The San Jose Barracuda Are Alive
Oct 13, 2015Look Back:
The San Jose Barracuda (0-1-0-0, 0pts) chomped zero out of a possible two points last week (0-1-0-0) to kick off the 2015-16 AHL regular season schedule with a 4-2 loss to the Rockford IceHogs in front of 6,977 fans at the SAP Center on Oct 9.
Micheal Haley scored the first goal in franchise history at 19:47 of the first period on the power play while Troy Grosenick made 37 saves in net in the loss. Captain Bryan Lerg also scored for the Barracuda while Nikita Jevpalovs picked up an assist in his first professional game.
The San Jose Barracuda player of the week nominee is veteran forward Micheal Haley. The 29-year-old from Guelph, Ontario scored the first goal in franchise history and added an assist in the Barracuda’s 4-2 loss to Rockford on Oct 9.
COMING UP:
The San Jose Barracuda hit the road for a pair of games this week vs. Pacific Division opponents.
On Thursday, the Barracuda travel to Stockton, CA to play the Heat at 7pm. The Heat are the AHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames and are coming off a 7-0 win over the Rockford IceHogs on Oct 10. Coverage begins at 6:30pm on AM 1220 KDOW.
On Saturday, the Barracuda battle the Condors in Bakersfield, CA at 7pm. The Condors are the AHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers and currently have a 1-1-0-0 record this season. Coverage begins at 7pm on AM 1220 KDOW.
MILESTONE ALERT:
Head Coach Roy Sommer surpassed Frank Mathers (1256 games coached) for the most games coached in AHL history on March 26, 2014 in the Sharks 5-3 win in Lewiston, ME over the Portland Pirates. Coach Sommer has coached 1345 AHL games – all with the SJ Sharks AHL affiliates. In total, Coach Sommer has been a head coach in 1,681 games in the AHL and ECHL. Coach Sommer picked up his 600th career AHL win in a 4-3 victory in Lehigh Valley on Feb 4, 2015 and surpassed Frank Mathers (610 wins) for 2nd all-time in AHL history on March 27 in Springfield with his 611th win! Roy needs 19 wins to tie Fred “Bun Cook” (636 wins) for the most wins in AHL history!
Few things to know….
- The San Jose Barracuda are in 7th place (0-1-0-0, 0pts) in the Pacific Division and 13th place overall in the Western Conference.
- The San Jose Sharks currently have 11 players on their roster that have spent time in the Sharks AHL affiliate (Couture, Pavelski, Wingels, Braun, Stalock, Vlasic, Nieto, DeMelo, Goodrow, Hertl, Tierney).
- The San Jose Sharks are in 2nd place in the Pacific Division and 2nd place in the Western Conference with 4 points and a 2-0-0 record.
- Micheal Haley scored the first goal in franchise history at 19:47 of the first period vs. Rockford on Oct 9. The goal was a power play goal scored on Michael Leighton and assisted by Nikita Jevpalovs and Scott Timmins.
- Frazer McLaren picked up the first fighting major in Barracuda history with a 2nd period scrap vs. Mike Liambas on Oct 9.
- The San Jose Barracuda players will wear the same jersey number with the San Jose Sharks if they are to receive a NHL recall this season.
- Coach Roy Sommer currently ranks 2nd in the AHL with 617 wins in his career (18th season) and 1st in games coached in the AHL with 1345.
Top 3… Last Week!
- Micheal Haley scored a goal and added an assist in the 4-2 loss to Rockford on Friday!
- Bryan Lerg scored a power play goal on the 4-2 loss to Rockford on Friday!
- Troy Grosenick made 37 saves in the 4-2 loss to the IceHogs on Friday!
Last Week: (0-1-0-0) 0pts, 1gp
Fri. 10/9 L Rockford IceHogs 4 @ San Jose BARRACUDA 2
Next Week:
Thu. 10/15 San Jose BARRACUDA @ Stockton Heat – 7pm
Sat. 10/17 San Jose BARRACUDA @ Bakersfield Condors – 7pm
Rewind the Tape:
10.09.15 – Rockford 4 – San Jose 2 – L – SAP Center – San Jose, CA
The San Jose Barracuda (0-1-0-0, 0pts) presented by Barracuda Networks opened up their AHL regular season schedule with a 4-2 loss to the visiting Rockford IceHogs (1-0-0-0, 2pts) in front of 6,977 fans at the SAP Center on Friday evening. Micheal Haley (1-1-2) and Bryan Lerg (1-0-1) scored for the Barracuda while Troy Grosenick made 37 saves in net for San Jose in the loss. Rookie Tanner Kero (2-1-3) led the way offensively for Rockford and goaltender Micheal Leighton made 30 saves in net for the victory.
Barracuda in the Pacific:
|
PACIFIC |
GP |
W |
L |
OTL |
SOL |
PTS |
PCT |
GF |
GA |
PIM |
HOME |
ROAD |
LAST TEN |
STREAK |
S/O |
|
1. Stockton |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.000 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
1-0-0-0 |
0-0-0-0 |
1-0-0-0 |
1-0-0-0 |
0-0 |
|
2. Ontario |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.000 |
5 |
0 |
21 |
0-0-0-0 |
1-0-0-0 |
1-0-0-0 |
1-0-0-0 |
0-0 |
|
3. Texas |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.000 |
5 |
4 |
16 |
1-0-0-0 |
0-0-0-0 |
1-0-0-0 |
1-0-0-0 |
0-0 |
|
4. San Diego |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.000 |
4 |
2 |
13 |
1-0-0-0 |
0-0-0-0 |
1-0-0-0 |
1-0-0-0 |
0-0 |
|
5. Bakersfield |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.500 |
1 |
5 |
29 |
1-1-0-0 |
0-0-0-0 |
1-1-0-0 |
0-1-0-0 |
0-0 |
|
6. San Antonio |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.500 |
4 |
5 |
10 |
0-0-0-0 |
0-0-1-0 |
0-0-1-0 |
0-0-1-0 |
0-0 |
|
7. San Jose |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.000 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
0-1-0-0 |
0-0-0-0 |
0-1-0-0 |
0-1-0-0 |
0-0 |
Coaching Milestones….
- 1257 GAMES…..With the 5-3 win in Lewiston, ME vs. the Pirates on March 26, 2014, head coach Roy Sommer surpassed Frank Mathers (1,256 games) for the most games coached in the AHL.
- 1,600 GAMES… With the 3-0 loss vs. the Norfolk Admirals on April 12, 2014, head coach Roy Sommer coached in his 1,600th professional game.
- 500 WINS!.... With a 3-2 shootout victory in Hershey on February 11, 2012, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 4th coach in AHL history to reach the 500 win plateau.
- 600 WINS!....with the 4-3 win at Lehigh Valley on February 4, 2015, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 3rd coach in AHL history to reach the 600 win plateau.
- 611 WINS…. With the 6-3 win at Springfield on March 27, 2015, head coach Roy Sommer moved past Frank Mather (610) for the 2nd most wins in AHL history with his 611th win.
AHL COACHING WINS – ALL-TIME
- Fred “Bun” Cook 1937-56 19seasons 1,171GP 636 WINS
- Roy Sommer 1998-current 18seasons 1,345GP 617WINS
- Frank Mathers 1956-85 18seasons 1,256GP 610 WINS
- John Paddock 1981-2010 16seasons 1,125GP 589 WINS
*San Jose Barracuda Head Coach Roy Sommer, who plays a major role in developing players for the San Jose Sharks, is currently the longest-tenured coach (18th season) in the American Hockey League. His current regular season record is now: 617-564-48-60-56. (W-L-T-OTL-SOL)
*In Coach Sommer’s first AHL victory…. The Kentucky Thoroughblades defeated the Albany River Rats 6-4 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky on October 17, 1998.
Barracuda Bites:
*Captains for the 2015-16 season: Bryan Lerg was named captain on Oct 6 while John McCarthy was named an alternate captain. The club will name another alternate captain at a later date.
*Breaking down October… The Sharks have a 0-1-0-0 (0pts in 1gp) record in October with 2 GF and 4 GA. PP is 2-4 (50.0%); opponents PP is 0-5 (0.0%), and the Barracuda have 1 fighting majors in October.
*Home Openers…. the Worcester Sharks went 4-3-1-1 in home openers at the DCU Center - the Barracuda are 0-1-0-0 in home openers at the SAP Center.
*Season openers….the Worcester Sharks record in season openers stood at 5-3-0-1 while the Barracuda are 0-1-0-0 in season openers.
*First goal of the season goes to…(last 10 years of Sharks AHL affiliates) Mathieu Darche in 2006, Graham Mink in 2007, Cory Larose in 2008, Andrew Desjardins in 2009, Jonathan Cheechoo in 2010, Curt Gogol in 2011, Sebastian Stalberg in 2012, Eriah Hayes in 2013, Ryan Carpenter in 2014, and Micheal Haley in 2015
*Starting Goalies… Troy Grosenick allowed four goals on 41 shots on Friday to kick off the 2015-15 season… Past starting goaltenders on opening night include; Dmitri Patzold 3GA in 2006, Thomas Greiss 2GA in 2007, Thomas Greiss 5GA in 2008, Alex Stalock 2GA in 2009, Alex Stalock 5GA in 2010, Tyson Sexsmith 3GA in 2011, Alex Stalock 3GA in 2012, Harri Sateri 4GA in 2013, and Troy Grosenick 2GA in 2014.
*Pro Debuts: Patrick McNally and Nikita Jevpalovs each made their professional debuts for the Barracuda on Oct 9.
*Score first… the Barracuda have scored FIRST 0 times in 1 game this season (0-1-0-0).
*Breaking down the roster…. The Barracuda opening roster features nine Americans, nine Canadians, three Swedes, one Russian, one Swiss, and one Latvian.
*3 National Champions… The Barracuda have three players that won the NCAA Division 1 Championships… Gus Young was captain with Yale University in 2013… John McCarthy with Boston University in 2009… Bryan Lerg with Michigan State in 2007.
*Memorial Cup… defenseman Mark Cundari won the Memorial Cup in 2009 with the Windsor Spitfires (OHL).
*Swedish Elite League Championship…. both Melker Karlsson and Petter Emanuelsson won back-to-back championships with Skelleftea AIK in the SWEHL in 2013 and 2014.
*The Sherriff… Frazer McLaren re-signed in the off-season with the SJ Sharks organization after spending the last 2+ seasons in the Toronto organization. McLaren holds the Worcester Sharks franchise record with 577 penalty minutes.
*J-Mac… John McCarthy led the Worcester Sharks in points (151) and goals (63) and was tied in the franchise lead in games played (277). McCarthy also served as the Worcester Sharks captain in 2012-13 and was the Worcester Sharks MVP in 2011-12.
*Young Guns… the Barracuda have dressed 6 rookies already this season. (Joakim Ryan, Patrick McNally, Nikita Jevpalovs, Vinny Arseneau, Nikolay Goldobin, Chris Crane)
*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)
*1st Rounders… the Barracuda had two first round draft picks dressed on opening night. Mirco Mueller (18th in 2013 by SJ) and Nikolay Goldobin (27th in 2014 by SJ).
*NHL Experience…. The Barracuda have 10 players on their roster with NHL experience led by Frazer McLaren with 102…. Breaking down the rest…. Karl Stollery 12, Bryan Lerg 2, John McCarthy 87, Micheal Haley 56, Mirco Mueller 39, Mark Cundari 8, Melker Karlsson 53, Scott Timmins 24, and Troy Grosenick 2.
*Five for fighting… The Barracuda have 1 fighting major through 1 game this season… (McLaren 1)
Season by the numbers...
Record: 0-1-0-0, 0 points – 7th in Pacific
Win percentage: .000% – 13th in West
Home Record: 0-1-0-0
Away Record: 0-0-0-0
Attendance: 6,977 through 1 game this season – 6,977 average
Goals Scored: 2, 2.00 goals per game, 20th in AHL
Goals Allowed: 4, 4.00 goals against per game, 21st in AHL
Shots per game: 32.00 – 12th in AHL
Shots allowed per game: 41.00 – 29th in AHL
Score 1st: 0-0-0-0 when scoring first (.000%)
1 goal games: 0-0-0-0 in one goal games
PP: 50.0 %, 3rd in AHL (2-4)
PK: 100%, 2nd in AHL (0-5)
SHG – 0 shorthanded goals scored
SHGA – 1 shorthanded goals allowed
PIMS – 17.00 penalty minutes per game, 9th in AHL
Fighting Majors: 1 –
OT Games – 0 – (0-0 record in OT)
SO Games – 0 – (0-0 record in SO)
Roster Players – the Barracuda used 19 players this season
Goalies – the Barracuda used 1 goaltender this season
Players receiving call-ups to San Jose – 0
NHL debuts – 0 San Jose Barracuda alumni making their NHL debuts this season
Call-ups to San Jose – 0 different call-ups to San Jose this season
Top San Jose Barracuda:
- Goals Haley and Lerg (1)
- Game Winners
- Assists Haley, Mueller, Jevpalovs, and Timmins (1)
- Points Haley (1-1-2)
- Power play Points Haley (1-1-2)
- Shots McCarthy and McNally (4)
- PIM McLaren (7)
- Fighting Pen. McLaren (1)
- Plus/Minus several tied at E
- Wins
- G.A.A. Grosenick (4.03)
- Save % Grosenick (.902)
- Shutouts N/A
San Jose Sharks:
The San Jose Sharks currently have 11 players on their roster that have spent time with the Sharks AHL affiliate over the years: (Couture, Pavelski, Wingels, Braun, Stalock, Vlasic, Nieto, DeMelo, Goodrow, Hertl, Tierney).
The San Jose Sharks are in 2nd place in the Pacific Division and 2nd place in the Western Conference with 4 points and a 2-0-0 record.
Upcoming San Jose Sharks schedule: (all times are Pacific)
TUE Oct 13 @Washington 4pm
FRI Oct 16 @New Jersey 4pm
SAT Oct 17 @NY Islanders 4:30pm
Coming Up for the San Jose Barracuda:
The San Jose Barracuda hit the road for a pair of games this week vs. Pacific Division opponents.
On Thursday, the Barracuda travel to Stockton, CA to play the Heat at 7pm. The Heat are the AHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames and are coming off a 7-0 win over the Rockford IceHogs on Oct 10. Coverage begins at 6:30pm on AM 12220 KDOW.
On Saturday, the Barracuda battle the Condors in Bakersfield, CA at 7pm. The Condors are the AHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers and currently have a 1-1-0-0 record this season. Coverage begins at 7pm on AM 1220 KDOW.
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