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San Jose Barracuda forward Scott Sabourin (#49) redirects a puck past Iowa Wild goalie Jesper Wallstedt (#30) for his first goal of the season at Tech CU Arena on Sunday OCT 20, 2024.

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — The San Jose Barracuda scored five goals in the second period to route the Iowa Wild 7-3 on Sunday afternoon at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose swept the two-game series and has jumped out to a great start in the young season. Iowa remained defeated through their first four games.

San Jose (3-1-0) drew first blood early in the first period with an even strength goal. Anthony Vincent sent the puck back up to the point to Luca Cagnoni. The rookie defenseman skated in from the left wing and lasered in a wrist shot just inside the near post past Wild goalie Jesper Wallstedt for his second goal of the season at the 2:08 mark.

The Barracuda doubled its lead 24 seconds later. Collin Graf found Justin Bailey inside the Wild zone. Bailey skated in all alone and beat Wallstedt to the far side with a wrist shot for his first goal of the season at the 2:36 mark.

Iowa (0-4-0) answered back 35 seconds later. Micheal Milne sent a cross-ice pass over to Hunter Haight who buried a wrist shot past Cuda goalie Georgi Romanov for his first goal of the season at the 3:01 mark.

The Cuda regained their two-goal lead late in the second period thanks to a great individual play from Lucas Vanroboys in the neutral zone. Vanroboys collected a loose puck near the red line then skated around three Wild defenders before tucking the puck underneath the pads of Wallstedt inside the crease for his first goal of the season at the 13:23 mark.

San Jose went up 4-1 with a power play goal exactly two minutes later. Ethan Cardwell sent the puck from the left wing into the middle of the crease where Scott Sabourin redirected the puck past Wallstedt for his first goal of the season at the 15:23 mark.

Iowa cut the lead in half on the next shift. An odd man rush led to Cameron Crotty finding Haight in the left slot and Haight beat Romanov with a wrist shot to the short side for his second goal of the game at the 15:50 mark.

San Jose made Iowa pay on their next shift. Brandon Coe sent a backhanded pass through the crease to an unmarked Filip Bystedt in front of the crease and the Swedish center buried the puck into the back of the net for his second goal of the season at the 16:03 mark.

The Barracuda weren’t done yet as over a minute and a half later they increased their cushion by four goals. Colin White cleaned up a rebound off a shot from the point by Cagnoni for his second goal of the season at the 17:40 mark.

San Jose scored its fifth goal of the period when Ethan Frisch fired a slapshot from the left point past Wallstedt for his first goal of the season at the 18:07 mark. Donovan Houle picked up his second point of the game with the primary assist. That ended the night for Wallstedt as he gave up seven goals on 25 shots. Backup goalie Samuel Hlavaj replaced Wallstedt to start the third period.

The Wild scored its third goal at the halfway mark of the third period.

Romanov earned his first victory of the season as he stopped 36 of the 39 shots he faced. Hlavaj only faced five shots in the final 20 minutes and saved all five.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-3 on the power play. Iowa went 0-for-2.

San Jose is 10-4-2-0 all time versus the Wild including 6-1-2-0 at home.

The Three Stars of the Game were: 1) Sabourin 2) Haight 3) Cagnoni.

UP NEXT: San Jose takes on the Henderson Silver Knights on Wednesday 10/23 at 7:00pm at Dollar Loan Center.

The San Jose Barracuda celebrate their 42 victory over the Bakersfield Condors at Tech CU Arena on Sunday OCT 6, 2024. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

The San Jose Barracuda scored three unanswered goals and held to defeat the Bakersfield Condors 4-2 in both team’s preseason finale on Sunday afternoon at Tech CU Arena.

Bakersfield drew first blood early in the first period. Matthew Savoie led a two-and-one odd man rush with Cameron Wright. After a nice give and go, Savoie tapped home the puck into an open net for his first goal of the preseason at the 3:26 mark.

San Jose even the score with a power play goal late in the opening frame. Joey Keane found Andrew Poturalski along the right wing. Poturalski skated in before wiring in a wrist shot past Condors goalie Connor Ungar for his first goal of the preseason at the 17:29 mark.

The Barracuda gained its first lead late in the second period with its second power play goal. A shot from the point of Keane pinballed off of Justin Bailey and behind goalie Brett Brochu. Filip Bystedt poked the puck home for his first goal of the preseason at the 16:36 mark.

San Jose scored its third unanswered goal of the game early in the third period. Gannon Laroque fired a shot toward the net from the point and Donavan Houle redirected the puck past Brochu for his first goal of the preseason at the 4:23 mark.

Bakersfield answered back 30 seconds later when Ethan Ritchie sent a fluttering puck on net. Matvey Petrov, who was camped out in front of the net, redirected the puck past ‘Cuda goalie Georgie Romanov for his first goal of the preseason.

That would be as close as the Condors would get as Tristen Robins closed out the scoring with an short-handed empty net goal, his first of the preseason, with 12 seconds remaining in the game to seal the deal for San Jose.

Romanov stopped 22 of the 24 shots he faced to earn the victory. Brochu made eight saves on 10 shots and Ungar made 19 saves on 20 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 2-for-4 on the power play. Bakersfield went 0-for-5.

UP NEXT: San Jose opens the 2024-25 season on the road against the Ontario Reign on Saturday 10/12 at 6:00pm at Toyota Arena.

San Jose Barracuda forward Luke Grainger (#57) battles Bakersfield Condors center Daniel D’Amato (#19) for a faceoff during the team’s first preseason game at the Mechanics Bank Arena on Friday OCT 4, 2024. (Bakersfield Condors)

by Marko Ukalovic

James Hamblin scored two goals, including the game-winner as the Bakersfield Condors defeated the San Jose Barracuda 5-3 in the first preseason game of the season on Friday evening at Mechanics Bank Arena.

There was no scoring in the opening 20 minutes between the Pacific Division rivals. Each team had a power play opportunity, but neither were able to cash in. San Jose’s Joe Carrol went into the sin bin at 9:36 for slashing and Bakersfield’s James Stefan took a slashing penalty at the 13:20 mark.

Bakersfield outshot San Jose 8-6 in the first period. Gabriel Carriere made his first-ever start for the ‘Cuda as he was reassigned to the Barracuda last week during training camp. Collin Delia made his debut for the Condors.

San Jose struck early in the second period to break deadlock. Kaper Halttunen shot a hard shot off of the pads of Delia. Mitchell Russell cleaned up the big rebound with a wrist shot for his first goal of the preseason at the :46 mark.

Russell, trying to make the Barracuda opening night roster, was signed to an entry-level contract by the San Jose Sharks two years ago while Russell was playing in the OHL.

Bakersfield evened the score at the 7:52 mark. Daniel D’Amato sent a tape-to-tape pass over to James Hamblin and the veteran forward beat Carriere with a wrist shot for his first goal of the preseason. Phil Kemp received the secondary assist.

The Barracuda regained the lead with a 5-on-3 power play goal. With Matvey Petrov and Darren Brady in the penalty box, Filip Bystedt found Jake Furlong up top and Furlong blasted a shot past Delia for his first goal of the preseason at the 10:21 mark.

The Condors scored its second equalizer of the period with an even strength goal. Jayden Grubbe set up Cameron Wright in the slot and he buried a wrist shot past Carriere for his first goal of the preseason at the 14:16 mark.

Bakersfield gained its first lead of the game with 1:39 remaining in the middle frame on the power play. Seth Griffith was credited with his first goal of the preseason when he poked the puck underneath Carriere’s glove after a mad scramble in front of the net.

San Jose evened the score with a late answer in the period. TJ Lloyd picked up the a loose puck near the point after a collision. He skated in from the left wing and ripped a wrist shot past Delia for his first goal of the preseason at the 19:52 mark.

The Condors regained their lead with its second power play goal of the game early in the third period. Wright found Hamblin down low in the slot. Hamblin fired in a wrist shot past Carriere for his second goal of the game at the 4:48 mark.

Griffith completed the scoring with his second goal of the game, an empty netter with 28.6 seconds remaining in the contest to seal the deal for Bakersfield.

Delia made 25 saves on 28 shots to earn the win. Carriere made 21 saves on 25 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-4 on the power play. Bakersfield was 3-for-4.

Goalie Yaroslav Askarov was reassigned to the Barracuda as the Sharks trimmed their training camp roster to 33 players. The Barracuda now have four goalies in camp with Askarov, Georgi Romanov, Carriere, and veteran Aaron Dell.

UP NEXT: San Jose closed out the preseason against the Bakersfield Condors on Sunday 10/6 at 3:00pm at Tech CU Arena.