The San Diego Barracudas were a southern Californian professional
inline hockey
Roller inline hockey, or inline hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and ice hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. The spo ...
team which existed from 1993 through 1996. The Barracudas were a part of
Roller Hockey International
Roller Hockey International was a professional inline hockey league that operated in North America from 1993 to 1999. It was the first major professional league for inline hockey.
History
League president Dennis Murphy had been involved in th ...
. The team's home games were played at the
San Diego Sports Arena
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The arena seats 12,000 for indoor football, 12,920 for ice hockey, indoor soccer and ...
. They relocated to
Ontario, California
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in the 1998 and 1999 seasons, known as the Ontario Barracudas to replace the
Palm Desert
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Ontario Silvercats (to also represented
Palm Springs, California).
Leading scorers
*1993:
Daniel Shank (28 goals, 31 assists)
*1994:
Scott Gruhl (28 goals, 33 assists)
*1995: John Spoltore (14 goals, 34 assists)
*1996: John Spoltore (16 goals, 48 assists)
Team records
*Most goals, season:
Max Middendorf, 29 (1993)
*Most assists:
Allen Leggett, 87
*Most assists, season: John Spoltore, 48 (1996)
*Most points, season: John Spoltore, 64 (1996)
*Most penalty minutes: Daniel Shank & Max Middendorf, 107
*Most penalty minutes, season: Daniel Shank, 107 (1993)
*Most games played: Alan Leggett, 72
*Most games played, goaltender:
Frankie Ouellette, 70
Season-by-season record
Alumni who also played in the NHL
*
Ralph Barahona
*
Matt DelGuidice
*
Clark Donatelli
John Clark Donatelli (born November 22, 1965) is an American former professional ice hockey player and is the former head coach of the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Donatelli was a long-time minor league player in the American Hockey Lea ...
*Scott Gruhl
*Rick Vargas
*Max Middendorf
*Daniel Shank
*
Larry Floyd
Larry David Floyd (born May 1, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and coach. Floyd played for numerous professional teams during his career from 1982 until 1984, including twelve games with the New Jersey Devils of the Nati ...
Alumni who also played in European Hockey Leagues
*
Stefan Grogg
External links
hockeydb.com RHI portalRHI Stats
Roller Hockey International teams
Sports clubs established in 1993
Sports clubs disestablished in 1996
1993 establishments in California
1996 disestablishments in California
Sports teams in San Diego
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