San Jose Barracuda's Poturalski Named Les Cunningham Award Winner as AHL's MVP

April 25, 2025 - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. ... The American Hockey League (@TheAHL) announced today that San Jose Barracuda (@SJBarracuda) forward Andrew Poturalski has been voted the winner of the Les Cunningham Award as the AHL's most valuable player for the 2024-25 season. The award was voted on by coaches, players and members of the media representing each of the league's 32 cities. This is the first MVP award for Poturalski whose AHL career accolades include three scoring titles and two Calder Cup championsh... Full Story


April 22, 2025 - San Jose, CA - The San Jose Barracuda (@SJBarracuda), the top affiliate of the San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks), and General Manager Joe Will announced today that the team has signed goaltender Matt Davis to an AHL contract through the 2025-26 season. Davis, 23, recently completed his final season at the Denver University, where he appeared in 40 games, posting a 29-10-1 record with a 2.07 goals-against average and a .924 save percentage. He helped lead the Pioneers to their second consecutiv... Full Story

April 20, 2025 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Barracuda (@SJBarracuda) forward Andrew Poturalski has officially won the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the AHL's top scorer. Poturalski becomes just the third player in AHL history to lead the league in scoring three times, joining AHL Hall of Famers Bill Sweeney (1960-61, 61-62, 62-63) and Peter White (1994-95, 96-97, 97-98). Poturalski, who also won the Sollenberger Trophy in 2020-21 and 2021-22, finished with a league-best 73 points - including a career-high 30 go... Full Story

April 20, 2025 - Calgary, AB - The San Jose Barracuda (36-27-5-4) outshot the Calgary Wranglers (37-28-4-3) 28-19 on Sunday afternoon at the Scotiabank Saddledome but were shutout 4-0 in the regular season finale. With the loss, the Barracuda will now face the Ontario Reign in the first round of the Calder Cup Playoffs, beginning Thursday at 7 p.m. at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. In the first period, the Wranglers opened the scoring when Carter King (1) beat Gabe Carriere under the left arm from just outs... Full Story

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May 7	AHL	San Jose 1 at Colorado 3 (Playoff Gm. 4)	Final
May 6	AHL	San Jose 2 at Colorado 3 (Playoff Gm. 3)	Final (OT)
May 4	AHL	Colorado 1 at San Jose 2 (Playoff Gm. 2)	Final (OT)
May 2	AHL	Colorado 6 at San Jose 3 (Playoff Gm. 1)	Final
April 26	AHL	San Jose 2 at Ontario 1 (Playoff Gm. 2; at Los Angeles)	Final
April 25	ECHL	Wichita 2 at Tahoe 3 (Playoff Gm. 4)	Final
April 24	AHL	San Jose 2 at Ontario 0 (Playoff Gm. 1; at Los Angeles)	Final
April 23	ECHL	Wichita 4 at Tahoe 5 (Playoff Gm. 3)	Final (OT)
April 20	AHL	San Jose 0 at Calgary 4	Final
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