Barracuda Show Some Bite in Week 2
Oct 19, 2015
Look Back:
The San Jose Barracuda (2-1-0-0, 4pts, .667%) presented by Barracuda Networks chomped four out of a possible four points last week (2-0-0-0) after a pair of road wins in Stockton and Bakersfield. San Jose picked up their first win in franchise history on Thursday in a 4-1 victory in Stockton and finished off the two game work week with a 4-3 win in Bakersfield on Saturday.
Micheal Haley continues to be on fire for the Barracuda as he recorded four points (3-1-4) and picked up a pair of game winning goals last week. Ryan Carpenter added four points (1-3-4) while Chris Crane (0-2-2) and Trevor Parkes (1-1-2) each chipped in with a pair of points. Aaron Dell made 55 saves on 60 shots to pick up a pair of wins in net for San Jose as Karl Stollery and Joakim Ryan each finished with a +3 rating in two games last week. Nikita Jevpalovs scored his first pro goal in Stockton on Thursday.
Nikolay Goldobin became the first San Jose Barracuda player to receive an NHL recall on Oct. 15 and scored his first NHL goal in his second NHL game in the Sharks 6-3 loss at the NY Islanders on Oct. 17. Captain Bryan Lerg was recalled by the SJ Sharks on Oct. 18.
The San Jose Barracuda player of the week nominee is veteran forward Micheal Haley. The 29-year-old from Guelph, Ontario scored a pair of game winning goals and recorded four points total (3-1-4) in two games last week to lead the way offensively for the San Jose Barracuda.
COMING UP:
The San Jose Barracuda play three games this week vs Pacific Division opponents.
On Wednesday, the San Jose Barracuda welcome the San Diego Gulls (AHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks) to the SAP Center for a 7:30pm faceoff. Coverage begins at 7pm on AM 1220 KDOW.
On Friday, the Gulls and Barracuda battle again in San Jose with the first 4,000 fans receiving a Barracuda magnet schedule. Face-off is at 7pm with coverage beginning at 6:30pm on AM 1220 KDOW.
On Saturday, the Barracuda travel south to play the Ontario Reign (AHL affiliate of the LA Kings) at 6pm. Coverage begins at 6pm 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 San Jose 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 17 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 5th place (2-1-0-0, 4pts, .667%) in the Pacific Division and 7th place overall in the Western Conference.
- The San Jose Sharks currently have 13 players on their roster that have spent time in the Sharks AHL affiliate (Couture, Pavelski, Wingels, Braun, Stalock, Vlasic, Nieto, Demelo, Goodrow, Hertl, Tierney, Goldobin, and Lerg).
- The San Jose Sharks are in first place in the Pacific Division and second place in the Western Conference with 8 points and a 4-1-0 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. Haley has scored a goal in all three games for the Barracuda (4-2-6) and has scored both game winners.
- 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 picked up their first win in franchise history in a 4-1 victory over the Heat in Stockton on Oct 15.
- Ryan Carpenter (1-3-4) and Joakim Ryan (0-2-2) are riding a two game point streak.
- Goaltender Aaron Dell is 2-0-0 this season with a 2.00 GAA and a .932 SV%.
- The San Jose Barracuda players will wear the same jersey number with the SJ Sharks if they are to receive a NHL recall this season.
- The San Jose Barracuda are 2-0-0-0 vs. California teams this season.
- Coach Roy Sommer currently ranks 2nd in the AHL with 619 wins in his career (18th season) and 1st in games coached in the AHL with 1347.
Top 3… Last Week!
- Micheal Haley scored twice which included the game winner in the Barracuda’s 4-3W at Bakersfield on Saturday!
- Aaron Dell made 25 saves in the 1st Barracuda victory in franchise history in 4-1W at Stockton on Thursday!
- Nikita Jevpalovs scored his first professional goal and added an assist in 4-1W at Stockton on Thursday!
Last Week: (2-0-0-0) 4pts, 2gp
Thu. 10/15 W San Jose BARRACUDA 4 @ Stockton Heat 1
Sat. 10/17 W San Jose BARRACUDA 4 @ Bakersfield Condors 3
Next Week:
Wed. 10/21 San Diego Gulls @ San Jose BARRACUDA – 7:30pm
Fri. 10/23 San Diego Gulls @ San Jose BARRACUDA – 7pm
Sat. 10/17 San Jose BARRACUDA @ Ontario Reign – 6pm
Rewind the Tape:
10.15.15 – Stockton 1 – San Jose 4 – W – Stockton Arena – Stockton, CA
The San Jose Barracuda (1-1-0-0, 2pts) presented by Barracuda Networks picked up their first win in franchise history with a commanding 4-1 victory over the host Stockton Heat (1-1-0-0, 2pts) in front of 3,063 fans at the Stockton Arena on Thursday evening. Micheal Haley (1-1-2) and Nikita Jevpalovs (1-1-2) each had multipoint games for the Barracuda while Aaron Dell made 25 saves in net for San Jose in the victory. Scott Timmins and Ryan Carpenter also scored for the Barracuda while Karl Stollery and Joakim Ryan each finished with an assist and +3.
10.17.15 – Bakersfield 3 – San Jose 4 – W – Rabobank Arena – Bakersfield, CA
The San Jose Barracuda (2-1-0-0, 4pts) presented by Barracuda Networks grabbed a wild 4-3 victory over the host Bakersfield Condors (1-2-0-1, 3pts) in front of 4,242 fans at the Rabobank Arena on Saturday evening. Micheal Haley (2-0-2), Bryan Lerg (1-0-1), and Trevor Parkes (1-1-2) scored for the Barracuda while Aaron Dell made 30 saves in net for San Jose in the victory. Chris Crane added two assists as San Jose battled back from a 3-2 deficit midway through the third period to take home their second straight road victory.
Barracuda in the Pacific:
PACIFIC |
GP
|
W
|
L
|
OTL
|
SOL
|
PTS
|
PCT
|
GF
|
GA
|
PIM
|
HOME
|
ROAD
|
LAST TEN
|
STREAK
|
S/O
|
|
1. Texas
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
1.000
|
24
|
11
|
48
|
1-0-0-0
|
3-0-0-0
|
4-0-0-0
|
4-0-0-0
|
0-0
|
|
2. Ontario
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
1.000
|
10
|
1
|
48
|
0-0-0-0
|
3-0-0-0
|
3-0-0-0
|
3-0-0-0
|
0-0
|
|
3. San Diego
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
1.000
|
10
|
7
|
17
|
2-0-0-0
|
0-0-0-0
|
2-0-0-0
|
2-0-0-0
|
1-0
|
|
4. San Antonio
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
0.833
|
11
|
7
|
44
|
0-0-0-0
|
2-0-1-0
|
2-0-1-0
|
2-0-1-0
|
0-0
|
|
5. San Jose
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0.667
|
10
|
8
|
35
|
0-1-0-0
|
2-0-0-0
|
2-1-0-0
|
2-0-0-0
|
0-0
|
|
6. Stockton
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0.500
|
8
|
4
|
14
|
1-1-0-0
|
0-0-0-0
|
1-1-0-0
|
0-1-0-0
|
0-0
|
|
7. Bakersfield
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0.375
|
9
|
15
|
41
|
1-2-0-0
|
0-0-0-1
|
1-2-0-1
|
0-2-0-1
|
0-1
|
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
1. Fred “Bun” Cook 1937-56 19 seasons 1,171GP 636 WINS
2. Roy Sommer 1998-current 18 seasons 1,347GP 619WINS
3. Frank Mathers 1956-85 18 seasons 1,256GP 610 WINS
4. John Paddock 1981-2010 16 seasons 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: 619-564-48-60-56. (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 Barracuda have a 2-1-0-0 (4pts in 3gp) record in October with 10 GF and 8 GA. PP is 3-12 (25.0%); opponents PP is 2-13 (15.4%), and the Barracuda have 1 fighting major in October.
*Streakers… Micheal Haley (4-2-6) three games, Ryan Carpenter (1-3-4) and Joakim Ryan (0-2-2) two games… Aaron Dell has won two straight starts in net.
*AHL Leaders… Micheal Haley is 9th in the AHL point scoring race (4-2-6), 4th in the AHL in shooting percentage (57.1%), and tied for 1st in game winning goals (2).
*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, and 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.
*Always remember your first… Nikita Jevpalovs scored his first professional goal in the Barracuda’s 4-1 win in Stockton on Oct. 15.
*Nikolay Goldobin became the first SJ Barracuda player to receive an NHL recall on Oct. 15 and scored his 1st NHL goal in his 2nd NHL game in the Sharks 6-3 loss at the NY Islanders on Oct. 17.
*Score first… the Barracuda have scored FIRST 2 times in 3 games this season (2-0-0-0). – Carpenter 1 and Haley 1.
*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 Cups… Defenseman Mark Cundari and forward Scott Timmins each won a pair of Memorial Cups in 2009 and 2010 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 and has seven penalty minutes in two games for the Barracuda.
*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 7 rookies already this season. (Joakim Ryan, Patrick McNally, Nikita Jevpalovs, Vinny Arseneau, Nikolay Goldobin, Chris Crane, and Julius Bergman)
*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, and 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 3 games this season…. (McLaren 1)
Season by the numbers...
Record: 2-1-0-0, 4 points, .667% – 5th in Pacific
Win percentage: .667% – 7th in West
Home Record: 0-1-0-0
Away Record: 2-0-0-0
Attendance: 6,977 through 1 game this season – 6,977 average
Goals Scored: 10, 3.33 goals per game, 13th in AHL
Goals Allowed: 8, 2.67 goals against per game, 11th in AHL
Shots per game: 26.33 – 25th in AHL
Shots allowed per game: 33.33 – 23rd in AHL
Score 1st: 2-0-0-0 when scoring first (1.000%)
1 goal games: 1-0-0-0 in one goal games
PP: 25.0%, 11th in AHL (3-12)
PK: 84.6%, 15th in AHL (2-13)
SHG – 0 shorthanded goals scored
SHGA – 1 shorthanded goals allowed
PIMS – 11.67 penalty minutes per game, 20th 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 23 players this season
Goalies – the Barracuda used 2 goaltenders this season
Players receiving call-ups to San Jose – 2 (Goldobin and Lerg)
NHL debuts – 1 San Jose Barracuda alumni making their NHL debuts this season (Goldobin)
Call-ups to NHL – 2 different call-ups to the San Jose Sharks this season
Top San Jose Barracuda:
o Goals Haley (4)
o Game Winners Haley (2)
o Assists Carpenter (3)
o Points Haley (4-2-6)
o Power play Points Haley (2-1-3)
o Shots Carpenter (8)
o PIM McLaren (7)
o Fighting Pen. McLaren (1)
o Plus/Minus Emanuelsson and Haley (+3)
o Wins Dell (2)
o G.A.A. Dell (2.00)
o Save % Dell (.932)
o Shutouts N/A
SJ Sharks:
The San Jose Sharks currently have 13 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, Goldobin and Lerg).
The San Jose Sharks are in 2nd place in the Pacific Division and 2nd place in the Western Conference with 8 points and a 4-1-0 record.
Upcoming San Jose Sharks schedule: (all times are Pacific)
MON Oct 19 @NY Rangers 4pm
THU Oct 22 V. LA Kings 7:30pm
SAT Oct 24 V. Carolina 7:30pm
Coming Up for the San Jose Barracuda:
On Wednesday, the San Jose Barracuda welcome the San Diego Gulls (AHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks) to the SAP Center for a 7:30pm faceoff. Coverage begins at 7pm on AM 1220 KDOW.
On Friday, the Gulls and Barracuda battle again in San Jose with the first 4,000 fans receiving a Barracuda magnet schedule. Face-off is at 7pm with coverage beginning at 6:30pm on AM 1220 KDOW.
On Saturday, the Barracuda travel south to play the Ontario Reign (AHL affiliate of the LA Kings) at 6pm. Coverage begins at 6pm on AM 1220 KDOW.
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