\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApr 11, 2026<\/p>\n
By Ashley Rubin\/SanDiegoGulls.com\u00a0<\/p>\n
The San Diego Gulls will close out their regular season series with the Bakersfield Condors tonight at Dignity Health Arena (7 p.m. PDT: AHLTV on\u00a0FloHockey; Radio: Gulls Audio Network).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
San Diego and Bakersfield battled it out last night where the Gulls\u00a0ultimately could\u00a0not pull out the win. With last night\u2019s loss\u00a0and the Tucson Roadrunners defeating the Colorado Eagles, the Gulls were unable to clinch\u00a0their\u00a0playoff spot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I\u00a0think it’s just regrouping,”\u00a0Roger McQueen\u00a0said. “And\u00a0I think everyone\u00a0knows.\u00a0I think it\u00a0was obviously one of our off games. So just\u00a0regrouping\u00a0as a team, talking it out, and then\u00a0come\u00a0back tomorrow\u00a0as\u00a0a new team. I think just going back to those last three or four games\u00a0we’ve\u00a0won in a row, and just\u00a0kind of going\u00a0back to the basics and playing like that. So,\u00a0I think we\u00a0know what we need to do.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last night\u2019s contest saw\u00a0Roger McQueen\u2019s\u00a0first professional goal\u00a0to\u00a0open up\u00a0the scoring.\u00a0McQueen has found 1-2=3 points in his first three AHL starts, tallying a point per game.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Big guy with ability, play making ability,”\u00a0head coach\u00a0Matt\u00a0McIlvane\u00a0said. “He’s obviously seen the shot, but he’s going to be a guy that’s going to have success at this level.”<\/p>\n
Justin Bailey\u00a0found his 23rd\u00a0goal of the season\u00a0and\u00a0Sasha\u00a0Pastujov\u00a0found his\u00a021st.\u00a0Calle Clang protected the crease, saving\u00a028-of-33\u00a0shots.\u00a0The Gulls\u2019 efforts were not enough as the Condors came out on top, 5-3.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We set ourselves\u00a0up with that\u00a0today to respond tomorrow, so there’s nothing more to think about but an opportunity to respond,”\u00a0McIlvane\u00a0said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Gulls will skate in just three more games after tonight. Points are essential as the team looks to make their first appearance in the postseason since the 2021-22 season. The clinching scenarios\u00a0remain\u00a0the same as last\u00a0night.\u00a0San Diego must\u00a0take\u202fa win,\u202fand\u202fthe Tucson Roadrunners\u00a0must\u00a0lose\u202fto the Colorado Eagles\u202fin\u202fany capacity\u202for\u202fSan\u202fDiego\u202fmust\u00a0earn an\u202fovertime\u202fpoint\u202fand Tucson lose\u00a0in\u202fregulation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After tonight the Gulls will travel back home to take on the Tucson Roadrunners at Pechanga Arena San Diego (7 p.m. PDT)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apr 11, 2026 By Ashley Rubin\/SanDiegoGulls.com\u00a0 The San Diego Gulls will close out their regular season series with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-262763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}