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Gladiators Fall to Sea Wolves in OT, 4-3

February 21, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


Biloxi, MS - The Mississippi Sea Wolves posted a 4-3 shootout win over the Gwinnett Gladiators on Saturday night at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum. Gwinnett opened up a 2-0 lead on Mississippi early in the first period but couldn't hold on as the Sea Wolves battled back and took a 3-2 lead on Gwinnett early in the third and went on to post the shootout win. Gwinnett falls to 22-23-6 on the season with the shootout loss.

Gwinnett took a 1-0 lead on the Sea Wolves on Jordan Fox's team leading 21st goal of the season. Fox walked off the left wing dasherboards into the slot and beat Sea Wolves netminder Ryan Munce over the shoulder for the goal. Adam Berti and Dan Sullivan notched assists on the goal at 3:07 of the first period for Gwinnett.

Tom Zanoski pushed the Gwinnett lead to 2-0 at 6:36 of the second period. Zanoski beat a Sea Wolves defenseman to a loose puck along the goal line and whacked the puck past an out-of-position Munce for the tally. Dirk Southern had an assist on the goal for Gwinnett.

Mississippi got on the board at the 9:37 of the first period to cut the Gladiators lead in half. Alexandre Parent was able to deflected a bouncing puck in the slot off his chest past Gladiators netminder Dan Turple for the goal. Mike Nesdill and Mathieu Melanson each had an assist on the tally for the Sea Wolves.

The Sea Wolves tied the game at two in the second period with the only goal of the stanza. Melanson notched his first goal of the game ripping a slapshot over the shoulder of Turple for the marker. Ryan Cruthers and Pat Oliveto had the assists on the goal at 4:56 of the season period for the Sea Wolves.

Mississippi took a 3-2 lead on the Gladiators early in the third period. Ryan Menei was able to rip a slapshot over the shoulder of Turple for the Sea Wolves goal. Jeremy Hall and Chris Zarb had the assists on the goal at 6:26 of the third period.

Zanoski notched his second goal of the game to tie the contest at three at 14:55 of the third period. Zanoski's goal forced overtime as he beat Munce from 20 feet out thorugh traffic for the marker. Pat Bateman and Brennan Turner had the assists on the goal for Gwinnett.

After a scoreless overtime period, Mississippi put the game away in the shootout posting two shootout goals over the Gladiators while Gwinnett got a lone shootout goal from Jeff Mason in the loss.

Dan Turple finished with 21 saves in the losing effort for Gwinnett while both teams were unsuccessful on three power play chances in the contest.

The Gladiators continue the 2008-09 season on Sunday, February 22, 2009 as they host the Florida Everblades at 4:05 p.m. at the Arena at Gwinnett Center. 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 21 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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