ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Gladiators Beat Pride, 4-1

March 12, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


Sean Fields made 26 saves and Kris Goodjohn picked up two assists to help the Gladiators beat the Pee Dee Pride 4-1 on Saturday night at the Florence Civic Center. With the win, the 8th place Gladiators now lead the 9th place Pee Dee Pride by 9 points in the race for a playoff berth in the American Conference.

The Gladiators jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a shorthanded goal 3:29 into the first period. Pee Dee netminder Nick Boucher came out of his net into the slot to play a loose puck but couldn't get it past Randy Dagenais who whipped the puck into the empty net for the unassisted goal. Steve Hildenbrand tied the game up at 1-1 on the power play later in the third period. Hildenbrand slid into the slot untouched and cranked a snap shot over the shoulder of Gladiators netminder Sean Fields. Steve Cygan and Gregg Johnson added the assist on the power play goal at 14:35 of the first period.

Joe Bourne gave the Gladiators a 2-1 lead with 3:56 left in the second period. Adam Smyth didn't get a hold of a centering pass in the slot from Kris Goodjohn and the puck rolled right to a waiting Bourne in the left wing circle where the defenseman buried the puck in the back of the net. Mike Stathopoulos extended the Gladiators lead to 3-1 just 44 seconds later with his 11th goal of the season. The rookie striped a Pee Dee defenseman of the puck around the blue line and snapping a shot under the pad of Boucher for the unassisted goal.

The Gladiators extended their lead to 4-1 just 19 seconds into the third period as Jeff Campbell posted his 26th goal of the season. Chris Durno missed on a centering pass from Goodjohn in the slot where a waiting Campbell capitalized on the loose puck.

Fields finished the game with 26 saves to help the Gladiators improve to 30-18-8 on the year and 68 points. The Gladiators finish out the weekend on Sunday as they host the South Carolina Stingrays at the Arena at Gwinnett Center at 4:05 p.m. It's Cam Brown Bobblehead night sponsored by Clayton Dental, Charter Communications and 104.7 The Fish. Originally scheduled for January 29th, the game was moved to Sunday due to the "Ice Storm" back in January.

The Central Division Champion Gwinnett Gladiators continue their second season at the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Sunday, March 13th against the South Carolina Stingrays 4:05 p.m. The Gladiators offer several ticket packages for different needs as well as group outings, suites and birthday parties. For more information call 770-497-5100 or log on to www.gwinnettgladiators.com. The Gladiators play all 36 home games at the Arena at Gwinnett Center located on Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth and are the AA affiliate of the Atlanta Thrashers.

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