San Jose Barracuda’s second-round series is set after opening-round sweep

The San Jose Barracuda swept its best-of-three first-round playoff series with the Ontario Reign and will now start a best-of-five second-round series against the top-seeded Colorado Eagles on Friday at Tech CU Arena Related Articles After historic season San Jose Barracuda forward named AHL s MVP Sharks prospects help San Jose Barracuda open AHL playoffs on high note Is this the last hurrah in San Jose for Barracuda s all-time top scorer As crucial date looms Sharks talks for new SAP Center lease take a turn Which ex-Sharks contestant will win the Stanley Cup Here are everyone s odds Collin Graf scored a go-ahead goal with left in the third period to help lift the Barracuda the Sharks AHL affiliate to a - win over the Reign on Saturday in Contest of their opening-round series at Crypto com Arena I m happy for our group Barracuda coach John McCarthy revealed after Saturday s competition That s a lively locker room in there They should be really proud of themselves Forward Anthony Vincent also scored and goalie Yaroslav Askarov made saves for the Barracuda including in the third period Askarov made saves in San Jose s series-opening - win over Ontario on Thursday for his first AHL playoff shutout Askarov was great I thought he won the battle for us McCarthy mentioned San Jose was forced to play much of the battle shorthanded as forward Donovan Houle was hit with the puck in the first period Defenseman Luca Cagnoni left the encounter late in the second period after taking a high hit but returned in the third period It was gritty for us because we went down a couple of guys there a forward and a D Graf explained Being really evolving on the bench and making sure that we re all dialed in into who is going on having short shifts that helped us win The sixth-seeded Barracuda faces No Colorado in the Pacific Division semifinals with games and on Friday and Sunday respectively The Eagles will host the remainder of the series with Battle on May and Games and if necessary on May and respectively San Jose went - - in its season series against Colorado this season AHL Pacific Division semifinals No Colorado Eagles vs No San Jose Barracuda all games streaming on flohockey tv and the Sharks Audio Setup all times Pacific Competition Colorado at San Jose Friday p m Tech CU Arena Event Colorado at San Jose Sunday p m Tech CU Arena Challenge San Jose at Colorado May p m Blue FCU Arena Competition San Jose at Colorado May p m Blue FCU Arena Challenge San Jose at Colorado May p m Blue FCU Arena if necessary