Brian Collett for Inside The Rink
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Barracuda (1-0-0-0) defeated the Bakersfield Condors (0-1-0-0) 7–6 on Saturday afternoon, at the Tech CU Arena, to open the 2025–26 AHL season.
Rem Pitlick (1) opened the scoring for Bakersfield at 0:39, assisted by Viljami Marjala (1) and Roby Järventie (1). San Jose answered at 7:15 when Filip Bystedt (1) scored, assisted by Cam Lund (1) and Igor Chernyshov (1). Zack Ostapchuk (1) gave the Barracuda the lead at 11:43 with assists from Jake Furlong (1) and Ethan Cardwell (1). Bakersfield tied it at 14:47 as Seth Griffith (1) scored on the power play, assisted by Max Jones (1) and Marjala (2), then reclaimed the lead at 15:06 when Riley Stillman (1) found the net from Pitlick (1) and Järventie (2). Patrick Giles (1) evened the game 3–3 at 19:47 with an assist from Jimmy Huntington (1).
In the second period, Quentin Musty (1) scored a power-play goal at 3:10, assisted by Chernyshov (2) and Lund (2). Luca Cagnoni (1) added another power-play marker at 7:16, assisted by Lund (3) and Musty (1). Huntington (1) made it 6–3 at 12:16, assisted by Giles (1). Bakersfield cut into the lead when Max Jones (1) scored at 16:06, assisted by Luke Prokop (1) and Aatu Samanski (1), followed by Järventie (1) at 18:11 from Pitlick (2).
In the third, Ethan Cardwell (1) added a power-play goal at 1:42, assisted by Mattias Hävelid (1) and Bystedt (1). Rhett Pitlick (1) scored his first professional goal shorthanded at 8:25, assisted by Marjala (3) and Cam Dineen (1).
San Jose went 3-for-8 on the power play, while Bakersfield finished 1-for-2. Goaltender Jakub Škarek made 27 saves for San Jose, and Matt Tomkins stopped 29 for Bakersfield.
Check out this photo gallery from Inside The Rink’s Brian Collett for highlights from the game.
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