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Barracuda Have Playoff Spot With 20 Games Left

San Jose Barracuda Have Playoff Spot With 20 Games Left On Schedule

Feb 23, 2016

Look Back:
The San Jose Barracuda (21-17-6-3, 53pts, .552%) presented by Barracuda Networks chomped three out of a possible four points (1-0-1-0) in two games last weekend in Stockton.  The Barracuda began a four game road trip with an exciting come-from-behind 6-5 overtime loss on Feb 20 in Stockton and closed out the two game set at the Heat with a 4-1 win on Feb 21 at Stockton Arena.

San Jose is currently in 4th place in the Pacific Division with a .552 winning percentage and will close out the month of February with two road games this weekend at Bakersfield (5th place, .532%) on Friday and San Diego (3rd place, .553%) on Saturday.  The Barracuda are currently in a playoff spot in the Western Conference.  Please click HERE for the AHL’s playoff primer.

Head coach and Bay Area native Roy Sommer picked up record breaking win #637 in the 4-2 win over the Ontario Reign at SAP Center on Feb 10.  The victory surpassed Fred “Bun” Cook (636 wins) on top of the AHL wins leader board.  The SJ Sharks honored coach Sommer with a pregame ceremony before the Sharks and Coyotes game on Feb 13 – watch the ceremony HERE.  Roy currently had 639 wins in the AHL.

Mirco Mueller was loaned to the Barracuda from the Sharks on Feb 19 while Barclay Goodrow was recalled by the Sharks on Feb 21 but was returned to the Barracuda on Feb 22.  Raffi Torres was traded on Feb 22 by the Sharks along with 2nd round draft picks in 2017 and 2018 for defenseman Roman Polak and forward Nick Spaling.  Torres was reassigned by the Maple Leafs to the Barracuda on Feb 22.

Highlights on the ice last week include BIG weekends from Trevor Parkes (2-3-5) and John McCarthy (3-0-3) in the two games.  Nikolay Goldobin has extended his point streak to a Barracuda high six games (0-7-7) while Barclay Goodrow scored his team high 16th goal on Feb 20.   Bryan Lerg, Ryan Carpenter, and Nikita Jevpalovs also scored last weekend for San Jose while Aaron Dell made 39 saves in net on Feb 21 to continue his hot streak in goal. 

San Jose has just 20 games left on their regular season schedule which includes 19 games against divisional opponents to close out the season.

The San Jose Barracuda player of the week nominee is goaltender John McCarthy.  The 29-year-old from Andover, Massachusetts scored three goals on seven shots last week.  J-Mac scored with the extra attacker on the ice at 18:49 of the third period to cut the Heat lead to 5-4 on Feb 20 and scored two third period goals on Feb 21 to break a 1-1 tie to propel the Barracuda to a 4-1 victory.  McCarthy is currently riding a five game point streak (3-3-6).

COMING UP:
The San Jose Barracuda close out the month of February with a pair of road games at divisional opponents this weekend.

On Friday, the Barracuda travel to Bakersfield to battle the Condors (AHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers) with a 7pm faceoff at the Rabobank Arena. Coverage begins at 7pm on AM 1220 KDOW.

On Saturday, the Barracuda head to San Diego for a 7pm date with the Gulls (AHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks) at the Valley View Casino Center.  Coverage begins at 6:30pm on AM 122O KDOW.

MILESTONE ALERT:
Head Coach Roy Sommer (1392 game coached) surpassed Frank Mathers (1256 games coached) for the most games coached in AHL history on March 26, 2014 in the Sharks 5-3 win in Lewiston, ME over the Portland Pirates.  Coach Sommer has coached 1,392 AHL games – all with the SJ Sharks AHL affiliates. In total, Coach Sommer has been a head coach in 1,723 games in the AHL and ECHL.  Coach Sommer picked up his 600th career AHL win in a 4-3 victory in Lehigh Valley on Feb 4, 2015 and surpassed Frank Mathers (610 wins) for 2nd all-time in AHL history on March 27 in Springfield with his 611th win!  Roy (639 wins) surpassed Fred “Bun Cook” (636 wins) for the most wins in AHL history on Feb 10, 2016 with a 4-2 win vs. the Ontario Reign at SAP Center.

Few things to know….

  • The San Jose Barracuda are in 4th place (22-17-6-3, 53pts, .552%) in the Pacific Division and 8th place overall in the Western Conference.  – the Barracuda are currently in a playoff spot in the Western Conference.
  • The San Jose Sharks currently have 12 players on their roster that have spent time in the Sharks AHL affiliate (Couture, Pavelski, Wingels, Braun, Stalock, Tennyson, Vlasic, Nieto, Hertl, Tierney, Karlsson, and DeMelo).
  • The San Jose Sharks are in 3rd place in the Pacific Division and 6th place in the Western Conference with 69 points and a 32-21-5 record. 
  • Captain Bryan Lerg has 31 points (13-18-31) in 44 AHL games this season for the Barracuda and has dressed in six games for the SJ Sharks (0-0-0) this season.
  • Ryan Carpenter (11-27-38) leads the Barracuda in points (38) and assists (27) in 46 games this season. Carpenter made his NHL debut in the Sharks 2-0 loss to the Wild on Dec 12 and was named to the 2016 AHL All-Star Classic where he added an assist for the Pacific Division.
  • Bryan Lerg, Mirco Mueller, Dylan DeMelo, Nikolay Goldobin, Melker Karlsson, Micheal Haley, John McCarthy, Barclay Goodrow, Ryan Carpenter, Ben Smith, Matt Tennyson, Chris Tierney, and Alex Stalock have all played for the Barracuda (AHL) and the Sharks (NHL) this season.
  • Micheal Haley has four fighting majors in eight games with the SJ Sharks and has 18 points (12-6-18) in 34 games for the Barracuda.
  • Rookie Joakim Ryan leads all Barracuda defensemen in points (1-17-18) through 46 games.
  • Nikolay Goldobin has 27 points (11-16-27) in 40 games for the Barracuda and two points (1-1-2) in nine games for the SJ Sharks.  – Goldy is riding a Barracuda season high six game point streak (0-7-7).
  • Barclay Goodrow has 28 points (16-12-28) in 39 games for the Barracuda this season along with three points (0-3-3) in 14 games with the Sharks this season.  Goodrow leads the Barracuda with 16 goals this season and was named to the 2016 AHL All Star Classic where he added an assist for the Pacific Division.
  • Goaltender Aaron Dell is 10-10-5 this season with a 2.37 GAA and a .925 save %.  Dell has stopped 12 of 13 shooters in the shootout this season and made at the time an AHL high 50 saves in net on Feb 10 vs. Ontario.  Dell ranks 8th in the AHL on GAA and 5th in save %.
  • Goaltender Troy Grosenick is 10-8-3 this season with a 3.09 GAA and a .900 save %.  Grosenick made at the time an AHL high 49 saves on Nov 21 in a 4-3SOL at Stockton.
  • The San Jose Barracuda players will wear the same jersey number with the SJ Sharks if they are to receive a NHL recall this season.
  • The San Jose Barracuda are 14-11-4-3 vs. California teams this season.
  • Score 4… the Barracuda are 19-0-1-0 when they score 4 goals in a game this season, but 3-17-5-3 when they score less than 4 goals.
  • Coach Roy Sommer currently is 1st in the AHL with 639 wins in his career (18th season) and 1st in games coached in the AHL with 1392. 

 Top 3… Last Week!

  • Aaron Dell made 39 saves in the 4-1 win at Stockton on Feb 21!
  • John McCarthy scored twice in the third period in a 4-1 win at Stockton on Feb 21!
  • Trevor Parkes had a goal and two assists in the Barracuda 6-5OTL at Stockton on Feb 20!
Last Week: (1-0-1-0) 3pts, 2gp
Sat. 2/20 OTL San Jose Barracuda 5 @ Stockton Heat 6
Sun.  2/21 W San Jose Barracuda 4 @ Stockton Heat 1
 
This Week:
Fri. 2/26     San Jose Barracuda @ Bakersfield Condors – 7pm
Sat. 2/27   San Jose Barracuda @ San Diego Gulls – 7pm

Rewind the Tape:
2.20.16 – Stockton 6 – San Jose 5 – OTL– Stockton Arena – Stockton, CA
The San Jose Barracuda (21-17-6-3, 51pts) presented by Barracuda Networks began a four game road trip with a wild 6-5 overtime loss to the host Stockton Heat (21-20-1-2, 45pts) in front of 5,534 fans at Stockton Arena on Saturday evening.  Trailing 5-2 midway through the third period, San Jose scored three times in the final ten minutes to force overtime but Mason Raymond gave Stockton their 10th straight win on home ice with the game winner at 3:00 of the overtime period.  Trevor Parkes (1-2-3) scored with just 33 seconds remaining to force overtime as Barclay Goodrow, Bryan Lerg, Ryan Carpenter, and John McCarthy also score for the Barracuda while Troy Grosenick made 33 saves in net in the loss.

2.21.16 – Stockton 1 – San Jose 4 – W – Stockton Arena – Stockton, CA
The San Jose Barracuda (22-17-6-3, 53pts) presented by Barracuda Networks defeated the host Stockton Heat (21-21-1-2, 45pts) by the score of 4-1 in front of 3,590 fans at Stockton Arena on Sunday afternoon.  John McCarthy broke a 1-1 tie midway through the third period with a shorthanded goal and added an insurance strike just five minutes later as the Barracuda scored three unanswered goals in the third period for the 4-1 victory.  Aaron Dell was the #1 star with 39 saves while Nikita Jevpalovs and Trevor Parkes also scored as San Jose snapped the Heat’s 10 game winning streak on home ice.

Barracuda in the Pacific:


PACIFIC

GP

W

L

OTL

SOL

PTS

PCT

GF

GA

PIM

HOME

ROAD

LAST TEN

STREAK

S/O

1. Ontario

48

30

14

3

1

64

0.667

126

94

766

19-6-2-1

11-8-1-0

6-4-0-0

0-1-0-0

0-1

2. Texas

57

32

19

3

3

70

0.614

213

183

661

15-7-2-0

17-12-1-3

8-2-0-0

1-0-0-0

1-3

3. San Diego

47

25

20

1

1

52

0.553

127

139

881

12-8-1-1

13-12-0-0

6-4-0-0

2-0-0-0

4-1

4. San Jose

48

22

17

6

3

53

0.552

134

136

593

12-10-1-1

10-7-5-2

4-5-1-0

1-0-1-0

3-3

5. Bakersfield

47

23

20

2

2

50

0.532

146

145

685

13-9-0-1

10-11-2-1

6-4-0-0

0-2-0-0

1-2

6. San Antonio

54

23

23

8

0

54

0.500

154

169

781

8-14-3-0

15-9-5-0

5-4-1-0

1-0-1-0

2-0

7. Stockton

45

21

21

1

2

45

0.500

133

142

656

15-7-0-0

6-14-1-2

5-5-0-0

0-1-0-0

3-2

Coaching Milestones….
*1257 GAMES…..With the 5-3 win in Lewiston, ME vs. the Pirates on March 26, 2014, head coach Roy Sommer surpassed Frank Mathers (1,256 games) for the most games coached in the AHL.

*1,600 GAMES… With the 3-0 loss vs. the Norfolk Admirals on April 12, 2014, head coach Roy Sommer coached in his 1,600th professional game.

*1700 GAMES… with a 2-1 overtime loss at the Ontario Reign on December 13, 2015, head coach Roy Sommer coached in his 1,700th professional game.

*500 WINS!.... With a 3-2 shootout victory in Hershey on February 11, 2012, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 4th coach in AHL history to reach the 500 win plateau. 

*600 WINS!....with the 4-3 win at Lehigh Valley on February 4, 2015, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 3rd coach in AHL history to reach the 600 win plateau.

*611 WINS…. With the 6-3 win at Springfield on March 27, 2015, head coach Roy Sommer moved past Frank Mather (610) for the 2nd most wins in AHL history with his 611th win.

*637 WINS…. With the 4-2 win vs. Ontario on February 10, 2016, head coach Roy Sommer move past Fred “Bun” Cook (636) for the most wins in AHL history with his 637th win.

AHL COACHING WINS – ALL-TIME
1. Roy Sommer 1998-current 18seasons 1,392GP 639 WINS
2. Fred “Bun” Cook 1937-56 19seasons 1,171GP 636 WINS
3. Frank Mathers 1956-85 18seasons 1,256GP 610 WINS
4. John Paddock 1981-2010 16seasons 1,125GP 589 WINS

*San Jose Barracuda Head Coach Roy Sommer, who plays a major role in developing players for the San Jose Sharks, is currently the longest-tenured coach (18th season) in the American Hockey League. His current regular season record is now: 639-580-48-66-59. (W-L-T-OTL-SOL)

*In Coach Sommer’s first AHL victory….   The Kentucky Thoroughblades defeated the Albany River Rats 6-4 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky on October 17, 1998. 

Barracuda Bites:
*Captains for the 2015-16 season:  Bryan Lerg was named captain on Oct 6 while John McCarthy was named an alternate captain.  Micheal Haley, Karl Stollery, Dylan DeMelo, and Ryan Carpenter have all worn the A this season as well for the Barracuda.

*Breaking down October… The Barracuda had a 2-3-0-1 (5pts in 6gp) record in October with 12 GF and 17 GA. PP went 3-24 (12.5%); opponents PP went 6-25 (15.4%), and the Barracuda had 3 fighting majors in October.

*Breaking down November…The Barracuda had a 5-5-0-2 (12pts in 12gp) record in November with 32 GF and 36 GA. PP was  6-50 (12.0%); opponents PP was 8-39 (20.5%); and the Barracuda had 5 fighting majors in November.

*Breaking down December…The Barracuda had a 5-2-2-0 (12pts in 9gp) record in December with 29 GF and 30 GA. PP went 4-34 (11.8%); opponents PP was 12-40 (30.0%); and the Barracuda had 9 fighting majors in December.

*Breaking down January… the Barracuda had a 7-4-3-0 (17pts in 14gp) record in January with 39 GF and 36 GA.  PP was 10-55 (18.1%); opponent’s power play was 6-54 (11.1%); and the Barracuda had 6 fighting majors in January.

*Breaking down February…. The Barracuda have a 3-3-1-0 (7pts in 7gp) record in February with 22 GF and 17 GA.  PP is 4-17 (23.5%); opponent’s power play is 2-20 (10.0%); and the Barracuda have 3 fighting majors in February.

*February…the Barracuda play only nine games in the month of February (3 home, 6 away)

*2015… the Barracuda finished the 2015 calendar year with a 12-10-2-3 record.

*2016… the Barracuda are 10-7-4-0 in the calendar year 2016.

*Raffi Watch… Raffi Torres has played five games with the SJ Barracuda this season and has yet to register a point.  Raffi Torres was traded On Feb 22 by the Sharks along with 2nd round draft picks in 2017 and 2018 for defenseman Roman Polak and forward Nick Spaling.  Torres was reassigned by the Maple Leafs to the Barracuda on Feb 22 and is currently on the Barracuda roster.

*7in13… forward Ben Smith has seven goals in 13 games for the SJ Barracuda.  Smith does have a history of scoring in the AHL as he had 27 goals in 54 games for Rockford in 2012-13.

*19/20… San Jose has just 20 games left in the regular season, with 19 off those against Pacific Division opponents.  The only out of division game the rest of the way is on March 19 vs. the Iowa Wild.

*Streakers….  Nikolay Goldobin (0-7-7) has a Barracuda season high six game point streak… John McCarthy (3-3-6) has a five game point streak… Ryan Carpenter (1-1-2), Trevor Parkes (2-3-5), and Joakim Ryan (0-2-2) each have a two game streak.

*League Leaders….

  • Alex Gallant – 3rd among rookies in majors (10) and 4th among rookie in penalty minutes (92)
  • Aaron Dell – 8th in GAA (2.37) and 5th in save % (.925%).

*100+ shots… three players have at least 100 shots for the Barracuda this season (Lerg 121, Langlois 112, and Goodrow 115)
               
*Nine Gamer… the Barracuda had a season high nine game point streak (7-0-2-0) from Dec 30 – Jan 16.

*PK Improving… the Barracuda had not allowed a power play goal in a season high seven straight games from Jan 3 – Jan 16 (17-for-17 on the kill) and have a penalty kill success rate of 89.8% (62-69) since Jan 3.

*PTO to AHL…Scott Timmins and Alex Gallant each began the seasons on PTO contracts before signing a SPC for the rest of the season.  In addition, Alex Gallant signed an AHL deal for the Barracuda for the 2016-17 season as well.

*Welcome Back Al… goaltender Alex Stalock was loaned to the Barracuda on a conditioning assignment on Jan 2.  Stalock had a 76-53-10 record with a 2.63 GAA and a .909 save percentage with the Worcester Sharks in the AHL.  Al made 21 saves in a 5-1 win over the Texas Stars on Jan 3 in his first AHL start since April 20, 2013 at Syracuse.  Stalock picked up his 80th AHL win on Jan 6 and as recalled by the Sharks on Jan 7 after posting a 2-0-0 record with the Barracuda along with a 1.96 GAA and a .930 save %.

*PT a game in AHL… forward Chris Tierney picked up two assists in his Barracuda debut on Jan 3.  Tierney now has 32 points (9-23-32) in 31 games in the AHL with Worcester and San Jose.

*Racking up PIMS… forward Alex Gallant has 92 penalty minutes in his last 14 games (11 minor, 10 majors, a ten minute misconduct, and a game misconduct).

*Piling up the goals… Barclay Goodrow leads the Barracuda with 16 goals in 39 games this season.

*Shootout success… goaltender Aaron Dell has stopped 12 of 13 shooters he has faced in the shootout this season. (.923%)

*Shootout Success X2… forward Jeremy Langlois is 3-for-4 in the shootout this season (75%) with two game winners!

*Free Hockey… the Barracuda have played in 15 overtime games this season…The Barracuda played six of nine games in OT in a stretch from Dec 30-Jan 16.

*Quick strikes… the Barracuda scored four goals in a 3:20 span in the second period on Dec 20 in 5-4 win vs. Stockton.  San Jose scored three goals in :50 seconds to close out the goal scoring rush.

*What a weekend… the line of Goodrow/Carpenter/Emanuelsson combined for 18 (7-11-18) points in two games (Dec 4-5) for the Barracuda in back-to-back wins vs. the Heat and the Condors.  The line scored 7 of the 13 goals for the Barracuda.

*1st pro hat trick… Barclay Goodrow recorded his first professional hat trick in the Barracuda’s 7-6 overtime win over the Condors on Dec 6. Goodrow scored three tiebreaking goals, the last coming 23 seconds into overtime as San Jose defeated Bakersfield, 7-6. The hat trick was the first multiple-goal game of Goodrow’s professional career, and gave him seven points in a span of less than 21 hours. 

*1st pro hat trick X2…. Nikolay Goldobin scored three goals, added an assist, and was +4 in the Barracuda’s 5-1 win over the Texas Stars on Jan 3, 2016.

*1st pro point…. rookie defenseman Patrick McNally (Harvard Univ) picked up his first pro point (assist) in the 2-1 loss at San Antonio on Jan 29.

*Plus Player… Ryan Carpenter registered an AHL season high +5 in San Jose’s 7-6OTW vs. Bakersfield on Dec 5.  Carpenter leads the Barracuda with a +14 rating this season.

*Monkey of the back…Petter Emanuelsson scored his first two goals of the season on Dec 5 in the 7-6OTW vs. the Condors.  The goals broke an 18 game goalless drought to start the season and were his first since Oct 24, 2014 vs. Syracuse.

*Monkey of Back X2… Nikita Jevpalovs broke a 31 game goalless drought with his 3rd goal of the season on Feb 13 vs. San Antonio.

*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 at that point of the season in the AHL.

*50 stops… netminder Aaron Dell made 50 saves in the 4-2 win over the Ontario Reign on Feb 10 – at the time was the most saves by an AHL goaltender this season.

*All 27…. All 27 points for Trevor Parkes this season have come at even strength….trailing only Ryan Carpenter (28pts) on the Barracuda.

*Strange but true… the Barracuda are 0-3-0-1 vs. the Gulls at the SAP Center and have been outscored 4-14 in the process…meanwhile the Barracuda are 3-0-1-0 vs. the Gulls in San Diego with an 12-10 scoring edge.

*Strange again…the Barracuda are 1-3-0-0 vs. the Condors at the SAP Center but 2-0-0-1 at the Rabobank Arena vs the Condors this season.

*Cooling off the Heat… the Barracuda are 6-0-1-1 in eight games vs. the Stockton Heat this season and hold a 35-23 scoring advantage.

*Hump Day… the Barracuda are 5-2-0-2 on Wednesdays this season.

*House of Horrors… the Barracuda finished with a 0-4-2-0 record at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, CA this season.

*Can’t solve the Reign… the Barracuda have a 2-5-2-0 record against the Reign this season and have been outscored 15-20 in the process… San Jose is 15-9-2-3 vs. the rest of the Pacific Division this season.

*All 48 games… Jeremy Langlois, Trevor Parkes, and Gus Young have played in all 48 games this season for the Barracuda.

*Situations...the Barracuda are….

  • 12-1-2-1 when leading after 20 minutes
  • 14-1-3-0 when leading after 40 minutes
  • 5-1-3-0 when tied after 20 minutes
  • 7-1-1-1 when tied after 40 minutes
  • 5-15-1-2 when trailing after 20 minutes
  • 1-15-2-2 when trailing after 40 minutes
  • 11-7-1-1 when outshooting opponents
  • 9-10-5-2 when outshot by opponent
  • 15-5-1-1 when scoring a power play goal
  • 11-9-3-1 when allowing a power play goal
  • 11-7-6-3 in one goal games

*Teddy Bear Toss… Hundreds of teddy bears hit the ice on the first teddy bear toss game presented by Kaiser Permanente on Nov 7.  Barclay Goodrow scored the first Barracuda goal of the game at 18:37 of the second period in San Jose’s 3-2 loss to the Gulls.  The teddy bears were donated to local charities last week.

*Doubleheaders… the first of 13 Sharks/Barracuda doubleheaders at the SAP Center occurred on Saturday, Nov 7.  The Barracuda fell to the SD Gulls (AHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks) 3-2 at 1:15pm while the Sharks dropped a 1-0 game to the Ducks at 7:30pm. The next doubleheader is Saturday, Mar 5. Breakdown of the doubleheaders this season at SAP Center:

Nov 7 Barracuda lose 3-2 to Gulls (1st) Sharks lose 1-0 to Anaheim Ducks
Nov 28 Barracuda win 5-4 over Stars (1st) Sharks win 5-2 over Calgary Flames
Dec 5 Barracuda win 7-6OT over Condors (1st) Sharks lose 4-3 to Tampa Bay Lightning
Dec 12 Barracuda lose 5-0 to Gulls (1st) Sharks lose 2-0 to Minnesota Wild
Dec 28 Barracuda lose 4-1 to Checkers (1st) Sharks lose 6-3 to Colorado Avalanche
Dec 30 Barracuda win 3-2SOW over Checkers (1st) Sharks win 4-2 over Philadelphia Flyers
Jan 9 Barracuda win 6-4 over Rampage (2nd) Sharks win 7-0 over Toronto Maple Leafs
Jan 18 Barracuda lose 5-3 to Condors (1st) Sharks lose 4-3SOL to Ottawa Senators
Jan 23 Barracuda lose 2-1 to Reign (2nd) Sharks win 4-3 over Minnesota Wild
Feb 13 Barracuda win 5-0 over Rampage (1st) Sharks win 4-1 over Arizona Coyotes
TOTAL Barracuda are 5-5-0-0 Sharks are 5-4-0-1

*Goal drought… the Barracuda had been shutout in 164:04 of play before John McCarthy scored at 2:45 of the first period on Nov 1 vs. Ontario.…the last goal scored was a shorthanded goal by Scott Timmins
at 18:40 of the first period vs. the Gulls on Oct 21.

*SAP Center…the Barracuda picked up their first win on home ice in a 4-2 victory over the Ontario Reign on Nov 1… San Jose is now 12-10-1-1 at the SAP Center this season and have been outscored 73-75.   The Barracuda have points in nine of their last 13 home games (8-4-1-0).

*Other Barracuda 1sts…

  • Micheal Haley scored the first goal in franchise history at 19:47 of the first period vs. Rockford on Oct 9.  The goal was a power play goal scored on Michael Leighton and assisted by Nikita Jevpalovs and Scott Timmins. 
  • Frazer McLaren picked up the first fighting major in Barracuda history with a 2nd period scrap vs. Mike Liambas on Oct 9.
  • The San Jose Barracuda picked up their first win in franchise history in a 4-1 victory over the Heat in Stockton on Oct 15.
  • Scott Timmins scored the first shorthanded goal in franchise history on Oct 21 vs. San Diego.
  • Mirco Mueller became the first defenseman to score a goal for the Barracuda in the 4-2 win vs. Ontario on Nov 1.
  • Barclay Goodrow recorded the first hat trick in team history in the Barracuda’s 7-6OTW on Dec 5.
  • Barclay Goodrow scored the 1st overtime game winner in franchise history at 23 seconds of overtime in 7-6 win over Condors on Dec 5.
  • The Barracuda dropped their first overtime game 2-1 in Ontario on Dec 13.
  • Aaron Dell picked up 1st Barracuda shutout in 5-0 win vs. San Antonio on Feb 13.

*Road Warriors… the Barracuda are 10-7-5-2 on the road this season and finished up on a seven game road trip (3-2-0-2) with a 3-1 win in Charlotte on Nov 25.

*Suspensions…San Jose Barracuda defenseman Karl Stollery was suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of an elbowing incident in a game vs. San Diego on Oct. 21. Stollery was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 28.1 (supplementary discipline). Karl missed San Jose’s game on Oct. 23 vs. San Diego.

*Pro Debuts:  Patrick McNally and Nikita Jevpalovs each made their professional debuts for the Barracuda on Oct 9….Adam Helewka made his professional debut Oct 15 at Stockton.

*AHL Debut… Alex Gallant played his 1st AHL game on Nov 13 at San Diego and picked up his first AHL fighting major vs. Curt Gogol on Dec 13 at Ontario.

*Always remember your first… Nikita Jevpalovs scored his first professional goal in the Barracuda’s 4-1 win in Stockton on Oct 15… Joakim Ryan and Julius Bergman each scored their first pro goals in the Barracuda’s 5-4 win vs. Texas on Nov 28…. Patrick McNally scored his 1st pro goal Feb 13 vs. San Antonio.

*First AHL goals…Danny Doremus scored his first AHL goal and grabbed his first AHL assist in 7-6OTW vs. Condors.

*Nikolay Goldobin became the first SJ Barracuda player to receive an NHL recall on Oct 15 and scored his 1st NHL goal in his 2nd NHL game in the Sharks 6-3 loss at the NY Islanders on Oct 17.

*OT penalty shot… goaltender Troy Grosenick stopped Gulls defenseman Brandon Montour at 1:05 of the overtime period in the Barracuda’s 4-3 shootout win at San Diego on Nov 13.

*2 Penalty Shots, 1 period…referee Garrett Rank awarded two penalty shots in the 1st period of the Barracuda’s 3-2 loss to the Stars on Nov 29. Troy Grosenick stopped Curtis MacKenzie at 10:52 while John Muse stopped Jeremy Langlois at 14:53.

*Score first… the Barracuda have scored FIRST 22 times in 48 games this season (12-4-5-1). – Carpenter 3, Haley 2, Lerg 2, McCarthy 2, Langlois 2, Hanson 1, Parkes 3, Stollery  2, Goldobin 1, Cundari 1, Smith 1, Goodrow 1, and Jevpalovs 1.

*2nd period success…the Barracuda have outscored their opponents 44-32 (+12) in the second period this season.

*1st period troubles… San Jose has been outscored 43-54 (-11) in the first period this season.

*Breaking down the roster… The Barracuda opening roster features nine Americans, nine Canadians, three Swedes, one Russian, one Swiss, and one Latvian.

*4 National Champions… The Barracuda have had four players that won the NCAA Division 1 Championships…. Gus Young was captain with Yale University in 2013….John McCarthy with Boston University in 2009…Bryan Lerg with Michigan State in 2007… Ben Smith with Boston College in 2008 and 2010.

*Memorial Cups…defenseman Mark Cundari and forward Scott Timmins each won a pair of Memorial Cups in 2009 and 2010 with the Windsor Spitfires (OHL). Vincent Arseneau won the Cup with the Shawinigan Cataractes in 2012.

*Swedish Elite League Championship…. both Melker Karlsson and Petter Emanuelsson won back-to-back championships with Skelleftea AIK in the SWEHL in 2013 and 2014.

*Kelly Cup Champions… Chris Crane, Vincent Arseneau, and Greger Hanson each won the Kelly Cup (ECHL Championship) with the Allen Americans last season.

*CHL Championship… Aaron Dell and Greger Hanson won the Central Hockey League Championship with the Allen Americans in 2013.

*Spengler Cup… defenseman Mark Cundari won a gold medal at the 2016 Spengler Cup for Team Canada.

*Stanley Cup Champion… Ben Smith won the Stanley Cup in 2013 with the Chicago Blackhawks.

*Oldest/Youngest… Raffi Torres is the oldest player on the Barracuda roster (born Oct 8, 1981) while Julius Bergman is the youngest (born Nov 2, 1995).

*Bros… Alex Gallant’s older brother Brett plays for the Lake Erie Monsters in the AHL.

*High scorer in the Q… rookie Nikita Jevpalovs recorded 100 points (49-51-100) in 64 games for Blainville-Boisbriand in the QMJHL last season. The 21-year-old from Riga, Latvia has 12 points (4-8-12) in 43 games for the Barracuda and three points (1-2-3) in three games for the Allen Americans.

*The Sherriff… Frazer McLaren re-signed in the off-season with the SJ Sharks organization after spending the last 2+ seasons in the Toronto organization. McLaren holds the Worcester Sharks franchise record with 577 penalty minutes and has 19 penalty minutes in 10 games for the Barracuda.

*J-Mac… John McCarthy led the Worcester Sharks in points (151) and goals (63) and was tied in the franchise lead in games played (277).  McCarthy also served as the Worcester Sharks captain in 2012-13 and was the Worcester Sharks MVP in 2011-12. McCarthy is (8-16-24) in 47 games with the Barracuda and (0-0-0) in one game with the SJ Sharks.

*Career High… forward Trevor Parkes has already set a career AHL high in points this season.  Parkes has 27 points (11-16-27) in 48 games for the Barracuda surpassing his previous high of 9 points in 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15.

*No sophomore slump… 2nd year pro Ryan Carpenter has already surpassed his point totals from last season (74gp, 12-22-34pts).  Carpy has 38 points (11-27-38) in 46 games this season for the Barracuda.

*Young Guns… the Barracuda have dressed 12 AHL rookies already this season. (Joakim Ryan, Adam Helewka Patrick McNally, Nikita Jevpalovs, Vinny Arseneau, Nikolay Goldobin, Chris Crane, Julius Bergman, Alex Gallant, Danny Doremus, Mike Aviani, and Rick Pinkston)
    
*I’ll take a draft… nine San Jose Barracuda players were drafted by the San Jose Sharks. (McCarthy, McLaren, Helewka, Crane, Goldobin, Mueller, Ryan, Bergman, and Tierney)
                                                                                                                                      
*1st Rounders… the Barracuda had two first round draft picks dressed on opening night.  Mirco Mueller (18th in 2013 by SJ) and Nikolay Goldobin (27th in 2014 by SJ).

*1st Rounders score…both Mirco Mueller and Nikolay Goldobin scored their first AHL goals of the season in the Barracuda’s 4-2 win vs. Ontario on Nov 1.

Checking in on the 2nd rounder… rookie defenseman Julius Bergman (London-OHL) has nine points (2-7-9) in 40 games for the Barracuda.  Bergman, the 46th pick overall by the Sharks in the 2014 Draft hails from Stockholm, Sweden.

*NHL Experience…. The Barracuda have had 18 players on their roster with NHL experience led by
Raffi Torres 635…Breaking down the rest…. Ben Smith with 181, Frazer McLaren 102, Karl Stollery 12, Bryan Lerg 8, John McCarthy 88, Micheal Haley  63, Mirco Mueller 45, Mark Cundari 8, Melker Karlsson 87, Scott Timmins 24,  Nikolay Goldobin 8, Barclay Goodrow 73, Chris Tierney 96, Troy Grosenick 2, Dylan DeMelo 33, Alex Stalock 62, Matt Tennyson 58.

*Five for fighting… The Barracuda have 26 fighting majors through 48 games this season…. (McLaren 3, Young 3, Arseneau 1, Carpenter 1, Cundari 1, Goodrow 1, Lerg 1, Gallant 9, Haley 2, Hanson 1, McNally 1, Torres 1, and Pinkston 1)

TRANSACTIONS:

Date

Player

Team

Transaction

02/22/2016

Barclay Goodrow (RW)

San Jose

ADD Returned on loan from San Jose (NHL)

02/21/2016

Barclay Goodrow (RW)

San Jose

DEL Recalled from loan by San Jose (NHL)

02/19/2016

Mirco Mueller (D)

San Jose

ADD Returned on loan from San Jose (NHL)

02/14/2016

Mirco Mueller (D)

San Jose

DEL Recalled from loan by San Jose (NHL)

Season by the numbers...
Record: 22-17-6-3, 53 points, .552% – 4th in Pacific
Win percentage: .552% – 8th in West
Home Record: 12-10-1-1
Away Record: 10-7-5-2
Attendance: 101,581 through 24 games this season at SAP Center – 4,232 average
Goals Scored: 134, 2.79 goals per game, 19th in AHL
Goals Allowed: 136, 2.83 goals against per game, 13th n AHL
Shots per game: 29.29 – 17th in AHL
Shots allowed per game: 31.44 – 21st in AHL
Score 1st: 12-4-5-1 when scoring first (.682%)
1 goal games: 11-7-6-3 in one goal games
PP: 15.0%, 24th in AHL (27-180)
PK: 81.7%, 22nd in AHL (33-180)
SHG – 4 shorthanded goals scored
SHGA – 5 shorthanded goals allowed
PIMS – 12.35 penalty minutes per game, 25th in AHL
Fighting Majors:  26
OT Games – 15 – (3-6 record in OT) 
SO Games – 6 – (3-3 record in SO)
Roster Players – the Barracuda have used 38  players this season
Goalies – the Barracuda used 3 goaltenders this season
Players receiving call-ups to San Jose – 16 (Goldobin, Lerg, Mueller, Haley, McCarthy, Stollery, Cundari, Karlsson, Demelo, Goodrow, Carpenter, Smith, Tennyson, Grosenick, Stalock, and Tierney)
NHL debuts – 3 San Jose Barracuda alumni making their NHL debuts this season (Goldobin, Demelo, and Carpenter)
Call-ups to NHL – 38 different call-ups to the San Jose Sharks this season

Top San Jose Barracuda:

o Goals Goodrow (16)
o Game Winners Emanuelsson and Goodrow (3)
o Assists Carpenter (27)
o Points Carpenter (11-27-38)
o Power play Points Carpenter (3-7-10)
o Shots Lerg (121)
o PIM Gallant (92)
o Fighting Pen. Gallant (9)
o Plus/Minus Carpenter (+14)
o Wins Dell and Grosenick (10)
o G.A.A. Dell (2.37)
o Save % Dell (.925)
o Shutouts Dell (1)

SJ Sharks:
The San Jose Sharks currently have 12 players on their roster that have spent time in the Sharks AHL affiliate (Couture, Pavelski, Wingels, Braun, Stalock, Tennyson, Vlasic, Nieto, Hertl, Tierney, Karlsson, and DeMelo).

The San Jose Sharks are in 3rd place in the Pacific Division and 6th place in the Western Conference with 69 points and a 32-21-5 record. 

Upcoming San Jose Sharks schedule: (all times are Pacific)
MON Feb 22 @ St. Louis 5pm (Sharks win 6-3)
WED Feb 24 @ Colorado 7pm
FRI  Feb 26 vs. Buffalo 7:30pm
SUN Feb 28 @ Vancouver 4pm

Allen Americans: (ECHL affiliate of the San Jose Sharks and Barracuda)
The 2015 Kelly Cup Champion Allen Americans are 29-19-3-2, 63pts this season good for 2nd place in the Central Division and 4th in the Western Conference. 

Joel Rumpel (18-10-2-2, 2.66 GAA, and .906 save %), Danny Federico (46gp 1-6-7), and Rick Pinkston (36gp 2-11-13), Vincent Arseneau (22gp 5-8-13), and Chris Crane (35gp 18-13-31) are all under contract by the Barracuda or the Sharks.

Upcoming Allen Americans schedule: (all times are Pacific)
FRI  Feb 26 @ Wichita 5:05pm
SAT Feb 27 V. Wichita 5:05pm
SUN Feb 28 V. Wichita 2:05pm

Coming Up for the San Jose Barracuda:
The San Jose Barracuda close out the month of February with a pair of road games at divisional opponents this weekend.

On Friday, the Barracuda travel to Bakersfield to battle the Condors (AHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers) with a 7pm faceoff at the Rabobank Arena. Coverage begins at 7pm on AM 1220 KDOW.

On Saturday, the Barracuda head to San Diego for a 7pm date with the Gulls (AHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks) at the Valley View Casino Center.  Coverage begins at 6:30pm on AM 122O KDOW.

All games can be heard live online at www.kdow.biz with a 30 minute pregame show before puck drop.  

There are plenty of ways to follow the Barracuda when they hit the road this season!
Listen to every game live for free on KDOW.biz or AHL Live. Watch the road games for a small fee at AHL Live. Join the game day conversation on Facebook and follow the game on Twitter by following @SJBarracuda.
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