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Gladiators Bury Sea Wolves, 6-2

February 24, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


Jeff Campbell posted a hat trick for the Gladiators while Lou Dickenson notched a pair of goals to help Gwinnett past the Mississippi Sea Wovles 6-2 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on Saturday night. Gwinnett improves to 32-15-5 on the season with the win. Gwinnett hosts Augusta on Sunday at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.

For the second consecutive game, Gwinnett jumped out to a 1-0 lead with an early first period goal. Jeff Campbell notched his 16th goal of the season for Gwinnett ripping a slap shot from the top of the left wing circle over the shoulder of Mississippi netminder Ryan Munce for the marker just three minutes into the contest. Jeff Mason collected an assist on the goal moving the puck up the left wing to spring Campbell on the break.

Mississippi tied the game up at 1-1 about two minutes later at 5:05 of the first period. Jason Tejchma was able to beat Gladiators netminder Criag Kowalski from 20-feet out for the goal. Ryan Menei and Marek Kvapil collected the assists on the goal for the Sea Wolves.

Brad Schell's 4th goal of the season regained the lead for Gwinnett at 12:21 of the first period. Collecting a lose puck in the slot, Schell ripped a snap shot past Munce for the marker for Gwinnett. Lou Dickenson and Jeff Campbell collected the assists on the goal for the Gladiators.

Lou Dickenson notched his 24th goal of the season for the Gladiators at 12:37 of the second to give Gwinnett a 3-1 lead. Dickenson walked into the Mississippi zone untouched and ripped a slap shot from the top of the left wing circle over the shoulder of Munce for the marker. Jeff Campbell collected an assist pushing the puck to Dickenson thorugh the neutral zone to pick up a helper on the marker.

Gwinnett pushed its lead to 4-1 on Campbell's second goal of the contest just 3:13 into the third period. Working in on a 2-on-1 break with Jamie Milam, Campbell was able to roll the puck past Munce for the marker. The Gladiators fourth goal of the contest came shorthanded. Andy Brandt also had an assist on the goal for Gwinnett.

Campbell collected the hat trick with his third goal of the night at 8:45 of the third period. Parked in the slot, Campbell ripped a snapshot past Munce to give Gwinnett a 5-1 lead on Mississippi. Schell and Mason notched the assists on the goal for Gwinentt.

After replacing Munce with netminder Morgan Cey, Mississippi posted their second goal of the contest at 10:06 of the third period. Kvapil was able to beat Kowalski from the slot for the marker. Matt Deschamps and Mike Hartwick collected the assists on the Mississippi goal.

Dickenson's second goal of the contest rounded out the scoring in the contest. In the slot, Dickenson took an outlet pass from Schell out the right wing corner and rolled the puck past Cey for the marker. The goal came at 12:09 of the third period for the Gladaitors.

Kowalski posted the win for Gwinnett with 31 saves, his 20th victory of the year for the Gladiators. Gwinnett went 0-for-5 on the power play in the win while keeping the Sea Wolves off the board on the power play on six chances.

The Gladiators continue their fifth anniversary season on Sunday, February 24th as they host the Augusta Lynx at the Arena at Gwinnett Center at 4:05 p.m. Catch all the play-by-play action in Sunday's game on WDUN, News Talk 550.

Celebrating its 20th Anniversary as the Premier 'AA' Hockey League in 2007-08, the ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in three states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league that has 25 teams in 17 states and British Columbia in 2007-08. The 25 teams includes the Mississippi (Biloxi) Sea Wolves, who return after missing two seasons in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the expansion Elmira (N.Y.) Jackals. The ECHL will play 900 games beginning Oct. 18 and concluding Apr. 5.

The Gwinnett Gladiators continue their fifth season as a proud member of the ECHL - 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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