San Diego Sabers

The San Diego Sabers are a junior ice hockey team based in Carlsbad, California, that competes in the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL).

The team plays its home games at IceTown Carlsbad.

[3][4][5] Prior to the 2011–12 season, the WSHL and all its team members, including the Gulls, became Amateur Athletic Union sanctioned instead of USA Hockey, the first Junior A hockey league to make that transition.

[6] In 2017, the Sabers were sold to former Czech national team and Olympian Tomas Kapusta.

[7] In 2020, the Sabers left the WSHL and joined another independent junior hockey league, the United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL), in the Premier Division.

Team logo when the franchise played as the San Diego Gulls 2008–15.
Team logo when the franchise played as the San Diego Surf 2001–08.