Gulls Beat Ice Dogs, 4-1

Published on February 19, 2003 under ECHL (ECHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release


LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The San Diego Gulls continued their dominance over the Long Beach Ice Dogs with a 4-1 victory Wednesday night, before 1,047 at the Long Beach Arena. San Diego has now beaten its So Cal rival eight straight times and 10 of 11 this season.

More importantly for the Gulls (32-16-3), they pick up two points on the idle Bakersfield Condors and Fresno Falcons. The Blue and Orange now lead second-place Bakersfield by four points and fourth-place Fresno by eight points.

San Diego took a grasp of the game early, outshooting Long Beach 18-4 in the first period. Ashlee Langdone gave the Gulls the lead, something they wouldn't relinquish, with his second goal at 14:25. Sandro Sbrocca dished the puck inside the blue line to Trent Clark, whose wrist was juggled by Mike Buzak. Langdone, standing on the doorstep, was right there for the rebound and easily tipped it in.

The shooting gallery continued early in the second and the Gulls built a commanding 3-0 lead. Dean Tiltgen notched his 23rd at 1:08, deflecting home a Trevor Sherban slap shot from the high slot. Some 51 seconds later, Dan Cousineau grabbed a pass from Sylvain Deschatelets and punched in his second, past a screened Buzak.

Long Beach (16-30-3) got on the board with a shorthanded tally 16:49 through the middle frame, taking advantage of a poor Gulls line change. After clearing the puck into the Ice Dogs zone, all five San Diego skaters went toward the bench. The puck chipped up to center ice where Jamie O'Leary pounced on it. O'Leary skated in 2-0 with newcomer Mike Barrie, who took a pass and beat Cris Classen dead-to-rights for his 12th marker.

Mark Pederson, reigning West Coast Hockey League Player of the Week, regained San Diego's three-goal cushion with his 32nd goal. With the power play, Kevin Grant slid a cross-ice feed to Sherban, whose shot was tipped in by Pederson skating in front of the net.

Notes: The Gulls play 10 of their final 21 games against the Ice Dogs and Anchorage Aces, of which they have a combined 18-2-0 record against... Deschatelets extended his point streak to seven games... Pederson has 15 points in his last six games (9g, 6a), including two hat tricks... Trevor Koenig practiced today and could be back this weekend... Dennis Mullen, suffering a severe wrist injury, is lost for the season... Mike Garrow will miss the next couple of weeks with an ankle sprain... Mike McGhan, experiencing concussion-like symptoms, didn't make the trip... Mullen, Garrow and McGhan join the already-hurt Samy Nasreddine and Dennis Purdie... Marc Busenburg and Rob Voltera remain with the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears...

San Diego moves back up to Fresno on Friday for a 7:30 p.m. game against the Falcons. The Gulls return home to face Fresno on Saturday and Bakersfield on Sunday. Saturday night, the first 5,000 fans will receive a Gulls visor, presented by Miramar Volkswagen-Audi. Sunday is the second of six "McDonald's Nights" and will be televised on Cox/Time Warner Channel 4. All games can be heard live on 1130AM-KSDO with Chris Ello calling the play-by-play. The Gulls' Internet radio show broadcasts live every Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on wsradio.com with Tera Black and Jeremy Zager hosting.

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