ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Gladiators Weekly Update

Published on October 17, 2011 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


First Pro Win! Gladiator's Coach John Wroblewski had his first professional win Saturday night against the Florida Everblades as Gwinnett posted a 2-1 win in the shootout. Wroblewski was the former assistant coach for the Wheeling Nailers before making his debut on Friday as head coach for Gwinnett.

Milo earns first goal: Justin Milo scored his first goal of the season for Gwinnett (1-1-0) at 8:26 of the first period on Saturday Night.

Rookie picks up first point: Coyotes prospect Scott Fleming logged his first pro point last weekend, picking up an assist on the Gladiators first goal of the season in Friday's 3-2 loss. He also had what would have been the first pro goal of his career waved off on Saturday because of goaltender interference.

11 Round Shootout: Saturday's game turned into a shootout between the two teams resulting in 11 rounds. Both teams went scoreless through the first six rounds. The two goal scorers in regulation scored the first two tallies in round seven (Luc Tardif for FLA and Justin Milo for GWT). Tyler Murovich scored the game-winner in the eleventh round for the Gladiators.

Murovich shoots for the Win: The Glads forward Tyler Murovich, (who played for Wroblewski when he was an assistant at Wheeling) scored the game winner in the eleventh round in Saturday's 2-1 win over Florida. He had 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists) when he was a Nailer last year.

JJ comes out on top: Jeff Jakaitis was stellar in his first start with the Glads, stopping 37 of 38 shots through overtime and denying nine of 11 Everblades in the shootout. He also made a huge stop to keep the game tied late in the third, turning away Blades forward Mike McKenzie on a clean breakaway. Jakaitis currently leads the ECHL in save percentage with a .974 on the season.

Last Week:

October 14th, Greenville 3, Gwinnett 2- L Greenville, SC

The Florida Everblades defeated the Gwinnett Gladiators 3-2 on Friday as each team made their debut for the 2011-2012 season. The Everblades got on the board first 10:56 mark of the opening period as Blades defensemen Chris Murray's shot got passed goaltender Marc Cheverie. Retuning forward Andy Brandt threw a lose puck to the slot that got through to traffic at the 3:35 mark. Scott Fleming picked up his first pro point by adding an assist to set up Brandt on the goal. Leigh Salters beat Cheverie on a break at 14:00 to make it 2-1 and Alex Hutchings capitalized on an odd man situation to put the Blades up 3-1 after two periods. The Gladiators mounted a comeback late in the third with Pat Galivan scoring near the post on the power play at 2:57 to cut the lead to one. Nagle held firm for his first pro win coming away with a 3-2 victory for Florida.

October 15th, Gwinnett 2, South Carolina 1 - SOW Greenville, SC

Tyler Murovich scored the winner in the shootout as the Gladiators topped Florida 3-2 Saturday night in Estero, Florida. Gwinnett goalie Jeff Jakaitis put up a tough fight against Everblades goaltender John Muse. Both goalies remained focus after giving up first period-goals and stopped the first six shooters they faced in the shootout. Forward Luc Tardif scored Florida's only regulation goal, while Justin Milo answered right back to tie the game in the opening period. Tyler Murovich came up big and scored the game-winner in round 11 of the shootout.

This Week's Games:

Friday October 21st vs. Greenville - 7:35 p.m.

Saturday October 22nd vs. Greenville - 7:05 p.m.

The Gladiators face the Road Warriors at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in the first two games of eight this season at home. Gwinnett went 7-8-2-0 last season against the Road Warriors and posted a 4-4-0-0 record at home last year. Greenville is led by Jeff Prough who has three goals on the season to lead the Road Warriors in scoring.

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