SAN JOSE BARRACUDA GAME NOTES PROUD AHL AFFILIATE OF THE: SAN JOSE BARRACUDA (14-22-1-2) at SAN DIEGO GULLS (18-16-3-2) J Date Team Result 10/4 @ONT 0-5, L FRIDAY, JAN. 31 | 7:00 P.M. | PECHANGA ARENA | SAN DIEGO, 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 40 | WATCH: AHLTV | LISTEN: Sharks + Sap Center App 10/26 @COL 4-0, W 10/30 BAK 5-0, W 11/1 @STK 2-3 SOL Setting Gulls: The Barracuda return to action on Friday following the AHL All-Star break with the 11/3 TUC 3-5 L first of back-to-back matchups with the San Diego Gulls (Anaheim Ducks). The Barracuda are 3-2 11/9 @BAK 3-6 L against San Diego this season and have won the last two meetings, both at the Pechanga Arena. 11/10 SD 1-3 L 11/13 @SD 3-9 L 11/16 @STK 2-3 L Last Time Out: The ‘Cuda held a 1-0 lead for most of last Saturday’s tilt with the Ontario Reign, 11/17 TUC 7-1 W 11/20 TUC 2-8 L but a third-period collapse was the difference, as the Barracuda were handed a 3-1 loss at the SAP 11/22 COL 1-4 L Center. Sasha Chmelevski scored San Jose’s only goal, while Paul LaDue, Tobias Bjornfot and Matt 11/23 COL 6-2 W Luff (EN) found pay dirt for the Reign. Zach Sawchenko took the loss, allowing a pair on 30 shots 11/27 @SD 3-2 OTW 11/29 BAK 3-4 L while Matt Villalta earned the win by making 30 saves on 31 shots. 12/6 @ONT 9-2 W 12/7 @ONT 4-5 SOL 12/11 BAK 6-2 W Scouting Report: The Gulls enter Friday with a 10-point lead on the Barracuda and are just four 12/14 STK 2-3 L points behind the Reign for the fourth playoff spot in the division, with four games in hand. San 12/15 @STK 2-5 L 12/18 ONT 3-4 L Diego is led by veteran captain Sam Carrick, brother of Barracuda d-man Trevor Carrick, who is th 12/20 @SD 4-2 W tied for 11 in the AHL in goals (18) and tied for second in plus/minus (22). In four games against 12/27 STK 1-8 L the Barracuda, Carrick has four goals, including a hat-trick in a 9-3 win on Nov. 13th. 12/29 BAK 5-7 L 12/31 @STK 0-4 L 1/3 @TUC 1-5 L Home-Sweet-Home: The San Jose City Council unanimously approved a 200,000 square-foot 1/4 @TUC 5-4 OTW 1/8 ONT 9-0 W expansion of Solar4America Ice at San Jose on Tuesday, which will add two additional recreational 1/11 STK 0-2 L ice sheets to the facility, increasing the building’s total ice sheets to six. The expansion will make 1/12 STK 1-2 L S4A Ice at San Jose the largest ice facility under one roof west of the Mississippi River. One of the 1/15 COL 7-2 W 1/17 @IA 3-1 W additional ice sheets will be located inside a 4,200-seat, two-story spectator arena which will 1/18 @IA 3-4 OTL serve as the new home for the San Jose Barracuda. Construction for the facility is expected to 1/22 @BAK 0-5 L 1/25 ONT 1-3 L begin in April 2020, with a targeted completion date of April 2022. 1/31 @SD 2/5 SD 2/7 @COL Bright Lights on Blichy: The Barracuda’s loan All-Star Joachim Blichfeld acquitted himself quite 2/8 @COL nicely in Ontario for the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic earlier this week in Ontario, scoring twice in the 2/12 STK three-on-three tournament for Team Pacific, and clocked in the mid-90’s in hardest shot. Blichfeld 2/16 @BAK 2/17 TUC currently sits at second on the team in goals (13), points (25) and is first in power-play goals (4). A 2/22 @SD season ago, Blichfeld led the WHL in scoring (53 goals, 61 assists) and was named the WHL Player 2/23 @ONT 2/26 ONT of the Year as a member of the Portland Winterhawks. 2/29 SD 3/2 IA ‘Cuda Call Up: The Barracuda recalled forward Tristin Langan from the Orlando Solar Bears on 3/4 IA 3/6 SD Thursday, the first call up to the AHL in his career. The 21-year-old has appeared in 38 games at 3/7 SD the ECHL level this season, totaling 30 points (12 goals, 18 assists), 26 penalty minutes and a plus- 3/10 @STK 3/13 @SD 21 rating. Last year as a member of the Moose Jaw Warriors in the WHL, Langan finished second 3/14 @ONT in the league in points (113) and assists (60) and tied for first in goals (53). Only Joachim Blichfeld 3/17 COL 3/21 @BAK (Portland Winterhawks) had more assists and points than Langan. 3/22 BAK 3/27 @TUC Youth Movement: The Barracuda enter Friday as the AHL’s youngest roster with an average age 3/28 @TUC 4/1 ONT of 22.50-years-old. No other team in the league is under 23-years-old. In fact, eight players on the 4/4 STK 'Cuda roster are 21-years-old or younger. 4/5 @STK 4/8 @BAK 4/10 @BAK 4/11 @ONT Regular Season Team Leaders (2019-20) Regular Season Records (2019-20) Points: 28, M. Letunov Home: 8-13-0-0 Goals: 14, J. Halbgewachs Road: 6-9-1-2 Assists: 20, M. Letunov Pacific Division: 13-22-0-2 PP Goals: 4, J. Blichfeld Central Division: SH Goals: 2, E. Wienger Western Conference: 14-22-1-2 GW Goals: 3, J. Halbgewachs/T. Carrick Eastern Conference: PIMS: 70, J. Viel Situational Records: +/-: +9, J. Roy 1-Goal Game: 3-5-1-2 Shootout Totals 2-Goal Game: 2-7-0-0 After a Win: 5-6-0-2 Shooter G/A % Shooter G/A % After a Loss: 8-12-1-0 A. True 1/1 1.0 After an OTL/SOL: 1-2-0-0 S. Suomela 1/1 1.0 Scoring First: 7-7-1-2 J. Blichfeld 0/2 .00 Opponent Scoring First: 5-14-0-0 J. Brodzinski 0/1 .00 Leading After 1 Period: 9-7-1-1 Trailing After 1 Period: 3-13-0-0 Tied After 1 Period: 2-1-0-1 Leading After 2 Periods: 10-3-0-1 Trailing after 2 periods: 4-17-1-0 Tied After 2 Periods: 0-2-0-0 Overtime Record: 2-1 Goaltender Record Saves/Att % Shootout record: 0-2 Josef Korenar 0-1 0/5 0% Outshooting Opponent: 8-15-0-2 Outshot Opponent: 5-5-1-2 Situation For Against Even Shots: 1-1-0-0 5 on 5 85 87 Scoring 1 Goal: 0-6-0-0 5 on 4: 26 28 Scoring 2 goals: 0-6-0-1 5 on 3: Scoring 3 goals: 2-5-1-0 4 on 4: 3 Scoring 4+ goals: 12-1-0-1 4 on 3: Allowing 1 goal: 2-0-0-0 3 on 3: Allowing 2 goals: 6-2-0-1 3 on 4: Allowing 3 goals: 1-4-0-0 3 on 5: Allowing 4+ goals: 1-15-1-1 4 of 5: 5 6 Day Game (Prior to 5 PM): 2-4-0-0 Extra Attacker: 1 1 Specialty Jersey: 1-3-0-0 Empty Net: 2 12 Penalty shot: Overtime: 2 Last Time When (2019-20) Regular Season All-Time Records SH GOAL FOR: 5x last (2x) E. Weinger/J. Middleton 1/18/20 at IA (3-4 OTL) vs. BAKERSFIELD: 26-19-2-4 (H: 15-9-1-2/R: 11-10-1-2) 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: Jeff Viel 1/17/20 at IA (3-1 W) vs. BINGHAMPTOM: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) EMPTY-NET GOAL AGAINST: Mat Luff 1/25/20 vs ONT (1-3 L) vs. BRIDGEPORT: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) HAT-TRICK: T. Carrick, 12/11/19 vs BAK (6-2 W) vs. CHARLOTTE: 2-2-0-0 (H: 1-1-0-0/R: 1-1-0-0) HAT-TRICK AGAINST: A. Quine, 3x Last 12/27/19 vs STK (1-8 L) vs. CHICAGO: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) PENALTY SHOT: vs. CLEVELAND: 3-1-0-0 (H: 2-0-0-0/R: 1-1-0-0) PENALTY SHOT AGAINST: vs. COLORADO: 7-4-1-1 (H: 5-2-0-0/R: 2-2-1-1) SHUTOUT FOR: Zachary Sawchenko, 3x 1/8/20 vs. ONT (24 saves – 9-0 W) vs. GRAND RAPIDS: 5-1-0-2 (H: 3-1-0-0/R: 2-0-0-2) 40+ SAVES FOR: Josef Korenar, 12/7/19 at ONT (41 saves – 4-5 SOL) vs.