San Diego Gulls

San Diego Gulls
2016–17 AHL season
City	San Diego, California
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Western
Division	Pacific
Founded	2000
Operated	2015–present
Home arena	Valley View Casino Center
Colors	Black, orange, blue, white
Owner(s)	Henry Samueli & Susan Samueli
General manager	Bob Ferguson
Head coach	Dallas Eakins
Media	San Diego Union-Tribune Fox Sports San Diego ESPN 1700 The Mighty 1090 105.7 Max FM
Affiliates	Anaheim Ducks (NHL) Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
Website	sandiegogulls.com
Franchise history
2000–2015	Norfolk Admirals
2015–present	San Diego Gulls

The San Diego Gulls are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) which began playing in the 2015–16 season. Based in San Diego, California and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks, the Gulls play their home games at the Valley View Casino Center. The team is the fifth hockey team in San Diego to use the Gulls name. The Gulls are a relocation of the former Norfolk Admirals (AHL) franchise, joining six other AHL franchises to form a new AHL Pacific Division.

On January 29, 2015, the Anaheim Ducks announced that they would purchase their AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, and would be moving the team to San Diego as one of five charter members of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The team will play at the Valley View Casino Center, becoming the sixth professional hockey team to play there, following the original San Diego Gulls of the WHL (1966–74), the San Diego Mariners of the WHA (1974–77), the San Diego Hawks/Mariners of the Pacific Hockey League (1977–79), the second San Diego Gulls of the IHL (1990–1995), and the third San Diego Gulls of the West Coast Hockey League and later the ECHL (1995–2006).

The Gulls' name, logo and colors were revealed on February 22, 2015 at HockeyFest. HockeyFest was deemed a success, drawing over 8,500 enthusiastic hockey fans.

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