Barracuda News & Discussion VII

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Simek and Gushkin return to lineup

Jesus, man, I'm legitimately starting to feel like Nollenberger is trying to gaslight me. This was just tweeted out earlier today:

2024 Calder Cup Playoff Primer

theahl.com

Henderson is NOT in a playoff spot. We aren't nine points out of a playoff spot, we are 15 points out of a playoff spot, with only 19 games left on our schedule (and the #7 Condors have four games in hand on us on top of it). There's basically no reason to continue to discuss playoffs for this team. Time to focus on other things.

I'm genuinely surprised he hasn't just stumbled on this information at some point over the last few months, or that nobody's told him.

Oh, and tonight's game is free on AHL TV at 6, if anyone wants to watch. I just posted that but it's a new page, may as well reiterate it.

 

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Sabourin opens the scoring by basically falling into the net right where a rebound ends up being. 1-0 Cuda.

 

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Not too much else happening halfway through the game. Shots are already 26-19 Firebirds, though.

 

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Firebirds finally tie it on their 30th shot

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That’s your score after two, 1-1. Not a ton of huge chances but Coachella has 35 SOG through two periods.

 

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Ugh, Studnicka takes a dump-in right to the face. High on the face. Straight to the locker room.

 

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Firebirds score on a delayed penalty for what was a pretty weak call. 2-1.

 

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Coe ties it on a breakaway! Three minutes to go

 

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Overtime…

And shootout. 47 saves for Romanov in regulation and OT.

Cuda lose. All three attempts (Gushchin, Wiesblatt, Coe) fail. Shore scores on his for CV.

 

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Thompson and Mukamadulin paired tonight. Robbins back.

 

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Gushchin-Rau-Cardwell
Todd-Cassels-Sabourin
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Bellerive-Kaspick-Wiesblatt

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Knyzhov-Guryev
Pulli-Frisch

Romanov
Makiniemi

Apart from Thompson, there isn't anyone new down here. Mukhamadullin and Robins back.

I dunno if it's just me, but I'm getting some weird slowed down audio in some parts.

Thompson is #26.

 

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Ahl.tv failed in middle of PK. Listening to game via app.

 

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Artem Guryev with a sloppy high sticking penalty. Texas's top-ranked power play comes onto the ice, and... the feed goes out. So I've got no video.

Shots are 10-2 Texas. Hasn't been a great start by us.

 

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Romanov starting.

 

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AHL TV video is back, sans commentary and with weird echoey crowd noise. This is definitely the oddest broadcast I've seen this season.

This is now just pretty much a live feed with poor audio quality.

 

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I tried a few minutes ago and it wasn't available.

Now seems to be back

 

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Another penalty on Guryev as the period ends, score is still 0-0. Barracuda are fortunate in that regard, the Stars are all over them. Cuda aren't helping things with all these unforced errors coming out of their own zone. Shots are 18-5 Texas after the first.

 

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I read Coe and mistook him for Reedy, and wondered how he got back on the Cuda after being traded last year.

 

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I read Coe and mistook him for Reedy, and wondered how he got back on the Cuda after being traded last year.

Yeah Reedy's actually on this Texas Stars team we're playing against tonight, but he's out, he's been hurt for most of this season. I miss that guy.

 

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Cardwell got a couple breakaways on that last shift, but got stopped on both of them.

Barracuda don't have a ton of shots, but they've had a few chances for sure.

 

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Another craziness of ahl.tv

 

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Lindblom scores on a fantastic feed from Robins on the PP. 1-0 Cuda.

And then Bellerive, out of nowhere, makes it 2-0.

 

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Score's 2-0 San Jose after the second. I was very impressed with our power play in that period. Two power plays, one goal, and a total of ten shots on goal. We looked good.

Couple guys that I feel have a lot more jump than they've had lately: Cardwell and Wiesblatt. Have liked both of them today. Robins is looking good on his return, too.