San Jose Barracuda eyes response after series-opening loss to Colorado

SAN JOSE The San Jose Barracuda trailed by three goals by the mark of the second period and never fully recovered in a - loss to the Colorado Eagles in Challenge of their AHL Pacific Division semifinal series on Friday before a sold-out crowd at Tech CU Arena Related Articles NHL Draft Lottery features a new look What are the Sharks combinations NHL Draft Lottery to be held on May Here s how the process works San Jose Barracuda s second-round series is set after opening-round sweep After historic season San Jose Barracuda forward named AHL s MVP Sharks prospects help San Jose Barracuda open AHL playoffs on high note The Barracuda the Sharks top minor league affiliate allowed an even-strength goal to Calle Ros n in the first period and power-play goals to Chris Wagner and Jayson Megna in the second San Jose trailed - in the third period when forwards Collin Graf and Colin White scored to cut Colorado s lead to one with left in regulation time But Megna and Tye Felhaber scored empty net goals for the Eagles who took a - lead in the best-of-five playoff series that continues Sunday at p m in San Jose Overall I thought it was a pretty evenly played event Barracuda coach John McCarthy stated Forward Filip Bystedt also scored for San Jose and goalie Yaroslav Askarov stopped of shots in his first playoff loss this year The sixth-seeded Barracuda swept the No Ontario Reign in their best-of-three first-round series last week Colorado won the Pacific Division and is the top seed It s a long series and that s just championship one revealed Barracuda forward Patrick Giles who assisted on White s goal We were saying regardless of the result we are going to play our tournament and carry that into challenge two The Barracuda were playing their first home playoff championship at the -seat Tech CU Arena which opened in The last time San Jose hosted a postseason contest was in April when the crew played its home games at SAP Center After Sunday the series shifts to Loveland Colorado for Tournament on Tuesday and Games and on Wednesday and May respectively if necessary