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Gladiators Lose to Checkers 7-4

March 13, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


Mike Vigilante had two goals for Gwinnett while Brad Schell pushed his point-scoring streak to 15 games but it wasn't enough to help the Gladiators past the Charlotte Checkers in a 7-4 loss on Tuesday night at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena. With the loss, Gwinnett falls to 35-19-7 on the season.

Gwinnett took a 1-0 lead on the Checkers just 39 seconds into a power play. Parked in the slot, Mike Vigilatne took a centering feed from Brad Schell and beat Charlotte netminder Chris Holt for his 23rd goal of the season. Scott Mifsud also had an assist on the power play goal at the 13:39 mark of the first period. Schell pushed his point scoring streak to 15 straight games with the assist on the goal.

Matt York pushed the Gladiators lead to two with his 8th goal of the season. York found a loose puck that squirted past Holt and sat in the crease and jammed it into the net for the marker. Jamie Milam and Schell posted the assists on the power play goal for Gwinnett at the 9:06 mark of the second period.

Gwinnett took a 3-0 lead on the Checkers on Paul Flache's 2nd goal of the season. Flache ripped a slap shot from the point past Holt for the power play goal off a feed from Chad Painchaud. Joel Stepp also had an assist on the Gladiators third power play goal of the game. The marker came at the 11:03 mark of the second period.

Charlotte cut the lead to one goal with a pair of makers late in the second period. Wide open in the right wing circle, Blake Bellefeuille ripped a snap shot past Gladiators netminder Dan Turple for the goal. Mark Lee and Dan Murphy posted the assist on the power play goal scored with just 2:50 left in the middle stanza.

Less than two minutes later, Charlotte cut the Gladiators lead to one goal as Mike Ouellette beat Turple to the far post for the goal. Ryan Constant collected an assist on the Checkers' second power play goal of the game coming at the 18:54 mark of the second period.

Gwinnett regained the two-goal lead with 6 second left in the second period. Vigilante collected his second marker of the game jamming the puck past Holt as he was parked in front of the crease. Andy Contois fed a waiting Vigilante to set up the goal for Gwinnett.

Charlotte cut the Gladiators lead to one goal on Ouellette's second marker of the game. From his stomach, Ouellette rolled the puck past an outstretched Turple. Zdenek Bahensky posted an assist on the goal scored just 72 seconds into the third period.

Daymen Rycroft tied the game at 4-4 just 43 seconds after Ouellette's marker. Sliding into the Gwinnett zone, Rycroft, ripped a snapshot past Turple for the goal. Nathan Gillies added the assist on the goal for the Checkers.

Charlotte took a 5-4 lead on the Gladiators at the 13:39 mark of the third period. Gillies beat Turple as he ripped a snap shot of the netminder's shoulder for the goal. Jan Vodrazka and Bruce Graham collected the assists on the goal.

Bruce Lee gave the Checkers a 6-4 lead at the 14:42 mark of the third period beating Truple from the left wing circle for the goal. Ryan Constant collected the assist on the power play goal for the Checkers.

Ouellette rounded out the scoring as he posted his third goal of the game for a hat trick at the 18:16 mark of the third period. Gwinnett pulled Turple on a power play in a effort to cut into the Charlotte lead, but Ouellette posted the empty net goal shorthanded. Vodrazka and Lee had the assists on the goal for Charlotte.

Turple finished with just 19 saves for the Gladiators while Gwinnett netted three power play goals on nine chances in the loss. Charlotte also had three power play goals coming on six chances in the win.

The Gwinnett Gladiators continue their fourth season as a proud member of the ECHL on March 16th as they travel to Pensacola to take on the Ice Pilots at the Pensacola Civic Center at 8:05 p.m. Season tickets are on sale now. In addition, the Gladiators offer several unique multi-game ticket packages as well as discounted group rates, suite rentals, and birthday parties. For more information call 770-497-5100 or log on to gwinnettgladiators.com.

The Gladiators are the AA affiliate of the Atlanta Thrashers and play all home games on the Your Best Rate Financial Home Ice at the spectacular 11,355-seat Arena at Gwinnett Center, located just off I-85 on Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth, where parking is always free.

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