Eagles Face Gulls at Home
Mar 2, 2022
The Colorado Eagles return home this week to take on the San Diego Gulls in three consecutive matchups. The first of the three takes place tonight at 7:05 pm.
Colorado has faced the Gulls three separate times so far this season, all in San Diego.
The first bout, back on November 3, saw the Eagles jump out to an early lead and hold on to it. Dennis Gilbert scored in the final seconds of the first period, followed by early second-period goals from Dylan Sikura and Alex Newhook. The Gulls would attempt a comeback with a power-play goal from Jacob Perreault late in the second and an early third period tally from Nikolas Brouillard, but couldn’t find the tying goal before time ran out. Colorado won 3-2.
The second meeting on January 26 also saw the Eagles come out on top. San Diego’s Alex Limoges got on the board first, scoring a power-play goal late in the first period. Kiefer Sherwood would answer less than a minute later. Colorado would go on to score three unanswered power-play goals, coming from Martin Kaut, Sherwood, and Sikura. San Diego would again attempt a comeback with two third-period goals from Brouillard and Trevor Carrick, but couldn’t find the tying tally before Cal Burke sealed the Eagles' win with an empty-net goal in the final second. Colorado won 5-3.
The most recent matchup between the two teams came on February 2. Sikura notched the Eagles’ first hat trick of the season, scoring one in the first period and two in the third period, one on an empty net. Sherwood also added a tally in the third period.
This matchup saw the Gulls in the lead for the first time this season, going into the third period with a 2-1 lead after goals from Axel Andersson and Benoit-Olivier Groulx. San Diego couldn’t seal the deal though, and the Eagles came out on top again, 4-2.
Eagles v Gulls
Budweiser Events Center - Loveland, Colorado
Roster Report
Forward Steffan Matteau is back in the lineup after being out with injury since October.
Defenseman and co-captain Jacob MacDonald was recently reassigned to the Eagles from the Colorado Avalanche after being out on long-term injury reserve.
San Diego goaltender Lukas Dostal was recently reassigned to the team from the Anaheim Ducks. Defensemen Brendan Guhle and Greg Pateryn have recently been recalled to Anaheim from the Gulls.
Game Notes
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By the Numbers
The Colorado Eagles have a 26-16-3-3 record for the season, now sitting at 4th place in the Pacific Division. Colorado has a record of 10-8-3-1 overall against San Diego.
San Diego has an 18-22-2-0 record this season, currently sitting at 7th place in the Pacific Division.
Colorado - San Diego Connections
Martin Kaut and Gulls goaltender Lukas Dostal are both from Brno, Czechia and played together on the Czech National Team at the World Junior tournament in both 2016-17 and 2018-19.
Eagles forward Kiefer Sherwood previously played three seasons with the Gulls before coming to Colorado in the 2020-21 season.
Gulls captain Greg Pateryn played ten games with the Colorado Eagles in the 2020-21 season. He is currently recalled to the NHL Anaheim Ducks.
Gulls forward Brent Gates Jr. played college hockey with Sampo Ranta at the University of Minnesota during the 2018-19 season.
Gulls forward Lucas Elvenes played with Dylan Sikura on the inaugural Henderson Silver Knights team. Elvenes was recently claimed off of waivers by Anaheim and assigned to the Gulls.
Gulls forward Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Justin Barron played together on the Halifax Moosehead of the QMJHL during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons.
