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San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda prepare for Firebirds Wednesday night at Acrisure Arena

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Tucson Roadrunners right winger Ty Tullio (17) and the San Jose Barracuda forward Patrick Giles (54) pursue the hockey puck at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson on Sat Jan 17, 2026 (Tucson Roadrunners photo)

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic:

#1 Igor Chernyshov has been one of San Jose’s top scorers this season — how will he match up against the Firebirds’ defense, and can he produce offensively again


#2 Quentin Musty’s creative instincts on the wing could be key — how will he create scoring opportunities against Coachella Valley’s defensive structure?


#3 Filip Bystedt has been a steady presence down the middle — can he control the puck and generate chances to help San Jose stay competitive?


#4 As a dynamic defenseman contributing offensively, how will Luca Cagnoni influence the pace of play and contribute in key situations?


#5 With San Jose facing a potent Firebirds offense, which Barracuda goalie will start and how effectively can they keep the score close?

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

San Jose Barracuda podcast Bridget Whitaker: Barracuda split weekend series with Roadrunners in Tucson

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San Jose Barracuda defenseman Lucas Carlsson (32) attempts to put the puck on net against Tucson Roadrunners goaltender Jaxson Stauber (30) with teammate center Cameron Hebig behind the net and the Barracuda forward Cam Lund (46) at the Tucson Convention Center on Sat Jan 17, 2026 (photo by the Tucson Roadrunners)

San Jose Barracuda podcast Bridget Whitaker:

#1 What are your thoughts on how the Barracuda handled this series against the Roadrunners?

#2 What’s the biggest thing the Barracuda can carry forward from this game into the next one?

#3 Who stood out to you for the Barracuda on Saturday?

#4 How important was the team’s patience in a game where they didn’t lead until late?

#5 What does a comeback win like this say about this group?

Bridget Whitaker is a San Jose Barracuda podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Barracuda win overtime thriller against Roadrunners 4-3

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San Jose Barracuda vs Tucson Roadrunners on Saturday January 17th at Tucson Convention Center Arena (via tucson roadrunners/flickr)

By Madison Montez

Tucson was the first on the board, the first of four goals in Saturday’s 4-3 overtime victory for the San Jose Barracuda over the Tucson Roadrunners. Noel Nordh scoring his third powerplay goal of the season, after Anthony Vincent took a two minute high stick penalty. T

o tie the game at one to one, Filip Bystedt scored his fifth powerplay goal of the season. Tucson quickly got their lead back, now 2-1 after Maveric Lamooureux scored two minutes after Bystedt did. Tying the game at two to two, Colin White scored his ninth of the season.

Beating Stauber through the five hole, Jimmy Huntington scored his sixth goal of the season to take a 3-2 lead, their first of the game. Dmtri Simashev scored his fifth of the season to tie the game at 3-3. With 28 seconds left in the overtime period, Egor Afanasyev was the hero, scoring his sixth goal of the season.

After the first period, although being down 1-0, San Jose outshot Tucson eleven to seven. After the second period, shots were even, seven by both teams. To end the game, San Jose outshot Tucson 40-22.

Both teams got a shot to show their special team units. For San Jose, they came into tonight’s game, second on the powerplay and second to las t on the penalty kill. They went 2 for 4. For Tucson, they came into tonight’s game, sixth on the powerplay and seventh on the penalty kill. They went 1 for 3.

Laurent Brossiot made his debut in a Barracuda sweater. Making 19 saves on 22 shots, he recorded his first win with San Jose. Jaxson Stauber got the start for Tucson. Making 36 saves on 40 shots, he recorded the loss.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Egor Afansyev
  2. Dmitri Simashev
  3. Jimmy Huntington

The Barracuda will be back in action on Wednesday January 21st against the Coachella Valley Firebirds at Acrisure Arena. The last time these two teams faced off was on December 17th where they fell 4-2. Oliver Wahlstrom and Filip Bystedt scored in the loss.

Barracuda fall to Roadrunners 4-2 to start roadtrip

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San Jose Barracuda vs Tucson Roadrunners on Friday January 16th at Tucson Convention Center Arena (via tucson roadrunners/flickr)

By Madison Montez

The San Jose Barracuda lost by a two goal margin to the Tucson Roadrunners at the Tucson Convention Center 4-2 on Friday night.

In the first period after a goal was overturned, the Roadrunners were the first to get on the board. Miko Matikka, who scored his third of the season, gave his team the first lead of the night. With three seconds left on their first powerplay opportunity, Kaper Halttunen scored his fourth powerplay goal to tie the game at one to one.

In second period action, Egor Afanasyev winning a puck battle in the offensive zone, set up Ethan Cardwell to help the Barracuda take their first lead of the game, two to one. Cardwell with his seventh of the season. Ricocheting off the shot by Cameron Hebig, Tucson tied the game at two to two in the second period.

In the third period the Roadrunners offense beating Carriere on the far side, Austin Poganski scored his ninth of the season to give Tucson the lead for the second time this game. Ben McCartney put the cherry on top, scoring an empty net goal with 1 minute and 30 seconds left.

After the first period of play, Tucson outshot San Jose 7-6. After the second period of play, San Jose took the lead and outshot Tucson 12-9. And to end the game, both teams shot an even nine shots.

Special Teams:

Both teams had early chances to show their special teams, San Jose taking advantage of their first powerplay opportunity. Coming into Friday night’s game, San Jose came in second on the powerplay and second to last on the penalty kill. For Tucson, they came into Friday night’s game, seventh on the powerplay and sixth on the penalty kill. San Jose went 1 for 4 while Tucson went 0 for 1.

Goalies:

For San Jose, Gabriel Carriere got the start and for Tucson, Matthew Villalta got the start. Making 21 saves on 24 shots, Carriere recorded the loss, his record now moves to 9-7-3-1. Making 25 saves on 27 shots Villalta recorded the, his record now moves to 12-5-0-1.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

  1. Austin Poganski
  2. Cameron Hebig
  3. Miko Matikka

The Barracuda will be back in action Saturday, wrapping up a two game series against this Tucson team with a 7:00pm PT faceoff. The next time these two teams will face off is in March.

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Ukalovic: Barracuda on two game win streak looking for number 3 Friday in Tucson

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San Jose Barracuda forward Lucas Vanroboys (67) gets into it with the Bakersfield Condors defenseman Mason Millman (78) at Tech CU in San Jose on Sat Jan 10, 2026 (San Jose Barracuda photo)

San Jose Barracuda podcast Marko Uklovic:

#1 How will Filip Bystedt’s offensive impact translate to this road matchup in Tucson starting Fri Jan 16th?

#2 Can Quentin Musty create matchup problems for Tucson’s penalty kill?

#3 What kind of night do the Barracuda expect from defender Luca Cagnoni on both ends of the ice?

#4 Will goaltender Jakub Skarek be able to weather Tucson’s attacking forwards early in the first period?

#5 How will the Barracuda depth forwards like Colin White or Patrick Giles contribute on special teams?

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

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