San Jose Barracuda Pick Up First Win With 4-1 Road Victory In Stockton
Oct 15, 2015
STOCKTON, CA –The San Jose Barracuda (1-1-0-0, 2pts) presented by Barracuda Networks picked up their first win in franchise history with a commanding 4-1 victory over the host Stockton Heat (1-1-0-0, 2pts) in front of 3,063 fans at the Stockton Arena on Thursday evening.
Micheal Haley (1-1-2) and Nikita Jevpalovs (1-1-2) each had multipoint games for the Barracuda while Aaron Dell made 25 saves in net for San Jose in the victory. Scott Timmins and Ryan Carpenter also scored for the Barracuda while Karl Stollery and Joakim Ryan each finished with an assist and +3.
Neither team found the back of the net in a scoreless first period with Stockton holding a 5-4 shot advantage despite the Barracuda holding the edge on power play chances 2-1.
San Jose charged out to a 3-0 lead in the second period and outshot Stockton 11-7. Ryan Carpenter (1st) scored on a breakaway opportunity past goaltender Jon Gillies just 28 seconds into the middle frame assisted by Micheal Haley.
Micheal Haley (2nd) gave the Barracuda a 2-0 advantage at 8:01 with a terrific shot that made its way just inside the cross bar from a tough angle down low after an offensive zone faceoff.
After a long video review, Scott Timmins (1st) goal stood after he shuffled a rebound try past the Heat netminder at 15:44 to give San Jose a 3-0 lead into the second intermission.
The Stockton Heat brought a charge early in the third period as Derek Grant (3rd) got the Heat on the board at 6:31 on a delayed penalty call as Grant split the Barracuda defense and shuffled a shot over the shoulder of Aaron Dell. But San Jose got the score right back as Nikita Jevpalovs (1st) scored his first professional goal after a great set up from Adam Helewka and Joakim Ryan at 8:07.
Goaltender Aaron Dell made 13 third period saves and sealed the deal as the Barracuda picked up their first win in franchise history by the score of 4-1.
Notes: Three Stars: 3rd star: Derek Grant – STK (1-0-1) 2nd star: Micheal Haley – SJ (1-1-2) 1st star: Nikita Jevpalovs - SJ (1-1-2)…. Final shots were 26-25 in favor of Stockton… Jon Gillies made 21 saves on 25 shots for Stockton….Aaron Dell 25 saves on 26 shots for San Jose in his first start of the season.… San Jose went 0-for-5 on the power play while Stockton went 0-for-4… Julius Bergman, Melker Karlsson (inj), Vincent Arseneau, and Nikolay Goldobin did not dress for the Barracuda… forward Adam Helewka made his professional debut for the Barracuda and added an assist and was +2… forward Petter Emanuelsson returned to the lineup after missing the last 70 games of the regular season for Worcester last season and the first game of the year for the Barracuda – Emanuelsson added an assist and was +2…Micheal Haley now has four points (2-2-4) through two games…Jeremy Langlois had a game high five shots on goal.
Coming up…
On Saturday, the Barracuda battle the Condors in Bakersfield, CA at 7pm. The Condors are the AHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers and currently have a 1-1-0-0 record this season. Coverage begins at 6:30pm on AM 1220 KDOW.