Jack Becker Contributes Three Points in Stars Come-From-Behind Victory over Barracuda

 

(Credit: Meredith Breuer-Williams/San Jose Barracuda)

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Texas Stars forward Jack Becker earned his first star of the game with conviction. Without him on the ice, it would be hard to say Texas even pulls this one out over the San Jose Barracuda.

Becker had his hand on all three goals scored by the Stars in tonight’s game, firing the first goal of the night and providing a pair of assists on Luke Krys and Kole Lind’s game-winner in the final period.

Down by one in the final period, Texas rallied from its deficit in the final 10 minutes of regulation, putting two goals behind San Jose netminder Laurent Brossoit to take a 3-2 victory Wednesday evening at Tech CU Arena.

“The Resiliency we showed down 2-1 going into the third — We stuck to our game plan,” head coach Toby Petersen said. “We didn't stray from the game plan… that's the one thing I like the most.”

The rally came despite the Stars' struggles on the power, going 0-5 tonight behind a stingy Barracuda penalty kill. Texas improves to 2-1 on its longest road trip of the season, just in time for the final push for the final spots in the standings.

“It feels great — gutsy win,” Becker said. “[It] took the whole 60 minutes really, so it really feels good, and we just keep pushing, since it's that time of year, and those points really matter.”

Becker, working with a somewhat new line of Lind and newly signed Northeastern forward Dylan Hryckowian, the brother of 2025 AHL Rookie of the Year, Justin Hryckowian. As the top line tonight in San Jose, the trio was impressive anytime they were on the ice.

In an offensive zone faceoff, Becker won the draw swiftly, flipping the puck back to Stars defensemen Trey Talor at the point and quickly tossing it to his linesman, Luke Krys, for a better read. Krys fired a wrist shot to tie the game up at two with a little under 10 minutes left in regulation.

“When you go down 2-1 at the end of the second, there. It's tough with those momentum minutes. So we knew that the next goal was going to be really important,” Becker said. “It was kind of a sigh of relief, and like, hey ‘we can win this game.’”

Unable to get anything going on its fifth and final power play of the night, Texas caught some momentum late on its next couple of possessions. 

In a battle for the puck behind Brossoit's net, Becker and forward Cross Hanas were able to wrangle the puck from the deadlock. Becker was able to dish it to Lind, chipping the puck in for the game-winner.

Becker scored the game's first goal, sailing into traffic and keeping the puck for himself despite Hryckowian being open to his right. Becker was able to punch a shot past Brossoit to take an early 1-0 lead.

San Jose quickly stormed back from its deficit. Barracuda forward Colin White won a quick draw face-off and dumped the puck into Poirier’s net on San Jose's first shot of the power play, finding the back of the net.

That would not be the only “fluke” goal scored by the Barracuda. In the final minute of the second period, both San Jose and Texas struggled to gain control of the puck near Poirier's net. San Jose forward Egor Afanasyev was able to pickpocket near the net for the turnover and the quick goal.

Texas will continue its west coast road trip against the Bakersfield Condors this Friday at 9 p.m. CT at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, California.