GAMEDAY: BARRACUDA AT ROADRUNNERS
Mar 15, 2025SAN JOSE BARRACUDA (29-20-4-3, 65 pts.) vs TUCSON ROADRUNNERS (27-25-3-2, 59 pts.)
SAT, MAR. 15 | 7:05 P.M. | TUCSON ARENA | TUCSON, AZ
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Destination Desert: The Barracuda make their lone visit to Tucson for a two-game series with the Roadrunners beginning on Saturday at the Tucson Convention Center. The Barracuda are 1-1 versus Utah’s top affiliate this season and are coming off a 5-3 win in the last meeting on Feb. 8 at Tech CU Arena. The Cuda enter Saturday riding a five-game points streak (3-0-2-0), the longest streak since the club collected points in five straight from Jan. 22 to Feb. 1.
Road Warriors: The Barracuda collected three of a possible four points in a pair of games in Abbotsford this past weekend, never trailing until Sunday when the Canucks won 5-4 in overtime. Saturday and Sunday wrap up a four-game road trip for the Barracuda who will have eight more road games left on their 72-game slate after the weekend. All time in Tucson, the Barracuda have a record of 12-8-1-2. A year ago, the Barracuda went 1-3 at the Tucson Convention Center.
Powering Up: The Barracuda went four-for-11 on the man advantage in two games this past weekend in Abbotsford and now have power-play goals in five straight (6/17=35%) and are pacing the league on the PP (23.1%). In two games versus the Roadrunners, the Barracuda are two-for-six (33.3%). SJB is one of just two teams (Toronto) with multiple players that have more than nine power-play goals and the only club with three (Luca Cagnoni Danil Gushchin, and Andrew Poturalski).
Roadrunners Roundup: Entering Saturday, the Roadrunners sit in the final playoff spot in the Pacific Division, two points ahead of the Bakersfield Condors. Tucson has dropped their last three in a row, including a pair of 4-2 decisions earlier this week versus the Ontario Reign. In its last 10 at home, Tucson is just 3-5-1-1 and 0-2-1-0 over their last three. The Roadrunners have three former Barracuda players on their current roster (Andrew Agozzino, Montana Onyebuchi, and Robbie Russo).
Captain Call-Up: The Sharks recalled Barracuda captain Jimmy Schuldt on Monday. The veteran rearguard has now skated in three games this season with the Sharks, drawing in on Tuesday and Thursday. Prior to making his Sharks debut on March 6 at Colorado, it had been nearly six years since he played his only other NHL game on April 6, 2019, with the Vegas Golden Knights.
Hot Pot: Andrew Poturalski collected an assist on Sunday in Abbotsford, matching the Barracuda’s franchise record for points in a season (61). The nine-year vet is pacing the AHL in scoring and is T-second in assists (37) and power-play goals (9), and T-sixth in goals (24). The New Hampshire alumni now has points in 14 of his last 17 (9+16=25). The 31-year-old is a point shy of surpassing Andrew Agozzino’s single-season franchise points record and two goals short of Agozzino’s goal (26) record, both set in 2022-23. Additionally, he is two power-play goals shy of matching Danny O’Regan’s single-season PPG record (11), set in 2016-17.
Luca Lightning: Rookie defenseman Luca Cagnoni is pacing the AHL in PP-points (27), is second in power-play assists (18), and T-fourth in power-play goals (9). Among league blueliners, he is T-second in points (42), and goals (13). The 20-year-old, who has already set a franchise record this season for power-play goals (9) by a defenseman, is just one goal shy of matching the org’s watermark for goals in a season by a rearguard which was set by Tim Heed in 2016-17 and Nick DeSimone in 2018-19.
Walk the Talk: In three games with the Barracuda, Walker Duehr has five points (2+3=5). The 27-year-old was claimed off waivers by the Sharks from the Flames in January, scoring twice in eight games with NHL San Jose. In 23 games in the AHL this season, Duehr is averaging a point-per-game (13+11=24). The Sioux Falls, South Dakota, native is the first player from that state to reach the NHL.