Barracuda vs. San Diego Gulls Preview
Oct 23, 2015Tonight:
The San Jose Barracuda and the San Diego Gulls (AHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks) meet for the 2nd of 12 meetings this season, the 2nd of six meetings at the SAP Center. The Barracuda are 0-0-0-1 vs. the Gulls this season and are 0-0-0-1 in 1 career matchup. San Diego defeated the Barracuda 3-2 in the shootout at the SAP Center on Wednesday night in the Gulls 1st road game of the season. San Jose is looking for their first win on home ice this season (0-1-0-1).
In case you missed it…
The San Jose Barracuda (2-1-0-1, 5pts) presented by Barracuda Networks fell short 3-2 in an exciting shootout loss to the visiting San Diego Gulls (3-0-0-0, 6pts) at the SAP Center on Wednesday evening. Bryan Lerg (1-1-2) and Scott Timmins (1-0-1) scored for the Barracuda while Troy Grosenick made 29 saves in net for San Jose in the shootout loss. Nick Ritchie and Stefan Noesen scored for the Gulls in the shootout while John Gibson made 25 saves in net as the Gulls won their third straight game to open the season. San Jose led 2-0 before Brandon Montour and Harry Zolnierczyk scored for San Diego in the Gulls 1st road game of the season.
Barracuda Bites…
*Transactions…. Bryan Lerg and Mirco Mueller are currently with the SJ Sharks in the NHL. Earlier today, the Sharks loaned forward Micheal Haley to the San Jose Barracuda.
*Suspensions…San Jose Barracuda defenseman Karl Stollery has been 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). He will miss San Jose’s game tonight (Oct. 23) vs. San Diego.
AHL COACHING WINS – ALL-TIME
1. Fred “Bun” Cook 1937-56 19seasons 1,171GP 636 WINS
2. Roy Sommer 1998-current 18seasons 1,348GP 619WINS
3. Frank Mathers 1956-85 18seasons 1,256GP 610 WINS
4. John Paddock 1981-2010 16seasons 1,125GP 589 WINS
*Breaking down October… The Barracuda have a 2-1-0-1 (5pts in 4gp) record in October with 12 GF and 11 GA. PP is 3-14 (21.4%); opponents PP is 4-18 (22.2%), and the Barracuda have 1 fighting major in October.
*Streakers….Micheal Haley (4-2-6) has a three game point streak…Aaron Dell has won two straight starts in net… for the Gulls: Brandon Montour (2-1-3)has a three game point streak while John Gibson has won three straight starts in net.
*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.
*Young Guns… the Barracuda have dressed 8 AHL rookies already this season. (Joakim Ryan, Patrick McNally, Nikita Jevpalovs, Vinny Arseneau, Nikolay Goldobin, Chris Crane, Adam Helewka, and Julius Bergman)
*I’ll take a draft… eight San Jose Barracuda players were drafted by the San Jose Sharks. (McCarthy, McLaren, Helewka, Crane, Goldobin, Mueller, Ryan, Bergman)
*NHL Experience…. The Barracuda have 12 players on their roster with NHL experience led by Frazer McLaren with 102…. Breaking down the rest…. Karl Stollery 12, Bryan Lerg 4, John McCarthy 87, Micheal Haley 57, Mirco Mueller 40, Mark Cundari 8, Melker Karlsson 53, Scott Timmins 24, Troy Grosenick 2, Nikolay Goldobin 3, Dylan DeMelo 2.
Important #’s:
| San Jose | San Diego | |
| Goals For | 3.00 – 17th | 4.33 – 4th |
| Goals Agst | 2.75 – 12th | 3.00 – 17th |
| Shots For | 26.50 – 24th | 34.33 – 8th |
| Shots Agst | 33.00 – 21st | 33.33 – 23rd |
| PIMS | 12.25 – 20th | 8.33 – 29th |
| Fighting Majors | 1 | 1 |
Broadcast:
Tonight’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.