San Jose Barracuda

San Jose Barracuda
2015–16 AHL season
City San Jose, California
League American Hockey League (AHL)
Conference Western Conference
Division Pacific Division
Founded 1996
Operated 2015–present
Home arena SAP Center
Colors Teal, orange, black, white
                   
Owner(s) San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises (Hasso Plattner, Governor)
General manager Joe Will
Head coach Roy Sommer
Affiliates San Jose Sharks (NHL)
Allen Americans (ECHL)
Franchise history
1996–2001 Kentucky Thoroughblades
2001–2006 Cleveland Barons
2006–2015 Worcester Sharks
2015–present San Jose Barracuda

The San Jose Barracuda are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) which began play in the 2015–16 season. Affiliated with the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks, the Barracuda share the SAP Center with its parent club.

The Barracuda are a relocation of the former Worcester Sharks AHL franchise, joining several other AHL franchises to form a new AHL Pacific Division.

History

On January 29, 2015, the San Jose Sharks announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Worcester Sharks, to San Jose as one of five charter members of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The team will play at the SAP Center at San Jose, being one of two of the current AHL teams to share a home arena with its parent club (along with the Manitoba Moose sharing the MTS Centre with their parent Winnipeg Jets).[1]

On April 1, 2015, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reported that the Sharks had signed a multi-year presenting sponsorship with Barracuda Networks to be the AHL team's presenting sponsor; the team name would be called the San Jose Barracuda and the reported team logo would feature the corporate logo in the background. Neither the Sharks nor Barracuda would comment, however, they stated that an official announcement would come later in the week.[2] The name and logo were confirmed the next day in a joint press release.[3]

Season-by-season records

Players

Current Roster

Updated March 23, 2016.[4]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Contract
63 Sweden Bergman, JuliusJulius Bergman D R 20 2015 Stockholm, Sweden Sharks
40 United States Carpenter, RyanRyan Carpenter C/RW R 25 2015 Oviedo, Florida Sharks
30 Canada Dell, AaronAaron Dell G L 26 2015 Airdrie, Alberta Sharks
72 United States Doremus, DannyDanny Doremus C R 24 2015 Aspen, Colorado Barracuda
55 Sweden Emanuelsson, PetterPetter Emanuelsson RW R 24 2015 Kiruna, Sweden Sharks
79 Canada Gallant, AlexAlex Gallant LW L 23 2015 Summerside, Prince Edward Island Barracuda
82 Russia Goldobin, NikolayNikolay Goldobin RW L 20 2015 Moscow, Russia Sharks
89 Canada Goodrow, BarclayBarclay Goodrow LW L 23 2015 Toronto, Ontario Sharks
1 United States Grosenick, TroyTroy Grosenick G L 26 2015 Brookfield, Wisconsin Sharks
38 Canada Haley, MichealMicheal Haley (A) C L 30 2015 Guelph, Ontario Sharks
53 Latvia Jevpalovs, NikitaNikita Jevpalovs LW R 21 2015 Riga, Latvia Sharks
86 United States Langlois, JeremyJeremy Langlois RW R 25 2015 Tempe, Arizona Sharks
11 United States Lerg, BryanBryan Lerg (C) LW L 30 2015 Livonia, Michigan Sharks
17 United States McCarthy, JohnJohn McCarthy (A) C/LW L 29 2015 Boston, Massachusetts Sharks
23 Canada McLaren, FrazerFrazer McLaren LW L 28 2015 Winnipeg, Manitoba Sharks
51 United States McNally, PatrickPatrick McNally D L 24 2015 Glen Head, New York Sharks
21 United States Morin, JeremyJeremy Morin LW R 25 2016 Auburn, New York Sharks
41 Switzerland Mueller, MircoMirco Mueller D L 21 2015 Winterthur, Switzerland Sharks
84 Canada Parkes, TrevorTrevor Parkes RW R 24 2015 Fort Erie, Ontario Barracuda
43 United States Pinkston, RickRick Pinkston D L 25 2015 Trenton, Michigan Barracuda
47 Sweden Ryan, JoakimJoakim Ryan D L 22 2015 Rumson, New Jersey Sharks
3 Canada Stollery, KarlKarl Stollery D L 28 2015 Camrose, Alberta Sharks
77 Canada Timmins, ScottScott Timmins C L 26 2015 Hamilton, Ontario Barracuda
13 Canada Torres, RaffiRaffi Torres  LW L 34 2016 Toronto, Ontario Maple Leafs
70 United States Young, GusGus Young D L 24 2015 Dedham, Massachusetts Barracuda

References

  1. ↑ "Sharks Moving AHL Franchise to SAP Center". San Jose Sharks. January 29, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ Donato-Weinstein, Nathan (April 1, 2015). "Exclusive: Here's the name and logo of the Sharks' minor-league farm team". BizJournals.com. Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sharks, Barracuda Networks Agree to Revolutionary Multi-Year Presenting Partnership". SJBarracuda.com. San Jose Barracuda. April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "San Jose Barracuda :: Team". San Jose Barracuda. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

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