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Game Preview: Solar Bears at Gwinnett Gladiators - December 15

December 15, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Orlando Solar Bears News Release


Who: Orlando Solar Bears (Minnesota Wild/Toronto Maple Leafs)

(14-10-0-1, 29pts) vs.

Gwinnett Gladiators (Boston Bruins)

(7-14-0-2, 16pts)

Where: Arena at Gwinnett Center - Duluth, GA

When: 2:05 p.m.

Listen Live: iHeartSolarBears.com, 740thegame.com, iheart.com/live/601/ - Pregame starts at 1:50 p.m.

Watch Live: America One

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Matchup:

The Solar Bears close out a three-game road trip today as they look to get back to their winning ways against the Gwinnett Gladiators. The Solar Bears have found success against Gwinnett early on this season going 2-0-0-1 thus far. The Solar Bears were in action last night in South Carolina, suffering a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Stingrays. South Carolina scored once in the first and once in the second to take a 2-0 lead into the third period. F Francis Verreault-Paul scored a power play goal for the Solar Bears early in the third, but it was as close as the Solar Bears would get as the Stingrays took home the win. Gwinnett was last in action on Friday night, taking a 3-2 win over South Carolina. The Gladiators notched three goals by the halfway point of the second period, but the Stingrays answered back and pulled to within one with 1:09 left in the contest. The Gladiators held the Stingrays off the board in the final minute to take the 3-2 win. Orlando has only played one game at the Arena at Gwinnett Center this season, earning a point in a 4-3 shootout loss.

Solar Bears Notes:

Orlando has surrendered the first goal of the game in 10 of their 11 road games this season... The Solar Bears are 8-8-0-1 against South Division teams this season... D Cody Wild leads the Solar Bears against the Gladiators with four points (1g, 3a) in three games... G John Curry has won each of his last two starts... The Solar Bears agreed to terms with F Jacob Cepis on Wednesday... F Mike Duco was recalled to the Toronto Marlies on Monday... F Josh Caron remains in the AHL with the Iowa Wild... Forward C.J. Severyn remains in the AHL with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins... G Christopher Gibson remains in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies... F Kory Nagy remains in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies. He had a goal in Toronto's 4-1 win over Hamilton last night.

Gladiators Notes:

F Kurtis Bartliff is tied for fourth among rookies with eight goals... The Gladiators are the third least penalized team in the league with 12.26 penalty minutes per game... The Gladiators play four of their next five games at home... F Kurtis Bartliff leads the Gladiators in goals with eight... F Marshall Everson is tied with F Evan Bloodoff for the team lead with six assists... Bloodoff leads the Gladiators with 13 points... Gwinnett is tied for 18th (with Orlando) on the power play at 10.3% (9-for-87) and 5th on the penalty kill at 87.3% (69-for-79).

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