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SAN JOSE BARRACUDA GAME NOTES PROUD AHL AFFILIATE OF THE: J Date Team Result GAME NOTES | GM 3, RD 1 | WATCH: AHLTV | LISTEN: Sharks + Sap Center App Apr 17 @SD L, 5-6 (OT) Apr 18 @SD W, 5-3 San Jose Barracuda (1-1) vs. San Diego Gulls (1-1) Apr 22 SD Apr 24 SD MONDAY, APRIL 22 | 7:00 P.M. | SAP CENTER at SAN JOSE | SAN JOSE, CA Apr 25 SD Regular Season Oct. 5 ONT W, 4-1 Playoff Primer: After Thursday’s 5-3 win at San Diego, the Barracuda return to the SAP Center on Oct. 6 @BAK W, 5-1 Monday tied at 1-1 in their best-of-five divisional semifinal matchup against the Gulls. The Oct. 10 BAK L, 2-3 (SO) Oct. 13 @STK W, 6-4 Barracuda are the only team in the AHL’s Pacific to reach the dance in all four years of its Oct. 15 TUC W, 3-2 (SO) existence. During the regular season, San Jose went 4-5-0-1 against SD and 3-1 in the final four Oct. 20 @STK W, 5-2 meetings. The Barracuda are 11-14 in Calder Cup playoff games all-time and 2-3 in playoff series. In Oct. 21 STK L, 2-3 Oct. 26 @SA W, 2-1 the only prior playoff meeting, San Jose went 4-1 against the Gulls in the 2017 Divisional Final, Oct. 27 @TEX W, 6-1 including winning all three games in San Diego to close out the round. Nov. 2 SA W, 3-1 Nov. 5 STK W, 5-2 Nov. 9 @TUC L, 0-5 Bouncing Back: After falling 6-5 in overtime on Wednesday, the Barracuda bounced back on Nov. 10 @TUC L, 0-1 Thursday in San Diego to even the series and flip home-ice advantage back in their favor. Evan Nov. 18 COL W, 5-0 Weinger finished with three points (two goals, one assist), while Ivan Chekhovich, Jon Martin, and Nov. 23 @COL L, 3-4 (OT) Nov. 24 @COL L, 3-4 (SO) Jayden Halbgewachs also chipped in with goals. Josef Korenar stopped 27 of 30 in his first playoff Nov. 27 STK W, 4-2 start and the game ended with a combined 54 penalty minutes being assessed in the final minute of Dec. 1 @STK W, 6-3 play. Dec. 3 SD W, 5-3 Dec. 8 @BAK W, 4-2 Dec. 9 BAK W, 4-0 Winning Pedigree: Nine different skaters on San Jose’s roster boast winning pedigrees at the junior, Dec. 15 @SD L, 3-4 (SO) NCAA or international ranks (T.J. Hensick – CCHA, Rourke Chartier – WHL, Alex True – WHL, Jeffrey Dec. 16 @ONT W, 5-2 Dec. 19 @SD L, 1-6 Viel – QMJHL/Memorial Cup, Antti Suomela – Finnish Elite League Champion, Francis Perron – Dec. 21 TUC W, 4-3 (OT) QMJHL, John McCarthy – NCAA, Dylan Gambrell – NCAA, Antoine Bibeau – QMJHL). Prior to Dec. 22 TUC l, 3-4 Wednesday, 11 Barracuda skaters had Calder Cup playoff experience under their belt. Dec. 27 COL W, 3-1 Dec. 30 SD L, 1-5 Dec. 31 @STK W, 6-5 That’s a Wrap: San Jose finished up the year with a regular-season record of 39-22-4-4 (H:22-1-1- Jan. 4 @SD L, 3-4 1/R: 17-12-2-3), the second-best in franchise history. San Jose was a plus-30 goal differential, Jan. 5 @ONT W, 2-1 Jan. 9 ONT W, 3-1 scoring 41 more goals than they did a season ago. Jan. 11 ONT L, 1-3 Jan. 13 STK W, 2-1 Rookie Rising: California native Evan Weinger became just the second Barracuda rookie to record Jan. 18 TEX W, 2-1 Jan. 21 BAK L, 5-6 (OT) two goals in a Calder Cup playoff game when he netted a pair on Thursday and just the third rookie Jan. 25 @GR W, 4-0 to collect three or more points in a game. Weinger leads San Jose in points (4), T-first in goals (2) Jan 26 @GR L, 2-3 (SO) and T-first in assist (2) through two games. During the regular season, Weinger finished with 22 Feb. 1 @STK W, 6-4 Feb. 2 STK W, 4-2 points (11 goals, 11 assists) in 60 games. Feb. 5 IA L. 2-4 Feb. 8 @BAK L, 1-3 Feb. 10 @ONT L. 3-4 True That: San Jose forward Alex True concluded his stellar sophomore regular-season just one goal Feb. 12 TUC W, 2-1 (SO) shy and three points shy of Barracuda single-season watermarks in both categories. The Denmark Feb. 16 SD L, 3-8 native set a new franchise record with six game-winning goals. True finished the regular season Feb. 18 SD W, 5-2 first on the Barracuda in points (55), first in goals (24), second in assists (31) and third in shots Feb. 21 @IA L, 3-4 Feb. 22 @IA W, 3-2 (SO) (142). Feb. 24 @STK L, 1-4 Feb. 26 IA W, 5-3 Mar. 1 @ONT L, 4-8 Dynamic Dezy: Nick DeSimone’s 14 goals during the regular season tied him with Tim Heed for the Mar. 2 @BAK L, 2-5 most in a single season for a Barracuda d-man. Among all AHL defensemen during the regular Mar. 6 BAK L, 4-8 season, DeSimone finished T-seventh in points (46), T-sixth in goals, T-12th in assists (32), T-ninth Mar. 9 BAK L, 1-7 Mar. 10 STK W, 5-4 (SO) in power-play goals (5) and T-11th in shots (154). Mar. 16 COL L, 2-3 Mar. 17 COL W, 9-0 Gambo Good: Through two playoff games, Dylan Gambrell is T-second on the team in points (one Mar. 23 @TUC L, 2-3 (OT) Mar. 24 @TUC L, 1-2 goal, two assists). During the regular season, among AHL rookies, Gambrell finished T-10th in the Mar. 27 @SD W. 3-2 league in points (45), T-fifth in goals (20), T-13th in shots (147) and ninth in points-per-game (.88). Mar. 29 ONT W, 5-0 Gambrell also skated in eight games up top with the Sharks. Mar. 30 @BAK W. 4-2 Apr. 3 SD L, 3-4 Apr. 5 GR W, 3-1 Henner Heating Up: On Wednesday, T.J. Hensick collected his second career three-point effort (one Apr. 6 GR W, 5-4 (OT) goal, two assists) in the Calder Cup playoffs. During the regular season, the 12-year vet finished Apr. 10 @SD W, 4-3 Apr. 12 @COL W, 3-1 with 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) in 23 games, including five multi-point outings. Apr. 13 @COL L, 2-3 Regular Season Team Leaders (2018-19) Regular Season Records (2018-19) Points: 55, Alex True Home: 22-10-1-1 Goals: 24, Alex True Road: 16-13-2-3 Assists: 32, Nick DeSimone Pacific Division: 32-20-3-3 PP Goals: 8, Jon Dahlen Central Division: 7-2-0-1 SH Goals: 1, multiple players Western Conference: 39-21-3-4 GW Goals: 6, Alex True Eastern Conference: PIMS: 94, Jeffrey Viel Situational Records: +/-: +17, K. Wood/A. True/J. Middleton 1-Goal Game: 13-10-3-4 Shootout Totals 2-Goal Game: 14-3-0-0 After a Win: 16-14-3-3 Shooter G/A % Shooter G/A % After a Loss: 12-9-0-0 Letunov 0/3 .00 Chartier 0/2 .00 After an OTL/SOL: 5-1-0-1 Praplan 1/2 .50 Hensick 0/1 .00 Scoring First: 28-5-1-4 Fonteyne 0/1 .00 Opponent Scoring First: 9-16-2-0 Gambrell 2/4 .50 Leading After 1 Period: 19-3-0-2 Halbgewachs 0/1 .00 Trailing After 1 Period: 5-11-2-0 Perron 2/4 .50 Tied After 1 Period: 13-7-1-2 True 2/5 .40 Leading After 2 Periods: 29-1-0-2 Wiederer 0/1 .00 Trailing after 2 periods: 5-14-2-0 Suomela 1/1 100 Tied After 2 Periods: 4-8-1-2 Wood 0/1 .00 Overtime Record: 2-3 Goaltender Record Saves/Att % Shootout record: 4-4 Bibeau 3-3 15/22 .68 Outshooting Opponent: 23-13-2-2 Korenar 1-1 3/5 .60 Outshot Opponent: 14-8-1-2 Situation For Against Even Shots: 1-0-0-0 5 on 5 159 131 Scoring 1 Goal: 1-7-0-0 5 on 4: 45 36 Scoring 2 goals: 6-5-1-2 5 on 3: 2 3 Scoring 3 goals: 6-6-1-2 4 on 4: 2 Scoring 4+ goals: 24-2-0-0 4 on 3: Allowing 1 goal: 13-1-0-0 3 on 3: 1 (2 – OT) 1 (3 – OT) Allowing 2 goals: 10-1-0-1 3 on 4: Allowing 3 goals: 5-5-1-3 3 on 5: Allowing 4+ goals: 5-15-1-0 4 of 5: 5 7 Day Game (Prior to 5 PM): 4-2-0-0 Extra Attacker: 4 1 Specialty Jersey: 6-1-0-0 Empty Net: 11 7 Penalty shot: Last Time When Regular Season All-Time Records SH GOAL FOR: 5x Last 3/23/19 at TUC John McCarthy vs. BAKERSFIELD: 23-15-2-4 (H: 12-7-1-2/R: 11-8-1-2) SH GOAL AGAINST: 4/10/19 vs SD Corey Tropp vs.