To say it’s been a whirlwind season for the San Jose Barracuda would be putting it lightly.
A roster in flux has seen 41 different skaters take the ice. Six goaltenders have started at least one game. There were COVID outbreaks. Then there was the semi-permanent Evander Kane expulsion to the Barracuda that lasted all of five games. And then there was a New Year’s Eve tilt in Stockton, where the team’s head equipment manager served as an emergency back-up goaltender.
All of this, and yet, somehow, the Barracuda remain in the fight for the seventh and final playoff seed in the Western Conference.