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Each November, the NHL and AHL hold a Hockey Fights Cancer event. Every team in both leagues wears a special sweater. Many teams, like the San Diego Gulls, have the players immediately take the uniforms off and sign them so they can be auctioned off with all the money going to local charities that help cancer patients. In the stands,…

The Gulls and Seals announced Wednesday that they plan to return four months after their seasons typically begin. The AHL has set February 5 as its target date for next season. Last season was cut short on March 12 because of the COVID-19 outbreak. While the National Hockey League was able to return and play out its postseason, the Gulls…

Two months removed from their last appearance on the ice, the Gulls now know that they have played their last game of the 2019-2020 season. Early Monday morning the AHL announced that the league has canceled the remainder of its season, including the playoffs. The league’s statement said in part, “The AHL continues to place paramount importance on the...

The San Diego Gulls have long been active in the San Diego community. That’s not stopping because they can’t be on the ice during the coronavirus outbreak. “We see who’s on the front lines. These nurses, these doctors, these hospital workers. They’re literally putting their lives on the line so how can we help out a little bit?” said...

NBC 7’s Derek Togerson has more details on how the San Diego Gulls are helping our local hospitals.

The Gulls let a 2-0 lead get away in a 3-2, overtime loss to the Barracuda in San Jose. But the night was still a win. With the standings point San Diego leapfrogged Ontario to 4th place in the Pacific Division standings, putting them in control of a playoff spot with 14 games to play. It looked for a while…

At 9:20 p.m. on Friday night the Gulls finished off their 4-2 win over the Heat in Stockton. At 3:38 p.m. on Saturday they got the game-winner over the Barracuda in San Jose. Two wins over two teams in two cities in a shade over 18 hours is not a bad weekend’s work. Max Comtois scored halfway through overtime to…

The Gulls started their franchise record-long road trip with a loss in Tucson. They avoided a losing streak with a bounceback win in Stockton. San Diego scored three unanswered goals and held on for a 4-2 win over the Heat on Friday night. The Gulls have picked up standings points in 13 of their last 15 games to get to…

To say Kevin Dineen’s first season as San Diego Gulls head coach didn’t begin the way he’d hoped might be putting it lightly. “Kind of a slow start? When you start 0-6, boy that is a tough tough way to get off.” But in the back half of the regular season, Dineen has his team back in playoff contention,...

Kevin Dineen Joins Sports Wrap OT

Sometimes you have one of those nights that’s so good you can’t really explain how it happened. That was the case for Kiefer Sherwood on Friday night. The Gulls forward recorded his first career hat trick in a 5-3 win over San Jose at Pechanga Arena. That’s a fantastic feat in itself but the way Sherwood scored the three...

On Friday night the Gulls let a 2-0 lead get away in a 4-3 overtime loss in Grand Rapids. San Diego got another shot at the Griffins on Saturday night and this time they didn’t let the advantage out of their hands. The Gulls scored a pair of 3rd period goals, one of them almost on accident, in a...

The Gulls started Friday night’s game against Iowa on a 5-game losing streak. All but one of those losses was by one goal. You had to figure eventually things would turn their way. Murphy’s Law finally worked in their favor. Josh Mahura scored in overtime to give San Diego a much-needed 4-3 win over the Wild, but it didn’t...

Sometimes you don’t play very well and lose. Other times you play really well but run into someone who’s having one of the best nights of his career and still lose. The latter happened to the Gulls on Saturday night in a 2-1 shootout loss to Bakersfield. San Diego’s lone goal came in the 1st period when captain Sam...

The Gulls opened a season-long 5-game homestand on Friday night at Pechanga Arena. This stretch will take them up to the season’s halfway point so standings points now are at a premium. They’ll have to start building those points in game two. San Diego got off to a bad start against Bakersfield, tied the game, and lost 3-2 on...

The Gulls weren’t at full strength in their loss to San Jose on Friday night.