ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Gladiators fly past Ice Pilots, 5-2

Published on March 25, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


The Gwinnett Gladiators used Derek Nesbitt's first professional hat trick to knock off the Pensacola Ice Pilots 5-2 on Saturday night in Pensacola. Jan Steber netted the games first two goals to give the Ice Pilots an early 2-0 lead. Steber's first tally came 2:40 into the first period as he walked out of a pile along the dasher board, picked up his own rebound and flipped the puck past Gladiators netminder Adam Berkhoel for the marker. Matt Moore picked up an assist on the goal. Steber's second goal came at the 6:29 mark of the first corralling a rebound in the slot and beating Berkhoel to the short side for his second of the night. Blake Robson and Adam Tichauer collected the assists on the marker. Derek Nesbitt got the Gladiators on the board on the power play at the 14:54 mark of the first period. Pensacola netminder Dustin Traylen was unable to control the rebound and Nesbitt pounced on the loose puck flipping the puck past the netminder for the goal. Jon Awe and Guillaume Desbiens hooked up to pick up the assists on the goal. Joel Stepp's third goal since joining the Gladiators tied the game at two with just 2:06 left in the first period. A loose puck rolled right to Stepp in the high slot where he ripped the puck past Traylen for the marker. Scott Mifsud collected an assist on the goal. Gwinnett took its first lead of the game with 3:21 left in the second period on Derek Nesbitt's second goal of the game. Jon Awe picked up an assist on the goal as he ripped a slap shot wide of the net where Nesbitt corralled the rebound and pounded the puck past Traylen for the power play marker. Derek Nesbitt posted his third goal of the game at the 5:57 mark of the third period to give the Gladiators a 4-2 lead. Nesbitt worked the puck down the left wing wall muscling his way to the slot to post the goal. Jon Awe had an assist on the goal moving the puck up ice to Nesbitt for the tally. Jeff Dwyer rounded out the scoring for the Gladiators with his 6th goal of the season and the Gladiators 3rd power play goal of the game. Matt York and Milan Gajic collected the assists on the goal for the Gladiators setting up Dwyer at the point on the man advantage. Adam Berkhoel made 31 saves for Gladiators in his second consecutive win against the Ice Pilots. Gwinnett posted three goals on the power play for the second consecutive game.

The Gwinnett Gladiators, who have already clinched a playoff berth and a first round bye in the 2006 Kelly Cup Playoffs, continue the 2005-06 ECHL season at the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Sunday, March 26th as they host the South Carolina Stingrays at 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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