Barracuda Win Third Straight Behind Goldobin's Hat Trick
Jan 3, 2016San Jose, CA –The San Jose Barracuda (14-10-2-3, 33pts) presented by Barracuda Networks won their third straight game with a commanding 5-1 victory over the visiting Texas Stars (17-14-2-3, 39pts) in front of 3,425 fans at the SAP Center on Sunday afternoon. With the win, San Jose moved into sole possession of third place in the Pacific Division. The Barracuda four game home stand continues on Wednesday, Jan 6 vs. the Stockton Heat at 7:30pm.
Goaltender Alex Stalock (1-0-0) made his first AHL start since April 20, 2013 and made 21 saves for the Barracuda in the win. Nikolay Goldobin (3-1-4), Jeremy Langlois (1-0-1), and Ryan Carpenter (1-0-1) scored for the Barracuda with Gus Young (0-3-3), Chris Tierney (0-2-2), Barclay Goodrow (0-1-1), and Trevor Parkes (0-1-1) adding assists. Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers (0-1-0) made 19 saves for the Stars in his AHL debut with Jason Dickinson (1-0-1) scoring their lone goal.
The Barracuda came out hungry getting multiple high quality scoring chances throughout the first period. Nikolay Goldobin (7th) got the scoring started after receiving a beautiful pass from Chris Tierney and put a quick one time snap shot into the back of the net at 7:37.
Jason Dickinson (7th) tied the game up for the Stars on a back door rebound that slid under Alex Stalock as he went from right to left on the save attempt at 17:35.
The Barracuda regained the lead 62 seconds later on a power move by Jeremy Langlois (7th) who came from the right of the net, broke through the top of the crease and put the backhand past goaltender Philippe Desrosiers. The Barracuda led 2-1 heading into the first intermission with shots at 11 to 7 in favor of San Jose.
The fast paced play continued in the second period. Halfway through the period Stalock made a great save keeping the one goal lead for the Barracuda by stopping the puck between his skate blade and the post. Goldobin (8th) lit the lamp for the second time at 10:35 on rebound on a pass from the corner that increased the Barracuda lead 3-1. Shots were 7 to 6 in favor of Texas heading into the second intermission.
San Jose extended their lead 1:35 into the third period after a shot from Barclay Goodrow rang off the post and out where the attacking Ryan Carpenter (5th) slapped home the rebound. At 7:39, Goldobin (9th) buried a breakaway to complete his first career AHL hat trick making it 5-1. Shots were 8 to 7 in favor of the Stars in the third period as Alex Stalock stood his ground in the victory.
Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star: Alex Stalock (21 Saves, W) 2nd star: Chris Tierney (0-2-2, +4) 1st star: Nikolay Goldobin (3-1-4, +4)….Final shots were 24-22 in favor of San Jose… Philippe Desrosiers (0-1-0) made 19 saves on 24 shots for Texas….Alex Stalock (1-0-0) made 21 saves on 22 shots for San Jose in his first AHL start since April 20, 2013 at Syracuse…San Jose went 0-for-3 on the power play while Texas went 0-for-2… Scott Timmins (inj), Daniel Doremus (inj), Frazer McLaren, (inj), Petter Emanuelsson (inj), Julius Bergman (inj) and Mark Cundari did not dress for the Barracuda… before the game goaltender Alex Stalock was sent to the Barracuda on a conditioning assignment from the SJ Sharks and picked up his 79th AHL win… center Chris Tierney made his Barracuda debut as he was loaned by the Sharks earlier in the day and grabbed two assists….defenseman Mark Cundari returned from the Spengler Cup and did not dress for San Jose….goaltender Troy Grosenick was recalled by the SJ Sharks…Matt Tennyson skated in his 3rd game for the Barracuda on a conditioning assignment from the Sharks… Head coach Roy Sommer picked up win #631, trailing only Fred “Bun” Cook (636 wins) for the most wins in AHL history…Ryan Carpenter (3-0-3) now has scored a goal in three straight games…Gus Young finished with three assists and a +4 rating… Joakim Ryan also finished +4…San Jose moved to 8-7-0-1 at the SAP Center this season…San Jose won three straight games for the first time this season.
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