Gladiators Beat Cyclones 4-1
March 18, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release
Cincinnati, OH - Pat Bateman scored a pair of goals for the Gladiators to help Gwinnett to a 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Cyclones on Wednesday night at the US Bank Arena. Gwinnett improves to 28-28-6 on the season with the win and remain in 4th place in the ECHL's South Division.
Cincinnati broke the scoreless tie early in the second period with a power play goal. Gerard Miller beat Gladiators netminder Joe Fallon from the left wing point through traffic for the marker. Mac Faulkner added an assist on the Cyclones' goal at 3:47 of the second period.
Gwinnett tied the game up just 45 seconds later on Dirk Southern's 11th goal of the season. Southern slipped into the slot and rolled the puck past Cyclones' netminder Ryan Nie for the Gwinnett goal. Tom Zanoski and Pat Bateman collected the assists on the goal at 4:42 of the second period for Gwinnett.
Bateman's 20th goal of the season with 32 seconds left in the second period gave the Gladiators a 2-1 lead. Bateman snuck past the Cyclones defensemen and beat Nie on a breakaway. Jordan Fox had an assist on the goal for the Gladiators.
Gwinnett took a 3-1 lead on the Cyclones just 30 seconds into the third period on Bateman's second goal of the game. Similar to his first, Bateman slipped the puck past Nie on a break for the goal. Brennan Turner and Southern added the assists on the goal for Gwinnett.
Travis Fuller's 8th goal of the season gave Gwinnett a 4-1 lead at 9:48 of the third period. Fuller worked into the Cincinnati zone with a Cyclones' defenseman draped over him but was able to beat Nie for the marker. Brandon Gentile collected his first professional point adding an assist on the goal for Gwinnett.
Fallon finished with 20 saves in the win for the Gladiators. Gwinnett went 0-for-3 on the power play in the win while giving up one power play goal on three chances to the Cyclones.
The Gladiators continue the 2008-09 season on Thursday, March 19th as they battle the Cincinnati Cyclones at the US Bank Arena at 7:30 p.m. 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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