Gulls End Winning Streak with Loss to Condors
AHL San Diego Gulls

Gulls End Winning Streak with Loss to Condors

Published on February 14, 2026 under American Hockey League (AHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release


The San Diego Gulls' winning streak comes to an end at four games after falling 5-4 in a close battle with the Bakersfield Condors tonight at Pechanga Arena San Diego. The Gulls now sit with a 22-15-6-3 record on the season.

Justin Bailey opened the scoring for San Diego with his 16 th goal of the season. Bailey's 16 goals pace all Gulls skaters.

Stian Solberg netted his sixth goal of the campaign. His six goals rank first among San Diego blueliners and tied for third among AHL rookie defensemen.

Judd Caulfield tallied his third two-goal game of the season scoring his 13th and 14th of the season. His 14-14(points are tied for third among Gulls skaters while his 14 goals are tied for the second most on the team.

Tim Washe tallied his 13th assist of the season. He leads all Gulls skaters in points-per-game (0.82; 14-13' in 33 games played) and ranks sixth among all AHL rookies (min. 25 GP).

Roland McKeown picked up his 14th assist of the year. His 4-14=18 points lead all Gulls defensemen while his 14 assists are tied for the most among San Diego blueliners with Nik Brouillard.

Sasha Pastujov collected his team-leading 23rd assist of the season. His 10-23=33 points lead all Gulls skaters and he now has 1-3=4 points over his current three-game point streak.

Nathan Gaucher registered his fourth multi-point game of season picking up a pair of assists. Gaucher has points in four of his last five games (2-5=7).

Nikolas Brouillard, Tristan Luneau and Yegor Sidorov each tallied an assist.

Calle Clang stopped 21-of-26 shots.

The Gulls return to game action next Wednesday when they welcome the San Jose Barracuda to Pechanga Arena (7 p.m. PST).

‚ POSTGAME QUOTES ‚

SAN DIEGO GULLS

Forward Judd Caulfield

On the difference between last night's game and tonight

I think last night we limited them to a few less chances there. They have a really high offensive team, so when we give them chances, they were able to capitalize on a few more of them tonight. I think we just gave them a few too many looks tonight, but overall, I thought we had a competitive game and just gave them a few too many looks. That was kind of the difference.

On playing on a line with Nathan Gaucher and Nikita Nesterenko

[Nikita Nesterenko's] another great player. It's just fun to play with him. He possesses the puck well, he's able to beat guys one-on-one and just create more space for himself and the rest of us on the line. It's a great addition to our line. [Gaucher], I love playing with him too. He's just a physical presence, and he's always winning pucks back for us, and it's fun to play with them. We get a lot of o-zone time, and it was good for us to capitalize on a couple good bounces tonight.

On goals coming off odd bounces

It just comes with the game. I guess there's going to be times when bounces go your way, sometimes they don't. Tonight, they got a couple and we got a couple. So, it usually evens out in the end. But yeah, try not to focus on that too much. Just focus on ourselves and our game and if we get the bounces, great, if not, oh well.

On what the team wants to accomplish the rest of the season

Points are at a premium this time this season, so we're making our push right now. Try to keep climbing in the stands right now, we're in a playoff spot, but we're not satisfied with being sixth in the division. We got to keep climbing, and obviously we want to hold the advantage and keep climbing and potentially get that playoff bye in that first round. That's our goal is just to keep winning games and keep stacking and get ready for that playoff style hockey, because we can't just be satisfied with being the middle of the pack. We want to be the best team in the division, and we got to start right now.

Head coach Matt McIlvane

On tonight's game versus last night's

This was a great hockey game. There's a chance we played better tonight than we did last night, as far as style of play and the way we want to play. The difference is, you look at that first goal, it's a crazy bounce from the back of the net to the front of the net, and really an unpredictable play. That's the goal. That's the difference. Things I was really proud of tonight. We were down three times. We came back three times. We were down two in the third finding our way back. There are elements in that game, like where we're letting guys behind us and giving things away, and the truth is that's the difference in the game. But the competitive spirit of our team was excellent today. You learn and grow from those decisions and reads. It was a really good hockey game.

On what the team should take away from this series

I thought we played two pretty good games. It's hard to be great yesterday for anybody and to come out and beat a team like Bakersfield is great. And then, tonight we got to see their firepower, and I think we gave them too many looks to be able to show that. That is probably the difference between the games. But there was so much good in our game as well. There's plenty to carry moving forward.

On the feel on the bench playing in front of tonight's crowd

Well, San Diego notoriously supports winning hockey. This group that we've got, they've got a championship spirit, and there's something special in that team. The crowd was behind us the whole way. We all thought we were going to come back. We've seen it enough times from our team. The crowd thought we were going to come back, and unfortunately, we ended up a goal short, but we had great fan support.

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