The San Jose Barracuda face the reign of Ontario in the first round of the Calder Cup qualifiers.
It is a series of three games between the Barracuda, the seeded n ° 6 of the Pacific division and the reign, the seeded n ° 3, takes place entirely in Southern California.
The first and two games are this Thursday and Saturday in Crypto.com Arena, the Los Angeles Kings Maison. Toyota Arena, the Ontario region of origin, has prior commitments. The third match, if necessary, will be in Toyota Arena on Monday in Ontario.
The Ahl affiliate of San Jose Sharks should be close to healthy for the start of the playoffs.
The best hopes of the San Jose Yaroslav Askarov Sharks missed the series of regular season closing in Wranglers last weekend due to a disease, by Play-By-Play advertiser in Barracuda, Nick Nollenberger, but there is no reason to believe that the beginner goalkeeper will not be ready for the first round.
Andrew Paturalski, the top scorer in the AHL and Center N ° 1 in San Jose, has been released since March 28 with a lower body injury. There is hope that it will be ready for the playoffs, and San Jose hockey has now heard that it was skating.
The High Score winger Thomas Bordeleau (upper body injury) and the two-lane center Zack Ostapchuk (Bas-Corps) should be ready for the playoffs, according to Sjhn’s sources. The two were injured while playing for San Jose Sharks. On Friday, Ostapchuk was seen in Sharks Ice.
The defender of the Jack Thompson washer suffered an upper body injury with the San Jose Sharks at the end of the season, but he was seen skating at Sharks Ice on Thursday and Friday. Better supposition, it should also be ready for the playoffs.
The Eagles of Colorado n ° 1 of the Pacific division have a Bye in the first round: n ° 2 Abbotsford Canucks-No. 7 Tucson Roadrunners, Reign-Barracuda, n ° 4 Coachella Valley Firebirds-No. 5 WRANGLERS from Calgary will be redesigned after their first -round matches.
The Barracuda are 3-4-1 against the reign this season.
