LIVE: Gulls Trail On Ontario PPG | San Diego Gulls

Apr 15, 2022

By AJ Manderichio/SanDiegoGulls.com

The San Diego Gulls path the Ontario Reign 1-0 within the first interval of tonight’s sport at Toyota Enviornment.

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Taylor Ward opened the scoring with a power-play aim at 8:34 of the interval, sending a shot by way of the protection of Nikolas Brouillard and previous Lukas Dostal for his third aim of the season and second towards San Diego.

Dostal enters tonight 17-12-1 with two shutouts, a 2.64 goals-against common (GAA) and .916 save share (SV%).

The aim took some highlight away from a stellar sequence by Dostal and defenseman Trevor Carrick, who mixed to maintain Martin Frk off the scoreboard. The Gulls goaltender learn a cross-ice move, sliding to get his physique in entrance of Frk’s one-time bid. The puck squeaked by way of, sitting dangerously on the aim line earlier than Carrick swiped it out of the best way.

Dostal made yet one more strong cease moments later, blockering apart a T.J. Tynan bid from in tight.

Opposing him is rookie goaltender David Hrenak, who will make his American Hockey League debut. The previous fifth spherical (144th general) choice by the Los Angeles Kings signed his entry-level contract with the Nationwide Hockey League membership earlier this week, becoming a member of the Reign later within the day on an Newbie Tryout. He spent 5 seasons with St. Cloud State, going 82-44-14 with a 2.40 GAA and .910 SV%. Hrenak left this system main the Huskies in video games performed, wins and shutouts. Moreover, he led St. Cloud State to 4 consecutive NCAA match appearances.

Pregame Information And Notes

With a win tonight – or a regulation loss by the Tucson Roadrunners – the Gulls will clinch a berth within the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs. San Diego is at present holding the seventh – and ultimate – playoff place within the Pacific Division, sitting 5 factors again of the Henderson Silver Knights with two video games in hand.

The Gulls enter tonight trying to snap a three-game shedding skid, which features a 5-1 loss to the Reign on Wednesday. The dynamic duo of Frk (3-1=4) and Tynan (0-3=3) powered Ontario to its win, extending the workforce’s level streak to 4 video games (2-0-1-1).

Key for the Gulls is shutting down the Reign’s league-leading energy play, which accounted for 2 objectives – together with the game-winning tally – on Wednesday.