Barracuda shutout Gulls 4-0 in midweek morning matchup

San Jose Barracuda vs San Diego Gulls on Wednesday March 19th at Tech CU Arena (via flickr.com/sjbarracuda)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE–The Barracuda took on the San Diego Gulls for a morning midweek matchup. The last time these two teams faced off was on Wednesday March 5th where the Barracuda fell in overtime. Former Barracuda captain Ryan Carpenter scored the overtime winner.

This time on Wed Mar 19th the Barracuda shutout the Gulls at Tech CU 4-0.

Tuesday it was announced that the second leading defenseman Luca Cagnoni was recalled to the Sharks. In the AHL this season, Cagnoni has 13 goals and 34 assists, adding up to 47 total points.

San Jose got started early, scoring at 9:38 of the first. Lucas Vanroboys scored his ninth of the season, coming off of a rebound shot. Danil Guschin and Braden Hache registered the assists.

Going 4 for 7 on the powerplay on Sunday against Tucson, San Jose kept the power-play momentum going. On their first opportunity of the game, Danil Guschin scored his 4th power-play goal of the season. Pavol Regenda and Rem Pitlick registered the assists.

San Jose further extended their lead at 14:23 of the second. Ethan Frisch scored his 3th goal of the season. Ethan Cardwell and Colin White registered the assist.

With 56 seconds left, Colin White scored an empty net goal to seal the win. Ethan Cardwell registered the lone assist. White and Cardwell both with their second point.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Danil Guschin
  • 2. Lucas Vanroboys
  • 3. Ethan Frisch

The Barracuda will be back in action on Saturday where they will travel to Bakersfield to take on the Condors. The last time these two teams faced off was on Wednesday February 26th where they fell 3-2. Thomas Bordeleau and Danil Guschin both scoring in the loss.

Tucson completes the comeback, Barracuda fall 6-5 in shootout

San Jose Barracuda vs Tucson Roadrunners on Sunday March 16th at Tucson Convention Center (via Will MacNeil)

By Madison Montez

Wrapping up the four-game roadtrip, the San Jose Barracuda looked to split the series against the Tucson Roadrunners. Bordeleau drew back into the lineup after missing last night’s game due to a lower-body injury. Bordeleau played on the first line alongside Brandon Coe and Andrew Poturalski. Despite Poturalski’s two goals the Barracuda fell short in the shootout losing 6-5 at the Tucson Convention Center on Sunday.

Tucson continued scoring early and playing with a lead. Hunter Drew scored his 13th goal of the season at 7:28 of the first. Travis Barron and Egor Sokolov registered the assists.

On San Jose’s first power-play opportunity, Danil Guschin scored his tenth power-play goal of the season, unassisted. To give San Jose their first lead of the weekend, Lucas Carlsson scored his fifth power-play goal on their second power-play goal. Colin White and Thomas Bordeleau registered the assists.

Tucson tied the game at 2-2 when Ben McCartney scored his 12th of the season. Hunter Drew and Travis Barron registered the assists.

San Jose regained their lead at 4:38 when Andrew Poturalski scored his 11th power-play goal. Luca Cagnoni and Danil Guschin registered the assists. Guschin’s second point of the game.

Starting the third period on the power-play, San Jose kept their foot on the gas, scoring at 0:56 of the third. Pavol Regenda with his fourth power-play goal of the season. Andrew Poturalski and Luca Cagnoni registered the assists, each with their third point.

Tucson cut into San Jose’s lead again at 14:00 when Curtis Douglas scored his second of the night. Julian Lutz registered the lone assist.

With 14 seconds left on the 5-3 powerplay, Sammy Walker tied the game 5-5 at 18:10 of the third to send the game into overtime. Walker scored his seventh goal of the season, Max Szuber and Andrew Agozzino registering the assists.

Overtime wasn’t enough as the game went into a shootout. Both Roadrunners scored, neither Barracuda scored. Tucson secured the comeback 6-5 win.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Sammy Walker
  • 2. Curtis Douglas
  • 3. Hunter Drew

The Barracuda will be back in action on Wednesday March 19th at 10:30AM PDT against the San Diego Gulls in San Jose. The last time these two teams faced off was on Wednesday March 5th. San Diego walked away with the win that night when former Barracuda captain Ryan Carpenter scored in overtime.

Barracuda snap Reign’s 4 game win streak, winning 3-1

San Jose Barracuda vs Ontario Reign on Saturday February 22nd at Toyota Arena (via sjbarracuda/x)

By Madison Montez

San Jose got back in the win column following a 2 game losing streak, dropping games against San Diego and Ontario on Saturday with a 3-1 win at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. In Wednesday’s game, the Barracuda erased a three goal deficit in the third period only to lose 6-4. For Saturday’s game, head coach John McCarthy’s key to the game was to “lock in right away.”

After a quiet first period, San Jose opened up the scoring at 4:45 of the second. After a board battle at the blue line won by Andrew Poturalski, Thomas Bordeleau scoring his 11th of the season. Poturalski and Ethan Cardwell registering the assists.

Picking up his own rebound, Ethan Cardwell scored his seventh goal of the season to extend San Jose’s lead to 2.

As the result of forcing a turnover, Mitchell Russell scored his first goal of the season, Rem Pitlick registering the assists. Russell with his second in his AHL career, spending most of the season with the ECHL affiliate the Wichita Thunder.

With under 30 seconds left in the game, Ontario avoids the shutout. Martim Chromiak scoring his 5th PPG of the season. Reily Walsh and Charles Hudon registering the assists.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Gabriel Carriere, 23 SVS
  • 2. Ethan Cardwell, 1G, 1A
  • 3. Thomas Bordeleau, 1G

The Barracuda will be back in action Sunday against the Coachella Valley FireBirds. The last time these two teams faced off was a month ago on January 22nd where the Barracuda won at home in a shootout. San Jose will be looking to continue their win streak against Coachella for the whole season.

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

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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Marko Ukalovic does Barracuda podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Carlsson scores twice to defeat the Gulls 4-3 in the first ever New Years Day matchup

Luke Grainger (57) and Josh Lopina (10) fighting for the puck during their game on Wednesday January 1st at Pechanga Arena (Via SDGullsAHL/x)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- In the first New Year’s Day matchup in San Jose Barracuda history, San Jose defeated the San Diego Gulls in overtime 4-3 at SAP Center. Lucas Carlsson with two goals, one being the game winner in overtime.

In a great effort by Ethan Cardwell to out-skate the Gulls in their zone and grab the puck, Lucas Carlsson netted his 6th goal of the season at 12:24 of the firsrt. Cardwell registering the primary assist and Thomas Bordeleau with the secondary assist, Bordeleau now has 100 points in his career. On a turnover by Tristen Robins at 19:21, Samuel Colangelo tied the game at 1-1 netting his 12th goal of the season assisted by Jan Mysak.

After keeping the puck in San Jose’s zone, the Gulls took a 2-1 lead, their first of the game. Nikita Myatovic kept the puck on his stick, scoring just his second goal of the season, assisted by Roland McKeown and Tristan Luneau at 17:31 of the second.

Snapping a 15 game score-less drought, Tristen Robins netted his fourth goal of the season to tie the game at 2-2 at 3:40 of the third. Jack Thompson and Scott Sabourin registering the assists. Lucas Carlsson was called for a tripping penalty which gave Jan Mysak the opportunity for a penalty shot. Jan Mysak scored, giving San Diego the lead once again.

A minute and 17 seconds later, Donavan Houle scored his sixth of the season assisted by Ethan Frisch and Filip Bystedt to tie the game at 3-3 at 9:11 of the third.

Regulation wasn’t enough for the two teams as the game went into overtime. At 3:29, Ethan Cardwell dropped the puck for Lucas Carlsson who waited for a second to catch Calle Clang off balance and scored his second goal of the night to secure the win 4-3.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  • 1. Jan Mysak 1G, 1A
  • 2. Lucas Carlsson 2G
  • 3. Nico Myatovic 1G

The Barracuda will be back in action on Saturday January 4th to host the Colorado Eagles for a two game series. The last time these two teams faced off was on November 10th where San Jose avoided the sweep. Houle, Frisch, Poturalski, and Robins (2) all registering goals in the 5-3 win.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda open the New Year in San Diego on Wednesday

San Jose Barracuda forward Luke Grainger (57) leads the way against the Henderson Silver Knights at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson on Sun Dec 29, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 On Sunday the Henderson Silver Knights (8-21-0-0) never trailed and got a head start on the San Jose Barracuda (17-10-0-2) at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson winning 5-2.

#2 Marko, First period the Knights jumped on the Barracuda getting two goals in the first period from Calen Addison his second of the season at 9:18 and Robert Hagg (3) at 12:38 for a 2-0 Henderson lead.

#3 The Barracuda’s Collin Graf scored his sixth goal of the season unassisted at 6:52 in the second period cutting the Knights’ lead to 2-1. Graf has had some offensive success this season.

#4 Henderson’s Braeden Bowman scored his sixth goal of the season at 6:07 Knights go up 3-1, at 10:55 Dysin Mayo scored his fourth goal of the season Knights up by three goals 4-1, at 13:31 the Barracuda’s Danil Gushchin scored his seventh goal of the season cutting the lead by two goals 4-2. The Knights finished their scoring for the night with Mitch McLain scoring his 14th goal of the season at 14:39 for a Knights 5-2 win.

#5 The Barracuda head to San Diego to face off against the Gulls at Pechanga Arena. The Gulls have won four of their last ten games. The Barracuda have won five of their last ten games. The Barracuda are second in the Pacific Division.

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

San Jose Barracuda fall in 12 round shootout against the San Diego Gulls

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 4: The San Jose Barracuda host the San Diego Gulls at Tech CU Arena on December 4, 2024 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Panayiota Good/San Jose Barracuda)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- In a goalie duel between Yaroslav Askarov and Calle Clang, each letting in one goal, San Jose fall 2-1 in a shootout.

The Barracuda struck first on a 4v4 scored by Justin Bailey assisted by Andrew Poturalski and Joey Keane at 6:16 of the first period. That was Bailey’s 5th goal, Poturalski’s 12th assist, and Keane’s 5th assist. Although San Diego’s penalty kill being 76.9% (last in the division), they killed 3 different penalties, San Jose being 0-3 on the powerplay.

At 11:29, Lucas Carlsson took a 2 minute penalty for hooking. 25 seconds into the penalty kill, Roland McKeown tied the game at 1 scoring his 7th goal of the season assisted by Josh Lopina.

Although taking the game to overtime, San Jose falls to San Diego in the 12th round. San Diego has now snapped San Jose’s 3 game win streak.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Nathan Gaucher

2. Justin Bailey

3. Roland McKeown

The Barracuda will be back in action on Saturday December 7th against the Coachella Valley Birds. The last time these two faced off was on October 30th at home. San Jose walked away in the win column winning by a score of 5-1. Grainger, Vanroboys, Poturalski, Graf, and White all scored individual goals. Coachella is 1 point behind San Jose in the standings meaning this weekend is an important series.

Barracuda win 2-1 in midweek matchup against the San Diego Gulls

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 13: The San Jose Barracuda host the San Diego Gulls at Tech CU Arena on November 13, 2024 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Andreea Cardani/San Jose Barracuda)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE–Yaroslav Askarov made 48 saves on 49 shots in his 100th AHL game. Tonight’s game was a goalie duel between starters Calle Clang and Yaraslav Askarov only letting in 3 goals combined. The San Jose Barracuda won against the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday night for a one game series.

Forward Sam Colangelo opened up the scoring at 8:03 of the 2nd period netting his 2nd PPG of the season assisted by Tristan Luneau and Yegor Sidorov. After 4 separate PP opportunies in the 1st period, San Diego took advantage and scored on a Jimmy Schuldt high-stick penalty.

San Jose took advantage of their own powerplay when Thomas Bordeleau scored his 1st of the season on a Nikita Nesterenko interferance penalty, assisted by Collin Graf and Luca Cagnoni. When asked how he felt after scoring, he smiled and said “it felt good-when I don’t score, I’m not too happy with myself”.

Bordeleau gave the Barracuda a late lead of 2-1 at 12:49 of the 3rd period. Cagnoni registered his 2nd assist of the night and Poturalski registered the 2nd assist. Bordeleau and Cagnoni had success together all night. When asked, they had similar responses, “I know what to expect, he’s a good player and knows the game well”.

Collin Graf and Luca Cagnoni have been a staple in assists being the top two on the team. They combine for 19 assists on the season. Graf is 3rd in the AHL for points with 15, and Cagnoni is on a 4-game assist streak. When asked what makes him successful, he chuckled and responded with “I’m just playing hockey. Having fun and sticking with it”

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Yaroslav Askarov: 48 saves on 49 shots
  2. Thomas Bordeleau: 2 goals
  3. Luca Cagnoni: 2 assists

The Barracuda will host the Calgary Wranglers on Saturday and Sunday for a 2-game series. San Jose is currently second place in the Pacific Division 3 games behind Calgary which makes this an important series. When asked what preparation looks like for this series, Head Coach John McCarthy said “Have practice the next few days, look over film. It’s going to be a challenge, they’re a first place team who have had a lot of success.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Classroom day at Tech CU as Barracuda host San Diego Wed morning

San Jose Barracuda goaltender Eetu Makiniemi (32) stopped 21 of 25 shots against the Rockford IceHogs at BMO Arena in Rockford IL on Sun Mar 17, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 The San Jose Barracuda (18-29-9-2) got swept in a two game series to the Rockford IceHogs (28-22-5-2) losing 4-1 in Rockford. The Barracuda just couldn’t get any offense going. After seeing the Barracuda on Saturday night the IceHogs figured out San Jose’s offense.

#2 The IceHogs went right to work on the Barracuda in the first period getting goals from Mike Hardman scoring his 18th goal and Cole Guttman scored his 11th goal of the season for the 2-0 lead. At 14:52 Ethan Cardwell scored his 17th goal a team leading total for the Barracuda. The IceHogs took a 2-1 lead into the second period.

#3 The IceHogs ran away with the game with Cole Guttman scoring his second goal and his 12th goal of the season in the second period at 18:21 and in the third period Jackson Cates put the frosting on the cake in the third period with his 11th goal of the season for a 4-1 win.

#4 The thing about the loss the Barracuda outshot the IceHogs 13-6 but again just couldn’t get any scoring going.

#5 Marko, It’s Classroom day on Wednesday morning at 10:30AM PDT at Tech CU as the Barracuda host the San Diego Gulls (22-26-8-0). What makes Classroom day special for AHL teams hosting and how do you see this match between the Barracuda and Gulls.

Join Marko for the Barracuda podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda hits road against Gulls Wednesday night

San Jose Barracuda forward Nathan Todd (45) scored three goals to help the Barracuda defeat the Bakersfield Condors at Tech CU in San Jose on Sat Feb 10, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 San Jose Barracuda Nathan Todd scored his first career hat trick which included the game winning goal and the ice sealer as the San Jose Barracuda shot down the Bakersfield Condors 4-2 on Saturday evening at Tech CU Arena.

#2 San Jose split the home and home weekend series with its Pacific Division rival. Bakersfield has its three-game winning streak snapped

#3 Todd’s second goal of his hat trick, which also was the Cuda’s first team hat trick of the season, was the eventual game winning goal with 3:34 remaining in the third period. 

#4 Brandon Coe centered the puck out in front of the crease from behind the net and Todd tucked home the puck inside the near post for his 12th goal of the season sending hats everywhere on from the announced crowd of 3,986.

#5 San Jose takes on the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday 2/14 at 7:00pm at Pechanga Arena of San Diego. I know you have a weak spot for your alma matter and San Diego has a special place for you not to mention it’s a tough place to play for the Barracuda.

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