Gulls Get Going Against Eagles With 4-3 Win | San Diego Gulls

Oct 26, 2022

By Brett Pickler/SanDiegoGulls.com

The San Diego Gulls defeated the Colorado Eagles 4-3 in a hard-fought battle tonight at Pechanga Area San Diego.

The Gulls returned house hoping to get again within the win column and redeem themselves following a 5-1 loss to the Ontario Reign final weekend.

From the opening faceoff, each groups embraced the bodily aspect of the sport resulting in a number of energy play alternatives for every membership. 

San Diego was the beneficiary of the aggressive play, tallying targets on each of their power-play alternatives within the first interval. Gulls ahead Rocco Grimaldi and defenseman Nikolas Brouillard each acquired on the scoresheet and served as the primary help on the opposite’s targets to place the Gulls up 2-0.

“I although Grimaldi was the most effective participant on the ice tonight,” Gulls head coach Roy Sommer stated. “Actual intense, held on to pucks, made good move, scored when he wanted to.”

Nevertheless, the Gulls offense was not the story of the interval, fairly their protection. The Eagles had been aggressive and managed the puck for many of the interval. Regardless of this, San Diego killed two penalties and maintained their lead.

Simply earlier than the interval ended, Gulls ahead Dmitry Osipov squared up towards Keaton Middleton in a heavyweight brawl. The 2 exchanged assaults, however Osipov overwhelmed his opponent and bask within the cheers of the hometown crowd.

The second started simply as the primary ended. Gulls defenseman Austin Strand squared off towards Andreas Englund simply over a minute into the interval.  

Colorado constructed momentum following the combat and finally discovered the again of the web to chop San Diego’s lead in half. This swung the interval totally of their favor because the Gulls would give up a penalty shot simply 46 seconds later.

The second adopted an identical script to the sport’s opening interval, with Gulls defenseman Austin Strand squaring off towards Andreas Englung simply over a minute in. The combat gave the Eagles momentum, as Jean-Luc Foudy reduce the lead in half at 8:04 of the interval. Simply 46 seconds later, Colorado earned a penalty shot, seeking to tie the sport.

Eagles ahead Callahan Burke approached the web slowly from the correct aspect, rushing up as he acquired to the highest of the circle. Simply as he was about to make a transfer, Gulls netminder Lukas Dostal poked the puck away earlier than the attacking Eagle might shoot. 

The missed penalty shot wouldn’t gradual Colorado, as they battled again on a formidable between-the-legs aim by Foudy to tie the sport after 40 minutes.

San Diego entered the third interval on the facility play, hoping the early benefit would give them the sting for the interval. Though they had been unsuccessful, it did put them again on the entrance foot.

On the 8:35 mark of the interval, Gulls ahead Josh Lopina buried  a unfastened puck in entrance of the web to offer the Gulls a 3-2 lead. This didn’t final lengthy as Colorado tied the sport simply over 4 minutes later.

Because the interval progressed, each groups fought exhausting to interrupt the tie. After buying and selling possibilities, Gulls ahead Jacob Perreault sniped the puck quick aspect alongside the aim line, scoring the eventual game-winning tally. Grimaldi would decide up his third level of the evening on this spotlight reel aim.

“Truthfully, I used to be simply making an attempt to make room, attempt to get management of the puck,” Perreault stated. “Gave it as much as Strander (Gulls defenseman Strand), then he gave it again to me and someway I used to be open and was simply making an attempt to place it on internet and it went in.”

The Eagles, in a final probability effort to tie the sport, pulled their goalie, however couldn’t break the Gulls protection. 

“The facility play acquired us going, actually, within the first interval, as a result of our 5-on-5 play wasn’t there,” Brouillard stated. “Our PK (penalty kill) was actually good too; that helped loads. After an excellent regroup within the second interval, everybody wished that win so dangerous. Everybody purchased in and we performed very well within the third.”