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Back-and-forth game ends in overtime with Barracuda on top 5-4

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda. The Barracuda celebrate a goal against the Stars at Tech CU Arena.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- In what was a fun game for the fans at Tech CU Arena the Barracuda took on the Stars once again and beat them this time by a final of 5-4 in overtime.

Aaron Dell this time was between the pipes for San Jose while Dylan Wells got the start for Texas.

Scoring in this game did not take long to get to as on a turnover on a breakout San Jose pounced on a loose puck and Brandon Coe finished beautifully making it 1-0. On the goal Kyle Criscuolo was awarded an assist which was the 200th point of his AHL career.

After a successful penalty kills on both sides the Stars made a miscue defensively and Danil Gushchin grabbed the puck and sniped it home making it 2-0. Surprisingly enough Aaron Dell was given an assist on the goal along with Andrew Agozzino.

While on the power play San Jose made a mistake themselves leading to a goal for the Stars as Nicholas Caamano scored shorthanded.

That ended up being all the scoring in the first period with the shots finishing in favor of Texas at 11-9.

The second period saw San Jose’s offense get off to a quick start once again as just 1:34 in Tristen Robins scored his 12th goal of the season. That goal was enough to get Wells pulled as Remi Poirier was called on once again against the Barracuda.

That goalie pull seemed to light a fire under the Stars as just a little after the goal Riley Barber scored to make it a 3-2 game.

Texas continued their offensive momentum as Rhett Gardner scored getting his eight goal of the season and tying the game up at three.

The end of the second period saw tensions rise as a total of 27 penalty minutes was given out after a scrum broke out between the two teams. The scrum saw Ben Gleason and Patrick Holway drop the gloves while Jeffrey Viel was given a ten minute unsportsmanlike conduct.

At the end of the second period the shots favored the Stars 25-15.

The second period set up an exciting third period and it did not disappoint.

Kicking off the scoring on yet another defensive miscue San Jose was gifted yet another goal with this time Jacob Peterson scoring. It was his first goal with the Barracuda and was also against his former team.

The Stars did not call it quits and less than five minutes after the goal Barber scored his second goal of the game and tied the game back up at four.

After the goal once again the Stars and Barracuda got into it as 10:35 into the third as this time a total of 26 penalty minutes were given out.

That goal from Barber did end up being the last goal of regulation and that meant overtime between the two foes.

The shots at the end of regulation was tied between the two teams at 30-30.

Sometimes overtime can bring out the most unlikeliest heroes and this game did just that.

The play started with Texas trying to get out of their zone and the puck being kept in by San Jose. On the keep in Peterson picked up the puck and dished it to Patrick Sieloff in the slot who sniped it home sending Tech CU Arena into chaos.

That goal was Sieloff’s first of the season and couldn’t have come at a better time.

The three stars of the game were 1st: Patrick Sieloff 2nd: Jacob Peterson 3rd: Kyle Criscuolo

San Jose’s next game will be on the road against the Colorado Eagles on Tuesday at 6:05 p.m.

The luck of the Irish not on the side of the Barracuda as they lose at home 6-2

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda. Thomas Bordeleau skates in to the Stars end.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE- Saint Patrick’s day was not kind to the Barracuda at home as they lost to the Texas Stars by a final of 6-2.

For San Jose Strauss Mann got the nod to start while Remi Poirier was in-between the pipes for Texas.

The Stars in this one quickly found themselves down a man as Riley Barber was called for a slash just 4:04 into the game.

San Jose’s penalty kill was up to the task and did not give up a special teams goal.

Two more penalties were called in the first period one against each team but, all were killed off.

The first goal of this hockey game took a while to come but 19:42 into the period Curtis McKenzie scored his 17th goal of the season giving the Stars the lead.

That ended up being the only goal of the first with the shots at the end of the period favoring Texas 13-12.

In the second the teams continued to exchange penalties with Adam Raska taking a penalty and Rhett Gardner taking the other.

While the Stars could not score on their power play the Barracuda did as Danil Gushchin tipped home a shot from Martin Kaut tying the game up at one.

Not long after the goal the Stars responded as less than three minutes later Riley Tufte scored his 13th goal of the season to take the lead right back.

Late in the period though with less than a minute left Jeffrey Viel battling out front found the loose puck and shoveled it home tying the game at two.

The shots at the end of the second favored Texas 31-20.

Despite the late goal in the second the Barracuda did not come out looking great as just 45 seconds in Riley Damiani scored for Texas making it a 3-2 game.

The quick goal seemed to rattle San Jose as less than five minutes later Riley Tufte scored extending Texas’s lead to 4-2.

The scoring slowed for a bit on both sides but 15:19 into the third Matej Blumel scored his 19th goal on the year pretty much putting the game away.

San Jose did pull their goalie but Curtis McKenzie put away any hope of a comeback by scoring on the empty net to finalize the score at 6-2.

The shots at the end of the game favored Texas 47-34.

The three stars of the game were 1st: Riley Tufte 2nd: Artemi Kniazev 3rd: Danil Gushchin

San Jose’s next game will be tomorrow at home against these same Stars at 6 p.m.

Barracuda beat down Silver Knights in 6-2 win

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Danil Gushchin (#75) celebrates his goal with his San Jose Barracuda teammates against the Henderson Silver Knights at Tech CU Arena on Wednesday MAR 15, 2023. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — The San Jose Barracuda scored the final four goals of the game as they cruised to a 6-2 victory over the Henderson Silver Knights on Wednesday morning at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose has won three out of its past four games and sit one point behind the Tucson Roadrunners (56 points) for 7th place and the final playoff spot in the Pacific Division. Henderson have lost four games in a row and currently sit in the 9th place in the Pacific Division.

San Jose (25-28-1-4-55 points) had the drew first blood 27 seconds into the game with an even strength goal. Artemi Kniazev centered a pass in front of the crease to Ozzie Wiesblatt who tucked home the puck from point blank range past Silver Knight’s goalie Ishiah Saville for his third goal of the season.

Henderson (22-32-0-5-49 points) evened the score seconds after their power play expired. Brandon Bisson cleaned up his own rebound from the left slot as he beat ‘Cuda goalie Aaron Dell with a wrist shot top shelf for his 11th goal of the season at the 4:32 mark.

The Silver Knights gained its first lead of the game thanks to a giveaway by the ‘Cuda behind their own net. Sakari Manninen centered the puck from behind the net to Brayden Pachal who blasted a one-timer past Dell for his third goal of the season at the 13:48 mark.

San Jose evened the score late in the opening frame with the man advantage. Martin Kaut began what was a tic-tac-toe type of goal when he sent the puck down low to Kyle Criscuolo, who then fed a pass through the crease over to Andrew Agozzino and the ‘Cuda captain finished off the play as he buried the puck into an open net for his team leading 23rd goal of the season at the 19:29 mark.

The Barracuda regained the lead late in the middle frame. Kniazev intercepted a clearing attempt by Henderson, then spotted Martin Kaut opened on the right wing and Kaut drilled a wrist shot past Saville for his eighth goal of the season at the 18:01 mark.

San Jose scored an insurance goal with its second power play tally of the game. Danil Gushchin picked up a loose puck near the blueline from a scrum along the boards. Gushchin skated in and beat Saville through the five-hole with a wrist shot for his 14th goal of the season just 51 seconds into the third period.

Kniazev picked up his third point of the game with the secondary assist on Gushchin’s goal.

The ‘Cuda put the game away with its third unanswered goal 74 seconds later. A Kaut breakaway attempt was cleaned up by Criscuolo as he trailed the play for his 15th goal of the season.

Agozzino finished off the scoring with his second goal of the game, a short-handed empty netter with 3:59 remaining in the final stanza when Henderson pulled Saville for an extra attacker with the mad advantage.

Dell finished the afternoon stopping 21 of the 23 shots he faced to earn the victory. Saville made 28 saves on 33 shots in the losing effort.

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

The Barracuda hosted its annual ‘Cuda Classroom Day where kids from the local elementary schools were in attendance.

The Three Stars of the Game were: 1) Kaut 2) Kniazev 3) Agozzino

San Jose finished 5-1-0-1 against Henderson in the season series. They finished 1-7-0-0 last season against the Silver Knights.

UP NEXT: San Jose hosts the Texas Stars for a two-game weekend series starting on Friday 3/17 at 7:00pm at Tech CU Arena.

Griffith’s hat rick dooms Barracuda in Condors 6-2 win, split weekend series

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Seth Griffith and Raphael Lavoie celebrate Griffith’s goal against the San Jose Barracuda on Friday MAR 11, 2023. (Bakersfield Condors)

by Marko Ukalovic

The Bakersfield Condors blitzed the San Jose Barracuda with five unanswered goals including a hat trick from Seth Griffith in a 6-2 crushing victory on Saturday evening at Mechanics Bank Arena.

San Jose had its two-game winning streak snapped. Bakersfield went back up five points on San Jose for seventh place and the final playoff spot in the Pacific Division.

It was a reversal of fortune for the home team as they turned the tables to split the two-game series. The night before they were dominated by San Jose in almost the same fashion.

Bakersfield (27-26-2-2-58 points) drew first blood halfway through the first period. Greg McKegg stole the puck behind the San Jose net and centered a pass to an open Seth Griffith and the veteran forward buried a one-timer past ‘Cuda goalie Aarond Dell for his 14th goal of the season at the 9:45 mark.

San Jose (24-28-1-4-53 points) evened the score just under four minutes later. Thomas Bordeleau made a power move around a Condors defender. Bordelaeu’s shot was blocked but ‘Cuda captain Andrew Agozzino cleaned up the rebound sliding the puck past Condor’s goalie Calvin Pickard for his team leading 22nd goal of the season at the 13:24 mark.

The Condors regained the lead late in the opening 20 minutes on the man advantage. After Cam Dineen kept the puck inside the ‘Cuda zone, James Hamblin sent a cross ice pass over to Raphael Lavoie who snapped home a wrist shot past Dell for his 21st goal of the season at the 18:52 mark.

Bakersfield dominated the first period as the outshot San Jose 22-4.

Lavoie scored his second goal of the game with an even strength goal early in the second period. Lavoie had a give and go with Griffith, and he used a ‘Cuda defender as a screen to roof a wrist shot past Dell for his team leading 22nd goal at the 6:40 mark.

A controversial play led to Bakersfield third unanswered goal of the middle frame. Nick Cicek was apparently tripped up at his own blue line by Griffth. The officials let the play continue with no penalty on the play and Griffith skated in on a breakaway and beat Dell with a backhander for his second goal of the game and 15th of the season at the 14:40 mark.

Noah Philp gave Bakersfield a 5-1 lead just under three minutes later when he scored his 14th goal of the season with a shot top shelf to the short side at the 17:34 mark.

‘Cuda head coach replaced Dell in the net with backup goalie Strauss Mann to start the third period in attempt to shake things up as his team floundered during the first 40 minutes of the game. Dell (10-12-1) allowed five goals on 33 shots.

Griffith completed his hat trick with a 5-on-3 power play goal at the 11:01 mark of the final frame.

Darren Brady picked up his third goal of the season at the 14:03 mark when he finished off a pass from Brandon Coe with a wrist shot that beat Pickard.

Pickard (17-9-2) stopped 27 of the 29 shots he faced to earn the victory. Mann made seven saves on eight shots in mop up duty for the ‘Cuda.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 0-for-6 on the power play. Bakersfield went 2-for-6.

The Three Stars of the Game were: 1) Griffith 2) Lavoie 3) Jason Demers

UP NEXT: San Jose returns home to host the Henderson Silver Knights on Wednesday at 10:30am at Tech CU Arena.

Viel’s first career hat trick powers Barracuda in 4-0 shutout win over Condors

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San Jose goalie Aaron had an easy night between the pipes in his team’s 4-0 win over the Bakersfield Condors on Friday MAR 10, 2022. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

Jeffery Viel picked a great time to record his first ever career hat trick.

Viel’s three goals, a natural hat trick, helped the San Jose Barracuda dominate the Bakersfield Condors in a 4-0 shutout victory on Friday night at Mechanics Bank Arena.

With the win, San Jose inched closer to Bakersfield for the seventh place and final playoff spot in the Pacific Division to just three points with its third win in four games. Bakersfield had its two-game winning streak snapped.

San Jose (24-27-1-4-53 points) drew first blood early in the first period with an even strength goal. Jacob Peterson sent a cross rink pass over to Artemi Kniazev who buried the puck into an open net for his fourth goal of the season at the 5:49 mark.

The Barracuda doubled its lead on the power play in the second half of the opening frame. Peterson picked up his second assist of the game when he found Viel in front of the crease with another rink wide pass that Viel tapped home into an open net for his 12th goal of the season at the 12:12 mark.

Viel has scored in three consecutive games and has an eight-game scoring streak.

San Jose had the iced tilted in its favor for the majority of the first period as they outshot Bakersfield 14-2.

Bakersfield (26-26-2-2-56 points) went to the sin bin three times, including Dino Kambeitz’s four-minute minor for high sticking, in the opening 20 minutes.

Viel scored his second goal of the game when he finished off a pretty tic-tac-toe play set up by Ozzy Wiesblatt and Patrick Sieloff inside the Condor’s zone. Viel beat Condor’s goalie Olivier Rodrigue with a wrist shot for his 13th goal of the season, a single career best, at the 7:05 mark of the second period.

Viel finished off the hat trick just over four minutes later with the ‘Cuda on the man advantage. Brandon Coe found Viel with a backdoor pass as Viel tapped home the puck into the open net and 14th goal of the season at the 11:15 mark.

‘Cuda goalie Aaron Dell (10-11-2) stopped all 23 shots he faced to earn his second shutout of the season, his 10th of his career, and third straight win. Rodrigue (10-12-1) made 21 saves on 25 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 2-for-6 on the power play. Bakersfield was 0-for-3.

San Jose shutout Bakersfield on the road for the first time in franchise history.

The Three Stars of the Game were: 1) Viel 2) Peterson 3) Kniazev

UP NEXT: San Jose and Bakersfield conclude their two-game series on Saturday 3/11 at 7:00pm at Mechanics Bank Arena.

Barracuda’s second period blitz buries Reign 6-2

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The San Jose Barracuda began their road trip off with a bang in their 6-2 win over the Ontario Reign on Wednesday MAR 8, 2022. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

The San Jose Barracuda scored three goals in the second period en route to a 6-2 victory over the Ontario Reign on Wednesday evening at Toyota Center.

San Jose has won two out of its last three games and two in a row over the Reign. The ‘Cuda remain five points behind the Bakersfield Condors for the seventh place and the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Ontario has lost five games in a row and six out of their last seven.

Ontario (30-21-4-1) drew first blood 66 seconds into the first period on its first shot on goal. ‘Cuda goalie Aaron Dell misplayed the puck from behind the net. Alan Quine thanked Dell for the gift as he wrapped around the puck into an empty net for his eight goal of the season.

San Jose (23-27-1-4) evened the score just over two minutes later with its first shot on net. Adam Raska fed a pass over to Will Riedell who skated in front of Reign goalie Cal Petersen and deposited the puck to the left side of the net for his second goal of the season at the 3:23 mark.

Wiedell has scored both goals of his career against the Reign.

The Barracuda gained its first lead of the game at the 5:04 mark. Off of a faceoff draw inside the Reign zone, Jeffery Viel beat Petersen with a wrist shot for his 11th goal of the season. Viel has scored goals in back-to-back games and extended his point streak to seven.

Ontario scored the equalizer just past the halfway point of the opening frame. Tyrell Goulbourne gathered the puck at the left faceoff circle and snapped home a wrist shot past Dell for his second goal of the season at the 10:06 mark.

San Jose changed the momentum of the game with three unanswered goals in the middle frame.

Kyle Kriscuolo intercepted a pass inside at the Reign blueline and skated in on a breakaway and slid a backhander past Petersen for an unassisted goal, his 13th of the season at the 6:02 mark.

Luke Johnson cleaned up a rebound off a Danil Gushchin shot from the right wing for his 10th goal of the season at the 8:40 mark to give the ‘Cuda an insurance goal after the Reign turned the puck over in the neutral zone that led to the odd man rush for San Jose.

‘Cuda captain Andrew Agozzino put the game away late in the second period with his team leading 21st goal of the season when he finished off a rink wide pass from Riedell with a tap in from the back door. Agozzino extended his point-scoring streak to nine games, one shy of the Barracuda record held by Marcus Sorensen.

Criscuolo concluded the scoring with his second goal of the game, and 14th of the season, with 1:46 remaining in the third period when he banged home a puck in front of the crease from a pass by Thomas Bordeleau.

Dell (9-11-2) finished the evening stopping 24 of the 26 shots he faced to earn the victory and is 3-0 against the Reign this season. Petersen (13-11-4) made 16 saves on 22 shots in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 0-for-3 on the power play. Ontario was 0-for-5.

San Jose finished the season series with a 5-3 record against Ontario.

The Three Stars of the Game were: 1) Riedell 2) Lee 3) Goulbourne.

UP NEXT: San Jose travels out to Bakersfield for a two-game weekend series with the Condors on Friday 3/10 at 7:00pm at Mechanics Bank Arena.

Late collapse by Barracuda gives Coachella Valley the victory 5-4

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda. Adam Raska battles with a player on Coachella Valley on March 4th 2023.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

On their second of back-to-backs San Jose dropped the game late in the third against the Firebirds by a final of 5-4.

Similar to their last game the Barracuda found themselves down early as Kyle Criscuolo got a penalty for hooking just 1:47 in. San Jose’s PK unit came up big and killed it off keeping the Firebirds off the scoreboard.

Later in the first Coachella Valley broke the ice as Kole Lind scored his 22nd goal of the season assisted by Max McCormick and Ryker Evans.

San Jose was given a chance to score on the power play and converted as Andrew Agozzino stuffed home his 20th goal of the season. That goal ended up being Agozzino’s 500th career point in the AHL.

The Barracuda wasted no time in extending their lead as just 13 seconds later Ozzy Wiesblatt scored on a rebound to make it 2-1.

Danil Gushchin took a high-sticking penalty 15:32 into the first and the Firebirds converted as Jeremy McKenna got his first goal of the season.

Coachella Valley continued their momentum as Alexander True scored getting his ninth goal of the season and making it 3-2.

At the end of the first the shots favored San Jose 16-13.

The second period saw a lot less offense with Coachella Valley taking two penalties and San Jose taking one.

On the one penalty that San Jose took Jeffrey Viel scored shorthanded on a beautiful play on the rush.

That goal ended up being the only goal of the period with the shots finishing in favor of San Jose at 35-24.

The third period saw a quick strike from San Jose’s offense as only 3:29 in Martin Kaut tipped home a shot from Artemi Kniazev making it 4-3.

The Firebirds found a response after the goal as Jimmy Schuldt scored his eight goal of the season to tie the game back up.

Late in the period the Firebirds pushed for a goal and got one as Tye Kartye scored his 17th goal of the season to break the tie.

San Jose pulled their goalie but could not find a response as the Firebirds held on to win 5-4.

The shots at the end of the game favored San Jose at 41-38.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Tye Kartye 2nd: Andrew Agozzino 3rd: Ryker Evans

San Jose’s next game will be Wednesday at 7 p.m. against the Ontario Reign on the road.

Barracuda kick off two game home stand with win over Reign 4-2

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda. Andrew Agozzino celebrates a goal against the Reign on March 3rd 2023.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

SAN JOSE–At Tech Cu arena the Barracuda walked away with a win against a conference rival the Ontario Reign by a final of 4-2.

In between the pipes for San Jose was Aaron Dell while Ontario had Matthew Villalta starting for them.

Just a minute into this game San Jose’s penalty kill unit had to get to work as Jeffrey Viel took a penalty for high-sticking.

The pk unit was effective for the Barracuda though and killed off the penalty.

Later in the period Ontario took a penalty as well but San Jose’s power play unit could not convert.

In the first there was no scoring with the shots finishing in favor of the Barracuda at 8-7.

The second period saw much more offense as just 2:32 into the period Luke Johnson scored a goal short handed to make it 1-0.

A little later in the period Derrick Pouliot fead a pass right across the slot to Danil Gushchin who finished off the play to get his 13th goal of the season.

Ontario found a response a few minutes later as Tyler Madden scored his 14th goal of the season to make it 2-1.

Despite the Reign cutting San Jose’s lead in half Agozzino responded with a one-time goal out front that bounced in scoring his 18th goal of the season.

At the end of the second the shots favored San Jose at 18-13.

In the third period San Jose kicked things off in a similar fashion as Agozzino got his second goal of the game shorthanded.

Four minutes later Ontario responded with a power play goal as Madden also got his second goal of the game.

The Reign continued to push to tie but were unable to as Barracuda held on to win 4-2.

The shots at the end of the game favored Ontario at 27-22.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Andrew Agozzino 2nd: Derrick Pouliot 3rd: Tyler Madden

San Jose’s next game will be tomorrow against the Coachella Valley Firebirds at home at 6 p.m.

Back-and-forth affair ends with Barracuda losing in overtime 4-3

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Photo courtesy of San Jose Barracuda. Nikolai Knyzhov battles out front with a Firebirds player.

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

San Jose and Coachella Valley played a tightly contested game that went all the way to overtime but ended with the Firebirds on top 4-3.

In net for San Jose was Aaron Dell while Chris Driedger started for the Firebirds.

The Barracuda got off to a quick start in this one as Alexander True took a high-sticking penalty putting San Jose on the power play.

On the man-advantage Kyle Criscuolo got a feed from Andrew Agozzino that he buried in the slot to make it 1-0.

The rest of the period was quiet offensively as neither team got on the board.

Despite no goals there were three other penalties handed out in the period one against San Jose and two against Coachella Valley.

At the end of the first the shots favored San Jose at 11-9.

The second period was a little quieter with neither team getting on the board till later in the period.

That goal came from Carsen Twarynski who buried his 10th goal of the season to tie the game up at one.

The second period finished with the shots now favoring the Firebirds at 28-18.

In the third Coachella Valley struck fast as just 1:35 in Luke Henman scored fifth marker on the year to make it 2-1.

San Jose had a quick response though as just a couple minutes later Thomas Bordeleau sniped one past Driedger to tie the game back up.

The offensive frenzy continued this time Ozzy Wiesblatt fead a beautiful pass on up to Jeffrey Viel who finished on the breakaway putting his point streak up to four games.

However, Coachllea Valley was not out of it quiet yet as 8:59 into the period Cameron Hughes responded tying the game right back up.

Neither team could find any more offense pushing the game to overtime.

In overtime it didn’t take long to find out who would win as Kole Lind put the game away in front of the home crowd handing San Jose their first overtime defeat of the season.

The three stars of the game were: 1st: Kole Lind 2nd: Luke Henman 3rd: Austin Poganski

San Jose’s next game will be on Friday against the Ontario Reign at home at 7 p.m.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda hope to get off from bad loss face Coachella Valley tonight

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The San Jose Barracuda were clobbered by the Ontario Reign at the Toyota Center on Fri Feb 24, 2023 in Ontario. The Barracuda hope to put that loss behind them as they face the Coachella Valley Firebirds (tonight) Mon Feb 27, 2023 (photo by the San Jose Barracuda)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 San Jose Barracuda (21-26-0) went to battle against the Ontario Reign (30-18-3) on the road and had a rough game defensively losing by a final of 6-1 on Friday night.

#2 Marko the Reign made things difficult for the Barracuda shutting out the Barracuda in the first period and getting two goals from Jordan Spence and Alan Quine.

#3 The Reign attacked again scoring four goals in the third period from Samuel Fagemo, Jacob Moverare, Tyler Madden, and Kim Nousianinen.

#4 The Barracuda avoided being shutout when forward Jeffery Viel scored at 2:42 in the third period. The Barracuda just couldn’t get any offense going and Reign goaltender Matthew Villalta stopped 34 out of 35 shots to hold San Jose to only one goal.

#5 The Barracuda face off against a tough customer the Coachella Valley Firebirds (33-9-4) this one on the road tonight at 7:00pm. Talk about how you see this match up.

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