Barracuda News and Discussion 3

[LadyStanley]

Looks like Grosenick starting

 

[LadyStanley]

Grosenick gets his first assist of the season in a win that broke WPG point streak.

 

[BalticWarrior]

Balcers on the third line? Wtf.

 

[KirbyDots]

Balcers on the third line? Wtf.

They roll the lines so lines and pairings don't really matter in their system.

 

[LadyStanley]

Simek (Ubi, hit by stick yesterday) and Clifton (nagging injury) out, minor injuries. Young, Ausuchek in line up instead.

Bibeau starting

 

[LadyStanley]

Parker Gahagen hopes for spot on U.S. Olympic hockey team

Gahagen will find out during Winter Classic 2nd intermission if he's on the USA Hockey Olympic list.

If not....

If Gahagen is not picked, he’ll stay with the Barracuda at least until the end of January. He still owes roughly a year and eight months of service to the military, but is hoping a compromise can be reached where he can complete his service but still pursue his dream of playing in the NHL.

If Gahagen is picked to be a part of the Olympic team, he’ll still remain with the Barracuda for a few weeks. But toward the end of January, it won’t just be the San Diego Gulls or the San Antonio Rampage he’ll have to think about.

interesting future.

 

[The Nemesis]

John McCarthy named to the USA Olympic squad.




Also on that team, Long Beach Native Ma-.... sorry. Force of habit. Jon Blum. Long Beach Native Jon Blum (former NHLer, 1st round pick in 2007)

EDIT: Cuda tweet:




EDIT 2: Gahagen not named to initial roster, but they appear to have chosen to only name 1 goalie right now and will add 2 more later in the month.

 

[LadyStanley]

ECHL Suspends Darryl Bootland and Three Each from Wichita Thunder and Allen Americans

Makowski suspended for 2 ECHL games

 

[Juxtaposer]

Balcers on the third line? Wtf.

Again, if he’s on a line with O’Regan, he’s on the “first” line. Relax.

 

[LadyStanley]

Sharks alum

 

[LadyStanley]

Congrats "Tony"

 

[LadyStanley]

https://www.echl.com/rosters-set-2018-ccm-echl-star-classic

Makowski (Cuda) named to ECHL ASG division team.

 

[LadyStanley]

Call up for injury?

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[LadyStanley]

Gahagen starting

 

[LadyStanley]

Sigh

 

[HansH]

They looked good to start the game, with an aggressive forecheck and intercepting passes, but once they gave up a PP goal with 0.1 seconds left in the first on the game's first penalty, their mental game suffered. They'd already been taking cheap shots at the Gulls behind the play, and once the officials started blowing whistles, that sealed the Barracuda's fate -- the Gulls went 4-for-5 on the PP for the night, while the Barracuda came up 0-for-6 and sometimes giving up better shorthanded chances than they were managing PP opportunities at the other end. Gahagen did not have a good night, letting at least one goal trickle through after a partial stop, and barely managing an .800 spct.

They certainly did persist in trying to make it a fight night - Boll's fight came after persistent provocation from Clark, starting with the faceoff after the third goal and persisting after the whistle until he launched the attack through the linesman in front of his own bench -- the outcome was not what he was looking for. Bollig had already lost his cool, flipping off the 12k+ crowd from the bench after he was observed punching a Gull in the face behind the play (but avoiding the view of the refs), and struggled mightily to shed a linesman later in the period to get into another scrum to attack Tropp, earning him the misconduct on top of the major. Once the goals kept coming, the frustration and chippiness kept increasing, leading to the downward spiral for the Barracuda.

It'll be interesting to see whether they can manage to present a better mental game tonight.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Reto Berra strikes again.

 

[LadyStanley]

Mashinter out after taking high stick last night.

 

[LadyStanley]

Mashinter out ~1.5 weeks.

Sorensen not playing tonight (guess he was traveling back to SJ today).

McAuley out ill.


Seems like a short bench.

 

[LadyStanley]

B-)

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[Lebanezer]

An age-based look at how NHL teams use their AHL affiliates • The Faceoff Circle

I wasn't sure where to put this, but it's an interesting article about how teams use their AHL teams in regard to age.

 

[LadyStanley]

With the Sharks' video presentation and PA guys heading to Olympics (for womens/mens hockey), have to wonder if their Cuda counterparts will be "called up".

 

[LadyStanley]

BARRACUDA REASSIGN FORWARDS MCAULEY, ASUCHAK TO ALLEN | San Jose Barracuda

McAuley and Asuchak to ECHL