San Diego Gulls Sign Easton Brodzinski and Machael Farren to Professional Tryouts

Feb 25, 2025

The San Diego Gulls announced today that the American Hockey League (AHL) club has signed forwards Easton Brodzinski and Michael Farren to professional tryouts (PTO). 

 

Brodzinski, 28 (8/13/96), has recorded 15-20=35 points and 37 penalty minutes (PIM) in 46 games between the Tulsa Oilers and Allen Americans of the ECHL this season. Acquired from Adirondack Thunder by Tulsa on Jan. 5, the 6-foot-1, 191-pound forward has scored 4-8=12 points with a +1 rating and 18 PIM in 17 games with the Oilers. Brodzinski has also skated in one career AHL game with the Hartford Wolf Pack. 

 

A Blaine, Minn. Native, Brodzinski has tallied 45-50=95 points and 162 PIM in 153 career ECHL games with Jacksonville, Allen and Tulsa. Brodzinski also played in 176 career NCAA games with St. Cloud State from 2017-22, posting 67-58=125 points, 57 PIM and a +6 rating. His brother, Jonny, is currently a member of the National Hockey League’s New York Rangers and has played in 184 career NHL games with the Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks. 

 

Farren, 24 (4/19/99), has scored 17-17=34 points with 44 PIM and a +5 rating in 48 games with Tulsa this season. The Surrey, B.C. native has earned 42-51=93 points with 93 PIM in 154 career ECHL games with Tulsa from 2022-25. He also skated in four Kelly Cup Playoff games in 2024, scoring one goal (1-0=1). 

 

A 5-foot-10, 183-pound forward, Farren recorded 37-70=107 points with 161 PIM in 248 career Western Hockey League (WHL) games with Saskatoon, Kelowna and Swift Current from 2016-21. He also tallied 17-22=39 points in 38 games with Steel Wings Linz of the Alps Hockey League in 2021-22.