2024 San Diego Seals season

2024 San Diego Seals
League	NLL
2024 record	13-5
Home record	8-1
Road record	5-4
Goals for	210
Goals against	178
General Manager	Patrick Merrill
Coach	Patrick Merrill
Captain	Wesley Berg
Arena	Pechanga Arena
Average attendance	4,636
Team leaders
Goals	Austin Staats
Assists	Wesley Berg
Points	Wesley Berg
Penalties in minutes	Austin Staats
Loose Balls	Trevor Baptiste
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The San Diego Seals are a lacrosse team based in San Diego, California. The team plays in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2024 season was their fifth season in the NLL. The season started on December 9, 2022, as a home opener against the Calgary Roughnecks.

On September 13, 2023, before the start of the season, team captain Brodie Merrill announced his retirement from professional lacrosse.[1] His number (#17) was retired at the home opener.[2] Wesley Berg was named as the new team captain.[3] However, on March 15, 2024 it was announced that Merrill would be returning to the active roster, and plans to finish the remainder of the 2024 season on the Seals.[4]

The Seals ended the regular season and entered the playoffs with the second overall ranking.[5] They lost to the Albany FireWolves in the Semifinals.[6]

Regular season

Standings

Reference:[7]

P	Team	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff	GF/GP	GA/GP
1	Toronto Rock – xz	18	15	3	.833	0.0	7–2	8–1	218	169	+49	12.11	9.39
2	San Diego Seals – x	18	13	5	.722	2.0	8–1	5–4	210	178	+32	11.67	9.89
3	Albany FireWolves – x	18	11	7	.611	4.0	5–4	6–3	206	191	+15	11.44	10.61
4	Buffalo Bandits – x	18	11	7	.611	4.0	6–3	5–4	237	212	+25	13.17	11.78
5	Georgia Swarm – x	18	10	8	.556	5.0	6–3	4–5	198	197	+1	11.00	10.94
6	Halifax Thunderbirds – x	18	10	8	.556	5.0	6–3	4–5	228	200	+28	12.67	11.11
7	Panther City Lacrosse Club – x	18	9	9	.500	6.0	5–4	4–5	205	202	+3	11.39	11.22
8	Rochester Knighthawks – x	18	8	10	.444	7.0	4–5	4–5	214	226	−12	11.89	12.56
9	New York Riptide	18	8	10	.444	7.0	4–5	4–5	206	234	−28	11.44	13.00
10	Saskatchewan Rush	18	8	10	.444	7.0	4–5	4–5	217	210	+7	12.06	11.67
11	Calgary Roughnecks	18	8	10	.444	7.0	6–3	2–7	198	194	+4	11.00	10.78
12	Vancouver Warriors	18	8	10	.444	7.0	5–4	3–6	202	211	−9	11.22	11.72
13	Philadelphia Wings	18	6	12	.333	9.0	1–8	5–4	198	233	−35	11.00	12.94
14	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	18	5	13	.278	10.0	2–7	3–6	176	223	−47	9.78	12.39
15	Colorado Mammoth	18	5	13	.278	10.0	4–5	1–8	193	226	−33	10.72	12.56

x = clinched playoff berth | z = clinched top overall record

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; LB = Loose Balls

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	LB
Wesley Berg	18	41	67	108	18	96
Austin Staats	18	50	52	102	38	84
Dane Dobbie	18	24	46	70	8	51
Curtis Dickson	13	27	37	64	2	60
Tre Leclaire	18	23	36	59	7	80

Game log

Regular season

Reference:[8]

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
1	December 9, 2023	Calgary Roughnecks	Pechanga Arena	W 12–9		5,345	1–0
2	December 16, 2023	@ Buffalo Bandits	KeyBank Center	L 9–12		17,200	1–1
3	December 29, 2023	Rochester Knighthawks	Pechanga Arena	W 17–14		4,339	2–1
4	January 12, 2024	@ Las Vegas Desert Dogs	Michelob Ultra Arena	L 8–10		6,203	2–2
5	January 13, 2024	@ Colorado Mammoth	Ball Arena	W 12–8		9,652	3–2
6	January 20, 2024	@ Albany FireWolves	MVP Arena	W 14–7		3,578	4–2
7	January 27, 2024	@ Philadelphia Wings	Wells Fargo Center	W 12–11		8,482	5–2
8	February 4, 2024	Colorado Mammoth	Pechanga Arena	W 16–7		5,354	6–2
9	February 10, 2024	@ New York Riptide	Nassau Coliseum	L 8–10		5,001	6–3
10	February 23, 2024	Georgia Swarm	Pechanga Arena	W 12–11	OT	4,392	7–3
11	March 1, 2024	@ Panther City Lacrosse Club	Dickies Arena	W 10–9	OT	2,654	8–3
12	March 2, 2024	Toronto Rock	Pechanga Arena	L 13–15		4,199	8–4
13	March 9, 2024	Halifax Thunderbirds	Pechanga Arena	W 13–8		4,055	9–4
14	March 15, 2024	@ Calgary Roughnecks	Scotiabank Saddledome	W 7–6		14,143	10–4
15	March 23, 2024	Las Vegas Desert Dogs	Pechanga Arena	W 10–9	OT	5,324	11–4
16	April 5, 2024	Panther City Lacrosse Club	Pechanga Arena	W 14–10		4,075	12–4
17	April 13, 2024	@ Saskatchewan Rush	SaskTel Centre	L 8–13		7,090	12–5
18	April 19, 2024	Vancouver Warriors	Pechanga Arena	W 16–9		4,639	13–5

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Location	Score	OT	Attendance	Record
Quarterfinals	April 27, 2024	Panther City Lacrosse Club	Pechanga Arena	W 9–8	OT	4,804	1–0
Semifinals (game 1)	May 3, 2024	Albany FireWolves	Pechanga Arena	L 12–14		5,001	1–1
Semifinals (game 2)	May 5, 2024	@ Albany FireWolves	MVP Arena	L 10–13		4,237	1–2

Roster

References:[9][10][11]

San Diego Seals roster view talk 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 Jordan Hall Cam Woods Bob Watson Legend * Suspended list (C) Captain (A) Alternate captain [1] updated 2023-12-18 NLL Transactions

Entry Draft

The 2023 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 15, 2023.[12] The Seals made the following selections:

Round	Overall	Player	College/Club
1	13	Matthew Wright	University of North Carolina/Syracuse University- Peterborough
2	23	Ben Stewart	Hofstra University- Burnaby Lakers
2	27	Noah Armitage	Stonybrook University – New West
3	44	Matthew Abbott	Queens University (NC)- Langley Thunder Sr. WLA
4	62	Xander Dickson	University of Virginia
5	76	Marcus Hudgins	Ohio State University
5	80	JJ Sillstrop	University of Denver
6	95	Oscar Hertz	Brown University

References

1. "Brodie Merrill Retires from Lacrosse". www.usalaxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
2. "Watch as Brodie Merrill becomes the FIRST player in San Diego Seals franchise history to have his number retired". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-12-10.
3. "Merrill, Holding, Berg Named 2022-23 Captains". OurSports Central. 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
4. Levi, Adam (Mar 15, 2024). "Brodie Merrill Returns to Seals Active Roster". National Lacrosse League.
5. "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
6. "Seals Fall to Albany in Game 2 | San Diego Seals". www.sealslax.com. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
7. "Standings". National Lacrosse League.
8. "2024 San Diego Seals". NLL Stats.
9. "Players | San Diego Seals". www.sealslax.com. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
10. "Coaching Staff | San Diego Seals". www.sealslax.com. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
11. "2024 San Diego Seals". nllstats.com. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
12. "DRAFT CENTRAL – 2023 NLL ENTRY DRAFT". National Lacrosse League. September 11, 2023.