San Diego Gulls Recall Coulson Pitre, Roman Kinal From Tulsa Oilers

San Diego recalled forward Coulson Pitre and defenseman Roman Kinal from the Tulsa Oilers, a pair of moves announced Feb. 26, 2026 that immediately increase the Gulls’ options in attack and on the blue line. The club’s release and subsequent reprints framed Pitre as an ECHL playmaker and Kinal as a physical defenseman with prior AHL experience.

Pitre, 21 (12/13/2004), has split the 2025-26 season between San Diego and Tulsa. In the AHL he appeared in 11 games, posting 1-1=2. In the ECHL with Tulsa he has 26 games, 5-16=21 points, and, as the release notes, "At the time of his recall, his 16 assists pace all Tulsa skaters." Pitre’s AHL resume includes 61 games in 2024-25 with the Gulls, when he tallied 3-13=16 points.

Kinal, 27 (7/20/98), returns after appearances earlier in 2025-26 for San Diego and a full slate of ECHL minutes with Tulsa. The 6-2, 190-pound defenseman logged three AHL games this season with a +2 rating and skated in 27 ECHL games, producing 2-7=9 points, 45 penalty minutes and a +8. His 2024-25 AHL line with San Diego read 36 games, 1-1=2 and 25 PIM, and he recorded his first career AHL goal Nov. 23, 2024 vs. Ontario. Archyde’s background coverage identifies Kinal as a Waterford, Michigan native and notes previous stints with San Jose Barracuda (2023-24) and Wichita Thunder (2022-23). Archyde also records that San Diego signed Kinal to a one-year standard player contract on Sept. 29, 2025.

The official San Diego release excerpt included a longer junior stat block that appears immediately after the Kinal paragraph but does not explicitly name its subject in the supplied copy. That paragraph reads: "The Newmarket, Ontario native registered 75-84=159 points with a +22 rating in 166 career OHL games with Flint from 2021-24. He was named to the OHL First All-Rookie Team in 2021-22 after collecting 23-21=44 points with a +11 rating in 52 games with the Firebirds. He also scored 9-6=15 points with a +9 rating in 24 OHL Playoff contests." The release text provided does not explicitly tie that OHL summary to either Pitre or Kinal.

Oursportscentral’s reprint of the announcement placed the recall amid a flurry of late-February roster headlines for the Gulls and the team schedule. The site listed related items such as Anaheim Ducks reassignments and a game block that read "8:00 p.m. Today San Diego Gulls at Texas Stars," with upcoming opponents shown as Tucson, Texas (twice), San Jose and Rockford. The recall, dated Feb. 26, 2026 in team and aggregator feeds, gives the Gulls extra playmaking from Pitre and depth and size on the back end with Kinal as they navigate the AHL stretch run.