San Jose Barracuda Announce Several Roster Changes
October 5, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
San Jose Barracuda News Release
SAN JOSE - The San Jose Barracuda (@SJBarracuda) presented by Barracuda Networks (@barracuda) and Barracuda General Manager Joe Will announced today that the club has made several changes to the training camp roster in anticipation to the AHL regular season opener on October 9 at the SAP Center vs. the Rockford IceHogs.
The following players have been released and will report to the San Jose Barracuda's ECHL affiliate the Allen Americans:
Greger Hanson - F
Gary Steffes - F
Mike DiPaolo - F
David Makowski - D
Justin Baker - D
In addition, the San Jose Sharks have reassigned goaltender Joel Rumpel from the San Jose Barracuda to the Allen Americans.
The following players have been released and will report to their respective ECHL clubs:
Jonathan Parker - F - Reading Royals
Alex Gallant - F - Utah Grizzlies
Phil Pietroniro - D - Utah Grizzlies
In addition, the San Jose Barracuda have signed defenseman Danny Federico to a two-way AHL/ECHL contract and have loaned him to the Allen Americans.
With the 12 additions from the San Jose Sharks, (Mirco Mueller, Nikolay Goldobin, Melker Karlsson, Ryan Carpenter, Micheal Haley, Jeremy Langlois, Bryan Lerg, John McCarthy, Frazer McLaren, Karl Stollery, Gus Young, and Troy Grosenick) the San Jose Barracuda now have 16 forwards, eight defensemen, and two goaltenders. Click HERE for the most up to date San Jose Barracuda training camp roster.
Coming up....
On Friday, October 9, the San Jose Barracuda host the Rockford IceHogs at the SAP Center at 7:30pm to kick off the regular season schedule. The first 5,000 fans will receive a commemorative opening night t-shirt presented by Pepsi! Be a part of AHL history for the first ever San Jose Barracuda game! Call 408-999-4747 to score your tickets today!
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