For the first time in the 20-year history of Sharks AHL affiliates, the San Jose Barracuda are playing in the Conference Finals. Tonight, the Barracuda continues its pursuit of a Calder Cup at the SAP Center, and hosts the Grand Rapids Griffins, the Detroit Red Wings’ top minor league affiliate.
Their respective parent clubs have plenty of postseason history, but this is the first postseason meeting between the Barracuda and Griffins. San Jose swept the regular season series this year, in the franchises’ first meetings since the Barracuda moved to San Jose since 2015.
The Barracuda enter this round as the AHL’s highest-remaining seed, but the Griffins are the league’s hottest team.