SAN JOSE BARRACUDA GAME NOTES PROUD AHL AFFILIATE OF THE: SAN JOSE BARRACUDA (12-20-0-2) vs COLORADO EAGLES (19-11-3-1) J Date Team Result 10/4 @ONT 0-5, L WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15 | 7:00 P.M. | SAP CENTER | SAN JOSE, CA 10/11 SD 5-1, W 10/13 BAK 4-3, W 10/19 ONT 2-5, L 10/25 @COL 2-4, L GAME NOTES | GAME 35 | WATCH: AHLTV | LISTEN: Sharks + Sap Center App 10/26 @COL 4-0, W 10/30 BAK 5-0, W Wild Wednesday: On Wednesday, the Barracuda wrap up their four-game homestand with a matchup against the 11/1 @STK 2-3 SOL 11/3 TUC 3-5 L Colorado Eagles (Colorado Avalanche). The Barracuda are 2-2 against the Eagles this season, 1-1 at the SAP Center 11/9 @BAK 3-6 L and are coming off a 6-2 win in the last meeting on November 23, 2019, at the Tank. Before a 4-2 loss to the 11/10 SD 1-3 L Roadrunners on Saturday at home, the Eagles had picked up points in (9-0-2-1) in 12-straight games. During the 11/13 @SD 3-9 L point streak, the Eagles outscored their opponents 50-to-33. 11/16 @STK 2-3 L 11/17 TUC 7-1 W 11/20 TUC 2-8 L Last Time Out: The Barracuda jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first period against the Stockton Heat on Sunday 11/22 COL 1-4 L after Trevor Carrick lit the lamp at 11:57 and held onto that lead until 7:44 of the second when Austin Czarnik tied 11/23 COL 6-2 W the score. And then, Czarnik scored again at 16:12 on the power-play to give the Heat a 2-1 lead they’d hold onto 11/27 @SD 3-2 OTW to earn their eighth win over the Barracuda this season. Josef Korenar suffered the loss after allowing two goals on 11/29 BAK 3-4 L 19 shots while Artom Zagidulin stopped 26-of-28 to earn his second straight victory. 12/6 @ONT 9-2 W 12/7 @ONT 4-5 SOL 12/11 BAK 6-2 W Soaring Eagles: The Eagles enter Wednesday tilt riding a five-game point streak on visiting ice (3-0-2-0) and are 12/14 STK 2-3 L third in the AHL when scoring the game’s first goal (17-2-2-0 = .857%). In addition, Colorado boasts the AHL’s 12/15 @STK 2-5 L third-best first-period goal differential (+11) and are tied for fifth in the AHL in third-period goal differential (+9). 12/18 ONT 3-4 L 12/20 @SD 4-2 W The Eagles (3.29) and Barracuda (3.24) rank eighth and ninth respectively in goals-per-game. 12/27 STK 1-8 L 12/29 BAK 5-7 L A Career Capped: Before the Barracuda’s game on Dec. 29, captain John McCarthy, 33, announced he was going 12/31 @STK 0-4 L call it a career after 11 seasons due to health reasons. McCarthy suffered an Ischemic stroke on December 10th 1/3 @TUC 1-5 L and has since made a full recovery. He joined the Barracuda’s coaching staff immediately after the announcement. 1/4 @TUC 5-4 OTW 1/8 ONT 9-0 W McCarthy will go down as the San Jose’s Sharks all-time AHL leader in games played (552) [Worcester, San Jose], 1/11 STK 0-2 L goals (125), assists (164), and points (289) and the Barracuda’s all-time leader in games played (275), goals (62), 1/12 STK 1-2 L assists (76), points (138), power-play goals (17), and shorthanded goals (5). Also, McCarthy skated in 88 NHL 1/15 COL games with Sharks between 2009-2016, accumulating six points (three goals, three assists) and 22 penalty 1/17 @IA minutes. The Boston native also captained the 2009 Boston University Terriers to a National Championship and 1/18 @IA 1/22 @BAK skated for Team USA at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. 1/25 ONT 1/31 @SD Hey Now, You’re an All-Star: Joachim Blichfeld was named to the 2020 AHL All-Star game earlier this month, 2/5 SD joining Jake Middleton, Francis Perron, Josef Korenar, Barclay Goodrow, Ryan Carpenter, Troy Grosenick, Danny 2/7 @COL 2/8 @COL O'Regan, Antoine Bibeau, and Rudolfs Balcers as players to represent the Barracuda at the AHL All-Star Classic. 2/12 STK Blichfeld, 21, has appeared in 27 games with the Barracuda this season and currently leads the team in goals (13), 2/16 @BAK is second in points (25) and is first in power-play goals (4). A season ago, Blichfeld led the WHL in scoring (53 goals, 2/17 TUC 61 assists) and was named the WHL Player of the Year. 2/22 @SD 2/23 @ONT 2/26 ONT Carrick Cooking: Trevor Carrick lit the lamp for the second time over the last three games on Sunday and now 2/29 SD ranks tied for third among AHL d-men in goals (7). On December 11, Carrick scored the first hat-trick in franchise 3/2 IA history by a blueliner in a 6-2 win over the Bakersfield Condors. A season ago, Carrick finished sixth among AHL 3/4 IA defensemen in scoring (47), fourth in assists (38) and 15th in penalty minutes (86) and helped lead the Charlotte 3/6 SD Checkers to a Calder Cup Championship. The Sharks acquired Carrick in an offseason trade that sent Kyle Wood to 3/7 SD 3/10 @STK the Carolina Hurricanes. 3/13 @SD 3/14 @ONT Maxed Out: Sophomore forward Max Letunov recorded his second three-point-game (one goal, two assists) of the 3/17 COL season last Wednesday and the fourth of his career. The former Connecticut Huskie now leads the team in points 3/21 @BAK 3/22 BAK (26) and assists (18). Letunov has already surpassed his assist totals from his rookie season in 25 fewer games. The 3/27 @TUC Sharks originally acquired Letunov from the Arizona Coyotes in a draft-day trade in 2016. 3/28 @TUC 4/1 ONT Youth Movement: The Barracuda are the AHL’s youngest roster with an average age of 22.48-years-old. No other 4/4 STK team in the league is under 23-years-old. In fact, seven players on the 'Cuda roster are 21-years-old or younger, 4/5 @STK 4/8 @BAK including two players under 21 (Sasha Chmelevski [20] and Ivan Chekhovich [20]). 4/10 @BAK 4/11 @ONT Regular Season Team Leaders (2019-20) Regular Season Records (2019-20) Points: 26, M. Letunov Home: 7-12-0-0 Goals: 13, J. Blichfeld Road: 5-8-0-2 Assists: 18, M. Letunov Pacific Division: 12-20-0-2 PP Goals: 4, J. Blichfeld Central Division: SH Goals: 1, E. Wienger/T. Carrick/A. True Western Conference: 12-20-0-2 GW Goals: 3, J. Halbgewachs Eastern Conference: PIMS: 66, J. Viel Situational Records: +/-: +6, J. Roy 1-Goal Game: 3-5-0-2 Shootout Totals 2-Goal Game: 1-6-0-0 After a Win: 4-6-0-2 Shooter G/A % Shooter G/A % After a Loss: 7-11-0-0 A. True 1/1 1.0 After an OTL/SOL: 1-1-0-0 S. Suomela 1/1 1.0 Scoring First: 7-6-0-2 J. Blichfeld 0/2 .00 Opponent Scoring First: 3-13-0-0 J. Brodzinski 0/1 .00 Leading After 1 Period: 9-6-0-1 Trailing After 1 Period: 2-12-0-0 Tied After 1 Period: 1-1-0-1 Leading After 2 Periods: 9-2-0-1 Trailing after 2 periods: 3-16-0-0 Tied After 2 Periods: 0-2-0-0 Overtime Record: 2-0 Goaltender Record Saves/Att % Shootout record: 0-2 Josef Korenar 0-1 0/5 0% Outshooting Opponent: 6-14-0-2 Outshot Opponent: 5-5-0-2 Situation For Against Even Shots: 1-0-0-0 5 on 5 76 78 Scoring 1 Goal: 0-5-0-0 5 on 4: 24 28 Scoring 2 goals: 0-6-0-1 5 on 3: Scoring 3 goals: 1-5-0-0 4 on 4: 3 Scoring 4+ goals: 11-1-0-1 4 on 3: Allowing 1 goal: 1-0-0-0 3 on 3: Allowing 2 goals: 5-2-0-1 3 on 4: Allowing 3 goals: 1-3-0-0 3 on 5: Allowing 4+ goals: 1-14-0-1 4 of 5: 2 6 Day Game (Prior to 5 PM): 2-4-0-0 Extra Attacker: 1 1 Specialty Jersey: 1-2-0-0 Empty Net: 1* (SHG*) 10 Penalty shot: Overtime: 2 Last Time When (2019-20) Regular Season All-Time Records SH GOAL FOR: 3x last Alex True [EN] 12/20/19 at SD (4-2 W) vs. BAKERSFIELD: 26-18-2-4 (H: 15-9-1-2/R: 11-9-1-2) SH GOAL AGAINST: Buddy Robinson 12/31/19 at STK (0-4 L) vs. BELLEVILLE: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) EMPTY-NET GOAL FOR: Alex True [SHG] 12/20/19 at SD (4-2 W) vs. BINGHAMPTOM: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) EMPTY-NET GOAL AGAINST: Brayden Burke & Michael Chaput 1/3/20 at TUC (1-5 L) vs.