Gulls Look to Bounce Back Against Roadrunners in Tucson
San Diego and Tucson meet again Saturday night after the Roadrunners blanked the Gulls 3-0 on Friday.
The San Diego Gulls return to Tucson Arena on Saturday, Oct. 17, seeking a response to Friday’s 3-0 loss to the Roadrunners. The second game of the back-to-back starts at 7 p.m. Arizona time and is available on AHLTV on FloHockey.
San Diego is 2-3-1-0, while Tucson enters at 3-2-0-0. Michael Hrabal stopped 31 shots Friday; Ben McCartney, Cameron Hebig and Brandon Tanev scored for the Roadrunners. Laurent Brossoit made 25 saves on 27 shots for the Gulls before Tucson added an empty-net goal.
Inside The Rink lists Anton Wahlberg as San Diego’s leading scorer with six points, including five assists. Nico Myatovic, Stian Solberg and Matthew Phillips each have two goals, the most among the active Gulls.
McCartney has eight points, including six assists, for Tucson. Vadim Moroz leads the Roadrunners with three goals, according to Inside The Rink.
The outlet projects Wahlberg, Hamblin and Phillips together on San Diego’s top line, with Iginla, Caleb Desnoyers and Yegor Borikov forming Tucson’s first trio. Those combinations are projections rather than confirmed game lineups.
