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Wild Finish in Stockton Has Barracuda Falling 4-3 in Shootout

November 22, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
San Jose Barracuda News Release


STOCKTON, CA -The San Jose Barracuda (5-6-0-3, 13pts) presented by Barracuda Networks dropped a wild 4-3 shootout decision to the host Stockton Heat (5-5-0-2, 12pts) in front 6,171 fans at the Stockton Arena on Saturday evening. The Barracuda wrap up their season long seven game road trip in Charlotte, NC vs. the Checkers on Tuesday and Wednesday evening at 7pm.

Troy Grosenick made 49 saves in net for the Barracuda as San Jose was able to battle back from an early 2-0 deficit to take a 3-2 lead early in the third period. Barclay Goodrow, Scott Timmins, and John McCarthy scored for San Jose but the Barracuda fell after a wild five round shootout. Heat netminder Kevin Poulin injured himself after John McCarthy scored in the first round of the shootout and was replaced by Kent Simpson who then stopped two of the four Barracuda shooters for the victory. The Barracuda are now 2-1-0-2 on their season long seven game road and now have points in four straight games (2-0-0-2).

The Heat broke out to a 2-0 lead in the first period after connecting on a pair of odd man rushes. Kenny Agostino (1st) gave Stockton a 1-0 lead at 5:16 and Markus Granlund (5th) made it 2-0 after he finished off a 2-on-1 rush past goaltender Troy Grosenick at 8:13. Kevin Poulin made several great saves in the opening period for Stockton as San Jose held a 14-12 shot advantage through 20 minutes of play.

San Jose was outshot 19-12 in the second period but scored the only goal with their only power play advantage. Barclay Goodrow (3rd) tipped a Mark Cundari blast past goaltender Kevin Poulin at 3:14 to get the Barracuda on the board. Stockton would get three power plays to end the period but Troy Grosenick stood tall as San Jose trailed 2-1 after 40 minutes of play.

Scott Timmins (4th) tied the score at 2-2 after great board work by Greger Hanson and Nikita Jevpalovs at 2:49 of the third period. John McCarthy (2nd) roofed a shot on a 2-on-1 rush at 5:25 to give San Jose a 3-2 advantage. But the Heat would tie the score at 12:05 as Emile Poirier (1st) took a feed from behind the net and beat Grosenick with a one timer all alone in front of the San Jose cage. Shots were 17-4 in favor of Stockton in the third period as we went to overtime tied 3-3.

Goaltender Kent Simpson replaced an injured Kevin Poulin after the first round of the shootout and held on for the victory. John McCarthy, Nikita Jevpalovs, and Jeremy Langlois scored for San Jose but the Heat scored on four of their five tries as Freddie Hamilton netted the game winner in round number five.

The Barracuda fall to 5-6-0-3 overall with a 4-2-0-2 record on the road.

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