GAMEDAY: BARRACUDA VS ROADRUNNERS
Oct 29, 2022
SAN JOSE BARRACUDA (4-2-0-0) vs. TUCSON ROADRUNNERS (4-1-0-0)
SAT., OCT 29 | 4:00 P.M. | Tech CU Arena | San Jose, CA
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Tussling Tucson: After suffering a 5-1 loss to the Tucson Roadrunners (Arizona Coyotes) on Friday, the Barracuda look to get back into the win column on Saturday in the second game of back-to-back against the Roadrunners. Tucson enters Saturday having won its last three straight, scoring five goals in each victory.
Tale of the Tape: The Barracuda went 4-1-0-1 in six games against the Yotes affiliate a year ago and 2-1 at home. Of the four victories, two were shutouts, outscoring the Roadrunners 24-to-12. Lifetime the Barracuda are 20-13-3-3 (.589) against Tucson, the best winning percentage against any current Pacific Division team.
Running Rebels: The Barracuda and Roadrunners rank 9th (TUC - 16.20) and 10th (SJ – 16.17) in penalty minutes per game. Roadrunners d-man Cam Crotty is T-first in the AHL with eight minor penalties.
Killin’ it: Before giving up a power-play goal on Friday in the second period, the Barracuda had killed off the first 25 opposing power-plays to begin the year. The best start in franchise history on the PK. The team still ranks first in the AHL on the kill at 96.2%. A year ago, the Barracuda had the worst penalty kill in the AHL (74.7%).
Young Guns: Rookies Thomas Bordeleau (4), Tristen Robins (3), Brandon Coe (2), and William Eklund (1) have combined to score 10 of the club's first 15 goals this season. Bordeleau, Coe, and Robins were all selected in the 2020 NHL Draft as part of a historic nine-forward class for the Sharks.
Back for more: Tucson’s leading goal scorer from 2021-22, Michael Carcone, is back in the desert for his third season in 2022-23 and is currently leading the Roadrunners with eight points (2+6=8) through five games after a 1+1 performance on Friday. Additionally, Jan Jenik, who finished second on the Roadrunners in scoring (17+30=47) last season in 51 games, while also appearing in 13 games with the Coyotes, is back in AHL. First-rounder in 2019, Victor Soderstrom, is also back with the Roadrunners after appearing in 32 games with Tucson last year and 16 with the Coyotes. The biggest departure for the Desert Dogs farm team from a year ago was their captain, Hudson Fasching, who signed with the New York Islanders this offseason.
New faces: The Coyotes signed Jean-Sebastien Dea this summer after pacing the Laval Rocket a year ago with 26 goals. Dea has four points in four games (2+2=4) with Tucson so far. Laurent Dauphin, who’s in his third separate stint with the Coyotes organization after being drafted by Arizona in the 2nd round in 2013 (#39 overall), is coming off a hat-trick on Sunday in a 5-3 win over Bakersfield and has four goals in his last two games. He was named the AHL's Player of the Week. The Roadrunners also added 17-year-pro Adam Cracknell this offseason after two years in Bakersfield. Cracknell has 26 points (10+16=36) in 27 career games against San Jose.