CUDA EARN POINT IN OT LOSS AT FIREBIRDS

Feb 28, 2023

Palm Desert, CA - The San Jose Barracuda (21-26-1-4) closed out its four-game road trip on Monday at the Acrisure Arena, falling 4-3 in overtime to the Coachella Valley Firebirds (34-9-4-2).

In the first, Alex True was called for interference and while on the power play, Andrew Agozzino found Kyle Criscuolo (12) in the low slot to give the Barracuda a 1-0 lead.

In the second, the Barracuda were outshot 19-to-7 and at 10:11, Carsen Twarynski (10) snapped a shot past Aaron Dell on the blocker side from the left wing.

In the third, Luke Henman (5) swiped in a Matt Tennyson point-shot to give Coachella Valley its first lead at 2-1. But at 3:11, Thomas Bordeleau (20) wired in a missile past Chris Driedger from atop the right circle to tie the score at 2-2. At 5:52, Jeff Viel (9) slid a breakaway through Driedger’s five-hole, but at 8:59, Cameron Hughes (8) swiped in a turnover through Dell’s five-hole to level the score at 3-3.

In overtime, Kole Lind (20) whistled a shot past Dell from the right wing on a two-on-one. 

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The Barracuda return to Tech CU Arena on Friday, March 3 to take on the Ontario Reign. For tickets and more info about upcoming promotions and specials, visit sjbarracuda.com.