ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Gladiators Weekly Update

Published on January 16, 2006 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


Getting in a Workout: Goaltender Mike Dunham was assigned to the Gladiators on Saturday for a conditioning assignment. He made 20 saves for the Gladiators in a 5-3 win over the Charlotte Checkers on Saturday. The nine year NHL veteran was activated off the IR on Friday and backed up Kari Lehtonen in the Thrashers 2-0 shutout of the St. Louis Blues Friday night. Prior to being activated off of the injured reserve, Dunham had missed the Thrashers previous 28 games.

Sharrow Flies to Chicago: Defenseman Jimmy Sharrow was called up to the Chicago Wolves on Friday and appeared in two games over the weekend with the Gladiators AHL affiliate posting an even ranking and 7 penalty minutes. The Defenseman was assigned to Gwinnett on November 23rd. Prior to being called up, Sharrow appeared in 23 games for the Gladiators this season, where he has scored 3 goals and 7 assists for 10 points.

Troy needs 3: After picking up an assist in the Gladiators 5-3 win over the Charlotte Checkers on Saturday night, Gladiators defenseman Troy Milam is just 3 points shy of tying his career high for points in a season and is three points shy of tying his ECHL career high for points in a season. Milam had an ECHL career best 6 goals and 27 assists during his rookie campaign during the 2003-04 season with the Gladiators. He had a goal that same season with the Manchester Monarchs of the AHL for a season total of 7 goals and 34 points. Milam currently has 31 points on the season.

No Success in the Shootout - The Gladiators remain winless this season in the shootout after dropping a 5-4 decision to the Grrrowl on Thursday night. Gwinnett entered the game winless in the shootout in four previous tries. All is not lost if the game is tied at the end of regulation as the Gladiators have won two games in overtime this season. After playing in five shootoutS this season, it is the longest the Gladiators have gone without a shootout win. Gwinnett won the first shootout it was in last year and won the second shootout the team was in during the Gladiators inaugural 2003-04 season. The Gladiators organization, as the Mobile Mysticks, set the ECHL record for most overtime/shootout losses with 18 during the 2001-02 season.

100 for Campbell: Forward Jeff Campbell posted his 100th career ECHL point in the Gladiators 2-1 win over the Greenville Grrrowl. Campbell posted an assist on Troy Milam's power play goal at the 13:59 mark of the 2nd period. Campbell is still 4 goals shy of 50 in his ECHL career. Chris Durno became the first Gladiator to reach 50 goals in a career a feat he accomplished on November 22nd.

Gajic with a trio! Forward Milan Gajic posted three assists in Thursday's 5-4 shootout loss to the Greenville Grrrowl. It set a career high for assists in a game while tying a career high for points in a game matching his 3 points, all goals, set back on January 6th in Augusta. He then tied his career high for points posting three assists for the second time in three days in Saturday's 5-3 win over Charlotte. Gajic has posted at least a point in all but two of the 12 games he's been with the Gladiators. During that span, Gajic has recorded 20 points (7g, 13a) for Gwinnett.

A true Advantage: The Gladiators posted three power play goals in Thursday's 5-4 shootout loss at Greenville to set a new team record at 6 games for most games in a season with three or more power play goals in a single game. The Gladiators set the previous team high of five games with at least three power play goals during Gwinnett's inaugural 2003-04 season. Last year, the Gladiators scored three or more power play goals in just two games. Gwinnett has snapped the record just 33 games into this season and are on pace to finish the year with a little over 13 games with at least three power play goals.

Last Week's Games:

January 10th, Gladiators 2, Greenville 1 - W

Milan Gajic scored the game winning goal with 3:52 left in the third period while Troy Milam tied the game at a goal a piece 13:59 into the third period. Gwinnett trailed for most the game after giving up the game's first goal to the Grrrowl 35 seconds into the first period. Gajic finished with a goal and an assist while Jeff Campbell and Derek Nesbitt each had an assist for Gwinnett. Sean Fields made 29 saves for the win.

January 12th, Greenville 5, Gladiators 4 - SOL

Jeff Campbell and Scott Mifsud scored 2:25 apart late in the third period to send the game to overtime but the Gladiators remained winless on the year losing their fifth shootout of the season. Milan Gajic had three assists for Gwinntt while Guillaume Desbiens posted a pair of helpers in the shootout loss. Chad Collins made 18 saves in the contest while picking up and assist for Gwinnett. Danny Eberly and Derek Nesbitt had the Gladiators other two goals in the contest.

January 13th, Greenville 4, Gladiators 1 - L

Troy Milam scored the Gladiators only goal of the game tying the contest up at 1-1 with just 17 seconds left in the second period. Greenville scored three times in the final five minutes of the game for the win. Gwinnett went 0-for-4 on the power play while the Grrrowl posted two of the four goal on the man advantage. Milan Gajic and Guillaume Desbiens had the assists on the Gladiators lone goal.

January 14th, Gladiators 5, Charlotte3 - W

Adam Smyth posted a goal and an assist for the Gladiators while Milan Gajic picked up three assists for the Gladiators in the in the win. Scott Mifsud, Scott Kelman and Guillaume Desbiens helped the Gladiators open up a 3-1 lead early in the second period before Charlotte tied the game up at three. Smyth then picked up his tally which proved to be the game winner. Mike Dunham, assigned to the Gladiators on a conditioning assignment from the NHL's Thrashers after missing the previous 28 games with Atlanta due to injury, made 20 saves in his first ECHL start.

This Week's Games:

Monday, January 16th, vs. Columbia Inferno, 7:35 p.m. - wdun.com

Gwinnett leads the season series against the Inferno with a 3-0-1 record winning the last three games against Columbia. Gwinnett has won both meetings this season against the Inferno at the Arena at Gwinnett Center by 6-3 scores. Guillaume Desbiens and Pascal Pelletier, currently on recall to Providence of the AHL, have each posted 5 points off of 4 goals and 1 assist against the Inferno at home this season.

Friday, January 20th, @ Greenville Grrrowl, 7:05 p.m. - wdun.com

After two wins last week against the Gladiators, Greenville is now 4-1-0 against the Gladiators. This is the fourth of five meetings this season against the Grrrowl in Greenville. Jeff Campbell and Milan Gajic share first in scoring against the Grrrowl as both have scored a goal and registered 5 assists.

Saturday, January 21st, @ Pensacola Ice Pilots, 8:05 p.m. - WDUN, News Talk 550 (tent)

Milan Gajic posted his first career hat trick in a 6-2 win over the Ice Pilots in the teams last meeting back on January 6th. Gwinnett is 4-0-1 against the Ice Pilots with the only shootout loss coming back on December 14th in Pensacola.

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