SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Diego Gulls (4-0-0-0) continued their winning streak when John Gibson earned his first shutout of the season in the 3-0 win at SAP Center against the San Jose Barracuda (2-2-0-1).
Stu Bickel and Vincent Arseneau set the tone with a glove dropping match less than two minutes into the game.
Barracuda Vincent Arseneau (L) fights Stu Bickel durring first period action – Photo by Jack Lima
Gulls’ Chris Wagner scored the first goal of the game at 5:02, when his shot from near the blue line went past Aaron Dell in the net. Their second goal came off the stick of Chris Mueller with 1:49 remaining in the first, giving the Gulls the 2-0 lead at the end of the first period.
Barracuda goalie Aaron Dell covers a reound as Chris Wagner looks for the puck – Photo by Jack Lima
Nick Ritchie gave the Gulls their third goal during the second period, on a power play, when he wristed a shot into the net from the front of the net.
The Barracuda were not able to make anything else happen, but held the Gulls at three goals by the end of the game.
Chris Mueller – Photo by Jack Lima
Barracuda coach Roy Sommer wasn’t very pleased with his teams overall playing during the game.
“I thought our neutral zone wasn’t real good. They were pouring through it at times. There was no stand. They came in there too easy.”
When asked where the game may have gone wrong, he said, “The power play was the turning point in the game. We had two good looks and they made two great saves on us. We maybe had seven or eight scoring chances. But we couldn’t get anything going offensively.” He added later, “There’s still plenty of stuff to work on. We would like to get a home win here.”
Aaron Dell makes a save – Photo by Jack Lima
The Barracuda left after the game to head down to Ontario for another tough match, to face the Reign, also undefeated (4-0-0-0) on Saturday night.
Our PHN photographer was on hand for tonight’s game, here’s a look at some of the best shots from the game.
Barracuda Dylan DeMelo (74) takes a shot on goal as Joseph Cramarossa (19) and Melker Karlsson (68) try to avoid the puck – Photo by Jack Lima
Chris Crane (R) attempts a wrap around shot of Gulls goalie John Gibson as Stu Bickel (2) looks to provide help – Photo by Jack Lima
Chris Wagner attemps to control the puck after an offsides call – Photo by Jack Lima
Dylan DeMelo moves the puck up ice late in the third period – Photo by Jack Lima
Gulls Nic Kerdiles chases the puck up ice – Photo by Jack Lima
Gus Young (70) swats a rebound away from Mike Sgarbossa (18) – Photo by Jack Lima
Scott Timmins (77) battles Joe Piskula (7) along the boards – Photo by Jack Lima
Nikolay Goldobin (82) tries a shot on goal as Chris Mueller (15) defends – Photo by Jack Lima
Matt Bailey (24) and Nikolay Goldobin (82) chase the puck – Photo by Jack Lima
John McCarthy (17) attempts to tip a shot past John Gibson – Photo by Jack Lima
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