The San Jose Barracuda swept the Ontario Reign in their playoff series and will play against the top-seeded Colorado Eagles in the next round. Key players included Collin Graf, who scored the decisive goal, and goalie Yaroslav Askarov, who recorded a shutout and crucial saves. Barracuda coach John McCarthy praised the team's performance, especially given their challenges with injuries during the game. The upcoming best-of-five series against Colorado promises to be competitive, as the teams have a mixed record from their prior encounters this season.
I'm happy for our group, Barracuda coach John McCarthy said after Saturday's game. That's a lively locker room in there. They should be really proud of themselves.
Askarov was great, I thought he won the game for us, McCarthy said.
It was gritty for us because we went down a couple of guys there, a forward and a D, Graf said.
Being really active on the bench and making sure that we're all dialed in into who is going on, having short shifts, that helped us win.
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