San_Diego_Seals Knowpia

San Diego Seals
Sport	Box lacrosse
Founded	2017
League	National Lacrosse League
Location	San Diego, California
Arena	Pechanga Arena
Colors	Purple, black, gold, gray;
Owner	Joseph Tsai
Head coach	Patrick Merrill
General manager	Patrick Merrill
Playoff berths	4 (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Retired numbers	1 (17)
Website	sealslax.com
	Current season

The San Diego Seals are a professional box lacrosse team based in San Diego, California, playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The Seals began play in the 2018-2019 season. The team plays their home games at Pechanga Arena.

History edit

On August 30, 2017, the NLL awarded an expansion franchise to the city of San Diego and owner Joseph Tsai, co-founder of the Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba Group. Tsai, a La Jolla resident, "played lacrosse at Yale University and retains a passion for the sport."^[1] The franchise fee for San Diego and fellow expansion team Philadelphia Wings was a reported $5 million.^[2]

On October 24, 2017, the name of the franchise was revealed as the San Diego Seals.^[3]

Current roster edit

Active (21-man) roster

Inactive roster

Coaches

Goaltenders

31 Chris Origlieri
30 Mike Poulin

Defensemen

2 Drew Belgrave
15 Graydon Bradley
19 Cam Holding (A)
10 Kellen LeClair
91 Danny Logan
4 Kyle Rubisch
26 Patrick Shoemay

Forwards

14 Wesley Berg (C)
71 Curtis Dickson
44 Dane Dobbie
88 Jake Govett
47 Kyle Jackson
34 Payton Rezanka
83 Austin Staats

Transition

9 Trevor Baptiste
7 Jesse Gamble
33 Tre Leclaire

Practice Squad

24 Matthew Abbott
41 Xander Dickson
25 Eli Gobrecht
11 Cameron Lumb
16 Adam Noakes
12 Matt Sykes

Head Coach

Patrick Merrill

Assistant Coaches

Legend

* Suspended list
(C) Captain
(A) Alternate captain

[1] updated 2023-12-18
NLL Transactions

All-time record edit

Season	Division/Conference^[a]	W–L	Finish	Home	Road	GF	GA	Coach	Playoffs
2019	Western	10–8	2nd	6–3	4–5	208	217	Patrick Merrill	Lost Division Semi-Finals
2020	Western	6–6	3rd	3–3	3–3	138	131	Patrick Merrill	Playoffs cancelled
2021	Western	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Western	10–8	1st	5–4	5–4	202	183	Patrick Merrill	Lost Conference Final
2023	Western	14–4	1st	7–2	7–2	240	193	Patrick Merrill	Lost Conference Semi-Finals
2024	n/a	13-5	2nd	8–1	5–4	210	178	Patrick Merrill	In progress
Total	5 seasons	53–31		29–13	24–18	998	902
Playoff Totals	4 Appearances	2–4		1–4	1–0	42	45	0 Championships

Playoff results edit


Season	Game	Visiting	Home
2019	Western Division Semi-Finals	Calgary 12	San Diego 11
2022	Western Conference Semi-finals	Philadelphia 8	San Diego 9
	Western Conference Finals Game 1	Colorado 14	San Diego 12
	Western Conference Finals Game 2	San Diego 11	Colorado 10
	Western Conference Finals Game 3	Colorado 15	San Diego 13
2023	Western Conference Semi-Finals	Colorado 13	San Diego 12
2024	Quarterfinals	Panther City	San Diego

Awards and honors edit


Year	Player	Award
2019	Austin Staats	Rookie of the Year

Retired numbers edit


No.	Player	Date	Tenure
17^[4]	Brodie Merrill	December 9, 2023	2019-23

Draft history edit

NLL Entry Draft edit

First Round Selections

2018: Austin Staats (1st overall), Connor Fields (10th overall), Connor Kearnan (11th overall)
2019: None
2020: Tre Leclaire (4th overall), Mac O'Keefe (15th overall)
2021: Mike McCannell (5th overall), Patrick Shoemay (9th overall), Jacob Dunbar (13th overall)
2022: Jake Govett (22nd overall)
2023: Matthew Wright (13th overall)

Head coaching history edit

#	Name	Term	Regular Season				Playoffs
#	Name	Term	GC	W	L	W%	GC	W	L	W%
1	Patrick Merrill	2019–	66	40	26	.606	6	2	4	.333

Notes edit

^ Called "Divisions" through 2022, called "Conferences" in 2022 and 2023, system was dissolved in 2024.

References edit

^ de Crescenzo, Sarah (October 26, 2017). "New San Diego Lacrosse Team Selects Sea Mammal Mascot". San Diego Business Journal. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
^ Ingemi, Marisa (September 13, 2017). "Even biggest skeptics can't deny NLL's growth". US Lacrosse Magazine. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
^ "A LAX San Diego team name: Seals". Retrieved October 24, 2017.
^ "https://twitter.com/NLL/status/1733706003948953614?s=20". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-12-10. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)