San Diego Gulls (1990-1995)
January 23, 2017
International Hockey League (1990-1995) Born: 1990 Move Announced: January 5, 1995 (Los Angeles Ice Dogs) First Game: October 5, 1990 (W 4-3 vs. Salt Lake
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San Diego Gulls (1966-1974)
June 20, 2016
The original San Diego Gulls were a popular entry in the minor Western Hockey League in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. The club was the brainchild of veteran San Diego sports booster Bob Breitbard, who oversaw construction of the San Diego Sports Arena in 1966 and owned both of its major tenants: the Gulls and the NBA’s San Diego Rockets. The Gulls were evicted from the Arena and disbanded in 1974 to make space for the major league San Diego Mariners of the World Hockey Association. The Gulls identity has subsequently been revived by three different San Diego minor league hockey clubs during the past half century.
San Diego Mariners
July 18, 2015
The Mariners were the first and only Major pro hockey team to play in the city of San Diego. The team was part of the World Hockey Association, the colorful 1970’s rival to the National Hockey League, from 1974 through 1977. The team’s arrival in 1974 displaced the popular San Diego Gulls minor league team from the Sports Arena. The Mariners made the WHA’s AVCO Cup playoff in all three of their seasons. But constant ownership turmoil proved to be the club’s undoing and the Mariners folded in the spring of 1977.
San Diego Clippers
May 25, 2015
National Basketball Association (1978-1984) Born: July 7, 1978 – The Buffalo Braves relocate to San Diego Moved: May 1984 (Los Angeles Clippers) First Game: October
San Diego Hawks
March 18, 2014
The San Diego Hawks were a minor league ice hockey team that lasted just one winter in the Pacific Hockey League in 1978-79. The Hawks were notable for featuring hockey pioneer Willie O’Ree, the first black player to skate in the NHL twenty years earlier in 1958. The 42-year old scored 21 goals for the Hawks in his final professional season.