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Gladiators Get Stung by Stingrays

December 28, 2023 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


North Charleston, SC. The Atlanta Gladiators (10-16-0-0) gave up three-unanswered goals as the club fell to the South Carolina Stingrays (17-7-2-1) by a 4-1 score Wednesday night at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina.

First Star: Jackson Leppard (SC) - 2 goals, 2 assists

Second Star: Kameron Kielly (SC) - 3 assists

Third Star: Benton Maass (SC) - 1 goal

The Stingrays opened the scoring just before the midway point of the first period to build a 1-0 lead (8:41).

The Gladiators pulled even with less than eight minutes remaining in the second period to tie the game at one (12:34). Jay Powell took a drop pass from Reece Vitelli and fired home his first goal as an Atlanta Gladiator.

South Carolina regained their lead just five-minutes later as they pulled ahead 2-1 (17:11).

The Stingrays extended their lead early in the third period as they made the score 3-1 (5:04).

With time running out in the third period, Atlanta pulled goaltender Tyler Harmon in favor of an extra attacker. South Carolina capitalized on the empty net to seal a 4-1 win (19:38).

Mitchell Gibson turned aside 26 of 27 shots he faced in the win for South Carolina, meanwhile Tyler Harmon made 32 saves on 35 shots in the loss for Atlanta.

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