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Fox and Fuller Return to Gladiators

August 18, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


The Gwinnett Gladiators announced today that they have agreed to terms with forwards Jordan Fox and Travis Fuller. Both players return to the Gladiators after skating with Gwinnett last season.

Fox led the Gladiators in scoring last year posting 67 points in 68 games. He collected team highs in goals with 29 and with assists with 38. Fox also shared the team lead in power play goals with 7 last season.

The Kirkwood, Missouri native also earned a pair of call-ups to the American Hockey League last season. He notched an assist in five games with the Manitoba Moose. Fox also appeared in one game with Chicago but did not register a point while with the Wolves.

Prior to joining the Gladiators, Fox began his professional career with the Flint Generals of the International Hockey League (formerly the United Hockey League). He appeared in 74 games with Flint in 2006-07 where he posted 13 goals and 23 assists for 36 points. In his second pro season in 2007-08, he notched 26 goals and 34 assists with Flint while earning a call up and appearing in 8 games with the Albany River Rats of the AHL.

Fuller returns to Gwinnett after being acquired by the Gladiators from the Augusta Lynx on December 1, 2008. Fuller posted 6 goals and 14 assists for 20 points in 56 games after coming over from the Lynx. He had 2 goals and 6 assits in 16 games with Augusta.

Fuller split time during his rooke campaign with Augusta and Cincinnati. The Whitney, Ontario native posted 20 goals and 16 assists for 36 points in 59 combined games with the Lynx and Cyclones. Fuller also registered 2 goals and an assist in 5 Kelly Cup Playoffs game with Augusta last year.

The 6-foot-2, 195 pound forward played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with Barrie and Mississauga from 2003 through 2007. Fuller combined for 66 goals and 99 assists for 165 points in 236 career OHL games.

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 is 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 7th season in the ECHL in October of 2009 - season ticket packages for the 2009-10 season 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 Chicago Blackhawks 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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