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Todd’s hat trick propels Barracuda 4-2 over Condors 3-2, split weekend series

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San Jose Barracuda forward Nathan Todd skates with the puck past Bakersfield Condors forward Ben Gleason during the Barracuda’s 4-2 win over the Condors at Tech CU Arena on Saturday FEB 10, 2024. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

Nathan Todd made it rain hats on the ice during ‘Cuda Country Night where a trucker’s hat was the giveaway for the fans in attendance.

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.

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

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. 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.

San Jose (15-22-8-0) drew first blood past the halfway mark of the first period. Ethan Cardwell set up Jacob Peterson who beat Condors’ goalie Jack Campbell with a backhander through the five-hole for his sixth goal of the season at the 11:43 mark.

Thomas Bordeleau who returned to the lineup after dealing with an illness, recorded the secondary assist on Peterson’s goal.

The Barracuda doubled its lead at the halfway mark of the second period with Todd’s first goal of the contest. Scott Sabourin wrestled the puck away from a Condors defender. Cole Cassles centered the puck over to Todd who buried a one-timer past Campbell for his 11th goal of the season at the 10:03 mark.

Bakersfield (22-14-2-2) cut the lead in half late in the middle frame. Seth Griffith glided down the right wing from the red line and snapped home a wrist shot past the blocker side of ‘Cuda goalie Georgi Romanov for his 10th goal of the season with 21.8 remaining.

The Condor scored the equalizer a minute into the third period. A turnover in the neutral zone led to a break for Ty Tullio who skated down the right wing and beat Romanov with a wrist shot for his fourth goal of the season at the 1:15 mark.

Todd completed the hat trick with 1:17 left in the game for his 13th goal of the season to seal the deal for the ‘Cuda.

Romanov (5-6-4-0), who made back-to-back starts for the first time this season, finished the game stopping 31 of the 33 shots he faced to earn his fifth win of the season. Campbell (10-8-0-1) made 33 saves on 36 saves in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 0-for-4 on the power play. Bakersfield went 0-for-3.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Todd 2) Peterson 3) Romanov.

UP NEXT: San Jose takes on the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday 2/14 at 7:00pm at Pechanga Arena of San Diego.

Lavoie’s OT heroics give Condors 3-2 win over Barracuda

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Bakersfield Condors goalie Olivier Rodrigue makes a save with his left pad during the second period against the San Jose Barracuda at Mechanics Bank Arena on Friday FEB 9, 2023. (Bakersfield Condors)

by Marko Ukalovic

Rapheal Lavoie scored two goals, including the game winner in overtime as the Bakersfield Condors defeated the San Jose Barracuda 3-2 in overtime on Friday evening at Mechanics Bank Arena.

San Jose has lost three out of its last five games and are 0-8 in overtime games this season. Bakersfield has won three games in a row.

Lavoie scored the game winning goal at the 1:31 mark of the extra session with a power play goal after receiving a cross ice pass from Lane Pederson and then burying a wrist shot from the left wing. Cole Cassels was called for hooking 13 seconds into the overtime.

Bakersfield (22-13-2-2) drew first blood early in the first period with a power play goal. Pederson threw the puck out in front of the net and Lavoie fired a point-blank shot past ‘Cuda goalie Georgi Romanov for his 14th goal of the season at the 5:49 mark. Lavoie leads the Condors with eight power play goals.

San Jose (14-22-8-0) answered back with an even strength goal just past the halfway mark of the opening frame. Oskar Lindblom picked up the puck behind the Condors’ net, spun around and fired wrist shot top shelf to the short side of Condors’ goalie Olivier Rodrigue for his sixth goal of the season at the 11:10 mark. Brandon Coe received the only assist on the play.

The Condors regained the lead with an even strength goal past the halfway mark of the second period. Seth Griffin centered a pass out to Cam Dineen whose one-timer hit off the crossbar. Adam Erne cleaned up the rebound for his second goal of the season at the 12:28 mark.

The middle frame served as 20 minutes of frustration for the ‘Cuda. They outshot (19-5) and out chanced the Condors, but Rodrigue made numerous big saves including a point-blank shot from Brent Marek early in the period.

After Rodrigue stopped 36 shots in a row, San Jose broke through late in the third period with an even strength goal. Artem Guryev blasted a slapshot from the point past a screened Rodrigue for his second goal of the season at the 15:27 mark. Nathan Todd and Cassels recorded assists on the equalizing goal.

Rodrigue (10-4-4-0) stood on his head the entire game as he finished with 40 saves on 42 shots to earn his 10th victory of the season. Romanov (4-6-4-0) made 16 saves on 19 shots in the losing effort.

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

Coe returned to the ‘Cuda lineup after a seven-game absence.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Rodrigue 2) Lavoie 3) Erne.

UP NEXT: San Jose and Bakersfield conclude their home and home series on Saturday 2/10 at 6:00pm at Tech CU Arena.

AHL All Star Game/San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: AHL All Star Game tonight in San Jose; Mukhamadullin to represent Barracuda

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2024 AHL All Star Game/San Jose Barracuda logo

On the SJ Barracuda/AHL All Star Game podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Marko, first of all it had to be exciting for the San Jose Barracuda and the AHL to hold the 2024 All Star Game at Tech CU now in it’s second year a great opportunity for the Barracuda to showcase their home ice building.

#2 The AHL announced that the All Star Game was live streamed on AHL televised to fans worldwide.

#3 Marko you had a chance to take a look at the AHL Skills Competition tell us how that went and who were some of the fastest skaters and hardest shooters.

#4 Marko, talk about Barracuda All Star lone representative defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin .who replaced leading scorer Danil Guschin, who had originally  been the lone representative of the Cuda’s but had to bow out due to injury. That’s why Mukhamadullin was chosen to replace him.

#5 Marko, the AHL All Star Challenge is tonight at Tech CU this is a chance for those AHL players whose dream is it to have a career in the NHL to shine tonight.

#6 Just looking ahead the Barracuda next game is on Fri Feb 9 in Bakersfield against the Condors. The Barracuda in their last two games split with the Abbottsford Canucks last Friday and Saturday. The Condors on the other hand swept the Texas Stars in Cedar Park Texas last Friday and Saturday. How do you see this two game set with Bakersfield coming up?

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

Canucks over come two-goal deficit to upend Barracuda 3-2

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Abbotsford Canucks winger Danila Klimovich (#18) looks to shoot the puck past San Jose Barracuda forward Tanner Kaspick (#41) during the Canucks 3-2 win over the Barracuda at Abbotsford Centre on Saturday JAN 3, 2024. (Abbotsford Canucks)

by Marko Ukalovic

The San Jose Barracuda headed into the All-Star break on a losing note.

The Abbotsford Canucks scored three unanswered goals in the second period to overcome a two-goal deficit in 3-2 victory over its Pacific Division rival on Saturday evening at the Abbotsford Centre.

Abbotsford head into the break winning two of its last three games. San Jose headed into the break losing two of its past three games.

San Jose (14-22-7-0) drew first blood in the early in the first period with an even strength goal. Thomas Bordeleau’s wrist’s shot was redirected past Canucks goalie Nikita Tolopilo by Ethan Cardwell for his 13th goal of the season at the 4:55 mark.

The Barracuda doubled its lead near the halfway mark of the second period with a power play goal. Kyle Rau set up Cole Cassels from behind the net with a pass out to the slot and Cassels blasted a one timer past Tolopilo for his sixth goal of the season at the 9:15 mark.

Abbotsford (23-14-3-2) began their comeback with a 5-on-3 power play goal just over three minutes later. Linus Karlsson picked up a puck along the boards. The Swedish right winger skated in and fired a rocket past ‘Cuda goalie Georgi Romanov for his 10th goal of the season at the 12:52 mark.

The Canucks scored the equalizer late in the middle frame when former ‘Cuda defenseman Nick Cicek burned his ex-team. Arshdeep Bains found Cicek while falling down on the ice with a pass and Cicek beat Romanov with a wrist shot for his third goal of the season at the 18:32 mark.

Abbotsford made San Jose for its undisciplined play with its second power play goal with 12 seconds left in the period. Max Sasson scored a tic-tac-toe goal with a wrist shot from the slot for his 13th goal of the season.

San Jose failed to score the equalizer late in the third period as they ended the game short-handed when Ethan Frisch went to the sinbin for interference.

Tolopilo finished the game stopping 24 of the 26 shots he faced to earn the victory. Romanov made 19 saves on 22 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 1-for-3 on the power play. Abbotsford went 2-for-6.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Karlsson 2) Sasson 3) Cicek.

UP NEXT: San Jose hosts the AHL All-Star Classic at Tech CU Arena on Sunday 2/4 with the Skills Competition and Monday 2/5 with the All-Star Game.

Barracuda hold on to win first of back-to-backs against Abbotsford 2-1

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

The Barracuda took on the Canucks in the first of back-to-backs on Friday night.

In goal for San Jose was Georgi Romanov who coming into this game had a 3-5-3 record with a 3.63 GAA and .889 SV%. While on the other side, it was Artūrs Šilovs who had a 13-7-5 record with a 2.86 GAA and a .901%.

A little over a minute into this one the Barracuda were given a great opportunity to get on the board due to high-sticking penalty against Abbotsford. However, the Canucks penalty kill did their job and kept them off the scoreboard.

Despite the power play not clicking San Jose would find the back of the net at 10:13 as Nathan Todd scored his 10th goal of the season.

The Barracuda continued to push and were able to extend their lead as Kyle Rau scored his third of the campaign against his former team giving them a solid two-goal lead. On the goal, Gannon Laroque got his first point of the season and only the second of his career in the AHL.

The middle frame saw neither team find the back of the net as defense and goaltending reigned supreme. There were two penalties in the period one against Ethan Frisch for hooking and the other against Jett Woo also for hooking.

Looking to hold on to their lead the Barracuda tried to clamp things down in their own end. They were able to do that until 16 minutes in when Marc Gatcomb scored his fifth of the season cutting San Jose’s lead down to one.

Things got stressful for the road team especially as Vancouver pulled Šilovs 16:56 into the period. Abbotsford was not able to do much with the extra man and San Jose held on to win 2-1 in what ended up being a very close game.

For Romanov it was a very good showing as he made 30 saves in what must have been a big confidence booster for him.

Both teams penalty kills also went perfect as San Jose killed off two while Abbotsford killed off three.

The Barracuda have to feel good about this win as historically they do not well against the Canucks as over the last five seasons they are 6-9-1-0.

This win also improves San Jose’s record to 14-21-7 while the Canucks fall to 22-14-3.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Georgi Romanov 2nd: Tanner Caspick 3rd: Marc Gatcomb

San Jose will look to get one final win in tomorrow before they head back to San Jose for the all-star break.

That game will be on at 7 p.m. and will be against these same Canucks.

Barracuda battle but eventually fall to Wranglers 3-2

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda. Thomas Bordeleau celebrates his goal against the Wranglers (photo taken on 1/27/24).

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- After beating the Wranglers yesterday the Barracuda looked to repeat their success in front of their home crowd.

For San Jose this time it would be Georgi Romanov in goal while Dustin Wolf played his second game in a row as the starter.

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.

San Jose responded even faster as less than a minute later Jacob Peterson tied it getting his fifth of the campaign.

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.

Special teams would play a big role in the middle frame as Calgary would take the lead on two power-play goals. One was scored by Brady Lyle while Jonathon Aspirot got the other.

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

Interestingly enough though the third ended up being sort of the inverse of that as Calgary only registered three shots in the period.

San Jose also wasn’t really able to muster much on offense leading them to drop the second of back-to-backs against the Wranglers 3-2.

With the loss, the Barracuda fall to 13-21-7 while Calgary improves to 23-13-3.

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.

Cole Cassels also registered his 22nd assist of the season on the Bordeleau goal showing once again why he is one of the better playmakers on the team.

The shots in this one favored Calgary 39-33 while San Jose went 0/3 on the power play and Calgary went 2/4.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Ilya Solovyov 2nd: Jonathon Aspirot 3rd: Georgi Romanov

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

Makiniemi makes 37 saves to secure a shutout victory for the Barracuda over Calgary 3-0

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- The Barracuda looked to extend their winning streak against the Wranglers on Friday night.

In between the pipes for San Jose was Eetu Makiniemi while for the Wranglers Dustin Wolf was in goal.

The first period was rather uneventful, with no goals and the Wranglers getting the most of the chances with 15 shots on goal.

The one penalty in the period was killed off by San Jose as Valtteri Pulli was called for holding.

It took a while to get a goal but 13:24 into the second Ethan Frisch got his first career AHL goal.

Then on the power play San Jose extended their lead to two as Nathan Todd got his ninth goal of the season.

The second period also saw plenty of penalties mainly taken by Calgary as they took five.

The final frame saw the home team pull away even further as Jordy Bellerive scored his fourth of the campaign.

Makiniemi was then able to secure the shutout which was his second of the season as he made 37 saves.

Neither team’s powerplay was all that notable except for the penalty kill as Calgary went 0/4 while San Jose went 1/4.

The shots in this one favored Calgary 37-21.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Eetu Makiniemi 2nd: Ethan Firsch 3rd: Valterri Pulli

The Barracuda will look to extend this winning streak to three at home as they will play Calgary tomorrow at 6 p.m.

Barracuda snap nine-game losing streak with win over Condors 5-3

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- The Barracuda returned home to take on the Barracuda on Wednesday night.

Getting the start in goal for San Jose was Eetu Makiniemi while Olivier Rodrigue was in between the pipes for the Condors.

Looking to get out of this losing streak the Barracuda did not do themselves any favors going down early in this one. The first period saw the Condors strike out to a 2-0 lead thanks to goals by Carter Savoie and Ty Tullio.

Rodrigue was decently busy in the first for Bakersfield as he made 14 saves to keep San Jose off the board.

The middle frame saw quite the swing in momentum as on the power play just 5:42 in Cole Cassels scored his fifth of the season to make it 2-1.

Then on another power play not long after the Barracuda struck again with all-star Danil Gushchin potting his 14th of the campaign.

With the game now suddenly tied San Jose pushed for more and would score their third striaght goal as recently demoted Scott Sabourin capitalized on his oppurunity.

The Condors looked to be reeling heading into the final frame as Oskar Lindblom extended the home teams lead to 4-2 7:48 into the period.

Bakersfield however would not give up as Matvey Petrov scored his fourth of the season to make it a one goal game.

While the Condors would pull Rodrigue it was not enough to tie the game as Jack Studnicka scored on the empty cage to seal the deal.

The win improves San Jose’s record to 12-20-7 while the Condors fall to 18-12-1.

Of note was the Barracuda’s power play which went a perfect 2/2 while the Condors went 0/3. The shots also favored San Jose 40-38.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Oskar Lindblom 2nd: Scott Sabourin 3rd: Danil Gushchin

Looking to continue their winning ways the Barracuda will play the Wranglers on Friday at home at 7 p.m.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda try to bounce back on Wednesday against Condors

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The Colorado Eagles forward Ondrej Pavel (26) puts the puck on net as San Jose Barracuda goaltender Eetu Makiniemi (32) defends at Blue FCU Arena in Loveland Colorado on Sun Jan 21, 2024 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 Marko, The San Jose Barracuda (11-20-7-0) drew first blood Sunday night in Colorado when Ethan Cardwell scored at 1:06 in the first period. As the Cuda took a 1-0 lead over the Colorado Eagles (18-14-4-1).

#2 The Eagles would strike back with three unanswered goals in the first period from Jason Polin, Ben Meyers, and Marko you can say it twice Ivan Ivan each scored a goal to make it 3-1.

#3 The Barracuda’s Tanner Kaspick and Kyle Rau both scored a goal a piece but Colorado’s Oskar Olausson scored an unassisted goal at 14:58 Eagles were up by one 4-3 end of the second period.

#4 Third period the Eagles Riley Tufte and Spencer Smallman both scored a goal a piece putting the Eagles up 6-3. The Barracuda’s Bradley Marek scored his fifth goal of the season at 18:34 but it wasn’t enough as the Barracuda went down to a two goal loss 6-4.

#5 The San Jose Barracuda host the Bakersfield Condors at Tech CU in San Jose Wednesday night for a 7pm PT face off. You’ve had a look at the Condors against the Barracuda this season do you see this one being another close battle?

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

Barracuda’s losing streak extends to nine against Colorado 6-4

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

San Jose took on Colorado in the second of back-to-backs in their final road game of a five game trip.

For Colorado Justus Annunen got the start while in between the pipes for San Jose was Eetu Makiniemi.

Annunen’s night did not get off to a good start as just 1:06 into the game he went behind the net to play the puck. While trying to play it he fumbled the puck away and gave it to Ethan Cardwell who scored giving San Jose an early lead.

Similar to last game Colorado they responded quickly as Jason Polin scored less than 60 seconds later making it a tie game.

Ben Myers quickly followed that up with a goal of his own then on an Ethan Firsch holding penalty Colorado scored again this time Ivan Ivan found the back of the net.

Looking to pick things up in the second San Jose got a much needed goal this time from Tanner Kaspick making it a one goal game.

Then later in the period things were tied right back up as Kyle Rau got his second goal of the season making it 3-3.

Before the Barracuda could close out the period Oskar Olausson got their lead back scoring his eighth of the season.

The third period would see a sudden spike in physicality and penalties kicked off by a fight between Artem Guryev and Keaton Middleton. In total there was 50 penalty minutes between the two teams.

Colorado extended and secured their lead in the third period as both Riley Tufte and Spencer Wallman scored making it 6-3.

For stats sake Bradley Marek scored a late one but it made little difference as San Jose lost all the same 6-4.

This loss now extends their losing streak to nine and makes San Jose’s record 11-20-7 while Colorado sits at 18-14-4.

The Barracuda will look to snap their losing streak at home on Wednesday against the Condors at 7 p.m.