Gladiators Move Opening Night to Saturday, October 20th
Published on July 25, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release
The Gwinnett Gladiators announced today that Opening Night at the Arena at Gwinnett Center for the 2007-08 ECHL season has been moved to Saturday, October 20th at 7:35 p.m. against the Pensacola Ice Pilots.
Due to a scheduling conflict at the Pensacola Civic Center on Saturday, October 20th, the Gladiators and Ice Pilots switched opening night dates. Gwinnett now travels to Pensacola to open the season on Friday, October 19th with the Gladiators hosting Pensacola at the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Saturday, October 20th.
Gwinnett was originally scheduled to host opening night at the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Friday, October 19th with the Gladiators traveling to Pensacola to take on the Ice Pilots on Saturday, October 20th.
With the switch, it will be the third time in the first five years that the Gladiators have opened the regular season on the road. Gwinnett also opened the regular season on the road during the team's inaugural 2003-04 season as well as during the 2004-05 season.
Opening Day in the ECHL for the 20th Anniversary Season will be Oct. 18 when the Johnstown Chiefs host the Wheeling Nailers at Cambria County War Memorial in a rematch of Game 7 from the first-ever ECHL Finals.
Celebrating its 20th Anniversary as the Premier 'AA' Hockey League in 2007-08, the ECHL began in 1988-89 with five teams in three states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league that will have 25 teams in 17 states and British Columbia in 2007-08. The 25 teams includes the Mississippi (Biloxi) Sea Wolves, who return after missing two seasons in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the expansion Elmira (N.Y.) Jackals.
The ECHL will play 900 games beginning Oct. 18 and concluding Apr. 5. The conference and division alignments and the format for the 2008 Kelly Cup Playoffs will be determined and approved at a later date by the ECHL Board of Governors.
The Gwinnett Gladiators open their fifth season as a proud member of the ECHL in October of 2007 - 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 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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