2020 San Diego Seals season

The San Diego Seals are a lacrosse team based in San Diego, California. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2020 season is their 2nd season in the NLL. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on March 12, 2020.[1] On April 8, the league made a further public statement announcing the cancellation of the remaining games of the 2020 season and that they would be exploring options for playoffs once it was safe to resume play.[2][3]

2020 San Diego Seals
League	NLL
Division	West
2020 record	6-6
Home record	3-3
Road record	3-3
Goals for	138
Goals against	131
General Manager	Patrick Merrill
Coach	Patrick Merrill
Captain	Brodie Merrill
Alternate captains	Dan Dawson Kyle Buchanan Cam Holding
Arena	Pechanga Arena
← 2019 2021 season →

Regular season

Final standings

Reference: [4]

North Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Halifax Thunderbirds	12	8	4	.667	0.0	6–1	2–3	139	126	+13	11.58	10.50
2	Toronto Rock	11	7	4	.636	0.5	4–2	3–2	122	106	+16	11.09	9.64
3	Buffalo Bandits	11	7	4	.636	0.5	4–2	3–2	130	118	+12	11.82	10.73
4	Rochester Knighthawks	12	2	10	.167	6.0	2–3	0–7	115	165	-50	9.58	13.75

East Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	New England Black Wolves	11	8	3	.727	0.0	4–3	4–0	135	101	+34	12.27	9.18
2	Georgia Swarm	12	7	5	.583	1.5	2–4	5–1	149	126	+23	12.42	10.50
3	Philadelphia Wings	14	8	6	.571	1.5	3–3	5–3	151	134	+17	10.79	9.57
4	New York Riptide	13	1	12	.077	8.0	1–5	0–7	116	177	-61	8.92	13.62

West Division

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Saskatchewan Rush	10	7	3	.700	0.0	2–3	5–0	111	93	+18	11.10	9.30
2	Colorado Mammoth	13	7	6	.538	1.5	4–2	3–4	128	125	+3	9.85	9.62
3	San Diego Seals	12	6	6	.500	2.0	3–3	3–3	138	131	+7	11.50	10.92
4	Calgary Roughnecks	10	5	5	.500	2.0	1–4	4–1	122	111	+11	12.20	11.10
5	Vancouver Warriors	13	4	9	.308	4.5	2–4	2–5	117	160	-43	9.00	12.31

x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games Played
W: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowed
Differential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game

Game log

Regular Season

Reference:[5]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 7, 2019	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 10–13		10,685	0–1
2	December 14, 2019	Toronto Rock	Pechanga Arena San Diego	L 6–13		5,414	0–2
3	December 27, 2019	Calgary Roughnecks	Pechanga Arena San Diego	L 11–16		4,088	0–3
4	December 29, 2019	@ Vancouver Warriors	Rogers Arena	W 11–10	OT	6,125	1–3
5	January 12, 2020	Saskatchewan Rush	Pechanga Arena San Diego	L 9–12		4,145	1–4
6	January 18, 2020	@ Halifax Thunderbirds	Scotiabank Centre	L 5–8		7,219	1–5
7	January 25, 2020	@ New York Riptide	Nassau Coliseum	W 15–11		3,275	2–5
8	February 1, 2020	@ Colorado Mammoth	Orleans Arena	W 17–10		4,821	3–5
9	February 15, 2020	@ Colorado Mammoth	Pepsi Center	L 7–10		10,820	3–6
10	February 22, 2020	Vancouver Warriors	Pechanga Arena San Diego	W 15–10		4,217	4–6
11	February 29, 2020	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 13–12		12,217	5–6
12	March 7, 2020	Rochester Knighthawks	Pechanga Arena San Diego	W 19–6		6,292	6–6

The eighth game of the season was a home game played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise.

Cancelled games

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
13	March 13, 2020	@ Vancouver Warriors	Rogers Arena
14	March 20, 2020	New England Black Wolves	Pechanga Arena San Diego
15	March 28, 2020	@ Philadelphia Wings (2018–)	Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia)
16	April 4, 2020	Georgia Swarm	Pechanga Arena San Diego
17	April 11, 2020	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre
18	April 25, 2020	Calgary Roughnecks	Pechanga Arena San Diego

Roster

San Diego Seals roster
Active (21-man) roster				Inactive roster		Coaches
Goaltenders 85 Tyler Carlson 92 Frank Scigliano Defensemen 44 Graydon Bradley 52 Garett Epple 11 Mark Glicini 25 Eli Gobrecht 19 Cam Holding  3 Garrett McIntosh 17 Brodie Merrill  7 Tor Reinholdt 12 Matt Sykes		Forwards 14 Wesley Berg 91 Kyle Buchanan  5 Connor Fields 88 Zack Greer 81 Connor Kearnan 22 Evan Messenger 45 Jeremy Noble Transition  2 Drew Belgrave 63 Brandon Clelland		Practice Squad 77 Jules Heningburg  4 Ethan Schott 59 Mikie Schlosser Injured Reserve 21 Casey Jackson 33 Zach Miller 30 Johnny Pearson 83 Austin Staats		Head Coach Patrick Merrill Assistant Coaches Josh Sanderson Bill Greer Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain Roster updated 2019-01-18 NLL Transactions

See also

• 2020 NLL season

References

1. "NLL Statement on game play (March 12, 2020)". NLL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
2. "National Lacrosse League cancels remainder of season due to COVID-19". Sportsnet. Sportsnet.
3. "National Lacrosse League announces cancellation of remaining regular season games". NLL.com. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
4. "2020 National Lacrosse League Standings". Pointstreak Stats.
5. "Saskatchewan Rush schedule". NLL.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.