BARRACUDA TOSS TUCSON, 4-2
Dec 3, 2022San Jose, CA - The San Jose Barracuda (11-9-0-1) scored three power-play goals in a 4-2 win over the Tucson Roadrunners (10-7-1-0) on Saturday night at Tech CU Arena in front of 2,478 fans for Teddy Bear Toss presented by Kaiser Permanente.
Jan Jenik (3) scored at 5:49 in the first with a mini one-timer passed the glove of Strauss Mann.
The bears were finally tossed onto the ice in the second period on the power-play after Luke Johnson (3) tipped the puck passed the five-hole of Jon Gillies to tie the game at one at the 18:17 mark. Under a minute later at 19:08, Thomas Bordeleau (10) blasted a shot through Gillies on the power play to end the period with a 2-1 Barracuda lead.
In the final frame, William Eklund (6) gave the Barracuda their third power-play goal of the game on a one-timer at 11:10. Montana Onyebuchi (1) would then score the insurance goal off a Gillies rebound at 17:10.
Both Ryan Merkley (0+3=3) and Bordeleau (1+2=3) had three-point nights while Elkund (1+1=2) had two points on the evening.
Mann (3-2-0) made 22 saves on 24 shots for his third win of the season and Gillies (4-3-1) stopped 32 of the 36 shots he faced.
Barracuda fans sent a total of 3879 bears onto the ice, with all of the bears set to go to local children through Working Partnerships USA.