The San Jose Barracuda came into the Budweiser Events Center up in Loveland, Colorado after a statement win over the team they’d end up facing the next two games, the Colorado Eagles. Their first matchup of the season, back when the Cuda were the Cleveland Barons for one night only, was a 5-0 blowout with two goals from Francis Perron and a shutout by Josef Korenar.
Tonight, the backup goaltenders from that Sunday night got the starts — Antoine Bibeau and the Eagles’ Pavel Francouz. Coming into tonight, Bibeau had a goals against average (GAA) of just 1.