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San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda have explosive 7-2 game against Wranglers

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Calgary Wranglers defenseman Nick Cicek (41) tries to put the stop on San Jose Barracuda defenseman Nolan Allan (7) and center Colin White (16) who crash the net at Tech CU in San Jose on Sat Jan 31, 2026 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

San Jose Barracuda Marko Ukalovic:

#1 How did Filip Bystedt impact the Barracuda’s offensive performance against the Wranglers on Jan. 31?

#2 What role did Cam Lund play in generating scoring chances or goals for the Barracuda in the Saturday matchup?

#3 Did Nolan Allan’s defensive play help limit Calgary’s scoring opportunities during the game, and how effective was he on the back end?

#4 How did Donavan Houle contribute offensively or on special teams for San Jose against the Wranglers?

#5 Was Anthony Vincent involved in any key plays (goal, assist, penalty kill, power play) that influenced the Barracuda’s result on Saturday night?

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

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda open two game set with Calgary Friday at Tech CU

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San Jose Barracuda forward Igor Chernyshov (92), Bakersfield Condors goaltender Connor Ungar (40) and defenseman Riley Stillman (61) anticipate the puck at Tech CU Sat Jan 24, 2026 (photo by San Jose Barracuda)

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The Barracuda forward Filip Bystedt has been one of San Jose’s leading point producers this season — how will Calgary’s defense try to contain him?

#2 Igor Chernyshov has shown scoring upside for the Barracuda — will he be a key offensive threat early in this matchup?

#3 Quentin Musty has been contributing offensively how will he be matched against Calgary’s top defenders to generate offense?

#4 Barracuda defenseman Luca Cagnoni has shown playmaking ability from the back end — can he help control the pace and breakout plays against the Wranglers?

#5 Who starts in goal for San Jose Friday night, and can that netminder steal moments against a Calgary team looking to tilt the momentum? (Roster trend: Skarek and Carriere are the Barracuda’s primary goalies this season.)

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

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda’s Halttunen two goals ends it early for Calgary

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San Jose Barracuda forward Cam Lund (46) and the Calgary Wranglers center David Silye (25) battle for the puck at the Saddledome in Calgary on Sat Nov 8, 2025 (photo by the Calgary Wranglers)

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic:

#1 San Jose Barracuda winger Kasper Halttunen scored twice in the first period as the Barracuda defeated the Calgary Wranglers on Saturday 4-1 at the Saddledome in Calgary.

#2 The win gives the Barracuda their first back to back wins this season and the now have a four game points streak.

#3 The Barracuda did most of the damage in the first period with goals from Egor Afranasyev (1) at 8:00, Halttunen (3) at 15:03, and Halttunen (4) again at 15:44.

#4 Barracuda goaltender Gabriel Carriere saved 26 shots and Carriere was also a huge part in San Jose’s win over Calgary.

#5 The Barracuda continue this road trip Tue Nov 11th at Abbotsford against the Canucks a 7:00pm puck drop. Abbottsford are having their own troubles with a record of 2-8-0-2.

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

Barracuda dominate Wranglers in 4-1 win, sweep series

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San Jose Barracuda forward Anthony Vincent (#76) fights with Calgary Wranglers forward Alex Gallant (#20) during the first period during the Barracuda’s 4-1 win at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday NOV 8, 2025. (Calgary Wranglers)

by Marko Ukalovic

The San Jose Barracuda scored three goals in the first period and never looked back in a 4-1 victory over the Calgary Wranglers on Saturday afternoon at Scotiabank Saddledome.

San Jose swept the weekend series over its Pacific Division rival and have won three out of their past four games, which includes a four-game point streak. Calgary has dropped two games in a row after a five-game win streak.

Egor Afanasyev scored his first goal in a Barracuda sweater at the 8:00 mark of the first period. Afanasyev picked up the puck at the redline and danced into the Wranglers zone before wiring a wrist shot to the far side that beat Wranglers goalie Ivan Prosvetov to give San Jose a 1-0 lead.

San Jose doubled its lead with a power play goal late in the opening frame. Pavol Regenda came away with the puck after a scrum from behind the net. Regenda centered the puck to a wide open Kasper Halttunen who buried a one-timer past Prosvetov for his third goal of the season at the 15:03 mark.

41 seconds later Halttunen intercepted a clearing attempt by a Wrangler’s player inside Calgary’s zone. After a give and go with Jake Furlong, Halttunen blasted a slap shot in from the left slot for his second goal of the game and fourth goal of the season.

Calgary finally got on the scoreboard late in the second period with a power play goal. Aydar Suniev sent a pass into the crease where Lucas Ciona beat Cuda goalie Gabriel Carriere with a wrist shot from point-blank range for his first goal of the season at the 17:43 mark.

“I thought we fought hard for the last forty minutes and played the right way,” Wranglers head coach Brett Sutter said.

Colin White iced the game for San Jose with an empty net goal, his second of the season, with 1:37 remaining in the game.

Carriere finished the gamer stopping 26 of the 27 saves he faced to earn his second win of the season. Prosvetov made 27 saves on 30 shots in the losing effort.

“You can’t take any games for granted, you’ve got to go out there and play your best,” Suniev said.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-3 on the power play. Calgary went 1-for-2.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Halttunen (2G,0A) 2) Carriere (26/27) 3) Afanasyev (1G,0A)

UP NEXT: San Jose concludes its five-game road trip with a two-game midweek series with the Abbotsford Canucks on Tuesday November 11th at 7:00pm at Abbotsford Centre.

Barracuda start roadtrip with a 4-3 win against Wranglers

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San Jose Barracuda defenseman Luca Cagnoni (42) takes the puck as the Calgary Wranglers center Clark Bishop is in pursuit on Thursday November 6th at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary (photo by Calgary Flames)

By Madison Montez

The Calgary Wranglers (6-3-2-0) got started early scoring a minute and 15 seconds into the game, taking advantage of their power-play opportunity. Aydar Suniev netted his second PPG of the season and AHL career. 8 minutes later, the San Jose Barracuda (4-5-1-0) took advantage of their powerplay opportunity to tie the game.

After scoring a power play goal in the last game, Igor Cherynoshov scored his second powerplay goal of the season. San Jose started the second period and 46 seconds in, Luca Cagnoni scored his 3rd powerplay goal of the season.

Calgary tied the game in the second period when another powerplay goal was scored by Dryden Hunt, his 1st of the season. The Barracuda went on a scoring spree with Cam Lund scoring his first AHL goal and Igor Chernyshov scoring his second of the game to make the score 4-2. After this, Prosvetov’s night was done and Owen Say came into the game. Martin Frk scored a late goal with 2 minutes left in the third but it wasn’t enough.

San Jose took an early penalty that ended up not helping them. Calgary took advantage and took an early 1-0 lead a minute into the first period. San Jose took advantage of their powerplay units and went 2/5 on the powerplay while Calgary also went 2/5. Calgary came into tonight’s game last on the powerplay with a 14.7%. After a two minute roughing penalty was called, San Jose took advantage and scored on the powerplay. Coming into tonight’s game, San Jose was 4th place with a 25.6%.

After Carriere recorded the loss against the Reign on Wednesday, Jakub Skarek was looking to get his third win of the season. Making 25 saves on 28 shots, he recorded the win while Ivan Prosvetov recorded the loss. Prosvetov made 15 saves on 19 shots but it wasn’t enough because Owen Say came into the game. Say came in and made 8 saves on 8 shots.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Ignor Chernyshov
  2. Quentin Musty
  3. Colin White

The Barracuda will be back in action Saturday November 8th against this same Calgary Wranglers team at 12pm. With a day break, they will be looking to win/split the series before heading to Abbotsford on the 11th to take on the Abbotsford Canucks. Gabriel Carriere and Owen Say are the goalies expected to start in Saturday’s game.

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic: All playoff games in LA for Barracuda starts Thursday

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The San Jose Barracuda were knocked around pretty good by the Calgary Wranglers at the Stampede Coral in Calgary on Sun Apr 20, 2025 (photo by the San Jose Barracuda)

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda were shutout by the Calgary Wranglers on Sunday 4-0 not quite the ideal way the Barracuda wanted to end their season before going to the Southland for the AHL playoffs.

#2 The disadvantage of this best two out of three playoffs is all of them will be in the Southland and the Barracuda do not get one home game in this upcoming series.

#3 Scoring in the game it was all Wranglers on Sunday with Carter King scoring his first goal of the season at 13:16 in the first period.

#4 The Wranglers would score twice in the second period Clark Bishop scored his 19th goal of the season at 10:19 and at 14:09 Lucas Ciona scores eighth of the year for a 3-0 lead at the end of the second period. In the third period at 4:25 Dryden Hunt scored his 16th goal of the season and put the final touches for scoring winning it.

#5 The Barracuda open up the best two out of three on Thursday Ontario does have that big advantage hosting two games on the 24th and 26th at the Crypto.com Arena in downtown LA and a possible game 3 on the 28th at the Toyota Arena in Ontario.

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

San Jose Barracuda crack Calgary Wranglers 8-3

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San Jose Barracuda vs Calgary Flames on Friday April 18th at Scotiabank Saddledome (via sjbarracuda/instagram)

By Madison Montez

The San Jose Barracuda got big jump on the Calgary Wranglers and took for the first game of this two set 8-3 on Friday.

The Barracuda opened up the scoring early on the first shot of the game at 2:23 of the first period. Luca Cagnoni broke a franchise record for most goals by a defensemen, scoring his 15th of the season. Calgary tied the game at 1-1, courtesy of Martin Frk. A puck off of Pavol Regenda gave San Jose their lead back, Regenda with his eighth of the season.

37 seconds into the second, San Jose got out to a three to one lead. Filip Bystedt scored his 12th of the year on a wide open net. The Barracuda struck again a minute later when Patrick Giles scored his ninth of the season.

With a 4-1 lead, San Jose chased out Devin Cooley, Walterri Ignatjew came in with 18 minutes left of the second. Braden Hache extended the lead to 5-1 scoring from the left point, his third of the season. San Jose blew the game open when Scott Sabourin hit the ten goal mark to improve the score to 6-1.

On a takeaway by the Wranglers, Calgary cut into San Jose’s lead, Carter Wilkie scoring his second goal of the season.

Going into the third period, San Jose didn’t take their foot off of the gas pedal. Scoring their second powerplay goal, Luca Cagnoni scored his second of the day. Calgary kept fighting with William Strömgren scoring his 14th goal to cut the lead to 7-3. To seal the win, Anthony Vincent scored his tenth goal to make the score 8-3.

San Jose was on a scoring frenzy all game, but Calgary dominated the shots on goals. After the first period, San Jose outshot Calgary 9 -4. After the second period, Calgary outshot San Jose 16-9. To end the game, San Jose outshot Calgary 12-7 in the third.

Both teams stayed out of the box for most of the game. San Jose committed only two penalties and Calgary wasn’t able to capitalize. Calgary committed four penalties and San Jose was able to capitalize on half of them.

For San Jose, Gabriel Carriere got the start with Aaron Dell backing up. Carriere, recording the win, made 26 saves on 29 shots. For Calgary, the Bay Area native Devin Cooley got the start. Cooley, recording the loss, made eight saves on 12 shots. Ignatjew who entered the game during the second period, made 14 saves on 17 shots.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Luca Cagnoni
  • 2. Danil Guschin
  • 3. Scott Sabourin

The Barracuda will close out the regular season tomorrow against this Calgary team. Playoffs are still being decided but San Jose will host the second round at home at Tech Cu Arena.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda continue 5 game road trip Wednesday In San Diego

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On the San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Marko, the San Jose Barracuda (21-32-9-2) who took a quick 3-0 lead on Sunday in Calgary. The Barracuda never fell behind and won it 4-1 defeating the Calgary Wranglers (34-24-5-3).

#2 The Barracuda goaltender Georgi Ramanov saved 30 shots and allowed one goal. With the win the Barracuda went 5-3 against the Wranglers for the 2023-24.

#3 The first period the Barracuda struck first with a goal from Ethan Cardwell for his 20th goal of the season at 6:56 and Jack Thompson got his sixth goal for the year at 11:11 to take a 2-0 lead. Talk about how important it was to jump to a 2-0 lead early?

#4 The Barracuda picked up two more goals in the third period Danil Gushchin scored his 16th goal of the season and in the third period the Barracuda added one more with Nathan Todd scoring his 18th of the season.

#5 Marko, the Barracuda continue this five game road trip against the San Diego Gulls (23-31-8-0) on Wednesday for a 7:00pm PDT face off. Both teams are at the bottom of the standings who do you like in this match.

Marko Ukalovic is a San Jose Barracuda beat writer and podcaster heard on http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Titus Wilkinson: Barracuda open road trip in Abbottsford against Canucks Friday night

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San Jose Barracuda forward Kyle Rau takes a fall on his back and is surrounded by Calgary Wranglers at the Tech CU Center in San Jose on Sat Jan 27. 2024 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Titus Wilkinson:

#1 Things got off to a quick start in this one as just 2:28 in Ilya Solovyov scored his third of the season giving Calgary an early lead.

#2 Before the period came to a close San Jose would pull away as Thomas Bordeleau got his ninth putting the home crowd on their feet.

#3 Not only was Calgary’s power play doing well they also had a lot of chances in the period as they registered 21 shots.

#4 If there is any positive San Jose’s new acquisition Jordy Bellerive seems to be fitting in well as he scored last game and had an assist in this one.

#5 The Barracuda will have some time off before they play again on Friday against the Canucks on the road at 7 p.m.

Titus Wilkinson filled in for Marko Ukalovic for the SJ Barracuda podcast heard Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda prepare for face off against Wranglers at Tech CU on Friday

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San Jose Barracuda forward Brett Kemp (98) skates against the Henderson Silver Knights at Tech CU in San Jose on Sun Dec 10, 2023 (photo by the San Jose Barracuda)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 The Barracuda did battle with Silver Knights at home on Saturday after beating them Friday by a final of 6-1.

#2 It only took 33 seconds for the Silver Knights to find goal number two as Sheldon Rempal got his 10th of the season.

#3 Once again in the second Henderson’s powerplay connected as Adam Cracknell found the back of the net getting his second of the night.

#4 San Jose’s power play had a rough night as they went 0/6 while Henderson was able to go 50% as they went 2/4.

#5 San Jose will have some time off before they have to do battle with the Calgary Wranglers at home at 7 p.m. on Fri Dec 15th at Tech CU in San Jose.

Marko does the SJ Barracuda podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com