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WASHINGTON — Joakim Ryan can only imagine the scene on the AHL Barracuda’s bus ride home from Bakersfield Sunday night.

With a 2-1 win over the Bakersfield Condors, the Barracuda earned head coach Roy Sommer’s 700th career AHL victory, giving the league’s all-time winningest coach plenty of reason to celebrate.

“That must have been fun,” said defenseman Joakim Ryan, who suited up for 139 games on Sommer’s blue line before joining the Sharks this season.