AHL

San Diego is a desirable place to be, and that’s no different if you’re a head coach in the AHL. “It’s probably one of the most sought after positions in minor league hockey to get, and when they told me I got the job I was fired up.” Those were the words of Roy Sommer on Tuesday, when he...

The Gulls are back in the AHL playoffs and they have arguably the toughest road to a title of anyone in the league. San Diego is the 7th seed in the Pacific Division. They open with a best-of-three series in Ontario against the Reign, who have the AHL’s 3rd-best record. Win that and they know they get a best-of-five...

In March of 2021 the Gulls signed Alex Limoges to a Professional Tryout (PTO). He was coming off a senior season at Penn State where he wore the Captain’s “C” and led the Nittany Lions in goals and points, but wasn’t drafted by a single NHL club. Most players on a PTO are temporary fill-ins for injuries or promotions...

As if a 51-save performance wasn’t impressive enough. With 19 seconds left in their win at Colorado, Gulls netminder Lukas Dostal sent a puck the length of the ice and into the Eagles vacated net. It goes down as the first goalie goal in the history of the Ducks organization, and just the 17th in AHL history. San Diego beat…

San Jose Barracuda forward Krystof Hrabik was suspended 30 games by the AHL for making a racial gesture towards Tucson Roadrunners forward Boko Imama in a game on Jan. 12

The National Hockey League shut down temporarily in the midst of another COVID-19 surge. The American Hockey League has also seen several games postponed and even the Gulls, who last year was the only franchise to play its entire schedule, have been impacted. San Diego’s match against Henderson at Pechanga Arena that was set for Wednesday night is going...

The Gulls are the hottest team in the American Hockey League. They’ve won five straight games and in the span of a week and a half went from 9th (and last) place in the Pacific Division to 3rd place. A big part of that is young players living up to their potential and Brayden Tracey is figuring things out...

After a 20-month hiatus, San Diego hockey fans finally got to watch a hockey game in person again. 12,920 of them showed up to Pechanga Arena. Alas, they’ll have to wait a little longer to see the Gulls win again. The Gulls were severely outshot and didn’t do much to help goalie Lukas Dostal in a 6-2 loss to...

608 days. That’s how long it’s been since the Gulls played a game at Pechanga Arena. That’s a ridiculously long time for Gulls fans to wait to see their team in person. That wait finally ends on Friday night. San Diego hosts Stockton for the first true home game in nearly two years. Before the pandemic shuttered buildings across...

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…