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In a pair of exhibition games the Gulls had no trouble beating the Reign. San Diego outscored Ontario 9-4 and looked like the much better team. The regular season opener did not follow that script. The Gulls dropped their first game of the year 5-2 in the Inland Empire. The Reign got the first goal of the night with 23…

Joel Bouchard was born in Montreal, he played youth hockey there. Bouchard was drafted and played for the Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League. He played on Team Canada in 3 World Championships, winning a gold medal all 3 times. He’s coached minor league hockey in Quebec since 2014, the last 3 years in his hometown of Montreal. Joel…

The last time the Gulls played at Pechanga Arena was March of 2020. During the pandemic they played in Irvine at the Ducks training facility without anyone in the stands. So, this has been a (far too) long time coming. “I’m finally happy to say, as of today at 10:00 a.m. we are officially on sale again for tickets,” says…

It’s been far too long since San Diego hockey fans got to watch the Gulls play in person. On Friday we learned when we can all get back to Pechanga Arena. 34 times we can go back, to be precise. The Gulls 2021-22 regular season schedule is out. They’ll start the season in Ontario against the Reign on Saturday,...

Only one division in the American Hockey League is holding a playoff tournament. Only four teams are in the that tournament. One of them is the San Diego Gulls. They’re one win away from being one of the last two teams playing. San Diego opened the best-of-three Pacific Division semi-final with a 5-3 win in Bakersfield. Captain Sam Carrick...

The Gulls are one of the very few teams in the American Hockey League that was disciplined enough to play its entire 44-game schedule. San Diego finished the regular season without a major COVID-19 break, the final game was Saturday night in Colorado and it was a nice way to finish things off. San Diego won 3-2 in overtime when…

The Gulls lost their first four meetings against the Henderson Silver Knights, the brand new affiliate of the Vegas Golden Knights. As the old saying goes, the 5th time is the charm. San Diego got a pair of power play goals in the 1st period and some stellar goaltending from Lukas Dostal in a 4-1 win over the Pacific Division…

The Gulls are one of the hottest teams in the American Hockey League. They’re won seven straight games and now they’re getting Trevor Zegras, the 5th-ranked prospect in hockey, back from the Ducks. While they’ve been playing their home games at PivePoint Arena in Irvine (the Ducks training facility) during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gulls have gone out of...

The Gulls started the year 6-0, then became victims of their own success. Teenage sensations Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale, two of the top-50 prospects in hockey, were among the American Hockey League points leaders when they were called up to the NHL by the Ducks. It took a while for the Gulls to find their feet again. They lost…

The Anaheim Ducks and San Diego Gulls share the same owners. The Samueli Family has made it a priority to be active in both communities, as evidenced by their honoree for the 21st Duck, a 2-time cancer survivor who inspires others fighting the disease.

There are four undefeated teams in the American Hockey League. One of them is the San Diego Gulls. A year ago, the Gulls lost their first 6 games, a franchise record to start the season. This year … things are a little different. San Diego has won all five games it’s played, a franchise record to start the season. The…

The Gulls only needed to hold off Colorado for 13 seconds to win in regulation. When that didn’t happen, they only needed 17 seconds to instead grab a win in overtime. Jamie Drysdale fired a wrister from the right circle past Eagle’s goalie Trent Miner to lift San Diego to a 3-2 victory. “I really liked the tone of our…

During the preseason Gulls head coach Kevin Dineen said he wasn’t worried about his offense because he had a nice stable of goal scorers. Coach was definitely not wrong. San Diego beat Bakersfield 4-3 on Saturday night, their second straight win to start the year. In two games the Gulls have scored eight goals. Just like Friday night Bakersfield...

The last time the Gulls played an American Hockey League game they beat Tucson 4-2. That was March 11, 2020, a wild 311 days ago. Chase De Leo scored the final goal that night. He got sick of waiting to score another one. De Leo found the net twice in a 4-1 win over Bakersfield in the first outing of…

The Gulls have always had good, young talent. But this year? They have something a little different. “Unreal, God-given talent, and now they’ve just got to hone in on it here in the American Hockey League,” says Gulls play-by-play announcer Andy Zilch. The talent belongs to four teenagers: wingers Brayden Tracey and Jacob Perreault, center Trevor Zegras and defenseman...

The Gulls get their season started on February 5. NBC 7’s Derek Togerson spoke with Gulls play-by-play announcer Andy Zilch to get a look at how the team will do in a very unique 2021 season.

San Diego Gulls hockey is back, even if it won’t actually be in San Diego. The Gulls released their full 44-game schedule foe the 2021 season. All home games will be played at FivePoint Arena at Great Park Ice in Irvine without anyone in the stands. At least, that’s the plan for now. If California changes its pandemic protocols before...

American Hockey League training camps typically don’t last very long. These days nothing is typical. The Gulls are in the middle of a record long 24-day training camp so, to break up the monotony a bit, they’re scheduling a record six preseason games. The full exhibition schedule looks like this: Saturday, 1/16 vs Ontario 1:00 pmSunday, 1/17 at Ontario 3:00…

Ladies and gentlemen, hockey is back! The Gulls opened training camp on Monday up in Orange County, where they’ll play all their home games to be close to their parent club the Anaheim Ducks. It’s similar to what Major League Baseball did during the 2020 season when they set up alternate training sites as close as possible to have...

The wait is almost over. On Wednesday the AHL announced that they have approved the framework for a February 5 start to the season. The expected return is nearly 11 full months removed from the early ending to the 2019-2020 campaign, which came on March 12. They officially canceled the remainder of their games on May 11. Earlier this month…