The Chargers’ move to Los Angeles leaves the baseball Padres as San Diego’s only major league sports team, but they’re not the only professional team in town. The San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League — the Ducks’ primary farm team in the NHL’s top developmental league — have been making a strong impression since they were established in San Diego last season as part of the AHL’s new Pacific division. Matt Savant, the Gulls’ president of business operations, issued a statement Thursday expressing the club’s sorrow about the Chargers’ departure. “We join the San Diego community in sadness today as we learn of the departure of the Chargers,” he said. “Since moving to San Diego 50-plus years ago, the Chargers have been an incredible asset to San Diego and built a strong foundation to help critical causes important to our region through sports and community involvement.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 12, 2017 22:11 UTC