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Gladiators Host Rays for Animation Celebration

March 14, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


When: TONIGHT at 7:05 p.m.

Where: Arena at Gwinnett Center

Listen: "WDUN.com/listen" (Stream 2), Acess WDUN smartphone app (Apple/Android), Gwinnett Gladiators smartphone app (Apple)

Promotion: Animation Celebration, Friendly Friday, College Student Night

DULUTH, Ga. - The Gwinnett Gladiators (22-32-2-2) will take on the top team in the Eastern Conference, the South Carolina Stingrays (35-18-2-3) on Friday night in the first of two back-to-back games. It will also be the last time the Gladiators will be at home before a lengthy road trip that will see the team head up north to take on teams from the North and Atlantic Divisions.

Glads Notes:

Who's Your Haddad(y): Last week's Sher-Wood Hockey ECHL Player of the Week, Gladiators Captain Joey Haddad, had a seven game goal streak snapped last night in Greenville, but he did extend his eight-game point streak. He tiedAlaska's Peter Sivak for the ECHL season high of consecutive games with a goal, and has tallied at least one assist in his last six games, a season high in Gwinnett. His eight goals and seven assists over the last eight games have shot him to the team lead in points with 37.

The Guggenberger Special: As the Gladiators' 12thgoaltender of the season, Mark Guggenberger has provided some much needed stability in net for Gwinnett, starting each of the last six games. Since joining the team, Guggenberger has a 4-2 record, a .912 save percentage, and a 3.17 GAA. As a professional, Guggenberger has a record of 64-31-9.

Streaking Glads: Casey Pierro-Zabotel has two goals and 11 assists in his last 14 games ... Dirk Southern has four goals and four assists in his last seven games ... Defenseman Daniel Spivak has finished a game with a minus in only 12 of his 54 games played this season, and hasn't gone below a minus-one. He leads the team with a +10 on the season.

Milestones: Daniel Spivak played in his 100th professional match last Saturday ... Dirk Southern scored his 50th ECHL goal last Friday, and made his 100th ECHL assist Saturday ... Max Legault played in his 250th professional contest on Saturday.

New to the Arena: The Gladiators were busy before the ECHL trading deadline, acquiring four new players via three separate trades. Forward Mike Seidel was acquired from Evansville to complete the Antoine Corbin trade from earlier this season. Defenseman Matt Ridley was traded from Orlando for cash considerations. The big move of the day involved exchanging forward Evan Bloodoff and defenseman Rob Kwiet to Florida for forward Mike Merrifield and defenseman Eriks Sevcenko, along with future conditional players this upcoming offseason.

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