GAMEDAY: BARRACUDA VS WILD
Nov 29, 2022SAN JOSE BARRACUDA (10-7-0-1) vs. IOWA WILD (6-6-2-2)
TUES, NOV 29 | 7:00 P.M. | Tech CU Arena | San Jose, CA
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Home Sweet Home: After wrapping up its five-game road trip with back-to-back wins, including a 2-1 victory at Bakersfield on Saturday night, the Barracuda drop the puck on a season-long six-game homestand beginning on Tuesday against the Iowa Wild (Minnesota Wild). The Barracuda began the season with a pair of wins at Iowa on Oct. 14 and 15 and are 8-2-2-0 all-time against Minnesota’s top farm team.
Big Fish, Small Pond: The Sharks recalled goaltender Aaron Dell on Saturday and placed netminder James Reimer on IR. And then, on Monday, recalled defenseman Scott Harrington and forward Jeff Viel from the Barracuda, and in a corresponding move put defenseman Mario Ferraro on IR. The Sharks begin a four-game East Coast road trip on Tuesday in Montreal. The Barracuda signed defenseman Jalen Smereck to a PTO on Saturday and Darren Brady to a PTO on Tuesday to help bolster a depleted blueline.
Rookie Arrivals: Rookies Thomas Bordeleau (8), Tristen Robins (7), William Eklund (4), Danil Gushchin (4), Brandon Coe (2), and Ozzy Wiesblatt (1) have accounted for 26 of the Barracuda’s 48 goals scored this year (54%). The most among any rookie class this season. Wiesblatt (Rd 1, 31st overall), Bordeleau (Rd 2, 38th Overall), Robins (Rd 2, 56th Overall), Gushchin (Rd 3, 76th Overall), and Coe (Rd 4, 98th Overall) were all part of the Sharks' historic nine-forward draft class in 2020.
Killin’ It: The Barracuda enter Tuesday with the AHL’s top penalty kill (89.4%) after going 3/3 on Saturday in Bakersfield and are 10/10 on the kill in two games against the Wild this season. In addition, San Jose has now scored on the power play in a season-long five consecutive games (6/22=27%), and six of its last seven.
El Cap: Before Saturday, Barracuda captain Andrew Agozzino was riding a six-game point streak after posting a season-high three points (1+2=3) in the team’s 5-2 win over Henderson on Friday. Agozzino leads the group in points (15), assists (11), shots (50), power-play assists (6), and insurance goals (2). The 10-year vet is just three goals shy of 200 in the AHL.
Montana Tough: On Friday Barracuda defenseman Montana Onyebuchi recorded his first career Gordie Howe hat trick, and in the process snapped a 54-game goalless drought. Onyebuchi has already matched his rookie season point totals (1+7=8) in 31 fewer games and has points in four of his last six games (1+6=7) after not recording a point in his first nine appearances of the year.