tucson this past weekend. Coachella Valley had its four-game winning streak stopped.

The Barracuda jumped out to a quick start with a power play goal early in the first period. Egor Afansyev scored his 12th goal of the season at the 3:36 mark. Oliver Wahlstrom and Quentin Musty recorded assists.

Colin White scored San Jose’s second power play goal of the game to start the second period. Wahlstrom picked up his second help on White’s 13th goal of the season at the 2:52 mark. Luca Cagnoni received the secondary assist.

Kasper Halttunen helped give the Cuda a nice cushion right before intermission when he scored his 12th goal of the season at the 17:31 mark. Patrick Giles and Donovon Houle picked up helpers on the play.

San Jose put the game away with two goals in the first six minutes of the third period. Some fourth line magic opened up the period with an even strength goal. Brendan Hoffmann scored his third goal of the season at the 2:59 mark. Anthony Vincent and Lucas Vanroboys helped set up Hoffmann’s goal.

Then Vanroboys scored the fifth unanswered goal for the Cuda at the 6:00 minute mark with his second goal of the year. Giles picked up his second assist of the game while Jet Woo recorded his first point in a Barracuda uniform receiving the secondary assist.

J.R Avon spoiled Cuda goalie Gabriel Carriere’s shutout bid late in the period when he scored his seventh goal of the season a the 12:54 mark.

Carriere finished the game stopping 29 of the 30 shots he faced to earn the win. Firebirds goalie Nikke Kokko made 32 saves on 37 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose was 2-for-4 on the power play. Coachella Vally went 0-for-5.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) White 2) Vanroboys 3) Giles.

UP NEXT: San Jose opens a two-game weekend series with the Abbotsford Canucks on Saturday at 6:00pm at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose forward Anthony Vincent (#76) is mobbed by his teammates after his first period goal that led to a 4-1 win over the San Diego Gulls at Tech CU Arena on Wednesday MAR 11, 2026. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — The San Jose Barracuda continued its dominance over the San Diego Gull as they defeated their Pacific Division rival in a 4-1 victory on Wednesday evening at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose has won four games in a row and has tied the Colorado Eagles for second place in the Pacific Division with 74 points. They are 5-2 against the Gulls this season. San Diego has lost four games in a row/snapped its three-game losing streak.

Barracuda defenseman Jet Woo made his debut for San Jose. Woo was acquired back on March 5th, a day before the NHL Trade Deadline when the San Jose Sharks traded fellow defenseman Jack Thompson to the Vancouver Canucks. Woo drew a holding penalty on Yegorov Sidorov early in the first period.

An entertaining first period featured quality scoring chances by both teams, but no goals on the scoreboard as both Cuda goalie Laurent Brossoit Gulls goalie Calle Clang kept the puck from crossing the goal line. Clang stopped Jimmy Huntington on a breakaway opportunity at the 12:40 mark. Then Brossoit stopped Justin Bailey on a breakaway attempt at the 16:33 mark as both shooters tried to beat the goaltender through the five-hole.

Brossoit received some help from his defenseman Luca Cagnoni late in the opening frame when a one-timer from Tyson Hinds at the 17:43 mark trickled behind Brossoit in the crease only to have Cagnoni sweep it away out of danger.

San Jose (35-16-2-2-74 points) had a slight edge in shots in the opening 20 minutes out shooting San Diego (25-19-8-4-62 points) 15-13.

The Cuda drew first blood early in the second period. Cagnoni found Anthony Vincent in the neutral zone. Vincent skated in from the left wing into the middle of the ice before beating Clang with a wrist shot for his eighth goal of the season at the 3:49 mark. Patrick Giles, who provided a nice screen in front of the crease, received the secondary assist.

San Jose doubled its lead exactly two minutes later. Filip Bystedt’s wrist shot from the between the faceoff circles was initially stopped by Clang. Oliver Wahlstrom putted home the rebound reaching behind Clang with a backhander for his team leading 22nd goal of the season.

San Diego responded 58 seconds later. Ryan Carpentar found Tristen Luneau up at the right point. Luneau blasted a slapshot past Brossoit for his sixth goal of the season at the 6:47 mark. Luneau extended his point streak to four games.

The Barracuda regained their two-goal lead with a short-handed goal late in the middle frame. Anthony Vincent led a counterattack up the ice. Vincent skated in as he tried to outwait Clang, but Clang stopped Vincent’s wrist shot only to have Huntington clean up the rebound into an open net for his 13th goal of the season at the 14:20 mark.

Bystedt completed the scoring with an empty net goal, his 16th of the season, when he banked the puck off the boards inside his own zone. The puck ended up making it all the way into the back of the net despite the desperate sliding effort of Stian Solberg trying to swipe the puck away at the last second.

Brossoit (14-5-1) stopped 33 of the 34 shots he faced to earn his 14th win of the season. Clang (14-5-6-2) made 28 saves on 31 shots in the losing effort.

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

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Vincent 2) Wahlstrom 3) Brossoit.

UP NEXT: San Jose travels back on the road for a two-game weekend series with the Tucson Roadrunners on Saturday March 14th at 6:00pm at Tucson Convention Center Arena.