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).
At the third game of a four-game stay on home ice, the Gulls will look to carry the momentum from a big home win into another raucous atmosphere.
The Gulls offense exploded tonight in a 6-1 win against the Griffins, led by a hat trick from Glenn Gawdin.
Weinger, 25 (4/18/97), recorded 6-5=11 points in nine games with Tulsa. At the time of his recall, the Los Angeles, California native led the Oilers in scoring and points-per-game (1.22) and was tied for the team lead in goals.
Helleson, 20 (3/26/01), has recorded 1-1=2 points with 16 penalty minutes (PIM) in 13 AHL games with San Diego this season. The 6-3, 204-pound defenseman has appeared in 30 career AHL contests, earning 1-3=4 points and 20 PIM.
Before the game, San Diego County will honor Willie O'Ree with a County Proclamation declaring Nov. 19 "WIllie O'Ree Day"
The San Diego Gulls fall to the Grand Rapids Griffins, 6-5, coming just short of completing a comeback at Pechanga Arena San Diego.
The Gulls and Griffins enter the third game of a four-game season series tonight after the teams split a season-opening weekend series in Grand Rapids Oct. 14-15.