San Jose Barracuda

San Jose Barracuda
2017–18 AHL season
City San Jose, California
League American Hockey League (AHL)
Conference Western
Division Pacific
Founded 1996
Home arena SAP Center
Colors Teal, orange, black, white
                   
Owner(s) San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises (Hasso Plattner, Governor)
General manager Joe Will
Head coach Roy Sommer
Media San Jose Mercury News
CSN California
KDOW (1220 AM)
Affiliates San Jose Sharks (NHL)
Allen Americans (ECHL)
Franchise history
1996–2001 Kentucky Thoroughblades
2001–2006 Cleveland Barons
2006–2015 Worcester Sharks
2015–present San Jose Barracuda
Championships
Division Championships 1 (2016–17)

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

The Barracuda are a relocation of the former Worcester Sharks AHL franchise, they joined several other AHL franchises to form the AHL's Pacific Division in 2015.

History

On January 29, 2015, the San Jose Sharks announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks, to San Jose, California, as one of five charter members of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The team would 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 Manitoba Moose sharing the MTS Centre with their parent Winnipeg Jets).[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 were confirmed the next day in a joint press release.[3]

Friday October 9, 2015 marked the first official game in Barracuda history. They took on the Rockford IceHogs at home, coming up on the losing end of a 4–2 score. Micheal Haley scored the first ever franchise goal while on a power play in the first period. The Barracuda picked up the first win in franchise history while visiting the Stockton Heat on October 15, 2015 by a score of 4–1.[4]

On February 10, 2016, head coach Roy Sommer broke the record for most wins as an AHL coach, picking up his 637th win against the Ontario Reign by the score of 4–2.

The Barracuda finished the season 31–26–8–3. Their .527 winning percentage meant that they were matched up against the Ontario Reign during the Pacific Division semifinals. After splitting the first two games of the best-of-five series, the Barracuda came out on the losing end of game three by a 3–1 score, and also lost game four by a score of 4–1 to end their season. Bryan Lerg and Nikolay Goldobin led the team in goals with 21, while Ryan Carpenter had a team high 55 points. Goaltender Aaron Dell played a team high 40 games in net for the Barracuda, while winning 17 of them.[5] The team's average attendance of 4,412 placed them 24th of 30 in the AHL.[6]

The Barracuda's 2016–17 season would be more successful than their first season, winning 14 consecutive games from January 15 to March 1 and winning the Pacific Division and Western Conference. Goaltender Troy Grosenick won the "Baz" Bastien Award as the AHL's outstanding goaltender. The Barracuda made it to the Western Conference finals during the 2017 Calder Cup playoffs before being eliminated by the Grand Rapids Griffins four-games-to-one.

Season-by-season records

Players

Current Roster

Updated July 19, 2017.[7]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Contract
63 Sweden Bergman, JuliusJulius Bergman D R 21 2015 Stockholm, Sweden Sharks
43 United States Blackwell, ColinColin Blackwell C R 24 2016 Lawrence, Massachusetts Sharks
75 United States Brodzinski, MichaelMichael Brodzinski D R 22 2016 Ham Lake, Minnesota Sharks
40 United States Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter (A) C/RW R 26 2015 Oviedo, Florida Sharks
60 Canada Chartier, RourkeRourke Chartier C L 21 2016 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Sharks
45 United States Clifton, TimTim Clifton C R 25 2017 Matawan, New Jersey Sharks
57 United States DeSimone, NickNick DeSimone D R 22 2017 East Amherst, New York Sharks
23 Canada Goodrow, BarclayBarclay Goodrow (A) W L 24 2015 Toronto, Ontario Sharks
1 United States Grosenick, TroyTroy Grosenick G L 27 2015 Brookfield, Wisconsin Sharks
72 Sweden Heed, TimTim Heed D R 26 2016 Gothenburg, Sweden Sharks
52 Canada Helewka, AdamAdam Helewka LW L 22 2015 Burnaby, British Columbia Sharks
46 United States Kelly, DanDan Kelly (A)  D L 28 2016 Morrisonville, New York Sharks
62 United States Labanc, KevinKevin Labanc RW R 21 2016 Staten Island, New York Sharks
United States Makowski, DavidDavid Makowski D R 27 2017 Wildwood, Missouri Barracuda
80 Canada Marchment, JakeJake Marchment C R 22 2016 Courtice, Ontario Barracuda
71 Canada Martin, JonJon Martin RW R 21 2016 Winnipeg, Manitoba Sharks
98 Canada McAuley, ColbyColby McAuley LW L 21 2017 Sherwood Park, Alberta Barracuda
17 United States McCarthy, JohnJohn McCarthy (C) C/LW L 31 2015 Boston, Massachusetts Barracuda
28 Switzerland Meier, TimoTimo Meier LW L 20 2016 Herisau, Switzerland Sharks
67 Canada Middleton, JacobJacob Middleton D R 21 2016 Stratford, Ontario Barracuda
United States Moore, BryanBryan Moore W L 23 2017 Indian Trail, North Carolina Barracuda
65 United States O'Regan, DannyDanny O'Regan C R 23 2016 Berlin, Germany Sharks
37 Switzerland Rod, NoahNoah Rod C L 21 2017 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Sharks
47 United States Ryan, JoakimJoakim Ryan D L 24 2015 Rumson, New Jersey Sharks
56 United States Schoenborn, AlexAlex Schoenborn RW R 21 2016 Minot, North Dakota Sharks
20 Sweden Sorensen, MarcusMarcus Sorensen W L 25 2016 Södertälje, Sweden Sharks
Denmark True, AlexanderAlexander True C L 20 2017 København, Denmark Barracuda

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.
  4. ↑ Barracuda, San Jose. "Games | San Jose Barracuda". www.sjbarracuda.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  5. ↑ Barracuda, San Jose. "Stats | San Jose Barracuda". www.sjbarracuda.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  6. ↑ "AHL 2015-16 team attendance at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  7. ↑ "San Jose Barracuda :: Team". San Jose Barracuda. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
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