Where we last left the Gulls they had dropped two in a row against teams in lesser points positions, in games that they desperately needed to win. They lost their star rookie defender to injury and suffered from an overall lack of effort over their past few games. This lead to an almost unprecedented move, one that could determine a season but that also needed to be made.
San Diego Gulls 2 - Ontario Reign 3
San Diego headed to Ontario without a few of their regulars. As it was announced via the Gulls in Flight podcast the night before that Kevin Roy, Mitch Hults and Julius Nattinen would be a healthy scratch in what can best be described as a message sent by coach Dallas Eakins.