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February 12, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


More Records: Colton Fretter set a new Gladiators team record for most goals in a season posting his 34th goal of the year in Sunday's 7-4 loss to the Augusta Lynx. Fretter moved ahead of Kevin Doell, who set the record of 33 during the Gladiators inaugural 2003-04 season, and then matched by Guillaume Desbiens last year. With 34 goals on the season, Fretter needs 11 goals to tie the all time team record of 45 goals set by Mark Turner during the 1999-00 season with the Mobile Mysticks.

Looking for 100: Brad Schell is looking to become the first player to record 100 points in a season since Buddy Smith of the Arkansas RiverBlades notched 104 during the 2002-03 season. Schell currently has 94 points on the year and leads his line mate Scott Mifsud, who ranks second in the league in scoring, by 22 points.

Penalty Shot Anyone? Colton Fretter was unsuccessful on a penalty shot for the Gladiators in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Augusta Lynx. It was the first time in team history that the Gladiators were awarded a penalty shot in back-to-back games as Matt York was unsuccessful against Texas on Friday night. Gwinnett has been awarded five penalty shots this season, one shy of the total number of penalty shots awarded during the organization's first 10 years in the ECHL. Scott Mifsud was the first player to successfully convert on a penalty shot in a regular season game in the organization's history as he beat Ben Gray of Pensacola on December 29th.

The 1-2 Punch! Brad Schell and Scott Mifsud continue to lead the league in scoring as both collected a goal and an assist for Gwinnett in Sunday's 7-4 loss against Augusta. The pair has combined to post over 175 points on the season as Schell has collected 94 points while Mifsud has recorded 72 points for Gwinnett. Mike Pandolfo of Trenton, Mike Lang of Augusta and teammate Colton Fretter shares third in the ECHL with 63 points on the season, 9 back of Mifsud.

A true Advantage: The Gladiators continue to lead the ECHL on the power play this season converting over 25% of their chances on the man advantage. Gwinnett has collected 91 power play goals this season. Gwinnett needs just 24 power play goals to tie the ECHL record for power play goals in a season. The Nashville Knights hold the current ECHL record for most power play goals in a season with 115 set during the 1995-96 season. To set a new ECHL record for power play goals in a season, the Gladiators need to average 1 power play goal per game over their final 24 games of the regular season.

Team Equipment Bags: Sunday, February 18th is the Gladiators team equipment bag night for the first 2,000 fans when the Gladiators host the Charlotte Checkers at 4:05 p.m. The Gladiators team equipment bag night is sponsored by Clayton Dental, Charter Communications and WDUN, News Talk 550.

Last Week's Games:

Friday, February 9th, Gwinnett 4, Texas 2 - W

Colton Fretter collected his second hat trick of the season helping the Gladiators to the win. In his first game back from injury, Joel Stepp scored the game's first goal with less than five minutes left in the first period. Texas rattled off the next two goals before Fretter got going. He had the game's last three goals including the game winner for Gwinnett. Dave Caruso finished with 26 saves for his third straight win. Stepp finished with a goal and an assist while Brad Schell collected two assists in the win. With the win, Gwinnett remained in the top spot in the ECHL's South Division.

Saturday, February 10th, Augusta 4, Gwinnett 3 - SOL

Augusta needed the seventh round of the shootout to get past the Gladiators. Gwinnett opened up a 3-1 lead on the Lynx before Augusta scored twice in the final six minutes of regulation to send the game to overtime. Colton Fretter tied the Gladiators team record for most goals in a season with his 33 goals of the year just 56 seconds into the first period. Brad Schell and Scott Mifsud each finished with a goal and an assist for Gwinnett in the shootout loss. Dave Caruso posted 27 saves in the shootout loss for Gwinnett as the Gladiators remain in a tie for the top spot in the South Division with 63 points.

Sunday, February 11th, Augusta 7, Gwinnett 4 - L

Colton Fretter set a new Gladiators team record for most goals in a season with his 34th goal of the year to cut the Augusta lead to two goals late in the second period. Brad Schell closed the gap to a goal 7 minutes into the third period but Augusta closed the door on the Gladiators posting two more goals en route to the 7-4 win. Scott Lehman collected his second goal of the season shorthanded early in the first while Scott Mifsud had his 19th goal of the season in the opening period for the Gladiators. Augusta took command of the game by scoring 4 times to open the second period before Fretter's record setting tally. Mike Vigilante and Jamie Milam each finished with 2 assists in the win as Dan Turple posted 29 saves for Gwinnett.

This Week's Games:

Wednesday, February 14th, @ Florida Everblades, 7:30 p.m. - wdun.com

Despite a 7-1 loss in the last meeting against the Everblades, Gwinnett leads the season series with a 3-2-0 record as the Gladiators are 1-1-0 at Florida this season. Brad Schell leads all players in scoring in the series with 11 points. Reggie Berg and Dustin Johner each have 7 points against the Gladiators this season off of 3 goals and 4 assists.

Sunday, February 18th, vs. Charlotte Checkers, 4:05 p.m. - WDUN, News Talk 550

This is the first meeting of the season against the Checkers since November. Gwinnett is 3-2-0 against the Checkers this season and 2-1-0 on the Your Best Rate Financial Home Ice at the Arena at Gwinnett Center. Following this game, Gwinnett will face the Checkers three more times during the regular season, twice in Charlotte and once more in Gwinnett.

The Gwinnett Gladiators continue their fourth season as a proud member of the ECHL on February 14th as they travel to Florida to take on the Everblades at 7:30 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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