The San Diego Gulls enter the American Hockey League’s All-Star break on a hot streak.

Matthew Phillips scored a goal and logged two assists as the Gulls beat the Henderson Silver Knights 7-4 on Wednesday night at Pechanga Arena. The seven goals matched a season high for a Gulls team that has won three straight games; San Diego (21-14-6-3) enters the AHL break fifth in the 10-team Pacific Division standings.

Goalie Calle Clang stopped 33 of 37 shots on Wednesday on the way to his 11th win of the season. He will represent the Gulls in Wednesday’s All-Star Game in Rockford, Ill.

The win over Henderson followed 4-3 wins at Coachella Valley and at home against Ontario.

“I think when we’re dumping pucks in and playing with pace and winning our battles … a lot of the things you’ve seen the last three, four games, we’re a really, really tough team to deal with,” said Gulls forward Justin Bailey, who scored his 15th goal of the season Wednesday night and added an assist.

“We’re a really, really good hockey team, and we have depth up and down the lineup. We’ve had great goaltending all year, so going down the stretch is just continuing to do those things that make us successful and cleaning up the little things that hurt us throughout the game.”

The Gulls’ rejuvenated power-play attack has scored goals in three of the club’s last four games.

San Diego appears to be playing with an edge, too. After Henderson’s Riley McKay made reckless contact with Clang early in Wednesday’s second period, Gulls forward Tristan Luneau skated in, flipped McKay on his back and unleashed a series of punches to McKay’s face.

Seven minutes later, Konnor Smith, Judd Caulfield and Sasha Pastujov took turns in the penalty box for their own physical shenanigans.

Coach Matt McIlvane likes the way his club is playing, but believes a few days off might be needed. The Gulls return to action Feb. 13 with the first of two games at Bakersfield.

“Right now, it’s just rest,” McIlvane said. “It’s like, get your minds and bodies off hockey for a bit, and then when we get back, it ramps up real quick. You get a practice, and you’re already playing back-to-back against a really strong team. It’s time to reset and recover and get ready for a real great push.”

Seals on a tear

The San Diego Seals will be hunting a fourth consecutive National Lacrosse League victory on Saturday, when they take on Saskatchewan at 7 p.m. from Pechanga Arena.

The Seals (4-3) are coming off consecutive wins over Philadelphia and could move as high as third place in the NLL standings with a win over the first-place Rush (7-1).

Sockers host Utica

The San Diego Sockers return to Major Arena Soccer League action Saturday night against Utica City FC (3-6-2) at Frontwave Arena. The match starts at 7 p.m.

The Sockers (7-4-1) are coming off a 7-6 overtime home win over Tacoma. They won 4-3 at Utica on Jan. 11.

Mojo still searching
Major League Volleyball’s San Diego Mojo (1-6) return to Viejas Arena at 7 p.m. Friday for a match against the Columbus Fury (2-5).
The match will air nationally on CBS SportsNetwork.