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Gulls Fall to Tucson, 5-2

December 6, 2018 - American Hockey League (AHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release


*San Diego fell to the Tucson Roadrunners in a 5-2 defeat tonight at San Diego Sports Arena.

Corey Tropp became the first San Diego Gull to reach the 50-goal mark with his seventh tally of the season on the power play at 9:15 of the first period. Tropp leads San Diego in all-time scoring (50-76=126), goals, assists and power-play goals (26) and ranks second in games played (145).

Troy Terry recorded his fifth multi-point game with two assists (0-2=2) to take the team lead in scoring (8-11=19). Terry also co-leads San Diego in assists with Tropp.

Chase De Leo also tallied two assists for his second straight multi-point game and fifth of the season. De Leo has four points the last two games (1-3=4) and 1-5=6 points his last six contests.

Kalle Kossila scored his fourth goal of 2018-19 at 10:11 of the third period. The goal marked his eighth point (4-4=8) in his eight game with San Diego this season.

Kevin Boyle stopped 19 shots in the defeat.

San Diego will embark on their first trip to the state of Colorado to visit the Colorado Eagles in a back-to-back matchup at Budweiser Events Center on Friday, Dec. 7 (6:05 p.m. PT) and Saturday, Dec. 8 (6:05 p.m. PT).

POSTGAME QUOTES

San Diego Gulls

Jaycob Megna

On the game

It's definitely frustrating. Tonight felt like we controlled the majority of the game, but that doesn't matter when you lose so it's definitely something we need to figure out.

On missed chances

We were working hard, things were going our way. We controlled most of the game, just little things that happened throughout it cost us.

On the standings

It's too soon, we have to worry about what's going on with us. We have to play one shift at a time, one game at a time. That will take care of itself.

Head Coach Dallas Eakins

On the game

I was pretty enthused getting through the first period. I thought we were playing a really well-structured game and in the first five minutes of the second, same thing. We weren't hard enough on the wall around the 15-minute mark of the second and then is just kind of rolled on us. We got our legs back underneath us and I thought we did some good things in the game, but it was a couple of mental mistakes that we weren't able to recover from. They put it in our net and the times when they made a mistake, we weren't able to capitalize. It's as simple as that.

On the team's defensive play

Everybody has to pull their weight. The thing you always have to remember is saving a goal has the exact same effect on the scoreboard as scoring one. We have to be desperate. I understand with a development team there is going to be mistakes. That's what we're here for, is to teach. It's hard to wrap your head around, when you can play a first period like that and be so solid, and suddenly it just all falls apart.

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