SAN JOSE BARRACUDA GAME NOTES PROUD AHL AFFILIATE OF THE: SAN JOSE BARRACUDA (9-11-0-2) vs STOCKTON HEAT (15-5-1-2) J Date Team Result 10/4 @ONT 0-5, L SATURDAY, DEC. 14 | 1:15 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 23 | WATCH: AHLTV | LISTEN: Sharks + Sap Center App 10/26 @COL 4-0, W 10/30 BAK 5-0, W Matinee Matchup: On Saturday, the Barracuda look to extend their point streak to four games as they take 11/1 @STK 2-3 SOL 11/3 TUC 3-5 L on the Stockton Heat (Calgary Flames) for the third time on the 12-game season series. The Barracuda are 0- 11/9 @BAK 3-6 L 1-0-1 against the Heat this year, with both games being played at the Stockton Arena. Saturday marks the 11/10 SD 1-3 L first meeting of a home-and-road as the Barracuda and Heat will square off again on Sunday in the Port City. 11/13 @SD 3-9 L 11/16 @STK 2-3 L 11/17 TUC 7-1 W Last Time Out: On Wednesday, the Barracuda returned home and picked up a 6-2 win over the Bakersfield 11/20 TUC 2-8 L Condors behind Trevor Carrick’s first pro hat-trick. Josef Korenar made 37 saves and Jonny Brodzinski 11/22 COL 1-4 L extended his point streak to six games as he collected a goal and a pair of assists. Joachim Blichfeld also 11/23 COL 6-2 W 11/27 @SD 3-2 OTW recorded his third-straight multi-point effort. 11/29 BAK 3-4 L 12/6 @ONT 9-2 W Sommer Time: After 22 seasons in the AHL, Roy Sommer earned a promotion to the Sharks on Wednesday, 12/7 @ONT 4-5 SOL 12/11 BAK 6-2 W being named the team’s associate coach, after Pete DeBoer and a majority of his staff were relieved of their 12/14 STK duties. Sommer, 62, is the AHL’s all-time leader in wins (773), games coached (1,570), and seasons coached 12/15 @STK (22). Assistant coaches Michael Chiasson and Jimmy Bonneau were appointed co-coaches of the Barracuda 12/18 ONT on Friday. In addition, Mike Ricci and Evgeni Nabokov were also promoted to the Sharks. 12/20 @SD 12/27 STK 12/29 BAK Heating Up: The Stockton Heat enter Saturday as the AHL’s best road team (10-2-0-1 = .808%) and the most 12/31 @STK potent offense, averaging 4.04 goals-per-game. In addition, the Flames affiliate boasts the best power-play 1/3 @TUC in the league (25/92 = 27.2%), third-best penalty kill (91/105 = 86.7%) and the Heat’s .909 (9-0-0-2) winning 1/4 @TUC 1/8 ONT percentage when scoring first is the best in the league. 1/11 STK 1/12 STK Blichfeld Beasting: Joachim Blichfeld made his NHL debut on Thursday for the Sharks after earning his first 1/15 COL 1/17 @IA NHL call up earlier in the day. On Wednesday, with the Barracuda, the 21-year-old recorded his third- 1/18 @IA straight multi-point effort and now leads the team in goals (9), points (19) and power-play goals (3). Among 1/22 @BAK AHL rookies, Blichfeld is second in points-per-game (.95), among skaters who have appeared in seven or 1/25 ONT more games, seventh in scoring, seventh in goals and T-fourth in power-play goals. Last year, Blichfeld led 1/31 @SD 2/5 SD the WHL in scoring (53 goals, 61 assists) and was named the WHL Player of the Year (Four Broncos Trophy) 2/7 @COL as a member of the Portland Winterhawks. The Sharks selected the Denmark native with the second-to-last 2/8 @COL pick (210th) in the 2016 NHL draft. 2/12 STK 2/16 @BAK 2/17 TUC Jonny Be Good: Offseason free-agent signee Jonny Brodzinski collected a goal and two assists on 2/22 @SD Wednesday and now has points in six-straight games (3+7=10) and leads the Barracuda in points-per-game 2/23 @ONT (1.08). The St. Cloud product was an AHL All-Star with the Ontario Reign in 2017, a season in which he 2/26 ONT 2/29 SD scored 27 goals and added 22 assists. Brodzinski began the year with the Sharks where he appeared in three 3/2 IA games. 3/4 IA 3/6 SD 3/7 SD Blueline Bolster: After collecting a goal and a pair of assists for his second career three-point game on 3/10 @STK Saturday, sophomore blueliner Thomas Gregoire is now third on the Barracuda in points (17), first in assists 3/13 @SD (14), third in power-play goals and fourth in points-per-game (.85). Among AHL defensemen, Gregoire is T- 3/14 @ONT sixth in points, T-seventh in assists, and second in points-per-game among skaters who have appeared in 17 3/17 COL 3/21 @BAK or more games. 3/22 BAK 3/27 @TUC Youth Movement: The Barracuda are the AHL’s youngest roster with an average age of 22.79-years-old. No 3/28 @TUC 4/1 ONT other team in the league is under 23-years-old. In fact, six players on the 'Cuda roster are 21-years-old or 4/4 STK younger, including two players under 21 (Sasha Chmelevski [20] and Ivan Chekhovich [20]). 4/5 @STK 4/8 @BAK 4/10 @BAK 4/11 @ONT Regular Season Team Leaders (2019-20) Regular Season Records (2019-20) Points: 19, J. Blichfeld Home: 6-6-0-0 Goals: 9, J. Blichfeld Road: 3-5-0-2 Assists: 14, T. Gregoire Pacific Division: 9-11-0-2 PP Goals: 3, M. Letunov/J. Blichfeld Central Division: SH Goals: 1, E. Wienger/T. Carrick Western Conference: 9-11-0-2 GW Goals: 2, M. Letunov Eastern Conference: PIMS: 43, J. Viel Situational Records: +/-: +8, E. Weinger/K. Middleton 1-Goal Game: 2-2-0-2 Shootout Totals 2-Goal Game: 0-4-0-0 After a Win: 3-3-0-2 Shooter G/A % Shooter G/A % After a Loss: 5-6-0-0 A. True 1/1 1.0 After an OTL/SOL: 1-1-0-0 S. Suomela 1/1 1.0 Scoring First: 6-4-0-2 J. Blichfeld 0/2 .00 Opponent Scoring First: 3-7-0-0 J. Brodzinski 0/1 .00 Leading After 1 Period: 7-4-0-1 Trailing After 1 Period: 1-7-0-0 Tied After 1 Period: 1-0-0-1 Leading After 2 Periods: 7-2-0-1 Trailing after 2 periods: 2-9-0-0 Tied After 2 Periods: 0-1-0-0 Overtime Record: 1-0 Goaltender Record Saves/Att % Shootout record: 0-2 Josef Korenar 0-1 0/5 0% Outshooting Opponent: 4-8-0-0 Outshot Opponent: 4-3-0-2 Situation For Against Even Shots: 1-0-0-0 5 on 5 55 45 Scoring 1 Goal: 0-2-0-0 5 on 4: 17 22 Scoring 2 goals: 0-4-0-1 5 on 3: Scoring 3 goals: 1-4-0-0 4 on 4: 2 Scoring 4+ goals: 8-0-0-1 4 on 3: Allowing 1 goal: 1-0-0-0 3 on 3: Allowing 2 goals: 4-0-0-1 3 on 4: Allowing 3 goals: 1-2-0-0 3 on 5: Allowing 4+ goals: 0-9-0-1 4 of 5: 2 3 Day Game (Prior to 5 PM): 3-1-0-0 Extra Attacker: Specialty Jersey: 1-1-0-0 Empty Net: 7 Penalty shot: Overtime: 1 Last Time When (2019-20) Regular Season All-Time Records SH GOAL FOR: 2x last Trevor Carrick 12/11/19 vs BAK (6-2 W) vs. BAKERSFIELD: 26-17-2-4 (H: 15-8-1-2/R: 11-9-1-2) SH GOAL AGAINST: Beau Bennett 11/20/19 vs TUC (2-8 L) vs. BELLEVILLE: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) EMPTY-NET GOAL FOR: vs. BINGHAMPTOM: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) EMPTY-NET GOAL AGAINST: J. Gregoire, 11/3/19 vs TUC (3-5 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: S. Carrick, 11/13/19 at SD (3-9 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: 6-4-1-1 (H: 4-2-0-0/R: 2-2-1-1) SHUTOUT FOR: Josef Korenar, 10/30/19 vs. BAK (28 saves – 5-0 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. HARTFORD: 0-0-0-0 (H: 0-0-0-0/R: 0-0-0-0) 40+ SAVES AGAINST: Cal Petersen, 10/4/19 at ONT (41 saves – 0-5 L) vs.