City San Diego, California Operated 2015–present Division Pacific Division Founded 2015 | Conference Western Arena/Stadium Valley View Casino Center Head coach Dallas Eakins | |
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Home arena Valley View Casino Center Colors Black, orange, blue, white Owner(s) Henry Samueli & Susan Samueli Location San Diego, California, United States Color Black, orange, blue, white Affiliates Anaheim Ducks (National Hockey League), Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) Profiles | ||
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The San Diego Gulls are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) which began playing in the 2015–16 season. Based in San Diego, California and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks, the Gulls play their home games at the Valley View Casino Center. The team is the fifth hockey team in San Diego to use the Gulls name. The Gulls are a relocation of the former Norfolk Admirals (AHL) franchise, joining six other AHL franchises to form a new AHL Pacific Division.
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History
On January 29, 2015, the Anaheim Ducks announced that they would purchase their AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, and would be moving the team to San Diego as one of five charter members of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The team plays at the Valley View Casino Center, the sixth professional hockey team to play there, following the original San Diego Gulls of the WHL (1966–74), the San Diego Mariners of the WHA (1974–77), the San Diego Hawks/Mariners of the Pacific Hockey League (1977–79), the second San Diego Gulls of the IHL (1990–1995), and the third San Diego Gulls of the West Coast Hockey League (1995–2003) and later the ECHL (2003–06).
The Gulls' name, logo and colors were revealed on February 22, 2015 at HockeyFest. HockeyFest was deemed a success, drawing over 8,500 enthusiastic hockey fans.
The San Diego Gulls played their first home game on October 10th, 2015, against the Grand Rapids Griffins. The team finished its inaugural season with an average attendance of 8,675, second in the league after the Hershey Bears.
Rivalries
The Gulls consider the Ontario Reign, the Los Angeles Kings AHL affiliate, to be their main rivals and advertise games as "Rivalry Night." These teams faced each other in the 2016 Pacific Division Finals, where the Reign defeated the Gulls 4–1 in a best-of-seven series.
Current roster
Updated March 22, 2017.