2020-21 SAN JOSE BARRACUDA ROSTER (As of March 12, 2021) NO FORWARD HT WT S BORN BIRTHPLACE 2019-20 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 45 Lean Bergmann 6-2 205 L 10/4/98 Iserlohn, Germany San Jose NHL 12 0 1 1 4 FA/19 San Jose` AHL 31 8 9 17 49 55 Sasha Chmelevski 6-0 185 R 6/9/99 Huntington Beach, California San Jose AHL 42 11 16 27 22 ED/17 60 Zach Gallant 6-2 192 L 3/6/99 London, Ontario Peterborough WHL 59 33 32 65 89 FA/19 63 Jeffrey Viel 6-2 205 L 1/28/97 Rimouski, Quebec San Jose AHL 54 13 17 30 103 FA/18 64 Jake McGrew 5-11 187 R 2/25/99 Orange, California Spokane WHL 6 5 3 8 9 ED/17 70 Alexander True 6-5 200 L 7/17/97 Copenhagen, Denmark San Jose NHL 12 0 4 4 2 FA/17 San Jose AHL 40 11 14 25 14 73 Noah Gregor 6-0 185 L 7/28/98 Beaumont, Alberta San Jose NHL 28 3 2 5 8 ED/16 San Jose AHL 25 7 12 19 15 78 Evan Weinger 6-1 195 R 4/18/97 El Segundo, California San Jose AHL 38 9 11 20 2 FA/18 80 Steenn Pasichnuk 6-3 190 R 4/5/95 Bonnyville, Alberta Arizona State Independent 35 1 1 2 29 FA/20 84 Maxim Letunov 6-4 190 L 2/20/96 Moskva, Russia San Jose NHL 3 1 0 1 0 TR/16 San Jose AHL 50 12 28 40 12 86 Joachim Blichfeld 6-2 190 R 7/17/98 Frederikshavn, Denmark San Jose NHL 3 0 0 0 0 ED/16 San Jose AHL 44 16 16 32 26 89 Jayden Halbgewachs 5-9 165 L 3/22/97 Emerald Park, Saskatchewan San Jose AHL 55 19 16 35 18 FA/17 93 Brandon Coe 6-4 190 R 12/1/01 Toronto, Ontario North Bay OHL 60 25 32 57 39 ED/20 NO DEFENSE HT WT S BORN BIRTHPLACE 2019-20 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 6 Ryan Merkley 5-11 175 R 8/14/00 Mississauga, Ontario London OHL 60 15 61 76 48 ED/18 21 Jake Middleton 6-3 209 L 1/2/96 Stratford, ON San Jose NHL 10 0 2 2 9 FA/16 San Jose AHL 32 1 5 6 52 24 Jaycob Megna 6-6 220 L 12/10/92 Plantation, Florida Chicago AHL 60 3 7 10 40 FA/20 47 Christian Jaros 6-4 220 R 4/2/96 Kosice, Slovakia Ottawa NHL 13 0 3 3 6 TR/21 Belleville AHL 34 2 13 15 14 50 Brinson Pasichnuk 6-0 185 L 11/24/97 Bonnyville, Alberta Arizona State Independent 36 11 26 37 18 FA/20 53 Nicolas Meloche 6-3 205 R 7/18/97 LaSalle, Quebec San Jose AHL 41 0 7 7 34 TR/19 68 Robbie Russo 6-0 195 R 2/15/93 Westmont, Illinois Tucson AHL 53 2 17 19 35 TO/20 77 Karlis Cukste 6-4 220 L 7/18/97 Riga, Latvia Quinnipiac ECAC 34 4 14 18 14 FA/15 NO GOALTENDER HT WT C BORN BIRTHPLACE 2019-20 TEAM LGE GP MIN GAA W-L-T SO SV% ACQ 1 Alexei Melnichuk 6-1 187 L 6/29/98 St. Petersburg, Russia SKA St. Petersburg KHL 16 892 1.68 8-5-1 4 .930 FA/20 34 Sam Harvey 6-1 185 L 2/4/98 Alma, Quebec Univ. of New Brunswick USports 16 965 1.87 14-2-0 4 .912 TO/20 36 Zachary Sawchenko 6-1 175 L 12/30/97 Calgary, Alberta San Jose AHL 13 753 2.87 6-4-2 1 .911 FA/19 Allen ECHL 13 792 2.35 8-2-3 2 .930 Acquired: ED/YR= Entry Draft/Year Drafted Head Coach : Roy Sommer Vice President: Jon Gustafson FA/YR= Free Agent/Year Signed Assistant Coach: Jimmy Bonneau & Michael Chiasson General Manager: Joe Will WV/YR= Picked up off of waivers Development Coach: Dany Sabourin & John McCarthy PR / Broadcaster: N ick Nollenb e rgGener eral Manager: AHL/YR= AHL Contract/Year Signed Video Coach: Nick Gialdini TR/YR= Through Trade/Year Acquired Head Athle tic Trainer: Will Leonard PTO= Player Tryout Agreement Assistant Athletic Trainer: Gianluca Scotuzzi Home Arena: SAP Center Strength and Conditioning Coach: Marcello Martinelli NHL Affiliate: San Jose Sharks Locker Room Attendant: Marley Sommer SAN JOSE BARRACUDA GAME NOTES PROUD AHL AFFILIATE OF THE: SAN JOSE BARRACUDA (5-3-2-0) VS BAKERSFIELD CONDORS (6-5-0-0) DATE TEAM RESULT 2/7 TUC (T) 1-2 OTL FRIDAY, MAR. 12 | 6 PM PT | MECHANICS BANK ARENA | BAKERSFIELD, CA 2/8 TUC (T) 3-5 L 2/12 @TEX 5-2 W GAME NOTES | GAME 11 | WATCH: AHLTV | LISTEN: SHARKS + SAP CENTER APP 2/13 @TEX 3-5 L 2/16 @TEX POSTPONED Bak to Work: The Barracuda and Condors kick of the first of four-straight games against each 2/19 @TUC POSTPONED other on Friday and the first of two consecutive games at the Mechanics Bank Arena in 2/20 @TUC POSTPONED Bakersfield. Friday marks the second meeting on the 10-game season series between the Pacific 2/21 @TUC POSTPONED Division foes. The Barracuda enter the game with points in three consecutive games (2-0-1), while 2/25 BAK POSTPONED the Condors are riding the AHL’s second-longest current winning streak. The Condors shutout the 2/27 ONT (S) 6-3 W Barracuda 6-0 in the first meeting on March 3. 2/28 ONT (S) 3-1 W 3/3 @BAK(S) 0-6 L Blichfeld is Back: The Sharks assigned second-year pro Joachim Blichfeld back to the Barracuda on 3/5 @SD (I) 5-1 W Wednesday. During his recall, Blichfeld skated in two games for the Sharks and was given a two- 3/6 @SD 2-3 OTL game suspension by the NHL for an illegal check to the head of Avalanche forward Nathan 3/9 SD (S) 4-2 W McKinnon on March 3. Before his recall, Blichfeld had recorded points in five-consecutive games 3/12 @BAK 6 PM (6+3=9) and goals in three-straight appearances (five goals over that span). Despite missing the 3/13 @BAK 6 PM Barracuda’s last four games, Blichfeld still leads the team in points (9) and goals (6). 3/16 BAK 6 PM 3/17 BAK 6 PM Bakersfield Buzzing: After beginning the season 0-5, the Bakersfield Condors have won their last 3/20 @HEN 1 PM six consecutive games, outscoring their opponents 27-to-six during the winning streak. Before 3/21 @HEN 12 PM their 3-1 victory over the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday, the Condors had collected a power-play 3/24 @BAK 6 PM goal in five-straight games (5/16=31%) and dating back to Feb. 13 (0-3 L vs. Henderson) the 3/30 BAK 6 PM Condors have killed off 18-straight on the penalty kill. During the winning streak, Bakersfield has 4/3 SD 7 PM scored the first goal in each game and has not given up a first-period goal over the six games, 4/6 HEN 5 PM outscoring their opponents 11-to-0 in the opening-20 minutes. 4/7 HEN (S) 6 PM 4/10 @BAK 6 PM Gregor Grilling: On Tuesday, Noah Gregor beat Lukas Dostal of the San Diego Gulls just 11 4/11 @ONT 3 PM seconds into the first period, setting a new franchise record for the quickest goal to start a game. 4/13 TEX (S) 4 PM The Barracuda would win the contest 4-2 and Gregor, who was assigned to the AHL earlier in the 4/14 TEX (S) 5 PM afternoon from the Sharks, would finish with a pair of points (1+1=2) and the game’s first star. 4/16 TEX 4 PM Gregor has skated in 15 games with the Sharks this year, scoring three times. 4/17 TEX 4 PM 4/20 SD 6 PM Up and Down: The Sharks recalled centermen Antti Suomela and Fredrick Handemark on 4/21 SD 6 PM Thursday from the Barracuda. For Suomela, 26, it marks his first recall of the year. Due to the 4/25 @ONT 3 PM delayed AHL and NHL start, Suomela began the year in Finland, appearing in 10 games with HIFK 4/27 BAK 6 PM (Liiga), collecting five points (2+3=5). He currently ranks firsts on the Barracuda in shots (28) and 4/30 HEN 6 PM power-play points/assists (3). In 10 games with the Barracuda, the third-year Shark’ has six points 5/1 HEN 6 PM (1+5=6). Handemark, 27, scored twice on Tuesday in the Barracuda’s 4-2 win over San Diego and 5/3 BAK(S) 4 PM leads the club with a plus-six rating. Handemark has seven points (3+4=7) in 10 games with the 5/8 @HEN(V)1 PM Barracuda this year. The first-year Shark', made his NHL debut on Jan. 18 at St. Louis. Handemark, 5/10 @HEN 7 PM like Suomela, began the year in Europe, skating in 25 games with the Malmo Redhawks (SHL), totaling 15 points (6+9=15). E = EL SEGUNDO I = IRVINE Halbs Heating Up: Jayden Halbgewachs scored again on Tuesday and now has three goals over his S = SOLAR4AMERICA ICE last three games after scoring just one time over his first six games of the year.