{"id":268206,"date":"2026-04-15T00:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/268206\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T00:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:49:10","slug":"jarod-crespo-signs-ato-with-ahls-san-jose-barracuda-penn-state-mens-hockey-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/268206\/","title":{"rendered":"Jarod Crespo signs ATO with AHL\u2019s San Jose Barracuda | Penn State Men&#8217;s Hockey News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another Nittany Lion will skate on professional ice.<\/p>\n<p>Jarod Crespo has signed an Amateur Tryout Agreement with the San Jose Barracuda, the AHL affiliate of the top-flight San Jose Sharks.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot defenseman skated in 37 games during Penn State\u2019s 2025-2026 campaign, scoring five goals and notching 12 assists. Throughout his career with the blue and white, he appeared in 141 games, recording 42 points over four seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Crespo, a Seven Lakes, North Carolina, native, will join Aiden Fink, Carter Schade, Charlie Cerrato, Matt DiMarsico and Kevin Reidler as Nittany Lions to sign a pro deal in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The Amateur Tryout Agreement allows Crespo to appear in AHL games for the Barracuda without losing his amateur status.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MORE HOCKEY COVERAGE\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psucollegian.com\/sports\/men_hockey\/penn-state-men-s-hockey-alumni-make-their-mark-in-the-pros\/article_180a624c-0b6a-48b9-b033-a4c0f6a5e0ee.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Penn State men&#x2019;s hockey alumni make their mark in the pros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Penn State men&#x2019;s hockey alumni make their mark in the pros\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69993961614ef.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"133\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">After Penn State\u2019s season ended in the Regional Semifinals of the NCAA Tournament, it didn\u2019t\u2026<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in submitting a Letter to the Editor, click here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psucollegian.com\/form\/letter_to_the_editor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                Submit<br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another Nittany Lion will skate on professional ice. Jarod Crespo has signed an Amateur Tryout Agreement with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[401,4629,116904,4628,896,4632,88,90,89,4633,116905],"class_list":{"0":"post-268206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-ice-hockey","10":"tag-ice-hockey-contract","11":"tag-ice-hockey-leagues","12":"tag-national-hockey-league","13":"tag-national-hockey-league-teams","14":"tag-san-jose","15":"tag-san-jose-headlines","16":"tag-san-jose-news","17":"tag-top-tier-ice-hockey-leagues","18":"tag-variations-of-hockey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}