Barracuda Weekly
Nov 17, 2016Barracuda battle the Gulls this weekend after taking 2 of 3 in Texas….
Weekly rewind…
After falling to the Texas Stars, 5-3, on Friday, the San Jose Barracuda responded in a big way. On Saturday, San Jose scored a franchise high eight goals en route to a 8-5 win over Texas and then blanked the Rampage in San Antonio, 4-0, on Tuesday morning. Timo Meier scored his first two pro goals on Saturday and Tuesday, which both turned out to be game winners. Barclay Goodrow netted his second professional hat trick on Friday and then scored again in Saturday’s game and now leads the Barracuda in goals with six. Troy Grosenick’s shutout on Tuesday was the sixth of his pro career and second of the season.
A look ahead…
San Jose continues its six game road trip with a pair of games against the San Diego Gulls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday night. Both teams are on two game winning streaks heading into their first of 10 meetings on the season. San Jose went 4-6-1-1 against the Gulls in 2015-16 and 3-2-1-0 at Valley View Casino Center.
Broadcaster bites…
Roy Sommer was forced to shuffle his line combos after Kevin Labanc was recalled to the Sharks. On Friday, Sommer put Timo Meier, Nikolay Goldobin and Danny O’Regan on a line, but quickly switched out Goldobin for Marcus Sorensen and the move paid huge dividends. The line in two games has a combined for fourteen points (6-8-14) and two game winners. San Jose has went with the same lineup for the last two games and it doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon.
Statistical breakdown…
Record: 5-3-0-1 (3rd in Pacific Division, 6th in Western Conference)
Home: 2-1-0-1
Away: 3-2-0-0
Last 10 Games: 5-3-0-1
Streak: 2-0-0-0
Goal Leader: Barclay Goodrow (6)
Assist Leader: Nikolay Goldobin (9)
Points Leader: Nikolay Goldobin (11)
Penalty Minutes: Timo Meier (18)
Power-Play Goals: Rourke Chartier (2)
Shorthanded Goals: Kevin Lebanc (1)
Game-Winning Goals: Timo Meier (2)
Wins: Troy Grosenick (3)
GAA: Mantas Armalis (2.69)
SPCT: Troy Grosenick (.905)
*In the NHL currently
Weekend Schedule:
San Jose Barracuda vs. San Diego Gulls
Friday, Nov. 18
7:00 p.m. PST
Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, CA
Listen Live: AM 1220 KDOW (No pre game coverage)
Watch Live: AHL Live
San Jose Barracuda vs. San Diego Gulls
Saturday, Nov. 19
7:00 p.m. PST
Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, CA
Listen Live: AM 1220 KDOW
Watch Live: AHL Live