Gulls Finish Grueling Seven-Game Road Trip With 2-4-1 Record

Published on February 7, 2005 under ECHL (ECHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release


SAN DIEGO –– There's no place like home... You can bet every player on the San Diego Gulls is saying that Monday after returning home from a seven-game, 11-day road trip which saw them struggle to a 2-4-1 record. The good news... San Diego plays five of its next six games on home ice.

The Gulls began the week with their second straight loss in Toledo, before falling in overtime against the Wheeling Nailers. San Diego rebounded the next night with a come-from-behind shootout win in Johnstown, but ended the long trek on Super Bowl Sunday with another loss in Wheeling. With the rocky road trip, the Gulls limp home fifth in the West Division, two points behind the fourth-place Fresno Falcons.

WEEK IN REVIEW:

Feb. 2 @ Toledo: Nick Parillo scored two goals and added an assist, leading the Storm to a 4-2 victory over the Gulls. Tomas Micka and Parillo gave Toledo a 2-0 lead, but San Diego tied it with a second-period goal by Mike Garrow and early third-period power-play goal by Sean O'Connor. Parillo, however, notched the game-winner short-handed 59 seconds after Garrow tied it and assisted on Tyler Knight's marker late in the frame to seal the Storm's victory.

Feb. 4 @ Wheeling: Yevgeny Lazarev scored 1:46 into overtime, leading the Nailers to a 4-3 win over the road-weary Gulls. Wheeling jumped out a 2-0 first-period lead, but San Diego potted three straight to take a one-goal lead early in the second. The Nailers, however tied it up late in the second on their third power-play goal of the night. That's how it stayed until Lazarev banged in the overtime game-winner.

Feb. 5 @ Johnstown: The Gulls again overcame a 2-0 deficit, but this time won, as they beat the Chiefs 3-2 in a shootout. Johnstown scored a goal in the first and second period, heading into the third with the two-goal lead. Guillaume Fournier answered with a pair of tallies 2:51 apart early in the third, sending the game to the extra session. In the shootout, Eddy Ferhi stopped all four Johnstown shooters, while Fournier and Curtis Brown tallied for San Diego.

Feb. 6 @ Wheeling: It was a scoreless duel heading into the third period, but the Nailers scored three times in the final frame and cruised to a 3-0 shutout. Wheeling netminder Joe Exter, reigning ECHL Goaltender of the Week, only had to face 15 shots in the contest, but stopped them all. Ferhi, arguably the better goaltender in the game, stopped 32 shots, but suffered the hard-luck loss.

PLAYER NOTES: Ferhi has won five out of his last seven decisions... Garrow led the Gulls with five points (3g, 2a) on their road trip... Grady Moore was acquired Friday from the Dayton Bombers in a three-team deal that sent Trevor Koenig and Colin Shields to the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies... Andrew Canzanello remains with the American Hockey League's Cincinnati Mighty Ducks... Cory Pecker was recalled to Cincinnati... Evgueni Nourislamov (broken thumb), Sean Murphy (broken thumb) and Wes Rypien all remain on the 30-day injured list...

TEAM NOTES: The Gulls are now 4-6-1 against teams outside of their division. They have two games remaining this season against interdivision teams (both at home)... San Diego is now 9-12-3 overall on the road... The Gulls were out-shot 256-158 on their road trip... They were outscored 22-12 on the trip (with two shutouts) as well... San Diego plays five of its next six games at home...

UPCOMING GAMES: The Gulls open a four-game homestand Wednesday against the Bakersfield Condors, with game-time scheduled for 7:05 p.m. It will be another "Wacky Wednesday," featuring "Football Withdrawal Night." San Diego welcomes the Long Beach Ice Dogs Friday and Fresno Saturday, before closing out the homestand Wednesday, Feb. 16 against Wheeling. ALL GAMES CAN BE VIEWED LIVE ON THE GULLS' WEB SITE, COURTESY OF B2 NETWORKS.

All games can be heard live on KLSD 1360AM and www.sandiegogulls.com with Chris Ello calling the play-by-play. All home games and many road games can be viewed on the Gulls' web site, courtesy of B2 Networks*. Click the B2 Networks link on the home page for a list of the upcoming telecasted games. To view pictures from this season, visit www.sdgullsphotos.com and www.zerodogentertainment.com.

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