Nourislamov and Gornick Back From AHL
October 14, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release
SAN DIEGO â The San Diego Gulls have been assigned defenseman Evgueni Nourislamov and left-winger Brian Gornick from the American Hockey League's Syracuse Crunch for the 2004-05 season, head coach Martin St. Amour announced on Thursday. Per club policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Nourislamov, 22, returns for a second year with the Gulls after notching 10 points (1 goal, 9 assists) in 32 games last season, his first in the pros. He ranked third among San Diego defensemen in 2003-04 with a +13 plus/minus rating and earned a career-high three assists on March 26 at Idaho. Prior to his rookie stint, the 6-foot-1, 200-pound native of Togliatti, Russia spent three seasons in juniors (QMJHL) where, in his last season (2002-03) he recorded 10 goals and 24 assists.
Gornick, 24, comes back to San Diego after splitting 2003-04 with the Gulls and the AHL's Cincinnati Mighty Ducks. The 6-foot-5-inch, 210-pound native of St. Paul, Minn. joined the Gulls for 21 games of last season (including playoffs), earning 24 points (9g, 15a) and ending the year with a six-game assist streak and a three-game goal-scoring streak. Gornick spent his collegiate career at Air Force, where he was named College Hockey America's Student-Athlete of the Year (2001-02) and earned Academic All-American (2001-02) and First-Team All-CHA (2000-01) honors. The left-winger was a ninth-round pick of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
The Gulls have two preseason games scheduled against the Long Beach Ice Dogs: Friday Oct. 17 at Glacial Gardens Skating Arena in Long Beach at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday Oct. 17 at the San Diego Ice Arena in Mira Mesa (about 17 miles from the San Diego Sports Arena) at 5:30 p.m.
Tickets to Sunday's game will be $7 for general admission and $5 for Gulls season ticket holders. Gulls season ticket holders can purchase their tickets in advance at the Sports Arena Administration Office (please ask for Greg Olmen).
The regular season is slated to begin Friday, Oct. 22 in Long Beach with the home opener scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 23 against Fresno. For information about individual tickets or season packages contact 619-224-GOAL, ext. 7. or log onto www.sandiegogulls.com.
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