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Barracuda flip script against Wranglers in 4-1 win to end losing skid

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San Jose Barracuda players celebrate their 4-1 win over the Calgary Wranglers at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday NOV 5, 2023. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Mark Ukalovic

Dustin Wolf is human after all.

It was a game of firsts as the San Jose Barracuda defeated the Calgary 4-1 on Sunday afternoon at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

San Jose snapped its six-game losing streak while earning its first road win of the season. Calgary suffered its first regulation loss of the season and first loss at home.

Wolf, who was 12-0 against the Barracuda in his career, had his first defeat against the Sharks organization as he also had a win against the Sharks last season when he was on the Calgary Flames.

San Jose (2-4-3) drew first blood early in the first period with a four-on-four goal. Henry Thrun was credited with his first career goal. The rookie defenseman’s pass intended for Cole Cassels went off the skate of a Wranglers defenseman at the 6:50 mark. It was the first time the Barracuda have had a lead in the Saddledome since last season.

Calgary (6-1-1) despite outshooting San Jose 9-6 in the opening 20 minutes, weren’t able to capitalize on their power play opportunities when Brandon Coe went off for a double-minor for high sticking at the 6:33 mark.

The Wranglers once again dominated the shot clock in the second period (12-6) but the combo of the ‘Cuda defense and goalie Gregori Romanov kept the home team off the scoreboard in the middle frame. Romanov made a sprawling save on a point-blank chance by Adam Klapka at the 7:51 mark.

San Jose doubled its lead to start the third period with an even strength goal. Jacob Peterson found Danil Gushchin in the neutral zone. Gushchin skated in and beat Wolf top-shelf with a wrist shot for his team-leading fourth goal of the season at th 1:02 mark.

The Barracuda scored its third unanswered goal 58 seconds later. A Ozzy Weisblatt threw a shot toward the middle that was blocked. Tanner Kaspick picked up the loose puck and wired a wrist shot past Wolf for his second goal of the season.

Calgary spoiled Romanov’s first shutout bid when Mitch McClain scored his second goal of the season at the 18:04 mark.

Radim Simek completed the scoring with an empty net goal, his second goal of the season with 23 seconds left.

Romanov (2-0-2) finished with 34 saves on 35 shots to earn his second victory of the season. Wolf (5-1-0) made 14 saves on 17 shots in suffering his first lost of the season.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 0-for 3 on the power play. Calgary was 0-for-6.

The Three Stars of the Game were: 1) Romanov 2) Thrun 3) Kaspick.

UP NEXT: San Jose returns home to host the Charlote Checkers for a two-game series on Friday 11/10 at Tech CU Arena.

Wolf is stellar for Wranglers in 1-0 shutout win over Barracuda

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Calgary Wranglers forward Matt Coronato congratulates goalie Dustin Wolf on his team’s 1-0 victory over the San Jose Barracuda at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday NOV 3, 2023. (Calgary Wranglers)

by Marko Ukalovic

Dustin Wolf stopped all 27 shots he faced as he needed was one goal to preserve a Calgary Wranglers 1-0 shutout victory over the San Jose Barracuda on Friday afternoon at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Calgary have won five games in a row and remain unbeaten in regulation. San Jose has dropped six games in a row.

Matt Coronato broke the seal early in the first period with a do-it-yourself goal for Calgary (6-0-1-0). Coronato intercepted a clearing attempt by Henry Thrun at center ice. He skated inside the ‘Cuda zone before firing in a wrist shot past ‘Cuda goalie Magnus Chrona for his first goal of the season at the 4:07 mark of the first period. Rory Kerins was credited with the only assist on the play.

A spirited fight between Scott Sabourin and Alex Gallant at the 10:14 mark was the highlight of the opening 20 minutes. Calgary out shot San Jose 11-6 at the first intermission. Wolf stoned Thomas Bordeleau on a breakaway in the period.

San Jose (1-4-3-0) struggled on the power play despite having three opportunities, including a full two-minute five on three advantage to start the middle frame. Wolf and the Wranglers penalty kill held down the fort to keep the Barracuda off the scoreboard.

Calgary survived a late rush from San Jose late in the third period when they pulled Chrona for an extra attacker in the final minute of regulation.

Wolf (5-0-0) recorded his first shutout of the season, his eighth of his AHL career, and second against San Jose. Chrona (0-3-1), who had his strongest game of the young season, made 34 saves on 35 shots in suffering the tough luck loss.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 0-for-5 on the power play. Calgary was 0-for-4.

Wolf remained undefeated against San Jose as he improved his record to 12-0.

Chrona was called up by the San Jose Sharks after the game and will serve as the backup to Makenzie Blackwood in Saturday’s contest against the Pittsburgh Penguins at the SAP Center.

UP NEXT: San Jose and Calgary conclude their two-games series on Sunday at 11:00am at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Losing streak extends to five for Barracuda with overtime loss against Firebirds 5-4

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda. Nikita Okhotiuk warms up (taken on October 25th 2023).

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- The Barracuda battled the Firebirds on home ice and lost by a final of 5-4 in overtime.

In goal for the Barracuda was Georgi Romanov while for Coachella Valley Ales Stezka was in-between the pipes.

Breaking the ice in this one was Brandon Coe who scored on the power play just 1:32 into the game getting his fourth of the season.

It didn’t take long for San Jose to tack onto their lead as Patrick Bailey scored his fourth as well making it 2-0 less than five minutes in.

Coachella Valley would get a response from Kole Lind but Leon Gawanke scored for the Barracuda before the period ended making it 3-1.

At the end of the first the shots favored San Jose 14-5.

The second saw only the Firebirds score as Connor Carrick deposited the puck in the net at the 10:56 mark.

There was also two penalties in the period both against Coachella Valley though San Jose did not score on either.

The second ended with the shots in favor of San Jose still at 21-20.

In the third the Barracuda saw their lead evaporate as Ryan Winterton tied the game up at three. San Jose took the lead back less than five minutes later as Radim Simek scored his first of the campaign.

The Barracuda looked to hold on to their lead but were unable to as Andrew Poturalski scored on the power play forcing overtime.

In overtime Danil Gushchin took a high-sticking penalty and Coachella Valley took advantage as Shane Wright scored to end the game 5-4.

The power play for San Jose went 1/4 while Coachella Valley went 2/4.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Shane Wright 2nd: Danil Gushchin 3rd: Henry Thrun

San Jose will look to snap their losing streak against the Wranglers on the road at 12 p.m. on Friday.

Barracuda blown out at home by Firebirds 8-2

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda. Oskar Lindblom fires a shot on goal as players crash to the net (taken on 10/28/23).

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- The Barracuda opened up a weekend series against Coachella Valley with a loss by a final of 8-2.

Getting the start for San Jose was Magnus Chrona while for the Firebirds Chris Driedger was in between the pipes.

The goal-scoring was kicked off by Coachella Valley as 5:18 into the first Luke Henman scored his first goal of the season assisted by Andrew Poturalski and Kole Lind.

Then on Radim Simek’s second penalty of the period, the Firebird’s powerplay scored as Max McCormick got his first of the season.

With less than five minutes left in the first Coachella Valley tacked on to their lead with Ryker Evans getting the goal.

At the end of the first, the shots favored the Firebirds 19-10.

In the second the scoring got going quickly as just 1:09 in Shane Wright extended their lead to 4-0.

Later in the period, Jacob Melanson made it a five-goal lead, and then Marian Studenic followed that up with a goal before the second period ended.

At the end of the second, the shots favored Coachella Valley 29-18.

The third period saw San Jose swap goalies as Georgi Romanov was now in goal.

Getting his second of the game was McCormick in the third who made it 7-0 followed up by a shorthanded goal by Ryan Winterton for the Firebirds.

San Jose would not be shutout as Danil Gushchin scored his second of the season making it 8-1. The assists go to Nikita Okhotiuk and Valterri Pulli.

Gushchin was not done as he scored another one this time assisted by Leon Gawanke.

At the end of the game, the shots favored the Firebirds 39-35. San Jose’s powerplay went 0/2 while Coachella Valley’s went 1/3.

McCormick ended up having himself a game as he not only got two goals but also three assists.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Max McCormick 2nd: Chris Driedger 3rd: Danil Gushchin

The second of this weekend series will be played tomorrow in San Jose at 3 p.m.

Barracuda’s losing streak extends to three with an overtime loss against Henderson 4-3

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda. Adam Raska gets warmed up before the game.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

The Barracuda took on the Silver Knights for the third night in a row and suffered an overtime loss at home 4-3.

Getting the start in goal for San Jose was Georgi Romanov while Henderson had Jesper Vikman get the start.

It was a quick start for the Cuda offense as just 3:23 in Danil Gushchin scored his first goal of the season. Both Justin Bailey and Leon Gawanke got assists on the play.

The response from Henderson took some time but was decisive as Brendan Brisson scored his third on the campaign tying the game back up.

Before the first came to a close, San Jose found a way to break the tie as Ozzy Wiesblatt scored his first of the season, making it 2-1. Radim Simek and Cole Cassels got the assists.

The first San Jose lead in shots 19-10.

In the second there would be a total of five penalties combined but neither team gave up a power play goal.

Instead late in the second Bailey found the back of the net with less than one minute remaining making it 3-1. Gushchin and Gawanke both picked up assists.

At the end of the second, the shots favored Henderson 29-27.

Quickly the Silver Knights opened up the scoring as just 32 seconds in Jakub Demek scored his first of the season making it 3-2.

Then on a 5-on-3 Henderson tied the game at three as Byron Froese shocked the home crowd with his third goal of the season.

The score would remain that way meaning overtime was on the way.

In overtime, it did not take long to find the winner as just 59 seconds in Froese got his second of the night sending fans packing for the exit.

The shots ended tied at 41-41. Both team’s powerplays were not particularly effective as Henderson went 1/5 and San Jose went 0/2.

This game caps off a stretch where the Barracuda played the Silver Knights thrice and lost all three games.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Byron Froese 2nd: Danil Gushchin 3rd: Jesper Vikman

San Jose will look to bounce back on Saturday when they take on the Firebirds at home at 6 p.m.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Cuda to host Knights Wednesday night at CU Tech

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San Jose Barracuda forward Cole Cassels (60) and defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin (85) battle for the puck against the Henderson Silver Knights at the American First Center in Henderson on Sat Oct 21, 2023 (photo by San Jose Barracuda)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 Grigori Denisenko scored the game winning goal at the 1:53 mark of overtime to bring home a Henderson Silver Knights 4-3 come from behind victory over the San Jose Barracuda on Saturday afternoon at Dollar Loan Center.

#2 Despite the loss the Barracuda’s Brandon Cole netted his third goal of the season and is tied for the team lead in goals.

#3 Ethan Cardwell know his way around getting to the net scoring a goal and picked up an assist against the Knights.

#4 The Barracuda who had a two goal 3-1 lead would give up two quick goals in a 11 second gap to the Knights two tied the game3-3 and later won it in overtime 4-3. The Knights are now 4-0-0-0 and the Barracuda 1-2-1-0.

#5 Marko, the Barracuda just can’t keep away from the Knights as they face them again this time at CU Tech Arena in San Jose this Wed Oct 25th for a 7pm PT face off.

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

Silver Knights comeback from 2-goal deficit to beat Barracuda 4-3 in OT

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Barracuda forward Oscar Lindblom battles it out with Silver Knight forward Byron Froese at the Dollar Loan Center on Saturday OCT 21, 2023. (San Jose Barracuda photo)

by Marko Ukalovic

Grigori Denisenko scored the game winning goal at the 1:53 mark of overtime to bring home a Henderson Silver Knights 4-3 come from behind victory over the San Jose Barracuda on Saturday afternoon at Dollar Loan Center.

San Jose were swept out of the desert but earned a point in the two-game series. Henderson remained undefeated after its first four games.

The Barracuda (1-2-1-0) drew first blood early in the first period fresh off a penalty kill. Ryan Carpenter threaded a pass through a ton of traffic that was intended for Danil Gushchin. Brandon Coe ended up getting it on his stick before firing a shot past Silver Knights goalie Jesper Vikman for his third goal of the season at the 3:25 mark.

Henderson (4-0-0-0) answered back at the 8:42 mark of the opening 20 minutes with an even strength goal. Jakub Brabenec found Mason Morelli on the left wing and Morelli beat ‘Cuda goalie Magnus Chrona top shelf with a wrist shot for his second goal in as many games against San Jose.

San Jose regained the lead early in the second period. Nathan Todd cleaned up his own rebound to score his first goal of the season at the 3:29 mark.

Ethan Cardwell took advantage of a turnover by the Silver Knights inside their own zone. Cardwell skated in on a breakaway and beat Vikman with a wrist shot for his second goal of the season at the 11:20 mark.

Henderson scored two goals in a 11-second span late in the third period to even the game. First, Lukas Cormier sent a rink wide pass over to Gage Quinney who buried home a one-timer past Chrona for his first goal of the season.

Then after a faceoff win Dysin Mayo sent a seeing eye puck through traffic from the point to score his second goal of the season.

Quinney set up Denisenko’s heroics when he sent a pass over to a wide open Denisenko who lasered in a wrist shot past Chrona for his second goal of the season.

Vikman (1-0) stopped 20 of the 23 shots he faced to earn his first win of the season. Chrona (1-1) made 33 saves on 37 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: Both teams went 0-for-6 on the power play.

UP NEXT: San Jose hosts Henderson on Wednesday 10/25 at 7:00pm at Tech CU Arena.

Silver Knights edge Barracuda 5-4 with late power play goal to stay undefeated

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San Jose Barracuda forward Ryan Carpenter battles for the puck against Henderson Silver Knight defenseman Dysin Mayo at the Dollar Loan Center on Friday OCT 20, 2023. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

Sheldon Rempal scored a power play goal with 3:44 remaining in the third period for the game winning goal in the Henderson Silver Knights’ 5-4 victory over the San Jose Barracuda on Friday evening at the Dollar Loan Center.

Defenseman Nikita Okhotiuk made his debut for the Barracuda. Okhotiuk is on loan from the San Jose Sharks for a conditioning assignment with the ‘Cuda as he was paired with Valterri Pulli as the third pair on head coach John McCarthy’s blueline.

Another defenseman also made his debut for San Jose as Henry Thrun was sent down to the ‘Cuda after playing two games with the Sharks as he made their opening day roster.

San Jose (1-2-0-0) drew first blood with a power play goal just past the halfway mark of the first period. Ryan Carpenter sent a rink wide pass over to Danil Gushchin who quickly sent a touch pass toward the net and Justin Bailey tapped home the puck just inside the right post for his first goal of the season at the 11:44 mark.

Silver Knights goalie Jiri Patera made some big saves during the first period that kept Henderson from falling into a deeper hole.

Henderson (3-0-0-0) scored the equalizer late in the opening 20 minutes. Gage Quinney’s initial shot was saved by ‘Cuda goalie Eetu Makiniemi but Brendan Brisson cleaned up the rebound for his second goal of the season at the 16:47 mark.

The Silver Knights gained it first lead 17 seconds into the second period on the man advantage. Rempal led a rush into the ‘Cuda zone. He fed a pass over to Mason Morelli who buried a wrist shot to the far side for his second goal of the year.

Then 32 seconds later Morelli found Jakub Brabenec open along the wing and he beat Makiniemi with a wrist shot for his first goal of the season to give Henderson a 3-1 lead.

Henderson scored its fourth unanswered goal while killing a penalty. A loose puck inside the ‘Cuda zone was picked up by Dysin Mayo who blasted a slap shot past Makiniemi to the far side of the net for his first goal of the season at the 4:13 mark.

San Jose cut Henderson’s lead in half with an even strength goal. After a clean face off win, Shakir Mukhamadullin fed Leon Gawanke along the right slot and the rookie defenseman beat Patera with a hard wrist shot for his first goal of the season at the 7:59 mark.

Carpenter made it a 4-3 game when he cleaned up a point-blank rebound after a shot by Brandon Coe was initially stopped by Patera for his team-leading third goal of the season at the 13:48 mark. Anthony Vincent was credited with the secondary assist.

The Barracuda scored its third unanswered goal on the power play. A wrist shot from Gawanke went off the mask of Patera and Coe buried home the rebound from the crease for his second goal of the season at the 13:40 mark. Mukhamadullin picked up his second assist on the equalizer.

Patera (3-0) finished the game stopping 31 of the 35 shots he faced to earn his third win of the season. Makiniemi (1-1) made 18 shots on 23 shots in the losing effort.

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

Defenseman Radim Simek was assigned to the Barracuda after being placed on waivers by the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.

The Three Stars of the Game were: 1) Rempal 2) Brabenec 3) Morelli.

UP NEXT: San Jose and Henderson conclude their two-game series on Saturday at 1:00pm at Dollar Loan Center.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Cuda happy to get second game to split with Rockford; SJ gets ready for Henderson next weekend

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San Jose Sharks center Ethan Cardwell celebrates his first AHL career goal which he scored against the Rockford Ice Hogs on Sat Oct 14, 2023 at Tech CU Arena in San Jose (@sjbarracuda photo)

On the San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 After losing the the Rockford Ice Dogs on 7-2 on Friday the San Jose Barracuda turned around and got even with the Ice Dogs with their own 7-2 win at Tech CU Arena in San Jose to split the two game series.

#2 Making his professional debut for the Barracuda was goaltender Georgi Romanov while the IceHogs had Jaxson Stauber in between the pipes.

#3 The Barracuda opened up on offense with scoring three goals in each of the second and third periods. Barracuda head coach John McCarthy had an offensive plan going into the second game of this series.

#4 The difference was the Barracuda took way more shots and opportunities at the Rockford net with 49 San Jose shots to Rockford’s 28 shots on goal.

#5 The Barracuda face off against the Henderson Silver Knights in Southern Nevada. The Knights who are the affiliate of the Vegas Golden Knights are noted for their successful organization over the years. Can McCarthy and the Barracuda find success next weekend in Henderson?

Join Marko for podcast analysis on Barracuda hockey each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Barracuda flip script on IceHogs beating them 7-2

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Photo taken by Titus Wilkinson. Jacob Peterson skates with the puck as Antti Saarella pursues (photo taken on 10/13/23).

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- The Barracuda bounced back against the IceHogs coming out on top with a convincing victory 7-2.

Making his professional debut for the Barracuda was goaltender Georgi Romanov while the IceHogs had Jaxson Stauber in between the pipes.

Scoring in this one took a little bit to get going but it would come from a newcomer as Ethan Cardwell scored his first career AHL goal. The goal came 17:42 in as Cole Cassels got the lone assist.

That was all the scoring in the first as the shots finished 11-9 in favor of Rockford.

Th second ended up being the opposite as just 1:48 in Joey Anderson scored unassisted tying the game up.

Less than three minutes later on the power play Brett Seney suddenly shot the IceHogs ahead with assists going to Anderson and Ethan Del Mastro.

San Jose would get a quick response from Justin Bailey who scored his first goal in a Barracuda uniform. Cassels once again got the lone assist.

The Barracuda continued to fight back as Tanner Kaspick gave them the lead with Anthony Vincent and Adam Raska getting the assists.

Ryan Carpenter would extend the lead to 4-2 with a goal just two second before the period was to come to an end. Valtteri Pulli and Bailey got the assists.

At the end of the second the shots favored San Jose 33-16.

This time in the third the Barracuda got on the board first as Cassels continued his solid night scoring shorthanded just 2:33 in.

Later in the period both Oskar Lindblom and Ryan Carpenter tacked on the lead making it 7-2.

That’s where the score stayed at as the Barracuda won outshooting the IceHogs 49-28.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Ryan Carpenter 2nd: Justin Bailey 3rd: Georgi Romanov

The Barracuda won’t play again until Friday when they take on the Silver Knights on the road at 7p.m.