San Diego Looks To Take Down The First-Place Falcons
Published on March 12, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Gulls continue their busy weekend when they host the first-place Fresno Falcons this afternoon at the ipayOne Center. San Diego has lost two straight but has won seven of its last 10 overall. Meanwhile, Fresno is unbeaten in its last five games.
SERIES HISTORY: The Gulls and Falcons have met five times so far this season with Fresno holding a 4-0-1 series edge. Tonight is the last regular season match-up
2005-06 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
San Diego owns the all-time series match-up, posting a 75-36-8 record against its Pacific Division rival. The Gulls are 44-12-4 all-time against the Falcons at the ipayOne Center.
LAST HEAD-TO-HEAD MEETING (MARCH 10 @ FRESNO): The Gulls entered the third period with a 1-0 lead, but the Falcons erupted for five goals in the final stanza and ran away with a 5-1 win Friday night in Fresno. Rookie Erik Johnson gave San Diego its one-goal lead with his first professional goal 16:44 into the second period. But from there it came crashing down for the Gulls. Fraser Clair tied it 2:17 into the third and then Fresno broke the game open with four more tallies in a 5:21 span, starting with Shawn Weiman's game-winning marker at the 10:13 mark. J.F. Plourde, Luke Curtin and John Wroblewski added three more quick goals to put the game away.
GULLS UPDATE: San Diego (27-26-5) enters the day with 59 points, four behind the Bakersfield Condors for third place in the Pacific Division... The Gulls are 22 points ahead of the Stockton Thunder for the final playoff spot in the division. The Gulls' magic number to clinch a playoff spot is seven points (combination of points gained by San Diego and points lost by Stockton)... San Diego has lost two straight, but has won seven of its last 10 overall... Out of its last 20 games, 13 have been decided by one goal... The Gulls haven't allowed a power-play goal in four straight games and have killed 123 of 135 penalties in the last 24 games (91.1 percent)... San Diego is 16-9-4 at home this season...
PLAYER NOTES: Even with two straight setbacks, Tyler Weiman is 4-2-0 with a 2.40 goals-against average, one shutout and .923 save percentage since being re-assigned from Lowell. He's stopped 193-209 shots in seven games (six of which were starts)... In his last four home games, Weiman is 3-0-0 with a 1.63 GAA and .947 save percentage... Jesse Bennefield has 18 points (9g, 9a) in his last 15 games. His 28 goals leads the Gulls and is tied for first among ECHL rookies... Mark Wires has 13 points (5g, 8a) in the last 11 games... Johnson has two points (1g, 1a) since signing with the Gulls three games ago...
FRESNO UPDATE: Fresno (35-11-11) starts the day first in the Pacific Division with 81 points, 11 ahead of the second-place Long Beach Ice Dogs... The Falcons are unbeaten in five straight (4-0-1) and 11 out of their last 14 overall (10-3-1)... Fresno is 18-0-4 against Pacific Division teams this season and is 18-0-11 in one-goal games... Curtin has eight points (6g, 2a) and has scored a goal in all five games against San Diego this season. Overall he's second in the league with 74 points and 54 assists... Fellow All-Star Brett Jaeger is 4-0-1 with a 1.72 goals-against average and .941 save percentage against the Gulls this season... Lifetime against San Diego, Jaeger is 8-2-2...
TRANSACTIONS: Sebastien Fortier was activated from the injured list yesterday... R.J. Enga was released Friday, while Jared Saron signed as the emergency back-up goaltender... J.F. Soucy and Shaun Fisher were acquired from Phoenix Thursday in exchange for Patrick Levesque and future considerations... Tom Lawson was recalled to Lowell of the American Hockey League Thursday, while Trent Clark was released... Johnson signed Wednesday... Veteran Bobby Cunningham was acquired Monday from Pensacola in exchange for Doug MacIver... Matt Kunsman was placed on the 30-day injured list Monday, while rookie forward Josh Newton was released... Darren Clark, Richard Keyes, Guillaume Fournier, Alex Kim, Alex Rogosheske and Aaron McKenzie all remain on the injured list... David Svagrovsky remains with Lowell...
FUTURE HEAD-TO-HEAD MEETINGS (0H, 0A): Last regular season match-up
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