GAMEDAY: BARRACUDA VS GULLS
Mar 5, 2025SAN JOSE BARRACUDA (27-20-2-3, 59 pts.) vs SAN DIEGO GULLS (20-25-5-3, 48 pts.)
WED, MAR. 5 | 7:00 P.M. | TECH CU ARENA | SAN JOSE, CA
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Wednesday Wrap: After back-to-back wins over the Henderson Silver Knights this past weekend, the Barracuda wrap up their four-game homestand on Wednesday against the San Diego Gulls. The Barracuda are 2-2-0-1 against the Ducks’ affiliate this season, 1-0-0-1 at home, and are coming off a 4-2 loss in the last meeting in Southern California on Feb. 16, 4-2.
Sensational Sunday: The Barracuda led by a pair of goals twice on Sunday against the Henderson Silver Knights, then fell behind by two late in the third, only to tie it with two Danil Gushchin extra-attacker strikes with under four minutes to go before claiming victory in OT, 6-5. In the win, Andrew Poturalski matched a franchise record with five points (1+4=5) and is now pacing the AHL with 58, and Gushchin potted his first hat trick of his career. Knights forward Alex Holtz also scored four times in the loss, the most ever by an opponent. Ethan Cardwell scored the overtime winner and finished with a plus-four rating and three points (1+2=3).
Air and Sea: The Barracuda enter Wednesday in sole possession of the fifth spot in the Pacific Division, 13 points ahead of the Gulls. After dropping four of five, the Barracuda have won their last two and are 18-7-1-2 at home. San Diego is 0-1-0-1 in its last two outings but had reeled off wins in their prior seven. The Gulls are seven points behind Tucson who holds the final playoff spot.
Captain Call-Up: The Sharks recalled Barracuda captain Jimmy Schuldt on Sunday. If he were to season NHL action, it would be his first NHL games in over 2,100 days and nearly six years. The veteran rearguard made his NHL debut with the Vegas Golden Knights on April 6, 2019, after signing out of St. Cloud State three days prior. Since that point, he has skated in 402 AHL games between the regular season and playoffs with Chicago, Henderson, Rochester, Coachella Valley and San Jose.
Hot Pot: Andrew Poturalski matched a franchise record and personal best with five points (1+4=5) on Sunday, and now has seven (2+5=7) over his last two games. The former San Diego Gulls forward has points in 12 of 14 (8+14=22) and is pacing the AHL in scoring with 58. Additionally, he is second in the league in assists (35), T-fourth in power-play goals (12), and T-fifth in goals (23). Poturalski is just three points shy of matching Andrew Agozzino’s single-season franchise points (61) and goals (26) record, set in 2022-23. 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 (26), second in power-play assists (16), and T-fourth in power-play goals (9). Among league blueliners, he is second in points (41), and T-second in 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. Tim Heed (2016-17) and Nick DeSimone (2018-19) each scored 14 in a season.
Real Deal Danil: Danil Gushchin notched his first pro hat trick on Sunday, and the Barracuda’s first this season, and 15th in franchise history. The last Barracuda skater to score three times in a game was Nathan Todd on Feb. 10, 2024, vs. Bakersfield. Gushchin now has five goals in his last four games, seven in his last eight, and 10 in his last 11. Gushchin, who’s now up to 19 goals, is a goal shy of matching his season total last year, in 19 fewer games.
Walk the Talk: After clearing waivers, the Sharks assigned forward Walker Duehr to the Barracuda on Tuesday. In 127 AHL contests between Calgary/Stockton, Duerr has 37 goals and 32 assists. In 20 games this season with the Wranglers, the native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, scored 11 times and added eight helpers. In eight games with the Sharks, he potted a pair of goals. In 92 career NHL contests between the Flames and Sharks, he has 11 goals and 10 assists. The Sharks originally claimed the undrafted free agent off waivers in January.