SAN DIEGO, CA –The San Jose Barracuda (5-6-0-1, 11pts) presented by Barracuda Networks defeated the host San Diego Gulls (9-3-0-1, 19pts) by the score of 4-3 in regulation in front of 11,396 fans at the Valley View Casino Center on Saturday evening. The Barracuda’s season long seven game road trip continues in Bakersfield on Wednesday at 10:30am vs. the Condors.
San Jose charged out to a 2-0 first period lead despite only throwing six shots on goal. Jeremy Langlois (4th) extended his point streak to four games with a quick shot after a Ryan Carpenter faceoff win to the right of goaltender Matt Hackett at 8:21. Karl Stollery (1st) ripped a shot top shelf from 55 feet at 18:28 to give San Jose a 2-0 advantage. Troy Grosenick made eight saves through 20 minutes of play. 
Defenseman Mark Cundari (1st) sent a laser into the net on the power play from 50 feet at 1:31 of the second period to give San Jose a 3-0 lead. But tough guy Brian McGrattan (2nd) got the score right back at 2:05 after his shot down the right wing on the rush beat Troy Grosenick on the blocker side. Greger Hanson (1st) gave the Barracuda a 4-1 advantage after he slipped a shot from 25 feet through the pads of Matt Hackett at 11:08 assisted by John McCarthy. San Jose outshot San Diego 13-6 in the second period and took a 4-1 lead into the second intermission.
The Gulls poured the pressure on in the third period as they fired 21 shots and scored twice in the final six minutes of the third period to cut the Barracuda lead to 4-3. Nic Kerdiles (3rd) scored a 5-on-3 power play goal at 14:42 and Chris Mueller (3rd) fired home a rebound with 2.1 seconds left but it was too little too late for San Diego as Troy Grosenick stood tall and finished with 32 saves in net.
The Barracuda record improves to 5-6-0-1 overall with a 4-2-0-0 record on the road.
Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star: Brandon Montour (0-1-1, +1) 2nd star: Troy Grosenick (32 saves, W) 1st star: Greger Hanson (GWG)….Final shots were 35-26 in favor of San Diego… Matt Hackett (2-2-0) made 22 saves on 26 shots for San Diego ….Troy Grosenick (2-3-1) made 32 saves on 35 shots for San Jose ….San Jose went 1-for-3 on the power play while San Diego went 1-for-4… Patrick McNally, Chris Crane, and Frazer McLaren (injured) did not dress for the Barracuda…Micheal Haley, Melker Karlsson, Nikolay Goldobin, and Mirco Mueller are all currently with the SJ Sharks… Bryan Lerg (4-2-6) had a five game point streak snapped…Jeremy Langlois has a four game point streak (3-2-5) after scoring a goal…. the Barracuda wore their home white jerseys on the road as the Gulls wore a specialty military style jersey…the Barracuda are now 2-1-0-0 on their season long seven game road trip….Dylan Demelo, John McCarthy, Ryan Carpenter, and Joakim Ryan all added assists… Mark Cundari was an assist away from the Gordie Howe hat trick.
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