ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Gladiators Fall to Bombers 4-2

Published on March 22, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


Troy, OH - Goals by Matt Siddall and Jordan Fox could not help lift the Gwinnett Gladiators past the Dayton Bombers in a 4-2 loss on Sunday afternoon at the Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio. Gwinnett falls to 29-30-6 on the season with the loss.

After a scoreless tie through the first period, Gwinnett took a 1-0 lead on Matt Siddall's 17th goal of the season. Parked in the slot, Siddall deflected Jordan Fox's shot from the point past Dayton netminder Paul Drew for the goal. Pat Bateman also had an assist on the goal for Gwinnett at 2:45 of the second period.

Gwinnett gave the lead away as Dayton tied the contest at one with a shorthanded marker at 6:11 of the second period. Christian Gaudet finished an odd man rush for the Bombers beating Gladiators netminder Dan Turple from the right wing for the goal. Jarret Lukin had an assist on the marker for the Bombers.

Dayton took a 2-1 lead on the Gladiators on the power play early in the third period. Greg Labenski ripped a slapshot from the right wing point that eluded Turple for the marker. Joe Van Culin and Andrew Fornier had assists on the goal for Dayton at 1:56 of the third period.

Jordan Fox equalized the contest with his 25th goal of the season beating Drew from point blank range. Adam Berti and Matt Siddall collected assists on the goal cycling the puck in the Dayton zone to set up the marker. The marker came at 7:44 of the third period.

Les Reaney regained the lead for Dayton at 11:03 of the thrid period batting a puck out of the air in the slot and slipping it past Turple for the go-ahead goal. Matt Auffrey had an assist on the Dayton goal while Fornier added his second assist of the game.

Dayton added an empty net goal with 1:03 left in the third period to put the contest away. Nino Musitelli threw the puck into the empty net from just inside the Gwinnett blue line for the goal. Gaudet had an assist on the goal for the Bombers.

Turple made 28 saves in the losing effort for Gwinnett. The Gladiators went 0-for-3 on the power play in the loss while giving up a goal on five shorthanded situations to the Bombers.

The Gladiators continue the 2008-09 season on Thursday, March 26th as they travel to Charlotte to take on the Charlotte Checkers at 7:05 p.m. at the Time Warner Cable Arena. 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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