San Diego Gulls

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For other uses, see San Diego Gulls (disambiguation).
San Diego Gulls
2021–22 AHL season
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City San Diego, California
League American Hockey League
Conference Western
Division Pacific
Founded 2000
Home arena Pechanga Arena
Colors Black, orange, blue, white
                   
Owner(s) Henry Samueli & Susan Samueli
General manager Rob DiMaio
Head coach Vacant
Captain Greg Pateryn
Media San Diego Union-Tribune
Bally Sports San Diego
XEPE-AM (ESPN 1700)
XHPRS-FM (105.7 Max FM)
AHL.TV (Internet)
Affiliates Anaheim Ducks (NHL)
Tulsa Oilers (ECHL)
Website sandiegogulls.com
Franchise history
2000–2015 Norfolk Admirals
2015–present San Diego Gulls

The San Diego Gulls are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) that began play in the 2015–16 season. Based in San Diego, California, and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks, the Gulls play their home games at the Pechanga Arena.

The team is the fifth hockey team in San Diego to use the "Gulls" name. The Gulls are a relocation of the former Norfolk Admirals franchise, joining six other AHL franchises to form a new AHL Pacific Division.

History

On January 29, 2015, the Anaheim Ducks announced that they would purchase their AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, and would be moving the team to San Diego as one of five charter members of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The team plays at the Pechanga Arena San Diego, the sixth professional hockey team to play there, following the original San Diego Gulls of the WHL (1966–74), the San Diego Mariners of the WHA (1974–77), the San Diego Hawks/Mariners of the Pacific Hockey League (1977–79), the second San Diego Gulls of the IHL (1990–1995), and the third San Diego Gulls of the West Coast Hockey League (1995–2003) and later the ECHL (2003–06).[1]

The Gulls' name, logo and colors were revealed on February 22, 2015 at HockeyFest.[2][3] HockeyFest was deemed a success, drawing over 8,500 enthusiastic hockey fans.[4]

The San Diego Gulls played their first home game on October 10, 2015, against the Grand Rapids Griffins. The team finished its inaugural season with an average attendance of 8,675, second in the league after the Hershey Bears.[5]

After four seasons and three playoff appearances, the Anaheim Ducks promoted Gulls' head coach Dallas Eakins to the same position with the Ducks.[6] Former Florida Panthers' head coach Kevin Dineen was hired as the next head coach.[7]

Approaching the delayed 2020–21 season, due to COVID-19 pandemic considerations, the Gulls announced they would temporarily relocate and play the season out of the Ducks' practice rink, Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena, in Irvine, California.[8] The Gulls finished third in the Pacific Division and lost in the semifinals to the second place Bakersfield Condors in division postseason tournament. After two seasons, the Ducks did not extend head coach Dineen, instead hiring former Laval Rocket head coach Joel Bouchard.[9]

Rivalries

The Gulls consider the Ontario Reign, the Los Angeles Kings AHL affiliate, to be their main rivals and advertise games as "Rivalry Night."[10][11] The teams faced each other in the 2016 division finals, where the Reign defeated the Gulls 4–1 in a best-of-seven series.[12] San Diego then defeated the Reign in the 2017 Calder Cup playoffs 3-games-to-2 in the division semifinals.

Season-by-season records

Regular season Playoffs
Season GP W L OTL SOL Pts PCT GF GA Standing Avg. attendance Year Prelims 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Finals
2015–16 68 39 23 4 2 84 .618 208 200 2nd, Pacific 8,675 2016 — W, 3–1, TEX L, 1–4, ONT — —
2016–17 68 43 20 3 2 91 .669 221 178 2nd, Pacific 8,876 2017 — W, 3–2, ONT L, 1–4, SJ — —
2017–18 68 36 28 3 1 76 .559 202 197 5th, Pacific 9,305 2018 — Did not qualify
2018–19 68 36 24 5 3 80 .588 239 221 3rd, Pacific 9,021 2019 — W, 3–1, SJ W, 4–2, BAK L, 2–4, CHI —
2019–20 57 30 19 6 2 68 .596 185 164 4th, Pacific 7,582 2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 44 26 17 1 0 53 .602 153 142 3rd, Pacific — 2021[lower-alpha 1] — BYE BYE L, 1–2, BAK —
2021–22 68 28 33 4 3 63 .463 197 223 7th, Pacific 6,992 2022 L, 0–2, ONT — — — —
  1. ↑ The 2021 Calder Cup playoffs were not held; the Pacific Division held a postseason tournament for the division title. The bottom four teams had single-elimination play-in games to qualify for the semifinals (the first two rounds). The division semifinals and finals were best-of-three for the John D. Chick Trophy (the last two rounds).

Players

Current roster

Updated May 15, 2022.[13]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace Contract
15 Canada Morgan Adams-Moisan Injured Reserve RW R 27 2021 La Tuque, Quebec Gulls
29 Sweden Axel Andersson D R 24 2021 Järna, Sweden Ducks
38 United States Jack Badini C L 26 2021 Greenwich, Connecticut Ducks
5 Canada Simon Benoit D L 26 2018 Laval, Quebec Ducks
39 Canada Nikolas Brouillard D L 29 2021 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec Gulls
44 Canada Trevor Carrick (A) D L 30 2021 Stouffville, Ontario Ducks
1 Czech Republic Lukas Dostal Injured Reserve G L 24 2021 Brno, Czech Republic Ducks
36 Canada Hunter Drew RW R 26 2019 Kingston, Ontario Ducks
33 Slovakia Roman Durny Injured Reserve G R 26 2019 Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia Ducks
21 Sweden Lucas Elvenes C L 25 2022 Angelholm, Sweden Ducks
31 Sweden Olle Eriksson Ek G L 25 2019 Karlstad, Sweden Ducks
18 United States Brent Gates C L 27 2021 Grand Rapids, Michigan Gulls
30 Canada Jeff Glass G L 39 2021 Calgary, Alberta Gulls
24 Canada Benoit-Olivier Groulx Injured Reserve C L 24 2021 Rouen, France Ducks
45 Canada Brendan Guhle D L 27 2019 Edmonton, Alberta Ducks
4 United States Drew Helleson D R 23 2022 Farmington, Minnesota Ducks
16 Canada Bryce Kindopp RW R 25 2021 Lloydminster, Alberta Ducks
42 Canada Nathan Larose D R 24 2021 Mirabel, Quebec Gulls
34 Sweden Jacob Larsson D L 27 2016 Ljungby, Sweden Ducks
12 United States Alex Limoges LW L 27 2021 Winchester, Virginia Gulls
6 United States Josh Lopina C R 23 2022 Minooka, Illinois Ducks
43 Canada Vincent Marleau RW R 25 2021 Saint-Michel, Quebec Gulls
35 Canada Francis Marotte G L 29 2021 St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec Gulls
22 United States Blake McLaughlin LW L 24 2022 Grand Rapids, Minnesota Ducks
– United States John Moore Injured Reserve D L 34 2022 Winnetka, Illinois Ducks
26 Canada Logan Nijhoff C L 23 2022 Comox, British Columbia Gulls
14 United States Danny O'Regan (A) C R 30 2021 Berlin, Germany Ducks
2 United States Greg Pateryn (C) Injured Reserve D R 34 2021 Sterling Heights, Michigan Ducks
11 Canada Jacob Perreault RW R 22 2021 Montreal, Quebec Ducks
17 United States Greg Printz LW L 26 2021 Fairfax, Virginia Gulls
3 United States Brogan Rafferty (A) D R 29 2021 Dundee, Illinois Ducks
10 United States Buddy Robinson RW R 33 2021 Bellmawr, New Jersey Ducks
7 Canada Brayden Tracey LW L 23 2021 Calgary, Alberta Ducks
23 Canada Olen Zellweger D L 21 2022 Calgary, Alberta Ducks

Team captains

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Team records and leaders

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers for the San Diego Gulls in the AHL. Figures are updated after each completed season.[14]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;      = current Gulls player

Points
Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Sam Carrick C 218 86 95 181 .83
Corey Tropp RW 205 64 93 157 .76
Kalle Kossila LW 170 51 90 141 .83
Chase De Leo C 154 45 70 115 .74
Brandon Montour D 104 25 64 89 .85
Kevin Roy LW 125 31 57 88 .70
Andy Welinski D 149 24 59 83 .55
Nicolas Kerdiles LW 121 37 39 76 .63
Chris Mueller RW 92 28 44 72 .78
Antoine Laganiere C 121 37 32 69 .57

References

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External links

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