San Jose Barracuda
GOTTA SEE IT: Askarov Celebrates 1st Barracuda Win With Playful Celly
Yaroslav Askarov is back, in more ways than one.
Askarov made his San Jose Sharks organizational debut on Saturday night, leading the San Jose Barracuda to a 5-0 shutout of the Ontario Reign.
Askarov made 22 saves.
The star goaltending prospect, acquired from the Nashville Predators over the summer, missed most of San Jose Sharks’ training camp, and this was his first game action in teal, albeit for the AHL side.
Besides this triumphant return from injury, Askarov the showman made a hilarious appearance at the end of the Cuda season opener in Ontario.
Yaroslav Askarov is up to his old shutout tricks 🤭 pic.twitter.com/gI2BhEw6Te
— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) October 13, 2024
That’s literally closing the door on your opponents!
No doubt, Yaroslav Askarov is going to be a lot of fun in a San Jose Sharks uniform.
This celebration was shades of his famous bench press celly last year:
@nhl Yaroslav Askarov’s really raising the bar for goalie cellys 🏋️♂️ (🎥: Twitter/TheAHL) #hockey #SportsTikTok #BenchPress
Askarov wasn’t the only Cuda to have fun on Saturday night.
Anthony Vincent, Collin Graf, Joey Keane, and Kasper Halttunen (twice!) scored. For Graf and Halttunen, those were their first pro goals.
FIRST GAME, FIRST GOAL🚨
Welcome to @TheAHL Halts! pic.twitter.com/Ha1tYFvKfX
— SJ Barracuda (@sjbarracuda) October 13, 2024
Graf, especially, scored a goal worthy of an Askarov-like flair.
A little late here but this Collin Graf goal was ridiculous pic.twitter.com/bx4y8jbg0z
— Ian Reid 😡🇨🇦🤖 (@IanBlogsHockey) October 13, 2024
The Barracuda finish up their season-opening series against the Reign on Sunday at 3 PM.