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San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda defense just got pelted by Roadrunners in 6-2 loss Saturday

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San Jose Barracuda skated to a 6-2 loss on Teddy Bear Toss day against the Tucson Roadrunners at Tech CU in San Jose on Sat Dec 8, 2025 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

SJ Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic:

#1 San Jose Barracuda Jack Thompson scored the opening goal of the game on Saturday at 5:20 in the first period — It was the first of only two goals for San Jose.

#2 How did players like Lucas Cagnoni or Quentin Musty perform in the game (shots, assists, ice time)?

#3 Did the Barracuda get any power-play (PP) goals during the game, — which Barracuda forwards (from the roster such as Anthony Vincent, Donavan Houle, etc.) had chances or contributed on special teams?

#4 Which Barracuda defensemen (Mattias Havelid, Jake Furlong, or others) logged the most ice time or had notable defensive plays — and how did that impact the final 6–2 result?

#5 Looking at the Dec. 5 and Dec. 6 games back-to-back between the teams, how did the Barracuda adjust their lineup from the win (4–3 OT on Dec. 5) to the loss (6–2) — did they make changes to forwards like Igor Chernyshov, or shift defensive pairings including someone like Cagnoni or Havelid?

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

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic Mon Mar 17, 2025: Cuda host Gulls for classroom matinee Wed at 10:30AM at SAP

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The Tucson Roadrunners right wing Egor Sokolov (13) collides into the San Jose Barracuda forward Thomas Bordeleau (17) as Barracuda defenseman Lucas Carlsson (36) looks on at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson on Sun Mar 16, 2025 (Tucson Roadrunners flickr photo)

On the San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Tough loss for the San Jose Barracuda 6-5 to the Tucson Roadrunners in shootout at the Tucson Convention Center.

#2 Scoring in the first period the Roadrunners Hunter Drew scoring his 13th goal at 7:28 Yotes in the lead 1-0. The Barracuda would score two unanswered goals at 9:11 by Danil Gushchin (21) unassisted, at 10:27 by Lucas Carlsson (10), Cuda in the lead 2-1. The Roadrunners Ben McCartney (12) scored at 13:38, the Barracuda Andrew Poturalski (26) scored at 14:53 with the Barracuda in the lead 3-2 at the end of the first period.

#3 Potrualski (27) ended the first period with a goal and opened the second period with a goal at 4:38 it would be a crucial goal to keep the lead as the Roadrunners Curtis Douglas (7) scored at 5:50 and it was 4-3 Barracuda after the second period.

#4 In the third period at 0:56 Pavol Regenda (9) scored for the Barracuda, the Roadrunners Douglas (8) scored his second goal of the game cutting the Barracuda lead to 5-4. The Roadrunners Sammy Walker (7) would score at 18:10 to tie up 5-5 the game and force overtime and then a shootout. In the shootout the Raodrunners from Sammy Walker and Max Szuber to get them the 6-5 win.

#5 The Barracuda now in sixth place in the AHL Pacific Division at 29-21-4-4 will host the San Diego Gulls ninth place at 23-27-5-2. The puck drops on Wednesday morning at 10:30AM how do you see this match up?

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

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

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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.

Cooley and Guenther Lead Utah HC to 2-1 Victory Over Vancouver

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Vancouver Canucks left winger Kiefer Sherwood (44) moves the puck against the Utah Hockey Club right winger Dylan Guenther (11) in the second period at Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Sun Feb 23, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Tom Walker

SALT LAKE CITY–Logan Cooley and Dylan Guenther each found the back of the net, and Karel Vejmelka stopped 15 of 16 shots, as Utah wins first game back at Delta Center following the 4 Nations Face-Off.

It had been 17 days since Utah Hockey Club last played on home ice in a 3-2 overtime victory against the Philadelphia Flyers. Since then they have split four games on the road, going 2-1 prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off and then losing Saturday’s matchup against the Kings in Los Angeles wherein Barrett Hayton recorded the first hat trick in Utah HC history, the first of Hayton’s career.

With two power play goals in the game, Utah had converted four straight times with the man advantage. Defenseman Sean Durzi returned in that game from a 52-game absence and assisted on one of Hayton’s goals. Upon returning to Salt Lake City, Durzi suited up for his first game at Delta Center since opening night on October 8 against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Out of the lineup on Sunday night was defenseman Juuso Välimäki who was waived earlier in the day due to the returns of John Marino and Sean Durzi from long-term injuries. If Välimäki clears waivers, he will likely be assigned to Utah’s AHL affiliate, the Tucson Roadrunners. Though named to Finland’s roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off, he was a healthy scratch for all three of their games in the tournament.

Following a scoreless first period, Vancouver went on the power play early in the second when Logan Cooley went to the sin bin for hooking against Jake DeBrusk. DeBrusk cashed it in at 1:43 of the frame for his 21st of the season, assisted by Elias Pettersson and Pius Suter. Cooley redeemed himself just two minutes later with his 16th of the season, tipping in a shot from John Marino with an additional assist to Clayton Keller.

At 13:01 of the third period, Vancouver’s Derek Forbort went to the penalty box for holding against Michael Corcone. On the ensuing power play, Dylan Guenther tipped in a perfect pass from Nick Schmaltz for his 21st goal of the season, with Keller picking up his 43rd assist.

In net, Karel Vejmelka turned away 15 of 16 Canuck shots to earn his 13th victory of the season.

After the game, Dylan Guenther addressed the importance of beginning the four-game homestand with a win. “Yeah, it’s huge. I mean, everyone was kind of on a back to back, so we’re all a little tired, but just finding ways to win games I think builds our confidence in those tight ones and just use that moving forward.” Speaking of the team’s power play, Guenther continued, “I thought … we did a pretty good job on all three in the first, just couldn’t score. And then, I mean, just a really nice play by Schmaltzy. I didn’t even really see it, to be honest, but I was just kind of posted up there and he gave me a nice pass.”

Utah has struggled to maintain leads in the third period, and head coach André Tourigny talked about the final five minutes of tonight’s game. “I think we did a good job. I think there’s always things you can do a little bit better. But I like our mindset, I like our composure, our compete level, our urgency. So I like a lot of stuff. I’m happy.” Addressing the stingy defense, Tourigny said, “It’s (the) effort of everybody. Normally, when you have that kind of a defensive performance, it’s because you (also) play really good offensively. Possess the puck, you put it on their heels. I cannot say that about the way we played offensively today. I think we didn’t have our execution. We didn’t generate as much speed as we do lately. But I like the point of how we played defensively. We blocked shots, we were stingy in our neutral zone, stingy in our (defensive) zone. So there’s a lot of positive (in) the way we played without the puck today.”

Utah has three more games on this homestand beginning with the return of the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, Utah’s inaugural season opening night opponent whom they defeated 5-2 in October.

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda open four game road trip starting Tuesday in Colorado

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The San Jose Barracuda center Thomas Bordeleau (17) tries to get control of the puck against the Tucson Roadrunners defenseman Artem Duda (78) at Tech CU on Sat Feb 8, 2025 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Danil Gushchin scored two goals and had assist for the San Jose Barracuda (24-13-2-3) on Saturday for a 5-3 win over the Tucson Roadrunners (20-20-2-1).

#2 In the first period the Barracuda had a 16-8 lead on shot on goals against the Roadrunners. The Barracuda opened the first period picked up a point from Braden Hache at 10:55 that was tipped in by Filip Bystedt for his eighth goal of the season. The Roadrunners Edgor Sokolov scored at 18:08 to tie it up 1-1. San Jose’s Danil Gushchin scored his tenth goal of the season at 19:45 as the Barracuda took a 2-1 lead to end the first period.

#3 The Roadrunners Cameron Hebig scored his 17th goal of the season at 4:31 to tie it up 2-2 and Gushchin came through again for San Jose scoring his 11th goal of the season second of the game at 12:03 as the Barracuda regained the lead after two periods 3-2.

#4 In the third period the Barracuda’s Colin White scored his sixth goal at 17:38 for a 4-2 lead. Ethan Cardwell added another goal for San Jose his sixth of the year at 18:47 for a 5-2 San Jose lead and the Roadrunners Lleyton Moore would close out all the scoring at 19:58 as the Barracuda come away with a 5-3 win ending a seven game homestand.

#5 Next up the Barracuda face off against the Colorado Eagles on Tue Feb 11 for a 6:05pm PST at Blue FCU Arena in Loveland. The Eagles are second in the Pacific Division at 25-12-4-2. The Eagles have won five of their last ten games. How do you see this match up Tuesday?

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

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda can’t rally on Texas; End season in Tucson Fri and Sat

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The San Jose Barracuda and the Texas Stars battled to a 2-1 Texas win on Sat Apr 14, 2024 at Tech CU in San Jose to conclude the 2023-24 home season for the Barracuda (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 Marko, the San Jose Barracuda got on the board first on Saturday night against the Texas Stars at Tech CU Arena in the second period when Daniel Gushchin scored at 5:14 for a 1-0 Barracuda lead.

#2 In the second period the Stars Matej Blumel forward tied up the game at 1:12 with assists from Derrick Pouliot and Mavrik Bourque making it 1-1.

#3 Once again Blumel scores against the Barracuda for the game winner for Texas with as Bourque and Pouliot assisted for the 2-1 win.

#4 The Barracuda just wasn’t able to get much offense going after the first period but Barracuda goaltender Magnus Chrona stopped 38 shots and allowed two goals but the offense couldn’t deliver.

#5 It’s off to Tucson this Friday and Saturday for a two game series that will conclude the Barracuda road schedule and season. The Roadrunners are not a slouchy team they are second in the AHL Pacific with a 41-23-3 record and have six of their last ten games.

Marko Ukalovic podcasted the Barracuda for the 2023-24 season at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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.

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

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda host Silver Knights on Friday night at Tech CU

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The San Jose Barracuda and the Tucson Roadrunners battled at Tucson Convention Center in Tucson on Sat Dec 2, 2023 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On the Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 Drawing first blood in this game was the Barracuda as Shakir Mukhamadullin scored as he ripped one home assisted by Bradley Marek and Henry Thrun.

#2 Things quickly fell apart for the Barracuda when Hunter Drew responded less than a minute later. The goal seemed to open the floodgates for the Roadrunners as they went on to score four straight.

#3 Looking to extend their lead the Roadrunners came out flying as Jan Jenik scored just 2:23 into the third. Less than three minutes later Travis Barron got his second of the game making it a 6-3 game.

#4 Neither team was particularly threatening on the power play as San Jose went 1/4 while the Roadrunners went 0/4.

#5 San Jose will look to bounce back against the Henderson Silver Knights on Friday at Tech CU in San Jose at 7 p.m. Knights are always a tough customer and their part of that successful Golden Knights organization.

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

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda finish regular season in Tucson

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The Colorado Eagles defenceman Mitchell Vande Sompel (14) battles with San Jose Barracuda forward Luke Johnson (76) had himself a game on Sat Apr 8, 2023 against the San Jose Barracuda scoring twice and picking up two more points in the third period (San Jose Barracuda photo)

On SJ Barracuda podcast with Marko:

#1 Marko, how easy was it for the Colorado Eagles (38-22-7-3) in their 4-0 win over the San Jose Barracuda (29-34-2-5) the Eagles scored the first goal on a Mitchell Vande Sompel (5) that approach was not met with not much resistance and put the Eagles on the scoreboard 1-0 Saturday.

#2 Vande Sompel scored his second goal of the game on a back hand move in the second period going up 2-0 and the Barrcuda could feel the pressure going into the third period.

#3 The Eagles had the lead but the Barracuda were outshooting the Eagles 19-6 with two power plays after two periods.

#4 Vande Sompel finished with two points for the second consecutive game. The Barracuda failed to score and end the shutout but allowed two empty net goals.

#5 The Barracuda close out the regular season in Tempe against the Tucson Roadrunners this Friday and Saturday for a two game set both 7:00pm face offs.

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

Bounce back game for Barracuda as they blank Roadrunners 6-0

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Photo credit to San Jose Barracuda Twitter. The Barracuda celebrate a goal at Rondondo Tower Apartments in Tucson on Sun Nov 20, 2022

By Titus Wilkinson (@TitusWisme)

In the second of back to backs the Barracuda bounced back from their last game against the Roadrunners with a win by the score 6-0.

The first period between the two teams was a slow burn with no goals to speak of. Though three tripping penalties were given out two the Barracuda one to the Roadrunners.

The shots in the period finished at 12-8 in favor of the Barracuda.

In comparison to the first the second was a lot different with the offense coming alive for San Jose.

It began with Danil Guschin getting his third goal of the season and Brandon Coe assisting on the goal.

Not too long after the first goal William Eklund tacked on to the lead with his fourth goal of the season. Assisting on the goal was both Andrew Agozzino and Montana Onyebuchi.

After a brief break in the offense a shorthanded opportunity presented itself for Artemi Kniazev and he capitalized on it. With Tristen Robins and Ryan Merkley getting the assists.

With the lead up to 3-0 Thomas Bordeleau saw fit to add on to it with his fifth goal of the season. Robins and Eklund both got assists on the goal.

The shots at the the end of the second period also favored San Jose at 16-7.

Bordeleau entering the third period was not done as at the 6:17 mark he got his second goal of the game on the power play. The assists going to both Kniazev and Scott Reedy.

Much later in the period Bordeleau would complete the hat trick at the 16:47 mark. Eklund tacked on another assist along with Onyebuchi.

Six would end up being enough as Tucson was shutout by Eetu Makiniemi who made 28 saves on the night.

The shots in total finished in favor of the Barracuda at 40-28.

The Barracuda power play would also go 1/4 while the Roadrunners power play went 0/6.

The Barracuda’s next game will be against the Ontario Reign on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m at the Toyota Center in Ontario