Barracuda vs. Stockton Heat Preview

Dec 4, 2015

Tonight:
The San Jose Barracuda and the Stockton Heat (AHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames) meet for the 3rd of 12 meetings this season, the 1st of six meetings at the SAP Center.  The Barracuda are 1-0-0-1 vs. the Heat this season and are 1-0-0-1 in two career matchups. The Barracuda are 1-1-0-0 on their current five game home stand and have a 2-5-0-1 record overall at the SAP Center this season.  The Heat have points in five of their last seven games (4-2-0-1) and will make their first visit to the SAP Center this evening.  Former Shark Freddie Hamilton leads the Heat with 11 points (5-6-11) in 15 games this season.

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In case you missed it…
The San Jose Barracuda (7-8-0-3, 17pts) presented by Barracuda Networks fell short 3-2 to the visiting Texas Stars (12-8-0-1, 25pts) in front of 3,056 fans at the SAP Center on Sunday afternoon. Trevor Parkes (1-0-1) and Gus Young (1-0-1) scored the Barracudas while Troy Grosenick (4-4-2) saved 25 of the 28 shots he faced in the loss.  Both teams had one penalty shot in the 1st period that were both saved by the goaltenders.  Curtis McKenzie (1-0-1), Radek Faksa (1-0-1) and Brendan Ranford (1-0-1) scored for the Stars while John Muse (5-1-1) made 33 save on 35 shots for the win as the Stars earned a spilt in the two game weekend set.

The Heat picked up a 3-2 win in Bakersfield on Nov 28 as Joni Ortio made 30 saves in net for the victory. Turner Elson, Blair Riley, and Jakub Nakladal all scored for the Heat while Drew Shore picked up two assists for Stockton.

Barracuda Bites…
*Recent transactions…defenseman Dylan Demelo and forward Micheal Haley were recalled by the SJ Sharks yesterday afternoon as the Sharks play the Ducks in Anaheim tonight. Mirco Mueller is expected to be in the lineup tonight for the Barracuda, his first AHL game since Nov 8 vs. Bakersfield.

AHL COACHING WINS – ALL-TIME

1. Fred “Bun” Cook	1937-56	19 seasons	1,171GP	636 WINS
2. Roy Sommer	1998-current	18 seasons	1,362GP	624 WINS
3. Frank Mathers	1956-85	18 seasons	1,256GP	610 WINS
4. John Paddock	1981-2010	16 seasons	1,125GP	589 WINS

*Breaking down November…The Barracuda had a 5-5-0-2 (12pts in 12gp) record in November with 32 GF and 36 GA. PP was  6-50 (12.0%); opponents PP is 8-39 (20.5%); and the Barracuda have 5 fighting majors in November.

*Streakers….for the Barracuda: Joakim Ryan (1-2-3) has a three game point streak…Gus Young (1-1-2) and Bryan Lerg (0-2-2) each have a two game point streak….for the Heat: Drew Shore (0-4-4) has a three game point streak while Turner Elson (1-1-2) and Hunter Smith (1-2-3) each have a two game point streak.

*NHL/AHL….Bryan Lerg, Mirco Mueller, Dylan DeMelo, Nikolay Goldobin, Micheal Haley, John McCarthy, and Barclay Goodrow have all played for the Barracuda (AHL) and the SJ Sharks (NHL) this season.

*Always remember your first… Nikita Jevpalovs scored his first professional goal in the Barracuda’s 4-1 win in Stockton on Oct 15… Joakim Ryan and Julius Bergman each scored their first pro goals in the Barracuda’s 5-4 win vs. Texas on Nov 28.

*2 Penalty Shots, 1 period…referee Garrett Rank awarded two penalty shots in the 1st period of the Barracuda’s 3-2 loss to the Stars on Nov 29. Troy Grosenick stopped Curtis MacKenzie at 10:52 while John Muse stopped Jeremy Langlois at 14:53.

*2nd period success…the Barracuda have outscored their opponents 19-13 in the second period this season….1st period troubles… San Jose has been outscored 11-24 in the first period this season…the worst goal differential (-13) in the first period in the AHL.

Important #’s:

	San Jose	Stockton
Goals For	2.44 – 27th	2.73 – 19th
Goals Agst	2.94 – 16th	2.80 – 12th
Shots For	>29.11 – 18th	34.73 – 1st
Shots Agst	30.83 – 18th	29.13 – 14th
PIMS	12.00 – 25th	13.13 – 21st
Fighting Majors	8 – 23rd	9 – 21st

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.