Irvine, CA – The San Jose Barracuda (4-3-1-0) continued their three-game road trip on Friday in Irvine at the FivePoint Arena, defeating the San Diego Gulls (8-5-0-0), 5-1. The win improved the Barracuda to 2-2-0-0 on the road this season.

• For the first time in Barracuda and Sharks affiliate history, the team dressed three Californians in their lineup on Friday (Sasha Chmelevski - Huntington Beach, Jake McGrew - Orange, Evan Weinger - El Segundo)

• In the win, Jayden Halbgewachs (2, 3) scored twice for his fourth multi-goal game of his career

• The Barracuda went 2-for-4 on the power-play, their first multi-PPG game of the year

• In his AHL debut, Karlis Cukste (1) netted his first AHL goal

• Robbie Russo finished with a pair of assists, his first two-point game of his Barracuda career

• Chmelevski (1) and Weinger (1) each scored their first goals of the year in the win

• Alexei Melnichuk (1-2-1) made 16 stops to earn his first AHL win

• The Barracuda held the Gulls to a season-low 17 shots

• San Diego’s loss was their first on home ice (7-1-0-0) this season