The San Diego Gulls won 3-1 over the Cleveland Monsters at Valley View Casino Center. The Gulls improved to 9-2-1-0 their last 12 games at Valley View Casino Center and 7-3-2-1 their last 13 games overall. In the 100th regular season AHL contest at Valley View Casino Center, The Gulls improved to 62-31-5-2 (.655%).
San Diego completed its season series with Cleveland earning three straight wins and recorded points in all four games vs. the Monsters (3-0-1-0). The Gulls completed their 2017-18 schedule against the Central Division with an 8-1-1-0 record this season (4-0-1-0 at Valley View Casino Center). The Gulls have won 13 of their last 15 games (13-1-1-0) against Central Division opponents and have an 18-6-2-0 (.731%) record all-time against the Central Division (10-2-1-0 at home).
Kevin Boyle stopped 44-of-45 shots to pick up his 18th win of the season (18-10-2). Boyle is 8-2-1 in his last 12 games, posting one shutout, a 1.78 goals-against average (GAA)and .952 save percentage (SV%). Over his last 19 appearances, Boyle has earned a 13-4-1 record with one shutout, a 2.00 GAA and .944 SV%.
Mitch Hults scored his second goal in as many games, his 10th goal of the season, at 2:43 of the second period. Austin Ortega and Kevin Roy earned assists on the goal and each now have assists in two straight games.
Kalle Kossila scored his 17th goal of the season at 6:09 of the second period. Kossila now has points in six of his last seven games (3-3=6). Giovanni Fiore earned his 30th point (assist) of the season on the goal.
Keaton Thompson netted his fifth goal of the season to set a new career high in goals and tie career high of 16 points (4-12=16) set in 2016-17. Nic Kerdiles extended his point streak to three consecutive games (1-2=3) with an assist on Thompson’s goal. Brian Cooper also picked up an assist, his seventh of the season.
Corey Tropp’s penalty shot attempt 53 seconds into the third period was stopped by Cleveland goaltender Jeff Zatkof. The penalty shot was the ninth attempt in Gulls history (2-for-9). Tropp became the first Gull to attempt multiple penalty shots following his unsuccessful attempt on Mar. 13 vs. San Antonio.
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