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Glass Unbreakable in 3-0 Gulls Victory

March 2, 2019 - American Hockey League (AHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release


Jeff Glass stopped all 20 shots to earn his sixth career shutout as the Gulls held the Stockton Heat scoreless in a 3-0 win tonight at Stockton Arena. The shutout win marked the first for San Diego since Mar. 16, 2018 vs. Milwaukee (Reto Berra, 37 saves).

San Diego is 9-4-1-0 the last 14 games and has 19 wins their last 27 contests (19-6-2-0). The Gulls have also earned points in 26 of the last 32 games overall (22-6-2-2) and six of the last eight (5-2-1-0). In addition, the Gulls have collected points in 16 of their last 20 road contests (12-4-2-2).

Glass stopped all 20 shots in his first shutout since Feb. 15, 2017 with Rockford vs. Cleveland (37 shots). The victory marked his third straight win and fourth in his last five games. During his three-game win streak, Glass has posted a 2.00 goals-against average and .923 save percentage.

Sam Steel scored two goals, his 16th and 17th of the season, to mark his third career multi-point game (last: Feb. 1 vs. Ontario; 2-2=4). Steel opened the scoring at 17:31 of the first period and sealed the win with an empty-net goal with five seconds remaining in regulation. Steel has now scored five goals his last five games (5-1=6).

Adam Cracknell scored 15 seconds after the first Steel goal at 17:46 of the opening period to extend the lead to 2-0 and push his point streak to five games (3-4=7). His 13th goal of the campaign gives him 8-9=17 points his last 12 contests.

Andy Welinski earned the primary assist on the first Steel goal, his eighth assist of 2018-19. Kiefer Sherwood also earned an assist on the goal to push his point streak to a career high four games (1-3=4).

Corey Tropp added his 14th assist and 30th point.Sam Carrick recorded his team-leading 49th point (assist) of the season (27-22=49) and now has 5-2=7 points his last six games.

The Gulls will return to San Diego to begin a three-game homestand beginning on Wednesday, Mar. 6 vs. Stockton (7 p.m.). The homestand will also feature a back-to-back matchup against the Colorado Eagles on Friday, Mar. 8 (7 p.m.) and Saturday, Mar. 9 (7 p.m., FOX 5 San Diego).

POSTGAME QUOTES

San Diego Gulls

Jeff Glass

On the win

It was nice, a good team effort. You say that and it's kind of cliche, but tonight really was a team effort. That was one of the best games I've ever been a part of as a goalie. They kept all of the shots to the outside and it really did make my life easy. You hear it a lot, 'team win,' but tonight was an absolute team win.

On the shutout

I think even our two goals is a demonstration of how quick a game can turn. I think I knew all along that at any moment they could pop two and we would be all square again. I don't think we ever got complacent as a group, myself included. The confidence was building, but I think it has been building over awhile, just having a few starts in a row. It feels nice to put one together here.

Head Coach Dallas Eakins

On the game

It was night and day (from last night). I thought it was an excellent response from our guys. It's something that we've come to expect from them. That's the one thing I think we've done really well as a group, is respond after a tough like we had last night.

On the veteran group

We put a line of Carrick, Tropp and Cracknell. We started them at the start ofe ach period and I thought they really set the tone for us.

On Jeff Glass

Incredible. I felt good for him to pitch a shutout and come in on a second game, a back-to-back is ually a tough thing to do. He's really battled for us this year.

On special teams

Our power play tonight was excellent. It's always interesting. You don't score, but that's about as good as I've seen our power play all year. Both units had numerous chances and good on our (penalty) killers. They were determined, especially when we had the three in a row there in the third period.

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