San Diego Gulls Sign Jake Sibell To One-Year AHL Contract
Nov 10, 2026The San Diego Gulls announced today that the American Hockey League (AHL) club has signed goaltender Jake Sibell to a one-year contract for the remainder of the 2026-27 AHL season.
Sibell, 26 (1/3/2000), has opened the season with a 5-1-0 record, a 1.51 goals-against average (GAA), a .955 save percentage (SV%) and two shutouts in his first six appearances for the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL, earning ECHL Goaltender of the Month honors for October. Across his first three starts this season, Sibell stopped 99-of-100 shots faced, as he turned away an ECHL career-high 41-of-42 shots Oct. 27 vs. Allen and followed with back-to-back shutouts Oct. 29 (32 saves) & 30 (26 saves) vs. Wichita. The 6-2, 188-pound goaltender has posted a career 9-3-1 record with a 2.42 GAA, .923 SV% and three shutouts in 16 career ECHL starts with Tulsa and Greensboro.
An Isanti, Minn. native, Sibell appeared in 49 career NCAA games from 2021-25 with Niagara University and St. Thomas University, tallying a 21-20-4 record with a 2.68 GAA, .913 SV% and one shutout. In 2020-21, Sibell was named the USA Hockey Junior Goalie of the Year, North American Hockey League (NAHL) Most Valuable Player and NAHL Goaltender of the Year after posting NAHL single-season records in wins (43), GAA (1.19; min. 10 games played), and SV% (.952; min. 10 GP) and tied the league record in shutouts (11) across 47 games for the Aberdeen Wings. Sibell also posted a 1.93 GAA and .929 SV% in 11 NAHL playoff games, going 8-3-0.