Game 21: San Diego Gulls @ Colorado Eagles

Max Jones (16) fights to get to a loose puck in front during action against the Colorado Eagles. Credit San Diego Gulls.

I caught some of this one and from what I saw – the final score does not do the Gulls’ effort any justice. San Diego out shot the home team 36-23 and controlled play for much, if not 80% of the game from the stretches that I saw. Carrick opened the scoring on a shorthanded breakaway before Colorado tied it back up on a seperate power play six minutes later. The second period saw a lot of back and forth but no scoring – both teams compiling ten shots or more on net, with San Diego holding the 16-10 edge.

In the third, with the Eagles’ Travis Barron in the box for charging, Max Jones took it upon himself to use both his size and soft hands to create space and score from tight in front to take the lead. But Colorado answered right back with back to back goals within a minute span less than four minutes later. 2018 first round draft pick Martin Kaut got a fourth Colorado goal which Sam Steel responded to a few minutes later, but it was too little too late, and San Diego came home pointless from the trip riding a four game losing streak.