Barracuda in the Community: March

Barracuda in the Community: March

Apr 4, 2016

Things are starting to heat up on the ice as the Barracuda  enter their final month of play. March was a very busy for the Barracuda Crew,  who played 9 of their 11 total games at home. With the team in San Jose, that  also means there was plenty of time for the players and Frenzy to go out and  visit Barracuda fans all over San Jose and the surrounding towns. Let’s recap  what was a wild month of March!

Barracuda Math Class saw its busiest month of the season  during March with a total of 10 visits in San Jose, Campbell and Redwood City.  Frenzy made his way around to a majority of the schools with help from some  very special guests including Nikolay Goldobin, Aaron Dell, Barclay Goodrow,  Alex Gallant and Trevor Parkes. As always, the players take part in a game of  math jeopardy with the students and this year Barracuda defenseman Patrick  McNally went 5-0 during his school visits making him the 2015-16 Barracuda  Jeopardy champion!

School visits were not the only events keeping the Barracuda  busy last month. Barracuda captain Bryan Lerg and goaltender Troy Grosenick  both stopped by San Pedro Square to do a little bartending before the Sharks  game on March 10th. Players were on hand to sign autographs, take  photos and pour some of the finest local brews San Jose has to offer! A few  weeks later, forwards Petter Emanuelsson and Nikita Jevpalovs stopped by San  Pedro Square for a post-game autograph session following their game against San  Diego.

Barracuda players weren’t the only ones who had a busy  schedule in March, as Frenzy made a handful of appearances as well. In addition  to visiting a number of schools, Frenzy also attended birthday parties  including one for Santa Cruz Warriors mascot Mav’Rik. At the game Frenzy hung  out with some of his newest mascot pals and ate special Mav’Rik cupcakes!  Frenzy also took part in this year’s Silicon Valley Braves the Shave event for  St. Baldrick’s. Frenzy and his good friend Sourdough Sam were on hand to help  shave participant’s heads for a great cause!

One of Frenzy’s biggest accomplishments during the month of  March was his semifinal victory in the AHL’s annual Mascot Madness contest.  Frenzy came out victorious in a group that featured Skates from the Chicago  Wolves, T-Bone from the San Antonio Rampage, Moose from the Rochester Americans  and Devil Dawg from the Albany Devils. Frenzy moves onto the finals which start  April 5th and run until April 7th and he will be  competing against Sully from Lake Erie, Tux from Wilkes-Barre, Gulliver from  San Diego, Crash from Iowa and Buddy from St. Johns. You can vote for Frenzy 10  times a day at www.sjbarracuda.com/mascotmadness.

On March 13th, the San Jose Barracuda held their  first ever Star Wars Night which featured specialty R2-D2 jerseys that the  players wore during the game. Those jerseys were auctioned off throughout the  night with proceeds from the jerseys benefitting the Aubri Brown Club. Thanks  to everyone that participated, the Barracuda raised over $14,000 for ABC! The  Barracuda also wore special Hawaiian Shirt jerseys for Beach Day which happened  later in March where proceeds are going to benefit the Santa Cruz chapter of  the Surfrider Foundation.

Last but certainly not least, the community recap would not  be complete until we took a minute to recognize Barracuda 2015-16 Man of the  Year Ryan Carpenter. “Carpy” has been an instrumental part of the Barracuda’s  involvement in the community during their inaugural season by taking part in a  number of community and charitable efforts. As the Barracuda Man of the Year,  Carpenter is now one of 30 finalists for the 2015-16 AHL IOA/Specialty Man of  the Year Award which is given out to the player who contributes most to his  community. Read more about Ryan's accomplisments this season.

That covers things for the month of March. It’s time to  buckle up for what should be a wild ride as the Barracuda push for the final  playoff spot in the Western Conference. Follow all of the action through our  website (www.sjbarracuda.com), through  social media (@sjbarracuda) and on the radio with Eric Lindquist on AM 1220  KDOW!

Summer is coming up fast and Frenzy is looking for plans! If  you want to have the hardest working fish in the AHL at your event, head to Frenzy's page and  fill out an appearance request form!

If you would like to learn more  information about the Barracuda and our efforts in the community, please visit the Community Relations page or email jgoldstein@sjbarracuda.com!

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