San Diego Looks To Get Back On Winning Track Against Condors
December 17, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Gulls, who dropped a tough 3-1 decision to the Long Beach Ice Dogs last night, look to get back on the winning track when they host the Bakersfield Condors tonight at the ipayOne Center.
SERIES HISTORY: The Gulls have played the Condors three times so far this season with San Diego holding a 3-0-0 series edge. The teams square off four more times during the regular season, two of which will be in San Diego.
2005-06 HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES: 11/4/05 San Diego 5 @ Bakersfield 4 (shootout) 11/17/05 San Diego 4 @ Bakersfield 3 (overtime) 11/18/05 Bakersfield 0 @ San Diego 7
San Diego owns the all-time series match-up, posting a 91-20-7 record against its Pacific Division rival. The Gulls are 49-6-4 all-time against the Condors at the ipayOne Center.
LAST HEAD-TO-HEAD MEETING (NOV. 18 VS. BAKERSFIELD): The Gulls returned to the ipayOne Center for a home-and-home series with Bakersfield - and they promptly pounded the Condors 7-0 for their third straight victory. Richard Keyes collected four points on two goals and two assists, including a beautiful play that led to a Hildenbrand short-handed goal late in the first period. And the rout was on. Hildenbrand added a three-point night, and Tom Lawson stopped all 32 shots for his 14th career shutout and first of the year.
GULLS UPDATE: San Diego (10-9-4) enters the day third in the Pacific Division, two points behind the second-place Long Beach Ice Dogs and five points back of the front-running Fresno Falcons... The Gulls, however, have two games in hand on the Ice Dogs... San Diego is just two points ahead of the fourth-place Condors and Bakersfield has played three fewer games... Even with last night's setback to Long Beach, the Gulls are still unbeaten in seven of their last nine games (5-2-2)... Alex Kim has 14 points (7g, 7a) in 10 games with the Blue and Orange, including seven in the last four games (3g, 4a)... Jesse Bennefield has assists in four of the last five games and has six points during that span (2g, 4a)... Keyes has 16 points (5g, 11a) in the last 13 games... Hildenbrand has 17 points (5g, 12a) in the last 13 games...
THE LAST 17 GAMES (9-4-4): Since their 1-5-0 start, the Gulls are 9-4-4 (.647 winning percentage)... In those 17 games, 10 have been decided by one goal and five have been decided by two goals... Seven of the one-goal decisions ended in overtime or a shootout... The Gulls have scored 59 goals in the last 17 games (3.47 per game) and have allowed 48 (2.82 per game)... Their power play has also clicked at 19.3 percent over that span (23-119)... San Diego has scored multiple power-play goals in eight of those games... Its penalty killing, which at one point was below 70 percent, is 84.1 percent during this stretch (95-113) and 89.2 percent during the last 13 games (83-93)...
BAKERSFIELD UPDATE: Bakersfield (9-7-4) starts the day fourth in the Pacific Division with 22 points, two behind the third-place Gulls... The Condors have won three straight games and are unbeaten in seven of their last nine overall (6-2-1)... They have won two consecutive games on the road after starting the season 1-7-1 away from the Rabobank Arena... Bakersfield is unbeaten at home (6-0-3)... The Condors have allowed eight power-play goals to the Gulls in 21 chances (61.9 percent penalty killing)... San Diego has outscored them 16-7 in three games this season...
TRANSACTIONS: Darren Clark was activated from the seven-day injured list today after missing the last three games with a bruised elbow... Evan Shaw, acquired from Columbia last week, made his Gulls debut last night... Patrick Levesque was signed Dec. 10... Doug MacIver (knee), Andy Thompson (wrist) and Guillaume Fournier (concussion) all remain on the injured list... Goaltender Tom Lawson remains with the American Hockey League's Lowell Lock Monsters...
FUTURE HEAD-TO-HEAD MEETINGS (2H, 2A): Friday, Jan. 13 vs. Bakersfield (7:35 p.m. PST) Sunday, Jan. 22 vs. Bakersfield (5:05 p.m. PST) Friday, Feb. 3 at Bakersfield (7 p.m. PST) Wednesday, Feb. 15 at Bakersfield (7 p.m. PST)
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