ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Gladiators Drop 3-1 Decision to Cyclones

Published on March 19, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


Cincinnati, OH - Brandon Kaleniecki notched his first goal for the Gladiators since December but Gwinnett could not get past the Cincinnati Cyclones in a 3-1 loss at the US Bank Arena on Tursday night. Gwinnett falls to 28-29-6 on the season with the loss.

Cincinnati took a 1-0 lead on the Gladiators 8:25 into the first period. Dustin Sproat beat Gwinnett netminder Joe Fallon for the goal as the Cyclones forward crashed the net rolling the puck past the netminder for the goal. Chris D'Alvise and T.J. McElroy collected the assists on the goal for the Cyclones.

Gwinnett equalized the contest in the second period on Kaleniecki's 8th goal of the season. Right off a faceoff deep in the Cincinnati zone, Kaleniecki threw the puck to the net from along the goal line and it eluded Cyclones netminder Loic Lacasse for the marker. Dan Sullivan had an assist on the goal at 6:20 of the second period.

Cincinnati took a 3-1 lead on the Gladiators with a pair of goals just 71 seconds apart early in the thrid period. Mark Van Guilder beat Fallon from point blank range in the slot at 2:02 of the third period for the go-ahead goal. Matt Syroczynski and Barrett Ehgoetz added the assists on the goal for Cyclones.

Adam Krug slipped by both Gladiators defensemen at the Gwinnett blue line and beat Fallon over the shoulder on a breakaway for the marker. D'Alvise added his second assist of the game on the goal for Cincinnati at 3:13 of the third period.

Fallon finished with 27 saves in the losing effort for Gwinnett. The Gladiators went 0-for-7 on the power play in the loss while keeping the Cyclones off the board on the man advantage on six chances.

The Gladiators continue the 2008-09 season on Saturday, March 21st as they travel to Troy, Ohio to take on the Dayton Bombers at 7:35 p.m. at the Hobart Arena. Catch all the play by play action on WDUN, News Talk 550.

Began in 1988-89 with five teams playing in four states, the Premier ‘AA' Hockey League has grown into a coast-to-coast league that will have 23 teams in 16 states and British Columbia playing 864 games from Oct. 17, 2008 to Apr. 4, 2009. Eighteen of the 23 teams have played at least five years in their current city.

The third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League, the ECHL averaged 4,174 per game last season, marking the fourth year in row and the 16th time in the last 18 years that the league has averaged over 4,000 fans. The league has drawn over four million fans each of the last five years and 11 times in the past 12 seasons.

The Gwinnett Gladiators open their sixth season as a proud member of the ECHL in October of 2008 - season ticket packages are on sale now. In addition, the Gladiators offer several unique multi-game ticket packages as well as discounted group rates, suite rentals, and birthday parties. For more information call 770-497-5100 or log on to gwinnettgladiators.com.

The Gladiators are the AA affiliate of the Atlanta Thrashers and play all home games at the spectacular 11,355-seat Arena at Gwinnett Center, located just off I-85 on Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth, where parking is always free.

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