BARRACUDA ROLLED BY ROADRUNNERS, 5-1
Oct 28, 2022San Jose, CA – After jumping out to a 1-0 lead in the first, the San Jose Barracuda (4-2-0-0) allowed three goals in the second period on Friday against the Tucson Roadrunners (4-1-0-0) at Tech CU Arena and couldn’t recover, falling 5-1. After winning its first four games, San Jose has combined for just two goals in its last two outings, both resulting in losses.
In the first, Tristen Robins (3) got things started as he ripped a shot over the blocker of Tucson’s Ivan Prosvetov (3-0) at 12:46. 10 of the Barracuda's 15 goals scored this year have now come from first-year players.
In the second, despite outshooting the Roadrunners 13-to-7, the Barracuda would give up three goals. First, Cam Crotty (1) redirected a point pass from Michael Carcone at 2:38. Then, Carcone (2) would notch a PPG at 12:06 to give Tucson its first lead. The power-play goal against was the first given up by the Barracuda this season. Artemi Kniazev would tie the game later in the period, but the goal was disallowed due to goaltender interference. Later in the period, Milos Keleman (2) would extend the Roadrunners’ lead to 3-1 at 18:26.
In the third, the Barracuda would outshoot Tucson 14-to-10 but would give up two more goals. Adam Cracknell (2) at 14:06 and then an empty-netter from Boko Imama at 16:23.
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