Gulls Eye Fourth Win in Fifth Game Against Barracuda
Nov 14, 2026By Ashley Rubin/SanDiegoGulls.com
The San Diego Gulls are taking on the San Jose Barracuda for the second time this week and fifth time this season tonight at Tech CU Arena (6 p.m. PST; TV: AHLTV on FloHockey; Radio: Gulls Audio Network).
San Diego and San Jose competed on Wednesday for the halfway point of their eight game season series at Pechanga Arena San Diego. The Gulls took the upper hand with a 4-1 victory which brings their record against the Barracuda this season to 3-0-1-0, finding standing points in all four contests. When playing at Tech CU Arena the Gulls have gone 1-0-1-0 so far.
"I think we're going to have to be a lot sharper against a team that's going to be sitting waiting for us," head coach Dave Manson said. "So, again, to your point of starting on time, we got to get ready to go from the first faceoff and play a lot cleaner. We can't be turning pucks over and feeding teams transitions."
San Jose last played on Thursday, Nov. 12 in a road contest against the Coachella Valley Firebirds. The Barracuda fell 2-1, marking their second consecutive loss. The club has posted an overall record of 6-9-0-0 including a 4-6-0-0 record at home.
The Gulls competed just last night in their season debut against the Bakersfield Condors at Dignity Health Arena. San Diego took a 3-2 shootout win while putting up a season-high 38 shots. The win marked their first on a Friday night and second in the first game of a back-to-back series. The shootout game winner came from Matthew Phillips who logged his sixth goal of the season earlier in the night. Sean Farrell collected his first goal in a Gulls sweater to open the scoring while Damian Clara protected the crease, earning his second consecutive win in his first career AHL shootout victory.
"Oh, it was good," Manson said. “"t was nice to see [Sean] Farrell get one, get his confidence going. But again, he scored it in the right spot right in front of the net, so he was there to pounce on a rebound and good on him. I thought we didn't play as sharp as we could have. Compared to the San Jose game, I thought we were a little quicker at the puck tonight. We seemed to be second guessing our decisions a little bit, and that slowed us down."
With two consecutive wins under their belt, San Diego is looking to keep their momentum going and take a third consecutive win overall and third consecutive over San Jose. The two points earned last night brought the Gulls to 17 points and placed them fourth in the Pacific Division. The club holds a 7-5-3-0 record having gone 3-1-1-0 in November.
San Diego will head back for a four-game homestand starting Wednesday Nov. 18, starting with another matchup against Bakersfield at Pechanga Arena San Diego (7 p.m. PST).