The San Diego Gulls acquired goaltender Leland Irving from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms Monday in exchange for future considerations.
The trade gives the Gulls a third goaltender, joining Kevin Boyle and Angus Redmond. Dustin Tokarski, who had been the Gulls No. 1 goalie in the 2016-17 season, was not in uniform for Saturday’s season-opening 7-6 victory over the Tucson Roadrunners.
Tokarski was traded Monday by the Gulls NHL parent team, the Anaheim Ducks, to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for future considerations. The Flyers then assigned Tokarski to Lehigh Valley, their American Hockey League affiliate.
Irving spent the 2016-17 season with KooKoo Kouvola of the Finnish Elite League, posting a 11-11-12 record and a 2.18 goals against average. He has played parts of six seasons in the AHL for three teams with a 105-101-6-14 record and 2.53 goals against average.
Irving was chosen in the first round of the 2006 NHL draft by the Calgary Flames. He played 13 games with the Flames in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons with a 3-4-4 record and 3.25 goals against average.
— City News Service
