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AHL San Diego Gulls

Third-Period Flurry Earns Gulls OT Point

December 22, 2018 - American Hockey League (AHL)
San Diego Gulls News Release


The Gulls scored four third-period goals to battle back and force overtime to earn a point in a 7-6 shootout loss today at Citizens Business Bank Arena. The Gulls overcame 3-1 and 6-4 deficits to force overtime, and eventually a shootout, to extend their standings point streak to five games (3-0-0-2). San Diego tied a season-high with six goals (also Dec. 19 vs. San Jose, Nov. 25 at Stockton and Oct. 13 at Ontario). The Gulls also scored four goals in the third period to mark a season high and tie a club record set on six previous occasions (last: Dec. 19 vs. San Jose).

San Diego outshot Ontario 46-33 in regulation and overtime, their highest shot total of the season. The Gulls also held a 21-9 shot advantage after one period, a season-high for shots on goal in any period this season. It marked the most shots in a single period since registering 20 shots on goal in the first period on Feb. 3, 2018 vs. Tucson.

Kalle Kossila tied a career high with his second career four-point game with two goals and two assists (2-2=4). Kossila recorded four assist (0-4=4) on Jan. 3, 2018 at Texas. Kossila now has 7-9=16 points in 15 games after his fourth multi-point game (two multi-goal, two multi-assist). Kossila scored his second career shorthanded goal as part of the game. Kossila now has points in back-to-back games after earning an assist vs. Ontario last night (2-3=5).

Sam Carrick scored for the fourth straight game, a new career high, and co-leads San Diego in scoring (15-11=26) while he continues to pace the club in goals. Carrick has a four-game goal streak (5-2=7), points in six straight games (6-4=10) and six goals during the streak. Carrick's six-game point streak matches a season high set in the club's first six games from Oct. 6-26 (5-4=9). The Stouffville, Toronto native also has recorded 9-6=15 points his last nine games.

Joseph Blandisi tied the game at 6-6 with 6:04 left in regulation and added an assist on the Kossila shorthanded goal to mark his fourth multi-point game of 2018-19. Blandisi has recorded three multi-point efforts his last four games (3-3=6) and tallied 5-7=12 points in his last 11 contests.

Andy Welinski scored a goal and added an assist for his second multi-point effort of the season and third point of the weekend (1-2=3). Welinski has recorded points in five of his last six games (1-4=5).

Troy Terry scored his 10th goal of the campaign to push his point streak to six games (2-5=7) and continue to co-lead the club in scoring (10-16=26). Terry has collected points in eight of his last nine games (3-7=10).

Sam Steel tallied two assists (0-2=2) and now has tallied four assists in his last three games (0-4=4). The multi-point effort marked his third of the season.

Matt Berry set a career high with points in three straight games (1-4=5) after earning the primary assist on the Kossila goal. Berry has recorded six points (1-5=6) in seven games since joining the Gulls on a professional tryout Dec. 7.

Max Jones, Chase De Leo and Jaycob Megna each recorded assists.

In his Gulls debut, Jeff Glass made 26 saves and stopped one of two Ontario shootout attempts in the shootout loss. Glass was acquired from the Toronto Marlies on Dec. 10.

The Gulls will return to San Diego following the AHL Holiday Break to host the Bakersfield Condors at Pechanga Arena San Diego (7 p.m., Mighty 1090).

POSTGAME QUOTES

San Diego Gulls

Kalle Kossila

On the comeback and earning a point

I think we played really hard. We played hard and I'm really proud of what we did out there. Now it's good to get a couple day's break and come back with more energy.

On facing adversity

I think we've been improving lately, the last five or six games It's been better and better, especially five-on-five. I think special teams we can do a little better. I'm looking forward to this break and I think it will be good for us.

Head Coach Dallas Eakins

On the game

That's about as gritty and hard as we've played this year. Adversity is always good for anyone and we definitely experienced it tonight. It was such a great response on the bench the whole night. You can go and do a lot of team bonding things away from the ice, but that was about as good as an exercise right there tonight for team bonding.

On the team's resilience and scoring

They're competitiveness. You could see them narrow their brow and dig their heels in. It was a night where a lot of our guys were not going to be denied. I'm as proud of a team that I have been here in a long time.

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