San Diego Looks To Get Back In Series At Home
April 14, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Gulls look to get a win on the board against the Fresno Falcons tonight, as they host Game 3 of the Pacific Division Semifinals at the ipayOne Center. Fresno leads the best-of-seven series 2-0.
SERIES HISTORY: Tonight is Game 3 of the best-of-seven Pacific Division Semifinal series between the first-place Fresno Falcons and fourth-place San Diego Gulls. Fresno enters the contest with a 2-0 series lead. The Gulls and Falcons met six times during the regular season with Fresno holding a 4-0-2 series edge.
2006 PLAYOFF HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES:
Game 1 (April 11) San Diego 3 @ Fresno 4 (overtime)
Game 2 (April 12) San Diego 3 @ Fresno 4
This is the sixth time that San Diego and Fresno have met in the postseason, dating back to both clubs' West Coast Hockey League tenure. The Gulls have won four of the series and holds a 14-12 record against the Falcons.
2005-06 REGULAR SEASON HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES:
11/12/05 San Diego 3 @ Fresno 4 (shootout)
11/19/05 San Diego 1 @ Fresno 3
11/27/05 Fresno 4 @ San Diego 3 (overtime)
1/28/06 Fresno 1 @ San Diego 2 (shootout)
3/10/06 San Diego 1 @ Fresno 5
3/12/06 Fresno 1 @ San Diego 2 (shootout)
San Diego owns the all-time series match-up in the regular season, posting a 76-36-8 record against its Pacific Division rival. The Gulls are 45-12-4 all-time against the Falcons at the ipayOne Center. Including all postseason play, San Diego is 90-48-8 against Fresno
GULLS UPDATE: San Diego finished the regular season with a 34-30-8 record, fourth in the Pacific Division... The Gulls were 20-10-6 at home this season, going unbeaten in their final eight contests at the ipayOne Center (6-0-2)... San Diego finished the regular season unbeaten in 17 of its final 24 games (14-7-3)... The Gulls are 57-32 all-time in the postseason, having won 16 of a possible 20 series... They are 36-15 at home during the playoffs... San Diego, however, has lost its last five playoff games, dating back to 2004... The Gulls have been down 0-2 in a series five times and have come back to win the series three times... San Diego is 11-8 all-time in Game 3 of a series...
PLAYER NOTES: Steve Hildenbrand led the club during the regular season 69 points and 40 assists. He has three goals and one assist in the first two games of this series... Alex Kim, who led the Gulls with a +17 rating in the regular season, has a goal and three assists in the series... Cody McLeod, re-assigned from the American Hockey League's Lowell Lock Monsters, also has three points (2g, 1a)... Tyler Weiman has stopped 79 of 87 shots in the first two games (.908 save percentage)...
FRESNO UPDATE: Fresno had its best regular season in franchise history, finishing with 100 points (43-15-14)... The Falcons set an ECHL record, not losing a single game in regulation to a Pacific Division opponent (22-0-7)... They were also 23-1-14 in one-goal games... Luke Curtin, coming off a finger injury, was sixth in the league with 82 points. He had nine points (6g, 3a) in six games against the Gulls during the regular season... Brett Jaeger, yet to make an appearance in the series, played in all six regular season match-ups, going 4-0-2 with a 1.59 goals-against average and .947 save percentage... Shawn Mather has a goal and three assists in the series thus far...
TRANSACTIONS: R.J. Enga was activated from the seven-day injured list today, while Bobby Cunningham was placed on the seven-day IR... He joins Mark Adamek, who could return if the Gulls advance... Weiman and McLeod were assigned from Lowell on Monday... Rookie netminder Kris Mayotte was loaned to Lowell... Rookies Erik Johnson, Aaron McKenzie and Matt Kunsman were released Monday...
FUTURE HEAD-TO-HEAD MEETINGS:
Game 4 @ San Diego - Saturday, April 15 (7:05 p.m.)
Game 5 @ San Diego - Monday, April 17 (7:05 p.m.)*
Game 6 @ Fresno - Thursday, April 20 (7:30 p.m.)*
Game 7 @ Fresno - Saturday, April 22 (7:30 p.m.)*
*if necessary
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