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Barracuda Shut Out 4-0 by Reign; San Jose’s clinches spot for post season

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San Jose Barracuda forward Scott Sabourin (49) and the Ontario Reign defenseman Otto Salin (10) skate behind the net at Tech CU in San Jose on Sat Apr 12, 2025 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

By Mary Walsh

A day after clinching their spot in the Calder Cup playoffs, the San Jose Barracuda lost 4-0 to the Ontario Reign on Saturday. Martin Chromiak, Riley Walsh and Taylor Ward scored for the Reign. 18 year old Carter George made 33 saves for the win in his professional debut. Yaroslav Askarov made 24 saves in the loss. The loss makes home ice in the playoffs less likely for the Barracuda.

Ontario jumped to an early lead with a goal at 1:50 of the first period. Martin Chromiak’s shot from the point made its way through traffic into the net. Assists went to Joseph Cecconi and Reilly Walsh.

Reilly Walsh scored right off an offensive zone faceoff win, giving the Reign a 2-0 lead. An assist went to Kaleb Lawrence.

The shot count was very close in the first, 10-9 Barracuda. San Jose finished the first period on a power play with 1:26 left on that to start the second period. The Barracuda did not score on that power play or the five-on-three that they had at the end of the period.

They did give up one goal during four-on-four play that ate up the final seconds of a late Barracuda power play.

Riley Walsh got a shot off from high in the slot after Jack Studnicka set him up with a pass from below the goal line. An assist also went to Andre Lee.

The Reign made it 4-0 midway through the third period on a power play. Charles Hudon passed the puck across the ice to Taylor Ward for a shot that got by Askarov before he could get across. Assists went to Hudon and Martin Chromiak.

Pavol Regenda led the Barracuda in shots with 4. Jake Furlong, Jimmy Shuldt, Ethan Cardwell and Filip Bystedt each had three shots.

The Barracuda next play on Friday in Calgary against the Wranglers at 2:00 PM PDT.

Barracuda clinch for a playoff spot, first time since 2019; San Jose defeats Ontario 4-1 at Tech CU

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San Jose Barracuda goaltenders Yaroslav Aksarov (30) and Gabriel Carriere (35) hugging after clinching a playoff spot (via Joey Cascarano/Hockey Shots)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE– The San Jose Barracuda clinched for the post season after defeating the Ontario Reign 4-1 at Tech CU Arena in San Jose on Friday night. Ontario opened up the scoring, 36 seconds into the game when Caleb Jones scored his second of the season. San Jose tied the game up at 1-1 when Scott Sabourin scored his ninth goal of the season, three minutes into the second period.

The third period was all San Jose. Pavol Regenda scored his seventh power-play goal of the season after Caleb Jones took a high-sticking penalty, giving San Jose their first lead of the game. They extended their lead even further when Danil Guschin scored his 27th of the season at 11:07 of the third.

Pavol Regenda sealed the win scoring his second power-play goal of the night after two Ontario Reign players were called for roughing. Registering the assists on both Regenda goals, Guschin registered three points; two assists and one goal.

San Jose coming out with the win, the shots on goal were dominated by them for the majority of the game. In the first period, Ontario outshot San Jose 14 to 7. In the second period, San Jose outshot Ontario 9-8. Lastly, in the third period, San Jose outshot Ontario 13-7. This ended with Ontario outshooting San Jose 32-29.

Each team’s penalty kill was put to work in Friday’s game. Coming into Friday, San Jose was ranked fourth and Ontario was ranked third. San Jose took six penalties and Ontario took seven. San Jose was able to capitalize on two penalties, courtesy of Pavol Regenda. Ontario wasn’t able to capitalize on any penalties, going 0/4 on the power-play.

Friday’s winning goalie was San Jose’s Gabriel Carriere. Carriere nearly had a perfect game, only letting in one goal, making 31 saves on 32 shots. Friday’s losing goalie was Ontario’s Pheonix Copley. Copley made 25 saves on 29 shots.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Pavol Regenda
  • 2. Gabriel Carriere
  • 3. Danil Guschin

The Barracuda will be back in action at Tech CU in San Jose Saturday night against the Ontario Reign, looking to sweep the series.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Cuda open two game home at home set with Reign Wednesday at Tech CU

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San Jose Barracuda forward Scott Sabourin (49) tries to keep up with the San Diego Gulls forward Justin Bailey (12) who came to haunt his former team with two goals at Pechanga Arena in San Diego on Sun Feb 16, 2025 (San Diego Gulls flickr photo)

SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Former San Jose Barracuda (25-17-2-3) and San Jose Sharks forward Justin Bailey scored twice on Sunday night at Pechanga Arena. Bailey helped the San Diego Gulls with a 4-3 over the Barracuda on Sunday night.

# 2 The Barracuda dropped their the last game of their four game road trip going 1-3. The Barracuda lost this one after coming out of the gate with a 2-1 lead only to allow two goals in the third period. Are the Cuda having trouble holding onto leads after taking early leads?

#3 The Barracuda started things off in the first period with goals from Scott Sabourin and Thomas Bordeleau. The Gulls got a goal from Roland McKeown. It was 2-1 Cuda after one period.

#4 The Gulls scored the second period’s only goal at 16:15 when Bailey scored the first of his two goals. In the third period Bailey struck again at 3:56 as the Gulls took a 3-2 lead. The Gulls put the icing on the cake when Nathan Gaucher scored at 19:58 for the 4-2 win.

#5 The Barracuda have lost three of their last four games and after losing that last game in San Diego Sunday and are hoping to turn things around against the Gulls on Wed Feb 19 for a two game series against the Ontario Reign a 6:00pm PST face off at Tech CU. The Reign are second in the AHL Pacific Division and have won eight of their last ten games.

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San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Reign rally back and win in shootout to edge Cuda 5-4 in Ontario

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The score says it all as the San Jose Barracuda loses a tough game to the Ontario Reign at the Toyota Center in Ontario on Sun Dec 15, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda X photos)

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#1 The Ontario Reign got on the board early at 7:55 of the first period on a Charles Hudon goal assisted by Glenn Gawdin. The Reign are 8-0 when scoring first in the game.

#2 After being down 1-0 after the first, the Barracuda went onto their first power play when Francesco Pinelli took a two minute penalty for cross-checking. Danil Guschin scored his 5th goal to tie the game at 1-1 at 7:00 of the second.

#3 At 4:19 of the third, Samuel Fagemo cut into the Barracuda’s lead scoring his 12th goal of the season assisted Angus Boogh and Arthur Kaliyev. At 5:52, Ontario struck again tying the game with Shawn Element scoring his 5th goal of the season assisted by Aatu Jamsen and Tyler Madden.

#4 After two unsuccessful attempts by Danil Guschin and Andrew Poturalski, both Reign players Arthur Kaliyev and Taylor Ward scored to secure the win.

#5 The Barracuda will be back in action on Wednesday December 18th to play the Firebirds for the second time this season, looking to keep up their undefeated streak against Coachella Valley.

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San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda host Iowa Saturday after splitting two in Ontario

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The Ontario Reign defenseman Joe Hicketts (27) and the San Jose Barracuda forward Tristin Robbins (52) battle on the Toyota Center ice on Sun Oct 13, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda podcast X photo)

On the San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda (1-1-0-0) allowed two goals with just two minutes left in their contest against the Ontario Reign (1-1-0-0) at the Toyota Center in Ontario. That was after holding a 3-2 lead and losing it 4-3 on Sunday to conclude the two game set.

#2 San Jose got scoring help from Tristin Robins and Filip Bystedt both scoring their first goals of the season and goaltender Georgi Ramanov stop 35 shots.

#3 The Reign who got blasted by the Barracuda on Saturday 5-0 were hopping mad and in the first period got a goal from Tyler Madden (1). The Barracuda later would tie it up at one a piece on a 4 on 4 play when as Robins (1) scored at 4:24.

#4 In the second period the Barracuda would take a 3-2 lead with a Bystedt ‘s goal the Reign would counter with a goal from Martin Chormiak at 2:12. It was the third period that burned the Barracuda when the Reign would score two unanswered goals from Samuel Helenius to tie it and win it in regulation.

#5 The Barracuda return back to Tech CU for a home game against the Iowa Wild on Sat Oct 19 a 7:00pm PT face off. Iowa is 0-2-0-0 this should be a good opportunity for the Barracuda on home ice.

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Barracuda Fall 4-3 to Reign, Reign Score 2 in Final 90 Seconds

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San Jose Barracuda center Filip Bystedt (18) celebrates a goal scored with teammate forward Kasper Halttunen (14) at the Toyota Center in Ontario on Sun Oct 13, 2024 (AP News photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Barracuda fell 4-3 to the Ontario Reign Sunday. It was Ontario’s first win of the season. Tyler Madden, Martin Chromiak and Samuel Helenius scored for the Reign. Phoenix Copley made 19 saves for the win. Tristen Robins, Colin Graf and Filip Bystedt scored for the Barracuda. Georgi Romanov made 35 saves in the loss.

Tyler Madden scored the first goal of the game, giving Ontario an early lead at 1:33. During a delayed penalty call, Madden gathered up a rebound at the corner of the net and lifted it past Romanov. Assists went to Martin Chromiak and Jakub Dvorak.

The teams were skating four-on-four when Tristen Robins tied the game at 4:24. Robins took tha shot from a bad angle to the right of the net. Assists went to Jimmy Schuldt and Jake Furlong.

Collin Graf gave the Barracuda the lead at 11:04. On a breakaway, he took a shot in front of the net, caught his own rebound and lifted the puck past the goaltender.

The Reign had a significant lead in shots at the end of the first period, 14-7. There was just one penalty that resulted in a power play in the first, and it went against San Jose.

Filip Bystedt added to San Jose’s lead at 1:50 of the second period. Tristen Robins carried the puck in and passed across the ice to Bystedt for a quick goal.

Martin Chromiak cut the lead down with a goal just 22 seconds later. Tyler Madden made a cross-ice pass and Chromiak took the shot from above the faceoff dot.

In the second period, the teams were even in shots at 9-9. The Reign had three power plays and the Barracuda had two but both penalty kills were perfect. The same held true for the third period, when Ontario had two power plays and San Jose had one but neither team could score.

San Jose held their 3-2 lead until 18:44 of the third period, when Samuel Helenius tied the game with an extra skater on for the Reign.

With the game looking like it would go to overtime, Helenius scored a second goal at 19:26 to win the game. Jeff Malott got the assist.

San Jose pulled their goaltender with less than 30 seconds to go but they ran out of time. The shot count in the third period was 16-6 Ontario.

The Barracuda next play on Saturday the 19th back in San Jose against the visiting Iowa Wild at 7:00 PM PT.

Barracuda Shutout Reign 5-0, Askarov Makes 22 Saves

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San Jose Barracuda goaltender Yarsolav Askarov (30) was huge in the Barracuda’s shutout over the Ontario Reign at the Toyota Arena in Ontario on Sat Oct 12, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda X photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Barracuda defeated the Ontario Reign with a 5-0 shutout on Saturday. Anthony Vincent, Kasper Haltunen (two goals), Collin Graf and Joey Keane scored for San Jose. Yaroslav Askarov made 22 saves for the win. Erik Portillo made 18 saves for the Reign.

The Barracuda took the lead at 6:27 of the first period with a goal from Anthony Vincent. Vincent redirected a shot from the point by Joey Keane. Assists went to Keane and Donavan Houle.

Lucas Vanroboys of the Barracuda and Shawn Element of the Reign fought at 9:15. Braden Hache took a holding penalty at 11:13, The Barracuda neatly killed of that penalty. At the end of the first, the shots were 6-5 San Jose.

Kasper Halttunen made it 2-0 on the power play at 2:34 of the second period. Filip Bystedt passed the puck across the ice to Haltunen in the faceoff circle. Haltunen’s shot went off of Portillo and into the net as the goalie tried to get across. Assists went to Bystedt and Andrew Poturalski. It was Haltunen’s first AHL goal.

After that, the Barracuda spent some time on the penalty kill. Tristen Robbins was called for slashing at 5:43. Jake Furlong was called for tripping at 11:20. Braden Hache was then called for checking to the head at 18:40. The Barracuda penalty kill was perfect.

At the end of the period, the shots were still very close, 16-15 Ontario.

57 seconds into the third period, the Reign pushed the puck over the line in a scramble at the Barracuda net. But the whistle had already gone and no goal was awarded.

With more than ten minutes gone in the third period, the Barracuda had killed another penalty but had no shots on goal for the period. With the team’s first shot of the period, Collin Graf skated in with a breakaway and lifted the puck over a prone Portillo at 12:24. An assist went to Tristen Robbins.

Haltunen scored his second power play goal at 16:39 of the third. He took the shot off a big rebound right into the slot. Assists went to Luca Cagnoni and Andrew Poturalski.

The final few minutes of the game were riddled with penalties and misconducts. Taking advantage of a turnover in the chaos, Joey Keane added another goal for the Barracuda, making it 5-0 at 18:21. An assist went to Bystedt.

By the end of the period, the Barracuda had balanced the shot count back to 23-22 San Jose.

The Barracuda will face the Reign again on Sunday at 3:00 PM PT in Ontario.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda host Reign to close out four game homestand on Wednesday at Tech CU

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The Tucson Roadrunners forward Jan Jenik (24) and the San Jose Barracuda forward Tanner Kaspick (41) settle their differences on the ice at Tech CU Arena in San Jose on Sun Mar 24, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda (20-30-9-2) scored three goals all on power plays and got goaltending support from Eetu Makiniemi who shutout the Tucson Roadrunners( 36-21-3-2) 4-0 at Tech CU in San Jose.

#2 The Barracuda in the game got the man advantage nine times in the game the most for this season while both Tucson and San Jose chalked up a season high of 158 penalty minutes in a physical contest.

#3 Marko, talk about Makiniemi who picked up his third shutout of the season and his seventh of his career and it was the second time he blanked the opposition in his last five games.

#4 To show you how impressive Makiniemi was stopping the Roadrunners this was Tucson’s third time this season they were shutout. The Roadrunners had not been shutout in a game since Nov 22, 2023.

#5 The Barracuda take on the Ontario Reign next at Tech CU to close out their four game homestand. San Jose and Ontario face off on Wednesday night at 7:00pm PDT. Tell us how you see these two matching up.

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San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda open up two game road trip Tuesday in Ontario

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The San Jose Barracuda Ethan Cardwell (56) skates against the Abbottsford Canucks on Sat Feb 25, 2024 at Tech CU Arena in San Jose (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 The Abbotsford Canucks scored three unanswered goals in the third period for a 5-2 victory to sweep the weekend series against the San Jose Barracuda on Saturday afternoon at Tech CU Arena.

#2 San Jose has lost three games in a row. Abbotsford has won four games in a row.

#3 The Barracuda picked up their first goal in the first period when Thomas Bordeleau scored his 11th goal at 12:12

#4 The Barracuda who scored their second goal when Scott Sabourin his 13th goal of the season against the Abbottsford Canucks.

#5 San Jose heads out on the road to take on the Ontario Reign on Tuesday 2/27 at 7:00pm at Toyota Arena. How do you see this match up.

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San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda look to rebound Tuesday against Reign at Tech CU

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The San Jose Barracuda defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin (85) and the Ontario Reign left wing Andre Lee (26) scramble for the puck at the Toyota Arena in Ontario on Sat Jan 6, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 Marko, it has to be tough to score a season high of four goals on the road in Ontario in the third period only to lose the game by a one goal margin 5-4 in overtime against the Ontario Reign (18-10-3-1) as the San Jose Barracuda drop their record to 11-15-5-0 at the Toyota Arena in Ontario.

#2 The Barracuda Scott Sabourin got his third career two goal game and the Barracuda added goals from defenseman Radim Simek and Shakir Mukhamadullin.

#3 Marko the Barracuda did go all out in that third period talk about the scorers in that period and the job they have done, Radim Simek (4), Shakir Mukhamadullin (5), Scott Sabourin who scored twice (8) and (9).

#4 Chrona Magnus who is trying to get tracked after going up to the San Jose Sharks on Thu Dec 29th vs. Edmonton in a 5-0 loss and giving up four goals. On Saturday Magnus gave up five goals after facing 27 shots.

#5 The Barracuda face off against the Ontario Reign Tuesday to conclude their home at home series a 7:00pm PT face off at Tech CU in San Jose. As you saw this past weekend the Reign are tough customers and the Barracuda are looking to get back in the win column after that Saturday night loss.

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