Tonight’s game will be the first of four consecutive matchups between the Gulls and Wranglers. Last season, San Diego held a record of 2-8-0-0 against the former Stockton Heat.
San Diego came into tonight’s game looking to snap its three-game losing streak against a tough opponent, but ended up falling, 3-1, to the Colorado Eagles.
The Gulls are set to take on the Eagles in the second matchup of a four-game regular-season series. In their first meeting, San Diego won 4-3 led by the offensive efforts of right wing Rocco Grimaldi (1-2=3) and center Danny O’Regan (0-2=2).
Nielsen, 26 (11/13/96), posted 2-16=18 points and 27 penalty minutes (PIM) in 15 games with the ECHL’s Utah Grizzlies this season
Despite a two-goal performance from Rocco Grimaldi, the San Diego Gulls saw their nine-game standings points streak against the Henderson Silver Knights end in a 5-2 loss at The Dollar Loan Center.
Nijhoff, 21 (2/23/01), posted 2-2=4 points in five games with Tulsa this season.
Looking to bounce back from a loss last night, the San Diego Gulls hit the road for a game against the Henderson Silver Knights at The Dollar Loan Center (5 p.m. PT; TV: AHL TV, RADIO: Gulls Audio Network).
The San Diego Gulls fell 4-1 to the Coachella Valley Firebirds in the first ever matchup between the two franchises despite continued stellar play from Lukas Dostal.
Mannella, 27 (8/24/95), posted a 1-3-1 record with a .832 save percentage (SV%) in five games with Tulsa this season. In 56 career ECHL games with the Oilers, the Woodbridge, Ontario native registered a 30-19-5 record with a 2.79 GAA and .900 SV%.
The San Diego Gulls host the Coachella Valley Firebirds for the first time tonight on Hockey Fights Cancer Night. The Gulls will need to contain the Firebirds red hot offensive in order to pick up the win.
Despite a late goal, the Gulls failed to find the tying goal against the Roadrunners, falling 3-1 in the pre-Thanksgiving day matchup.
The Anaheim Ducks announced today the National Hockey League (NHL) club has reassigned defenseman Austin Strand to San Diego, Anaheim’s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL).