2020-21 SAN JOSE BARRACUDA ROSTER (As of March 20, 2021) NO FORWARD HT WT S BORN BIRTHPLACE 2019-20 TEAM LGE GP G A PTS PIM ACQ 11 Stefan Noesen 6-2 205 L 2/12/93 Plano, Texas San Jose NHL 34 6 2 8 32 WV/20 Pittsburgh NHL 6 1 0 1 0 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton AHL 22 14 8 22 58 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 46 Joel Kellman 5-11 192 L 5/25/94 Karlskrona, Sweden San Jose NHL 31 3 4 7 4 FA/19 San Jose AHL 25 4 12 16 6 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 82 Ivan Chekhovich 5-10 180 L 1/4/99 Yekaterinburg, Russia San Jose AHL 42 4 8 12 6 ED/17 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 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 57 Nick DeSimone 6-2 185 R 11/21/94 East Amherst, New York San Jose AHL 48 5 14 19 21 FA/17 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 (6-4-4-0) at HENDERSON SILVER KNIGHTS (11-2-0-0) DATE TEAM RESULT SATURDAY, MAR. 20 | 1 PM | ORLEANS ARENA | LAS VEGAS, NV 2/7 TUC (T) 1-2 OTL 2/8 TUC (T) 3-5 L 2/12 @TEX 5-2 W GAME NOTES | GAME 15 | WATCH: AHLTV | LISTEN: SHARKS + SAP CENTER APP 2/13 @TEX 3-5 L 2/16 @TEX POSTPONED Knight and Day: For the first time in the regular season, the Barracuda 2/19 @TUC POSTPONED square off with the Henderson Silver Knights (Vegas Golden Knights) on 2/20 @TUC POSTPONED 2/21 @TUC POSTPONED Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The game 2/25 BAK POSTPONED marks the first of two over the weekend between the two teams and the 2/27 ONT (S) 6-3 W first of eight on the season series. After embarking on a five-game road 2/28 ONT (S) 3-1 W trip, Henderson returns back home for the first time in March and are 3/3 @BAK(S) 0-6 L expected to have up to half capacity inside its 9,500-seat arena. 3/5 @SD (I) 5-1 W 3/6 @SD 2-3 OTL 3/9 SD (S) 4-2 W Blichfeld Boiling: Joachim Blichfeld lit the lamp for the third-straight 3/12 @BAK 4-1 L game on Wednesday and now has goals in six of his last seven (eight goals 3/13 @BAK 4-3 OTL during the six games). Blichfeld ranks second in the AHL in goals and 11th 3/16 BAK 3-2 OTL in shots (43) and is pacing the Barracuda in goals, points (13), shots, first 3/17 BAK 4-3 W goals (2) and is tied for first in power-play goals (2) and insurance goals 3/20 @HEN 1 PM (1). 3/21 @HEN 12 PM 3/24 @BAK 6 PM 3/30 BAK 6 PM Friendly Faces: The Silver Knights roster and staff feature a pair of Sharks 4/3 SD 7 PM alumni. Danny O’Regan, the AHL’s Rookie of the Year with the Barracuda 4/6 HEN 5 PM in 2017, is in his first season within the Golden Knights organization after 4/7 HEN (S) 6 PM signing this offseason as a free agent. And Joel Ward, former Sharks’ 4/10 @BAK 6 PM 4/11 @ONT 3 PM forward, is in his first season as an assistant with the Silver Knights. 4/13 TEX (S) 4 PM 4/14 TEX (S) 5 PM Moving Pieces: On Friday, the Sharks announced the recall of 4/16 TEX 4 PM defenseman Christian Jaros and the reassignment of defenseman Nick 4/17 TEX 4 PM DeSimone. In addition, the team recalled goaltender Josef Korenar and 4/20 SD 6 PM reassigned goaltender Alexei Melnichuk. The Sharks also reassigned 4/21 SD 6 PM 4/25 @ONT 3 PM forward Ivan Chekhovich to the Barracuda from the KHL (Torpedo Nizhny 4/27 BAK 6 PM Novgorod) where he collected 34 points (17+17=34) in 43 games. 4/30 HEN 6 PM Chekhovich is expected to make his AHL season debut on Saturday. 5/1 HEN 6 PM 5/3 BAK(S) 4 PM Rookie Rising: Sharks’ 2018 first-rounder Ryan Merkley netted his first 5/8 @HEN(V)1 PM 5/10 @HEN 7 PM pro goal last Friday and now leads all Barracuda rookies in scoring (1+6=7) and is tied for first among all rookie defenseman in assists. E = EL SEGUNDO Merkley led the OHL the two previous seasons in assists among league d- I = IRVINE S = SOLAR4AMERICA ICE men. T = TUCSON V = T-MOBILE ARENA (LAS VEGAS, NV) ALL TIMES PACIFIC REGULAR SEASON TEAM LEADERS (2020-21) REGULAR SEASON (2020-21) Points: 12, J. Blichfeld Home: 4-1-2 Goals: 9, J. Blichfeld Road: 2-3-2 Assists: 7, A. True Pacific Division: 5-3-4 PP Goals: 2, J. Halbgewachs/J. Blichfeld Central Division: 1-1-0 SH Goals: 1, F. Handemark/A. Suomela Western Conference: 6-4-4 GW Goals: 3, J. Halbgewachs Eastern Conference: PIMS: 31, J. Viel SITUATIONAL RECORDS: +/-: +6 F. Handemark 1-Goal Game: 1-0-4 SHOOTOUT TOTALS 2-Goal Game: 2-2-0 After a Win: 1-3-1 Shooter G/A % Shooter G/A % After a Loss: 3-0-0 Player 0/0 0.0 After an OTL/SOL: 2-1-1 Scoring First: 5-1-1 Opponent Scoring First: 1-3-2 Leading After 1 Period: 4-0-0 Trailing After 1 Period: 1-3-0 Tied After 1 Period: 1-1-3 Leading After 2 Periods: 6-0-1 Trailing after 2 periods: 0-3-1 Tied After 2 Periods: 0-1-2 Overtime Record: 0-0-4 Goaltender Record Saves/Att % Shootout record: Goalie 0-0 0/0 0% Outshooting Opponent: 3-2-2 Outshot Opponent: 3-2-1 SITUATION FOR AGAINST Even Shots: 5 on 5 29 31 Scoring 1 Goal: 0-1-1 5 on 4: 7 1 Scoring 2 goals: 0-0-2 5 on 3: Scoring 3 goals: 1-2-0 4 on 4: 2 1 Scoring 4+ goals: 5-0-0 4 on 3: Allowing 1 goal: 2-0-0 3 on 3: Allowing 2 goals: 2-0-1 3 on 4: Allowing 3 goals: 2-0-2 3 on 5: Allowing 4+ goals: 0-3-0 4 on 5: 2 8 Day Game (Prior to 5 PM): 0-0-1 Extra Attacker: 1 1 Specialty Jersey: Empty Net: 4 1 Penalty shot: Overtime: 4 LAST TIME WHEN (2020-21) REGULAR SEASON ALL-TIME RECORDS SH GOAL FOR: (2/27/21, ONT, 6-3 W) vs.