Barracuda Begin Five Game Road Trip With 3-0 Loss to Stars

Jan 27, 2016

Cedar Park, TX –the San Jose Barracuda (18-13-5-3, 44pts) presented by Barracuda Networks dropped their season high 5th straight game (0-3-2-0) with a  3-0 loss to the host Texas Stars (24-16-3-3, 52pts) in front of 4,175 fans at the Cedar Park Center on Wednesday evening. 

AHL COACHING WINS – ALL-TIME

1. Fred “Bun” Cook	1937-56	19seasons	1,171GP	636 WINS
2. Roy Sommer	1998-current	18seasons	1,367GP	635 WINS
3. Frank Mathers	1956-85	18seasons	1,256GP	610 WINS
4. John Paddock	1981-2010	16seasons	1,125GP	589 WINS

Rookie goaltender Maxime Lagace made 35 saves for his 1st AHL shutout while Aaron Dell made 33 saves in the losing effort.  Curtis McKenzie scored twice and added an assist as the Stars picked up their first shutout win of the season and leap frogged past the Barracuda into second place in the Pacific Division.

The Texas Stars broke out to a 2-0 first period lead despite each team firing 12 shots on goal.  Curtis McKenzie (8th) sent a quick shot over the shoulder of Aaron Dell at 6:15 after a great entry into the zone by Brendan Ranford.  The Stars connected again just five seconds into their second power play as Brett Ritchie (10th) fired a one timer into the net at 18:35 to put the Barracuda down 2-0 after 20 minutes of play.

Neither team found the back of the net in the second period as Aaron Dell made 13 saves and rookie netminder Maxime Lagace added another nine stops as the Barracuda headed into the second intermission trailing 2-0 to the Stars.

Curtis McKenzie (9th) struck again on the power play at 8:27 with a rebound score past Aaron Dell to put the game away at 3-0.  Maxime Lagace made 14 more saves for his 1st AHL shutout for the Stars.

Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star Aaron Dell (33 saves) 2nd star: Curtis McKenzie (2-1-3) 1st star: Maxime Lagace (36 saves, Win)….Final shots were 36-35 in favor of Texas… Maxime Lagace (9-4-0) made 35 saves on 35 shots for Texas….Aaron Dell (6-8-5) made 33 saves on 36 shots for San Jose …. San Jose went 0-for-5 on the power play while Texas went 2-for-5…. Frazer McLaren (inj), Nikita Jevpalovs, Alex Gallant, Daniel Doremus, and Patrick McNally did not dress for the Barracuda…Raffi Torres played his 3rd game for the Barracuda on a conditioning assignment from the SJ Sharks…the Barracuda are in a stretch where they play 9 of 11 on the road… Trevor Parkes (4-3-7) and Bryan Lerg (2-5-7) each have five game point streaks come to an end… San Jose is now 0-1-0-0 on their five game road trip.

Coming up….  
On Friday, the Barracuda visit the San Antonio Rampage at 5:30pm (pacific). Listen online beginning at 5pm on www.kdow.biz or listen on a tape delay at 8pm on AM 1220 KDOW.

On Saturday, the Barracuda visit the San Antonio Rampage at 5pm (pacific).  Listen online beginning at 4:30pm on www.kdow.biz or listen on a tape delay at 6pm on AM 1220 KDOW.

AHL All-Star Coverage:
The American Hockey League has announced that the telecast of the 2016 Toyota AHL All-Star Classic will reach more than 110 million households on Sportsnet in Canada and on a comprehensive network of television partners in the United States.

Produced in high definition by Concom Inc., broadcasts of the event from the historic War Memorial Arena in Syracuse, N.Y., will air Sunday, Jan. 31 at 5 pm (Pacific) for the AHL All-Star Skills Competition, and Monday, Feb. 1 at 4 pm (Pacific) for the AHL All-Star Challenge.  Catch the Skills completion on a tape delay on Feb 1 at 2pm pacific and watch the All-Star Game live on Comcast SportsNet California.

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