2019-20 San Diego Gulls

[DuckTech]

Tropp laying some big bombs during the fight after a big hit.

 

[DuckTech]

Hakanpaa is not good for north American ice. So slow and makes bad decisions, icing the puck twice in a row.

 

[duxfan1101]

Nice play by Sprong to set up Morand for the Gulls' first goal. By all accounts, Morand sounds like he's become a quality energy-role type player for San Diego.

 

[Static]

Nice move from Larsson

 

[cheesymc]

Nice move from Larsson

Now if he could bring that confidence with the Ducks... maybe next year.

 

[mightyquack]

Now if he could bring that confidence with the Ducks... maybe next year.

I'd imagine pairing him with someone who isn't Holzer would go a long way to helping with that. They are just a disaster pairing together.

 

[MMC]

Free Gulls game for anyone interested

 

[Kalv]

Gulls fall to Griffins. Jones and Gates both with first goals of the season in their 3d games. Lundestrom with a SH assist (stripped the puck from a player and got it to DeLeo).

 

[duxfan1101]

Click here to watch the Gulls game for free tonight on Facebook (it started at 6).
Here is the lineup:

 

[Hockey Duckie]

The Gulls have turned things around in a hurry! They won tonight.

They started off the season 0-5-0-0 (W-L-OTL-SOL), which was October. Since then, they've gone to produce 10-4-1-0! Coach Dineen weathered the rough storm and they're on it! Great job, coach!

 

[Paul4587]

So much for Dineen being a garbage coach. That’s why you don’t react to 4 game sample sizes when a coach has a history of success at every level.

 

[Sean Garrity]

I'd imagine pairing him with someone who isn't Holzer would go a long way to helping with that. They are just a disaster pairing together.

i think he’s look his best paired with Fowler this season in the NHL.

 

[Opak]

There's a lengthy article about Gulls' community work on AHL.com front page today.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

 

[MilesNewton]

Think Sprong is going to see any time with the Ducks?

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Think Sprong is going to see any time with the Ducks?

He quietly has requested a trade. Lol

 

[MilesNewton]

He quietly has requested a trade. Lol

Quietly through the media I imagine

 

[Masch78]

Think Sprong is going to see any time with the Ducks?

Waivers will slow it down but he will get a shot imho.

 

[MilesNewton]

Waivers will slow it down but he will get a shot imho.

Considering how some of the guys have been playing for the Ducks he should be up. Still some players deserve the call-up but the waiver situation for some on the Gulls might be the reason.

 

[duxfan1101]

Sieloff playing forward now with all the callups

 

[duxfan1101]

 

[Frosted Tips]

Haven't followed much, but they've now lost 7 of the last 10. Who's following? What's going on?

 

[duxfan1101]

Haven't followed much, but they've now lost 7 of the last 10. Who's following? What's going on?

I haven't been watching, but they have been missing Carrick, Comtois, Poturalski, and Sherwood for quite a while now. And now Jones, Lundestrom, and Larsson have been called up again. They are definitely not as deep/talented as they were.

 

[HansH]

I saw the last two games in person (I was out of country for three weeks before that, so can't really comment on those games).

Tuesday, against Grand Rapids, the Gulls struggled to put passes together - the Griffins were on top of every puck, every puck-handler, and every pass recipient. The shots on goal bulge for the Griffins was embarassing, and honestly Stolarz was the only reason the Gulls even came away with the overtime point in the loss. Last night, against a far weaker team in San Jose, the Gulls were moving the puck up the ice, but as soon as it made it into the offensive zone, all scoring effectiveness just died. Once again, the shots on goal were a three-to-two margin in favor of the Barracuda, and Stolarz was the reason San Jose hadn't taken the lead before the third period. The Gulls PP did score twice, but the first PP goal was with one second remaining after a 5-on-3, and was the result of a VERY fortunate (for the Gulls) carom off of the skate of a Barracuda defender which left the puck at Pietela's feet and a yawning net. The other PP goal was with 1.6 seconds left and the Gulls having already surrendered a shorthanded empty-netter which capped off four consecutive Barracuda goals in the third period. Other than that, the PP was... uninspired and problematic, even during the five-on-three.

This lineup (as @duxfan1101 pointed out above) just doesn't have the pieces needed to effectively compete at the top level in the AHL right now, much less hold a tenuous lead against the other last-place team in the division. Tonight's matchup against 2nd-place Stockton is likely to be a slaughter -- the Heat have had the Gulls' number all season as it is, and are (along with Tucson) clearly the class of the Pacific Division at this point of the season, coming into the game with a .731 winning percentage. I'll be there tonight, but I'm predicting it'll not be much fun.

 

[Dr Johnny Fever]

Thanks Hans. Always like your write ups.