Barracuda News & Discussion VII

[hohosaregood]

Gawanke makes it 3-1 at the tail end of a PP.

That’s now two assists for Gushchin today as well.

Great tic tac toe play and good patience there.

 

[OrrNumber4]

Guschin putting up destroying-the-league numbers is a very encouraging sign.

 

[Hawkeye8]

Firebirds get a goal to make it 3-2 just half way through the second period.

 

[Hobocop]

Stop. Screwing. Around. With. The. Puck. At the blue line

 

[Hobocop]

Still 3-2 at the end of the second. But we’re starting to show some of the mistakes that sunk us yesterday.

We also benched Frisch, and I’m not understanding that one.

Edit: Frisch didn’t come out for the third so guessing injury.

 

[Hobocop]

Kind of a freak goal for Coachella, ties it up.

 

[Hawkeye8]

That bounce.

Barracuda need to pick it up if they want to win.

 

[Hobocop]

Simek!! 4-3

 

[Hawkeye8]

Thought there could have been cross checking penalties to both teams just before that goal.

 

[Erep]

Said it ad nauseum last season, but Coachella is really good. They won the Western Conference last year. They're a stacked roster, they added Shane Wright this time around,

Is that supposed to make them better?

 

[Hawkeye8]

Delay of game penalty for puck over the glass to Casseles. Big PK with about 3 minutes left.

 

[Hobocop]

Late Coachella PP for a puck over glass, three minutes left

Tie game.

 

[Hawkeye8]

Failed PK. 4-4 with 2:25 left.

 

[Erep]

Just extending the game for Gushchin to take the AHL points lead!

 

[Hawkeye8]

Overtime coming up.

 

[Hobocop]

To OT, and Gushchin gets called for high sticking

 

[Hawkeye8]

Way too long of a shift for Gushchin. You could just see a penalty was coming on that last rush.

 

[Hobocop]

And, Shane Wright wins it.

 

[Hawkeye8]

Firebirds convert on the PP to win 5-4.

Is that supposed to make them better?

Well, he did score the game winning goal...

 

[hohosaregood]

Sucks that this team can play a dominant game for good stretches of time and then just flip a switch and forget what they're doing.

 

[Hobocop]

This season reminds me of playing EA NHL against the AI, where whenever you go up a couple goals something gets triggered and everything just finds its way into your net. It’s just as infuriating, too.

In all seriousness, "fun" fact: We've managed to blow three two-goal leads this season (and lose each of these games), and we're only seven games in.

We were doing a pretty decent job of icing this game up until Cassels accidentally put the puck over the glass, and then everything just went downhill. This has really been an aggravating month.

Plus side: Three assists for Gushchin, and two for Thrun tonight. Gushchin now has 12 points through 7 games.

 

[Lebanezer]

Please don’t

Because the big club is that bad or the Barracuda need him?

 

[Hobocop]

Because the big club is that bad or the Barracuda need him?

I was joking, but at the same time... both. I'm really enjoying watching him play lately and having trouble getting the motivation to watch the wasteland that is the 23-24 Sharks.

Actually, my only knock on Gushchin this season is that he's had some key turnovers.

 

[LadyStanley]

Goose is loose

 

[Jargon]

Guschin inevitably produces crazy numbers in every league he’s ever been in. The fact to at he’s now doing in at the AHL level is really a great sign. I really hope he can become a top 6 sniper for us.