San Francisco Bulls
| San Francisco Bulls | |
|---|---|
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| City | Daly City, California |
| League | ECHL |
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Pacific |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Home arena | Cow Palace |
| Colors | Old Gold, Orange, Black, White |
| Owner(s) |
Pat and Elouise Curcio (Utah Sports Management) Angela Batinovich Shmuel Farhi (Farhi Holdings) Peter Higley (Pickle Barrel) |
| General manager | PA announcer Aaron Fonseca (fonseca) |
| Head coach | Pat Curcio |
| Media |
San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Examiner Comcast Hometown Network KNBR |
| Affiliates |
San Jose Sharks (NHL) Worcester Sharks (AHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 2012-2014 | San Francisco Bulls |
The San Francisco Bulls were a professional minor ice hockey team of the ECHL located in Daly City, California, serving the San Francisco Bay Area market. They were an affiliate to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League and the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League.
Beginning with the 2012–13 season, the Bulls played their home games at the Cow Palace (former home of their NHL affiliate, the San Jose Sharks), which is right on the Daly City/San Francisco border. To accommodate the Bulls, the team spent $2 million installing a new ice system and a custom-made 360-degree wraparound LED video scoreboard with its game presentation system and ten sets of speaker arrays. The center hung video board has a 360 degree view for game presentation and full timekeeping and statistics. The new Colosseo Cube scoreboard had to be custom built by Colosseo USA because of the weight limitations on the 71-year-old building's roof. The Cow Palace made steel support beams and installed them in the rafters to help provide the additional support.
On July 11, 2012, the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks announced that they had entered into an affiliation agreement with the Bulls. The Bulls were the first ice hockey team to represent San Francisco since the San Francisco Spiders of the International Hockey League played only the 1995-96 season before folding. The team made its debut on October 12, 2012 with a 4-3 loss to the Bakersfield Condors in front of a capacity crowd of 8,277 at the Cow Palace. They finished the regular season eighth in the Western Conference with 25 wins, 38 losses, 2 overtime losses, and 7 shootout losses, falling four games to one to the top-seeded Alaska Aces in the first round of the Kelly Cup playoffs.
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