San Jose Barracuda vs San Diego Gulls on Saturday October 3rd at Tech CU Arena (via sjbarracuda)
By Madison Montez
SAN JOSE–It was not the ideal home opener at Tech CU for the San Jose Barracuda as they got trounced by the San Diego Gulls in the first game in San Jose 5-1.
San Diego opened the scoring, 15:39 into the second period. James Hablin scored his first of the year, Stian Solberg recording the primary assist while Nico Myatovic recorded the secondary assist. San Diego extended that lead to 2-0 when they took advantage of their powerplay opportunity. Matthew Phillips notched his first of the year, Stian Solberg recording his second assist of the night.
San Diego extended that 2-0 lead even further to 3-0. They scored their second powerplay goal of the night, Roger McQueen scoring his first of the season. Former Barracuda Ryan Carpenter recorded the primary assist while Sean Farrell recorded the secondary assist. San Diego did not let the foot off the pedal, Nico Mytatovic scored his first of the season. Matthew Phillips recorded the primary assist while James Hamblin recorded the secondary assist.
San Jose avoided the shutout with Ethan Cardwell scoring his first of the season. Anthony Vincent recording the primary assist while goalie Eric Comrie recorded the secondary. Right after, San Diego sealed the win scoring an empty-netter, Stian Solberg scoring his first of the season.
After the first period, San Diego outshot San Jose sixteen to five. After the second period, shots were nine a piece. After the third period, San Jose outshot San Diego sixteen to eight. To end the game San Diego outshot San Jose 33 to 30.
Both teams Saturday night had opportunities to shine in their speciality teams but only San Diego was able to capitalize. San Jose went 0/1on the powerplay while San Diego went 2/4.
Saturday night’s goalie matchup was Eric Comrie for San Jose vs former Barracuda Laurent Brossoit. Recording Saturday night’s win, Laurent Brossoit made 29 saves 30 on shots. Recording tonights loss, Eric Comrie 28 made 32 saves on shots.
Three stars of the game:
- James Hamblin
- Stian Solberg
- Matthew Phillips
The Barracuda will be back in action Sunday, wrapping up the first series of the season. They will host the San Diego Gulls again at 3pm at Tech CU Arena.
