SAN JOSE -– One distinct advantage the Sharks have with their top minor league affiliate occupying the same practice facility and arena is that it’s pretty simple for them to shuffle guys back and forth. There are no more 2500-mile flights to Worcester just to switch jerseys.
The club has taken advantage of that recently, sending goalie Alex Stalock and Matt Tennyson down on conditioning stints. Stalock started -– and won –- two games for the Barracuda earlier this week, stopping 53 of 57 shots for a 1.96 goals-against average and .930 save percentage.
While it has yet to be determined at the NHL level if that will help his game after he’s struggled to find any consistency for the past season-and-a-half, it’s got to be a confidence boost at the very least.