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Gladiators Host Everblades Tonight for Elvis Birthday Bash

January 4, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


When: TONIGHT at 7:05 p.m.

Where: Arena at Gwinnett Center

Listen: North Georgia's Newstalk AM 550/FM 102.9 WDUN, "WDUN.com/listen/" (Stream 1), Access WDUN smartphone app (Apple/Android), Gwinnett Gladiators smartphone app (Apple)

DULUTH, Ga. - A night after shutting out the team with the best record in the ECHL, the South Carolina Stingrays, 4-0 in North Charleston, the Gwinnett Gladiators will close out a busy week by facing the Florida Everblades at the Arena at Gwinnett Center Saturday night. This is only the third meeting between the two South Division foes, and the first game since November 15th. The two teams split the two game set with Gwinnett winning the opener 5-4, and Florida shutting out the Gladiators 3-0 the next night. Tonight's game also closes out a stretch of five games in seven days, and seven games in ten days for the Gladiators, including the extended road trip to Indiana last weekend.

Glads Notes:

Super Special Teams: Over their last 13 games, the Gladiators have held the opposition to 6-for-45 on the power play, and on the season, ranking 8th in the ECHL, killing off 86.6% of opposing power plays. On the man advantage, Gwinnett has at least one power play tally in nine of 12 games, going 8-for-33 (23.8%) over that stretch.

Streaking Glads: Evan Bloodoff has six points (5 goals, 1 assist) in his past eight games ... Forward Bobby Hughes has a goal and four assists over his past six games.

Staying Disciplined: Gwinnett is the third-least penalized team in the ECHL, averaging just 12.06 penalty minutes per game. Only the Elmira Jackals (10.55) and Cincinnati Cyclones (11.47) average fewer penalty minutes.

Milestones: Brad Phillips posted his first professional shutout Friday night in a 4-0 win over South Carolina ... Justin Weller played in his 85th as a pro and as a Gladiator on Tuesday ... Bobby Hughes played his 100th ECHL game on Friday... Rob Kwiet hit 275 as a pro on Thursday ... Joey Haddad is three games away from 200 in the ECHL.

Snippets: Gwinnett is 8-7 when scoring first, but 1-12-0-2 when the opposition scores first ... when scoring three or more goals the Gladiators are 9-3-0-1, but when scoring two or fewer goals the Glads are 0-16-0-1.

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