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Gladiators Get Five-of-a-Kind against Aces

March 23, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


Trevor Prior turned aside 22 shots to record his second consecutive shut out while Kevin Doell added a goal and two assists to help the Gladiators blank the Alaska Aces Tuesday night at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.

Gwinnett jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Wes Swinson ripped a slap shot through the legs of Alaska netminder Dan Murphy 37 seconds into the opening period. Brandon Dietrich took a pass from Kevin Doell and fed Swinson streaking in from the point for the goal.

Anthony Aquino added his team tying 8th power play goal 2:25 into the opening period as he rolled a snap-shot along the ice past Murphy. Doell added his second assist of the night while Brown also picked up a helper on the man advantage tally.

Gwinnett took a 3-0 lead on Joe Bourne's power play goal with 2:23 remaining in the first period. Bourne picked up a rebound in the right win circle and ripped the puck past Murphy. Tyler Deis and Jim Jackson recorded the assists on the goal.

After combining for 32 shots in the opening period, Gwinnett and Alaska totaled 10 in the middle stanza with the Gladiators outshoot the Aces 7-3 in the second period.

Jim Jackson pushed the Gladiators lead to 4-0 with a slap shot from the right point that clanked off the goalpost and past Murphy. Evan Nielsen and Kris Goodjohn added the assists on the goal at 3:40 of the final period.

Kevin Doell capped the scoring at 6:44 of the third as the center man walked untouched out of the left wing corner and jammed the puck past Murphy. Anthony Aquino and Brandon Dietrich worked the puck to Doell in the corner to add the assists on the goal.

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