Barracuda vs. San Antonio Rampage Preview

Jan 10, 2016

Today:
The San Jose Barracuda and the San Antonio Rampage (AHL affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche) meet for the 2nd of 6 meetings this season, the 2nd of three meetings at the SAP Center.  The Barracuda are 1-0-0-0 vs. the Rampage this season and 1-0-0-0 in one career matchup. San Jose has won a season high five straight games, hold a playoff position with the 2nd spot in the Pacific, and are now 13-4-2-2 in their last 21 games overall.  The Rampage are 1-1-0-0 on their four game California road trip and for the 2nd time this season will play a 3rd game in three days today. The two teams will next meet again on Jan 29 and 30 in San Antonio, TX.

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In case you missed it…
The San Jose Barracuda (16-10-2-3, 37pts) presented by Barracuda Networks won their season high fifth straight game with a 6-4 victory over the visiting San Antonio Rampage (15-14-7-0, 37pts) in front of 6,958 fans at the SAP Center on Saturday evening.  Head coach Roy Sommer picked up win #633, trailing only Fred “Bun” Cook (636 wins) for the most wins in AHL history and goaltender Troy Grosenick (8-4-3) made 24 saves in his return to the Barracuda.  Micheal Haley (2-1-3), Ryan Carpenter (1-1-2), Nikolay Goldobin (1-1-2), Barclay Goodrow (1-1-2), and Bryan Lerg (1-0-1) all scored for the Barracuda.  John McCarthy (0-2-2), Trevor Parkes (0-2-2), Nikita Jevpalovs (0-1-1), Julius Bergman (0-1-1), and Jeremy Langlois (0-1-1) all added assists in the win.  Roman Will made 19 saves, and Spencer Martin made 6 saves in relief for the Rampage with Chris Bigras (1-0-1), Nikita Zadorov (1-0-1), Sam Henley (1-0-1) and Mat Clark (1-0-1) each scoring for the Rampage. 

Barracuda Bites…
*Recent transactions… Alex Stalock was loaned to the Barracuda on a conditioning assignment on Jan 2 and went 2-0-0 with the Barracuda before he was recalled by the Sharks on Jan 6. Chris Tierney was loaned to the Barracuda on Jan 2 and recorded three points (2-1-3) in two games for the Barracuda before he was recalled by the Sharks on Jan 7. Goaltender Troy Grosenick was returned to the Barracuda from the Sharks on Jan 6 after practicing with the big club for three days.

AHL COACHING WINS – ALL-TIME

1. Fred “Bun” Cook	1937-56	19seasons	1,171GP	636 WINS
2. Roy Sommer	1998-current	18seasons	1,367GP	633 WINS
3. Frank Mathers	1956-85	18seasons	1,256GP	610 WINS
4. John Paddock	1981-2010	16seasons	1,125GP	589 WINS

*Bryan Lerg, Mirco Mueller, Dylan DeMelo, Nikolay Goldobin, Melker Karlsson, Micheal Haley, John McCarthy, Barclay Goodrow, Ryan Carpenter, Ben Smith, Matt Tennyson, Chris Tierney, and Alex Stalock have all played for the Barracuda (AHL) and the Sharks (NHL) this season.

*Breaking down January… the Barracuda have a 4-0-0-0 (8pts in 4gp) record in January with 20 GF and 12 GA.  PP is 4-19 (21.0%); opponent’s power play is 1-10 (10.0%); and the Barracuda have 2 fighting majors in January.

*Streakers…. Nikolay Goldobin (5-3-8) and Barclay Goodrow (3-2-5) each have a four game point streak…Jeremy Langlois (1-3-4) three games…Bryan Lerg (1-1-2), John McCarthy (1-2-3), Micheal Haley (2-2-4), and Julius Bergman (0-3-3) each have a two game point streak…Troy Grosenick is 4-0-1 in his last five starts….for the Rampage: Chris Bigras (3-3-6) and Mikko Rantanen (2-3-5) at five games… Nikita Zadorov (1-2-3) is at three games… Colin Smith (0-2-2), Dennis Everberg (0-2-2), Reid Petryk (0-5-5), and Borna Rendulic (2-0-2) two games each.

*Heating up at home… the Barracuda have won six of their last seven games at the SAP Center (6-1-0-0) and have points in nine of ten games overall (7-1-2-0).

*Doubleheaders… yesterday was the 7th of 13 Sharks/Barracuda doubleheaders at the SAP Center (the first where the Barracuda played the 2nd game) Breakdown of the doubleheaders this season at SAP Center:

Nov 7	Barracuda lose 3-2 to Gulls	Sharks lose 1-0 to Anaheim Ducks
Nov 28	Barracuda win 5-4 over Stars	Sharks win 5-2 over Calgary Flames
Dec 5	Barracuda win 7-6OT over Condors	Sharks lose 4-3 to Tampa Bay Lightning
Dec 12	Barracuda lose 5-0 to Gulls	Sharks lose 2-0 to Minnesota Wild
Dec 28	Barracuda lose 4-1 to Checkers	Sharks lose 6-3 to Colorado Avalanche
Dec 30	Barracuda win 3-2SOW over Checkers	Sharks win 4-2 over Philadelphia Flyers
Jan 9	Barracuda win 6-4 over Rampage	Sharks win 7-0 over the Toronto Maple Leafs
	Barracuda are 4-3-0-0	Sharks are 3-4-0-0

Important #’s:

	San Jose	San Antonio
Goals For	3.00 – 7th	2.97 – 9th
Goals Agst	3.06 – 20th	3.11 – 23rd
Shots For	29.39 – 19th	28.42 – 25th
Shots Agst	30.61 – 17th	33.72 – 28th
PIMS	13.10 – 22nd	14.50 – 16th
Fighting Majors	19 – 19th	24 – 11th

Broadcast:
Today’s San Jose Barracuda game can be heard live on AM 1220 KDOW, online at www.kdow.biz, and a video stream (for a fee) through AHL Live.  Fans can listen inside the SAP Center at 102.1 FM.