SAN JOSE — The Sharks and Ducks swapped American Hockey League forwards on Wednesday, with San Jose sending Justin Bailey to the Ducks for Pavol Regenda.
Regenda, 25, has 16 points in 36 games this season with the San Diego Gulls and 75 points (36 goals, 39 assists) in 140 career AHL games. He has played in 19 NHL games, all with Anaheim, with his last appearance with the Ducks coming in March 2024.
Folllowing the trade, the Sharks loaned Regenda to the Barracuda, who host the Coachella Valley Firebirds tonight at Tech CU Arena.
Regenda has played for Slovakia at the IIHF World Championship the past three years. He helped Slovakia earn a bronze medal at the 2022 Olympics. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound native of Michalovce, Slovakia was originally signed as a free agent by Anaheim on June 1, 2022.
Bailey, 29, had 14 points in 33 games with the Barracuda this season. He split the 2023-24 campaign between the Sharks and Barracuda, finishing with 14 points in 59 NHL games of NHL and 11 points in 16 AHL games.
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In his career, Bailey has 23 points (10 goals, 13 assists) in 141 NHL contests and has registered 255 points (143 goals, 112 assists) in 403 AHL games. After last season, Bailey was re-signed to a one-year, two-way contract by the Sharks.
Last season, the San Jose chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association nominated Bailey for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. The award is given to the NHL player who best exemplifies perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey. Goalie Connor Ingram, formerly with the Arizona Coyotes and now with the Utah Hockey Club, was voted the award winner by members of the PHWA.
