{"id":284443,"date":"2026-04-24T22:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284443\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T22:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:08:11","slug":"sharks-pohlkamp-could-make-pro-debut-as-barracuda-face-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/284443\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks&#8217; Pohlkamp Could Make Pro Debut As Barracuda Face Elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Jose Sharks\u2019 top defense prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/eric-pohlkamp\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"716\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Pohlkamp<\/a> could make his professional hockey debut with the San Jose Barracuda on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Per Sheng Peng of SJHN, the defenseman joined the team in Henderson for the pregame skate of game two of the Pacific Division first-round series. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pohlkamp is available to make pro debut tonight, says McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>Based on morning skate, looked like he might pair with Allan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sheng_Peng\/status\/2047758581357752364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pohlkamp was rumored to join the Barracuda after signing his entry-level contract last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/mike-grier\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"15\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Grier<\/a> told reporters during his <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/exit-interview\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3154\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exit interview<\/a> that Pohlkamp\u2019s health would be the deciding factor in his joining the San Jose Sharks farm team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could. We\u2019ll see. He\u2019s a little banged up. I think you guys probably heard David Carle mentioned after the game. He\u2019s a tough kid, competitive kid, but he\u2019s had a couple of different injuries that have kind of limited him the last two games there that he fought through to try and win the championship,\u201d Grier said. \u201cWe\u2019ll get a look at him, see how he\u2019s feeling, and if he\u2019s feeling up to it and he\u2019s healthy enough, there\u2019s a chance he could join them next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Peng, Pohlkamp skated with <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/nolan-allan\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nolan Allan<\/a> on defense. The Barracuda are down 1-0 to the Henderson Silver Knights after dropping <a href=\"https:\/\/sjbarracuda.com\/news\/barracuda-edged-in-ot-in-game-one\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">game one 5-4 in overtime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the Calder Cup Playoffs, the first round in the Pacific Division is a best-of-3, meaning the Barracuda will need to win on Friday to keep their season alive.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, the San Jose Sharks AHL Team defeated the Ontario Reign in the first round of the Calder Cup Playoffs. Sharks goalie <a href=\"https:\/\/sharkshockeydigest.com\/tag\/yaroslav-askarov\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yaroslav Askarov<\/a> backstopped the San Jose Barracuda to a two-game sweep before the team ultimately fell in the second round to the Colorado Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks\u2019 top defense prospect Eric Pohlkamp could make his professional hockey debut with the San Jose&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[120916,3523,88,97,90,89,98,11966,755],"class_list":{"0":"post-284443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-calder-cup-playoffs","9":"tag-eric-pohlkamp","10":"tag-san-jose","11":"tag-san-jose-barracuda","12":"tag-san-jose-headlines","13":"tag-san-jose-news","14":"tag-san-jose-sharks","15":"tag-sharks-prospects","16":"tag-sj-sharks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284443","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=284443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}