San Diego Tied To Extend Winning Streak To Four, Home Streak To Seven
Published on April 2, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release
Sunday, April 2
SAN DIEGO GULLS (34-28-6) VS. IDAHO STEELHEADS (41-21-8)
Time: 5:05 p.m.
Venue: ipayOne Center
Radio: KLSD (1360AM)
TV: B2 Networks (www.sandiegogulls.com)
SAN DIEGO - With the playoffs right around the corner the San Diego Gulls are peaking at the right time. They'll look for their fourth straight win (seventh straight victory at home) when they host the high-powered Idaho Steelheads again at the ipayOne Center Sunday evening.
SERIES HISTORY:
The Gulls and Steelheads have met five times so far this season with San Diego holding a 4-1-0 series edge. The teams square off one more time during the regular season, Wednesday in San Diego.
2005-06 HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES:
12/29/05 San Diego 1 @ Idaho 2
12/30/05 San Diego 7 @ Idaho 2
12/31/05 San Diego 5 @ Idaho 1
1/6/06 Idaho 1 @ San Diego 2
4/1/06 Idaho 2 @ San Diego 3 (OT)
San Diego owns the all-time series match-up, posting a 45-26-7 record against its Northern Conference rival. The Gulls are 29-8-3 all-time against the Steelheads at the ipayOne Center.
VS. WEST DIVISION:
The Gulls are 17-18-1 this season against the West Division and 9-7-0 at home.
LAST HEAD-TO-HEAD MEETING (APRIL 1 VS. IDAHO):
Pierre-Luc Sleigher scored 2:29 into overtime, giving the Gulls a wild 3-2 victory over Idaho, before 10,091 at the ipayOne Center last night. San Diego led 2-0 early in the third period before Idaho came back to force the extra frame. It was 2-1 late in the third when Marty Flichel beat Gulls goaltender Michael Mole with 1:04 remaining in regulation. Teams traded a bunch of chances in the overtime period before Sleigher potted a breakaway tally past Matt Yeats.
GULLS UPDATE:
San Diego (34-28-6) enters the day with 74 points, six behind the third-place Bakersfield Condors and seven back of the second-place Long Beach Ice Dogs... If the Gulls are to catch Long Beach, they would have to win their remaining four games and have the Ice Dogs lose their final two matches... Bakersfield needs three points in its final four games to clinch third place... San Diego has won three straight and is unbeaten in 15 of its last 20 games (14-5-1)... The Gulls have also won a season-high six straight games at home... Out of their last 30 games, 19 have been decided by one goal... The Gulls are 8-for-29 on the power play in the last four games (27.6 percent)... They have allowed seven power-play goals in 37 chances in the last four games (81.1 percent)... San Diego is 20-9-4 at home this season...
PLAYER NOTES:
Steve Hildenbrand has a six-game point streak, netting nine during that span (4g, 5a)... Alex Kim, who was loaned to the American Hockey League's Portland Pirates on Thursday, left the Gulls with a career-high 16-game point streak and six-game assist streak. In four games since being activated from the injured list, Kim notched 11 points (4g, 7a). He is the reigning ECHL Player of the Week... Mole has won his last two starts, stopping 79 of 82 shots (.963 save percentage)...
IDAHO UPDATE:
Idaho (41-21-8) starts the day 90 points, clinching third place in the West Division... The Steelheads will either play the Las Vegas Wranglers or Alaska Aces in the first round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs... They're also tied with the Wheeling Nailers for the seventh most points in the ECHL... Idaho is tied with the third-most road wins in the ECHL (21)... David Bararuk has a 10-game point streak... D'Arcy McConvey has 21 points in the last 10 games (12g, 9a)... Idaho has the second-best power play in the ECHL (22 percent), but is 2-for-36 in five games against the Gulls this season...
TRANSACTIONS:
Kelly Askew was activated from the seven-day injured list yesterday, while Erik Johnson was activated Friday... Rookies Jeff Winchester and Conrad Martin signed yesterday... Dennis Shiryaev was placed on the seven-day injured list yesterday, while Bobby Cunningham was placed on the seven-day injured list Friday... R.J. Enga re-signed Friday... Kim was loaned to Portland Thursday... Guillaume Fournier was released Thursday... Richard Keyes, Darren Clark, Aaron McKenzie and Alex Rogosheske remain on IR... Tyler Weiman and David Svagrovsky remain with Lowell of the AHL...
FUTURE HEAD-TO-HEAD MEETINGS (1H, 0A):
Wednesday, April 5 vs. Idaho (7:05 p.m.)
ECHL Stories from April 2, 2006
- Steelheads Win Shootout Thriller Over Gulls, 3-2 - Idaho Steelheads
- Idaho Knocks Out Gulls In A Shootout, 4-3 - San Diego Gulls
- Falcons Lose in Overtime, 2-1 - Fresno Falcons
- Thunder knocks off Fresno in 2-1 OT win - Stockton Thunder
- Bombers almost tie it in final seconds of 3-2 loss to Toledo - Dayton Bombers
- ECHL Transactions - ECHL
- San Diego Tied To Extend Winning Streak To Four, Home Streak To Seven - San Diego Gulls
- ECHL Today - ECHL
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- Aces close out Salmon Kings 3-0, regain first place - Alaska Aces
- Checkers smooth as "Glass" in 3-1 win at Augusta - Charlotte Checkers
- VanBallegooie's Four-point Night Leads the Way Over Utah - Fresno Falcons
- Aces high, Kings low, No Jokers - Victoria Salmon Kings
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