ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Gladiators Sign Busniuk

March 28, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


The Gwinnett Gladiators announced today that they have signed veteran forward Bryson Busniuk off of waivers. The native of Thunder Bay, Ontario skated in 65 games with the Gladiators last year, and has played for both Dayton and South Carolina in the 2008-09 season.

Before his professional career, Busniuk played for the University of Vermont, where he skated in 113 games, scoring 29 goals and 43 assists. After college, he made his professional debut with the Muskegon Fury of the UHL.

In the 2003-04 season, Busniuk split time between the Greeensboro Generals and the AHL's Binghamton Senators. Since then, he has played for Columbia, Pensacola, Columbia, Gwinnett, Dayton, and two stints with South Carolina.

Last year with Gwinnett, the 6'2", 190 pound forward played in 65 games, tallying 8 goals, 20 assists, 40 penalty minutes, and 1 game winning goal. He also skated in all 8 playoff games with the Gladiators, scoring 1 goal.

Before signing with the gladiators this season, Busniuk has played in 42 games with Dayton and South Carolina, scoring 2 goals, 11 points, and 14 penalty minutes.

Busniuk should be available to play in Saturday night's game against his former team, South Carolina, at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.

The Gladiators complete their two-game home stand against the Stingrays on Saturday, March 28th at the Arena at Gwinnett Center at 7:05 p.m. Catch all the play by play action on WDUN, News Talk 550.

Began in 1988-89 with five teams playing in four states, the Premier 'AA' Hockey League has grown into a coast-to-coast league that will have 23 teams in 16 states and British Columbia playing 864 games from Oct. 17, 2008 to Apr. 4, 2009. Eighteen of the 23 teams have played at least five years in their current city.

The third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League, the ECHL averaged 4,174 per game last season, marking the fourth year in row and the 16th time in the last 18 years that the league has averaged over 4,000 fans. The league has drawn over four million fans each of the last five years and 11 times in the past 12 seasons.

The Gwinnett Gladiators continue their sixth season as a proud member of the ECHL - season ticket packages 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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