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San Jose Barracuda forward Anthony Vincent engages in a fight with Tucson Roadrunners forward Sam Lipkin during the first period at Tech CU Arena on Sunday MAR 1, 2026. (San Jose Barracuda)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — The Tucson Roadrunners scored three unanswered goals in the third period en route to a 6-4 comeback win over the San Jose Barracuda on Sunday evening at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose had its three-game winning streak snapped and lost for the first time in regulation when scoring four goals. Tucson has won two of its past three games and has earned points in five of the six games against the Barracuda.

Roadrunners defenseman Scott Perunovich scored the game winning goal on a breakaway with 2:32 remaining in the third period. Perunovich scored his sixth goal of the season as he was set up by Jack Ricketts and Dmitri Simashev.

Tucson (24-20-8-0-56 points) drew first blood early in the first period with an even strength goal. Ty Tullio led a counterattack into San Jose’s zone. Sam Lipkin found Michal Kunc along the right flank who blasted a one-timer past Cuda goalie Matt Davis for his fifth goal at the 5:34 mark.

San Jose (31-16-2-2-65-points) responded with an even strength goal near the halfway mark of the opening frame. Donovan Houle made a drop pass over to Jimmy Huntington at the blueline. Huntington skated into the middle before rifling a wrist shot past Roadrunners goalie Jaxson Stauber to the short side for his 11th goal of the season at the 8:53 mark. Nolan Allan received the secondary assist.

The Barracuda gained its first lead with a power play goal late in the period. Huntington centered a pass from behind the goal line out to Lucas Carlsson who beat Stauber through the five hole with a one-timer from in between the faceoff circles for his 12th goal of the season at the 13:32 mark. Egor Afanasyev received the secondary assist.

Huntington earned a “Gordy Howe” hat trick in the first period when he got into a scrap with Kevin Connauton at the 14:42 mark.

Huntington scored his second goal of the game with San Jose’s second goal on the man advantage early in the second period. Luca Cagnoni’s shot from the top of the point was redirected through the five-hole of Stauber by Huntington for his 12th goal of the season at the 1:33 mark.

The Roadrunners made it a one-goal game with a power play goal near the halfway mark of the middle frame. Perunovich found Daniil But along the left boards. But skated around to the slot and fired a wrist shot past Davis for his 10th goal of the season at the 8:23 mark.

Tucson evened the game with its second unanswered goal of the period. Cameron Hebig scored his 17th goal of the season when he beat Davis with a shot from the right slot to the short side at the 12:47 mark. Austin Poganski Montana Onyebuchi recorded assists on the play.

Anthony Vincent regained the lead for San Jose just under two minutes later. Kyle Crnkovic stripped the puck off of Maveric Lamoureaux from behind the Roadrunners net. Crnkovic centered the puck over to Vincent who needed three tries for his seventh goal of the season as Stauber initially stopped his first two attempts from point-blank range.

But scored his second goal of the game as he evened it up at four a piece early in the third period. But flipped a shot in from the point the air through a sea of traffic that found its way past Davis and into the back of the net. But’s 11th goal of the season came at the 7:07 mark.

Kevin Rooney iced the game with an empty net goal at the 18:35 mark, his 12th of the season.

Stauber (10-11-5) finished the game stopping 28 of the 32 saves to earn the victory. Davis (0-1-0), who made his AHL debut after being called up from the ECHL’s Wichita Thunder, made 31 saves on 36 saves in the losing effort.

GAME NOTES: San Jose finished 2-for-2 on the power play. Tucson went 1-for-4.

The Three Stars of the Game: 1) Huntington 2) But 3) Perunovich.

UP NEXT: San Jose concludes their three-game homestand against the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday March 4th at 7:00pm at Tech CU Arena.

San Jose Barracuda vs Tucson Roadrunners on Saturday February 28th at Tech CU Arena (via sjbarracuda)

By Madison Montez

SAN JOSE- 53 seconds into the game, Tucson struck first, Jack Ricketts getting his fourth of the season. This would be one of three goals scored by Tucson in the San Jose 5-3 win. Tucson extended that lead when their powerplay went to work and Dmitri Simashev scored his third of the season. Picking up a loose puck, Donovan Houle scored to cut into Tucson’s two to zero lead. Tucson regained their two goal lead when Mattias Havelid turned over the puck and gave Andrew Aggozino his ninth goal of the season to make it . Beating a Roadrunner to the puck, Filip Bystedt scored his fourteenth of the season to make it a one goal game at 3-2. Tying the game at 3-3, Mattias Havelid scored his fifth goal of the season.

Two minutes later, Filip Bystedt gave San Jose their first lead of the game, 4-3, after a perfect pass from Kyle Crnkovic for his nineteenth goal of the season. Donovan Houle successfully secured the win after Donovan Houle scored an empty net goal for his second of the game to make it a 5-3 game.

After the first period, San Jose outshot Tucson fifteen to nine. After the second period, San Jose outshot Tucson twelve to eight. After the third period, Tucson outshot San Jose seventeen to fourteen.

Specials teams is what got tonight’s game started. Coming into tonight’s game, San Jose was first on the powerplay with a 20% and fifth on the penalty kill with an 81%. For Tucson, they came into the game fifth on the powerplay with a 20% and eighth on the penalty kill with a 76%. San Jose took advantage of 1 out of 4 opportunities while Tucson took advantage of 1 out of 5.

For San Jose, Laurent Brossoit got the start. Making 30 saves on 33 shots, he recorded tonights win. Matthew Villalta got the initial start for Tucson. After taking a puck to the mask, Jaxson Stauber was called in to play in the rest of the game. Stauber, making 21 saves on 24 shots, recorded tonights loss.

THREE STARS OF THE GAME:

1. Filip Bystedt
2. Donovan Houle
3. Egor Afanasyev

The Barracuda will be back in action tomorrow, wrapping up this two game series against the Roadrunners. San Jose will be looking to sweep the series. The next time these two teams will face off is on March 14th where the Barracuda will visit Tucson.

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.