ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Gladiators Host Rays for Last Home Game Before Christmas

Published on December 20, 2013 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


When: TONIGHT at 7:05 p.m.

Where: Arena at Gwinnett Center

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

Last Weekend:

The Gladiators played thefirst two of a three game home stand against South Division rivals. On Friday night, with five new players on the roster, the Gladiators hosted the division leading Stingrays, who also owned the best record in the league at the time. All five made an impact in Gwinnett's thrilling 3-2 victory as Antoine Corbin, Rob Kwiet, and Matt Cooper picked up assists. Most important of all, Cooperstepped in net in relief of Peter Delmas, who injured himself early in the second period. Cooper made 16 saves on 18 shots in his second career win.

On Sunday, the Gladiatorswere able to overcome a 1-0 deficit to the Orlando Solar Bears thanks to two goals early in the second period from Sacha Guimond and Maxime Legault, butafter that, Orlando roared back for four unanswered goals to pick up the 5-2 win. Just two days after his career game, Cooper played the first 25 minutes before ceding the crease to Andrew Loewen, who stopped 14-of-16.

Glads Notes:

New Kids on the Block: The Gladiators made several moves in the past week, starting on Wednesday the 11th, by trading for defenseman Antoine Corbin from the Cincinnati Cyclones, and then the next day exchanging forward Mike Embach and defenseman Nathan Martine for Fort Wayne forwards Bobby Hughes and Brett Lyon, along with defenseman Rob Kwiet. On Tuesday, the Gladiators added two new goaltenders to the roster by signing Paul Karpowich and Brad Phillips. And finally, on Thursday, forward Brian Elser returned to Gwinnett. He was last with the team during training camp before this season.

Moving On: The Gladiators have also said goodbye to three players in the past week; forward Philippe Halley left the team on Monday in order to return to school, and goaltenders Matt Cooper and Andrew Loewen were released from their respective ECHL contracts.

So Hot Right Now...: Maxime Legault has two goals and an assist over his past two games ... Antoine Corbin has an assist in each of his first two games as a Gladiator ... Joey Haddad has at least a point in four of six games ... defenseman Daniel Spivak has only finished as a minus in three of 19 games played this season.

Special Special Teams: Over their last 16games, the Gladiators have held the opposition to 3-for-48 on the power play, and 0-for-12 in their past four games. On the season Gwinnett ranks 7th in the ECHL, killing off 87.5% of opposing power plays. On the man advantage, Gwinnett is 3-for-16 (18.7%) over its prior four games.

Shooting Gallery: The Gladiators have compiled 29 or more shots on goal in eight games in a row.

Milestones: Evan Bloodoff skated in his 75th game as a Gladiator last Friday ... Antoine Corbin played in his 50th game as a pro on Sunday ... Bobby Hughes is eight games away from 100 in the ECHL.

Snippets: The Gladiators are 7-4-0-2 Monday through Friday, but 0-11 on Saturday and Sunday ... Gwinnett is 6-6 when scoring first, but 1-9-0-2 when the opposition scores first.

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