HIGHLIGHTS:
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Rampage could not find their offense as they fell 5-1 to the San Jose Barracuda (20-17-1-2) in front of 7,344 fans at the AT&T Center on Saturday night.
San Jose opened the scoring in the first period as Rudolfs Balcers took a pass from Radim Simek and beat San Antonio goaltender Spencer Martin to put the visitors up a goal heading into the second period.
The middle stanza belonged to the Barracuda as they outshot the Rampage 20-4 in the period and scored three goals. Jacob Middleton put the visitors up two goals just 23 seconds into the period and Emerson Clark made it 3-0 a short time later.
Following Clark’s goal, Rampage coach Eric Veilleux elected to pull Martin and replace him with Ville Husso. Not even a goalie change could stop the bleeding as Cavan Fitzgerald’s power play tally put the Barracuda up 4-0 going into the final frame.
Balcers tallied his second goal of the night at the 5:04 mark of the third period, finalizing the scoring for San Jose. The Rampage finally broke through and prevented a shutout when Trent Vogelhuber scored at the 15 minute mark to finalize the scoring at 5-1.
Here is what went good and bad for the Rampage on Saturday night:
The Good:
- Ville Husso once again looked solid in net, he came in to relive Spencer Martin and looked sharp. He stopped 18 of 20 shots in 37 minutes of work.
- The Rampage did not get shut out.
- San Antonio’s PK allowed just one power play goal on four chances for San Jose.
The Bad:
- The Rampage team from Thursday was nowhere to be found. San Antonio got outshot 36-22 for the game, including 20-4 in the second period.
- San Antonio was undisciplined in the game, committing five penalties in the game.
Up next:
The Rampage are now 23-17-4-0 (50 points, 0.568%) on the season and will have a few days off for the 2018 AHL All-Star Classic. The team will return to the ice next Friday when they welcome the Texas Stars to the AT&T Center for the team’s annual Pink in the Rink Game.
