San Jose Barracuda

San Jose Barracuda
City San Jose, California
League American Hockey League (AHL)
Conference Western Conference
Division Pacific Division
Founded 1996
Operated 2015–
Home arena SAP Center at San Jose
Colors Teal, orange, black, white
                   
Owner(s) San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises (Hasso Plattner, Governor)
General manager Joe Will
Head coach Roy Sommer
Affiliates San Jose Sharks (NHL)
Franchise history
1996–2001 Kentucky Thoroughblades
2001–2006 Cleveland Barons
2006–2015 Worcester Sharks
2015– San Jose Barracuda

The San Jose Barracuda is a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) which will begin play for the 2015-16 season. Affiliated with the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks, the Barracuda will share the SAP Center at San Jose with its parent club.

The Barracuda is a relocation of the existing Worcester Sharks AHL franchise, joining several other AHL franchises to form a new AHL Pacific Division in California.

History

On January 29, 2015, the San Jose Sharks announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks, to San Jose as one of five charter member's of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The team will play at the SAP Center at San Jose, being one of two of the current AHL teams to share a home arena with its parent club (along with the Winnipeg Jets' currently unnamed affiliate to play at the MTS Centre).[1]

On April 1, 2015, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reported that the Sharks had signed a multi-year presenting sponsorship with Barracuda Networks to be the AHL team's presenting sponsor; the team name would be called the San Jose Barracuda and the reported team logo would feature the corporate logo in the background. Neither the Sharks nor Barracuda would comment, however, they stated that an official announcement would come later in the week.[2] The name and logo was confirmed the next day in a joint press release.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Sharks Moving AHL Franchise to SAP Center". San Jose Sharks. January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ Donato-Weinstein, Nathan (April 1, 2015). "Exclusive: Here's the name and logo of the Sharks' minor-league farm team". BizJournals.com. Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sharks, Barracuda Networks Agree to Revolutionary Multi-Year Presenting Partnership". SJBarracuda.com. San Jose Barracuda. April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.

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