Barracuda vs. Texas Stars Preview
Nov 29, 2015Today:
The San Jose Barracuda and the Texas Stars (AHL affiliate of the Dallas Stars) meet for the 2nd of six meetings this season, the 2nd of three meetings at the SAP Center. The Barracuda are 1-0-0-0 vs. the Stars this season and are 1-0-0-0 in one career matchup. The Barracuda returned home yesterday after a 3-2-0-2 road trip and began a five game home stand with a thrilling 5-4 win over the Stars. San Jose looks for their first three game winning streak of the season with a win this afternoon. The Stars are 2-1-0-0 on their current four game road trip which will end today vs. the Barracuda at the SAP Center. The Barracuda and the Stars meet again on Jan 3 at the SAP Center before the series shifts to Texas for the remaining three games.
In case you missed it…
The San Jose Barracuda (7-7-0-3, 17pts) presented by Barracuda Networks kicked off their five game home stand with a thrilling 5-4 victory over the visiting Texas Stars (11-8-0-1, 23pts) in front of 4,032 fans at the SAP Center on Saturday afternoon. The Barracuda exploded for four goals in the second period as Nikolay Goldobin scored twice, Joakim Ryan netted his 1st pro goal, and Barclay Goodrow netted his 4th of the season with just 10 seconds remaining in the second frame. After Texas tied the score late, rookie Julius Bergman scored his first pro goal at 19:12 of the third period to give San Jose the 5-4 win. Troy Grosenick picked up his 4th win of the season with 26 saves as the Barracuda came back from a pair of two goal deficits for the victory. Devin Shore set a franchise record for the Stars with goals in six straight games as he netted a pair while Maxime Lagace made 28 saves in net for the loss.
Barracuda Bites…
*Recent transactions…defenseman Dylan Demelo and Micheal Haley were loaned to the Barracuda from the Sharks last night after the Sharks 5-2 win over the Flames. Melker Karlsson and Mirco Mueller are currently on recall with the SJ Sharks in the NHL. Forward Chris Crane was reassigned by the SJ Sharks from the Barracuda to the Allen Americans (ECHL) on Friday morning.
AHL COACHING WINS – ALL-TIME
| 1. Fred “Bun” Cook | 1937-56 | 19seasons | 1,171GP | 636 WINS |
| 2. Roy Sommer | 1998-current | 18seasons | 1,361GP | 624WINS |
| 3. Frank Mathers | 1956-85 | 18seasons | 1,256GP | 610 WINS |
| 4. John Paddoc | 1981-2010 | 16seasons | 1,125GP | 589 WINS |
*Breaking down November…The Barracuda have a 5-4-0-2 (12pts in 11gp) record in November with 30 GF and 33 GA. PP is 6-47 (12.8%); opponents PP is 8-38 (21.1%); and the Barracuda have 5 fighting majors in November.
*Bryan Lerg, Mirco Mueller, Dylan DeMelo, Nikolay Goldobin, Micheal Haley, John McCarthy, Barclay Goodrow, and Melker Karlsson have all played for the Barracuda (AHL) and the Sharks (NHL) this season.
*The San Jose Sharks currently have 11 players on their roster that have spent time with the Sharks AHL affiliate (Couture, Pavelski, Wingels, Braun, Stalock, Tennyson, Vlasic, Nieto, Hertl, Tierney, Mueller, and Karlsson).
*The San Jose Sharks are in 2nd place in the Pacific Division and 5th place in the Western Conference with 28 points and a 14-9-0 record. The Sharks host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday at 7:30pm.
*Streakers….for the Barracuda: Nikolay Goldobin (3-1-4) has a three game point streak, John McCarthy (0-3-3) and Joakim Ryan (1-1-2) each have a two game point streak while Troy Grosenick is 4-0-1 in his last five starts… for Texas: Devin Shore (7-4-11) has a six game goal scoring streak, Esa Lindell (5-3-8) has a five game point streak, Brendan Ranford (1-4-5) and Travis Morin (1-2-3) each have a three game streak, Julius Honka (0-2-2) and Jason Dickinson (0-3-3) each have a two game point streak.
*Lots of saves… goaltender Troy Grosenick made 49 saves in the 4-3SOL at Stockton on Nov 21. The 49 saves was a career high for Troy and the most saves by a goaltender this season in the AHL.
*Five for fighting… The Barracuda have 8 fighting majors through 17 games this season…. (McLaren 2, Young 2, Arseneau 1, Carpenter 1, Cundari 1, and Goodrow 1)
Important #’s:
| San Jose | Texas | |
| Goals For | 2.47 – 26th | 4.05 – 1st |
| Goals Agst | 2.94 – 17th | 3.20 – 23rd |
| Shots For | 28.76 – 20th | 34.40 – 2nd |
| Shots Agst | 31.00 – 20th | 30.45 – 17th |
| PIMS | 12.47 – 23rd | 11.10 – 29th |
| Fighting Majors | 8 – 24th | 2 – 30th |
Broadcast:
Today’s San Jose Barracuda game can be heard live on AM 1220 KDOW, online at www.kdow.biz, and a video stream (for a fee) through AHL Live.