Barracuda vs. San Antonio Rampage Preview

Jan 9, 2016

Tonight:
The San Jose Barracuda and the San Antonio Rampage (AHL affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche) meet for the 1st of 6 meetings this season, the 1st of two meetings at the SAP Center.  The Barracuda are 0-0-0-0 vs. the Rampage this season and 0-0-0-0 in zero career matchups. San Jose has won a season high four straight games, hold a playoff position with the 2nd spot in the Pacific, and are now 12-4-2-2 in their last 20 games overall.  The Rampage began a four game California road trip with a 3-1 win in Bakersfield last night to snap out of a four game losing skid (0-3-1-0).  The two teams will meet again tomorrow at The SAP Center at 3pm.

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In case you missed it…
The San Jose Barracuda (15-10-2-3, 35pts) presented by Barracuda Networks won their season high fourth straight game with a come from behind 4-3 overtime victory over the visiting Stockton Heat (12-14-1-2, 27pts) in front of 3,290 fans at the SAP Center on Wednesday evening.  Head coach Roy Sommer picked up win #632, trailing only Fred “Bun” Cook (636 wins) for the most wins in AHL history and goaltender Alex Stalock (2-0-0) made his second straight start with the Barracuda as he made 32 saves for his 80th AHL win of his career.  John McCarthy, Chris Tierney, and Barclay Goodrow scored in regulation for San Jose while Nikolay Goldobin won the game in overtime at 3:09 with a rebound scored.  The Barracuda trailed 3-1 headed into the third period as Morgan Klimchuk, Kenny Agostino, and Derek Grant gave Stockton the early lead as goaltender Kevin Poulin made 32 saves in net in the loss.

The Rampage began a four game California road trip with a 3-1 win in Bakersfield last night.  Chris Bigras, Borna Rendulic, and Joey Hishon scored for San Antonio while Roman Will made just 16 saves in net for the win.

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	632 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 3-0-0-0 (6pts in 3gp) record in January with 14 GF and 8 GA.  PP is 3-15 (20.0%); opponent’s power play is 1-9 (11.1%); and the Barracuda have 1 fighting major in January.

*Streakers…. Nikolay Goldobin (4-2-6) and Barclay Goodrow (2-1-3) each have a three game point streak…Jeremy Langlois (1-2-3) two games…Troy Grosenick is 3-0-1 in his last four starts….for the Rampage: Chris Bigras (2-3-5) four games… Nikita Zadorov (0-2-2) and Borna Rendulic (2-0-2) two games each.

*Heating up at home… the Barracuda have won five of their last six games at the SAP Center (5-1-0-0) and have points in eight of nine games overall (6-1-2-0).

*Doubleheaders… today is the 7th of 13 Sharks/Barracuda doubleheaders at the SAP Center (the first where the Barracuda play 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
	Barracuda are 3-3-0-0	Sharks are 2-4-0-0

Important #’s:

	San Jose	San Antonio
Goals For	2.90 – 14th	2.94 – 10th
Goals Agst	3.03 – 20th	3.03 – 19th
Shots For	29.33 – 19th	28.43 – 24th
Shots Agst	30.70 – 18th	33.80 – 28th
PIMS	13.30 – 21st	14.54 – 17th
Fighting Majors	18 – 18th	23 – 10th

Broadcast:
Tonight’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.