ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Greenville Sneaks Past Gwinnett, 4-2

Published on January 12, 2012 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


Greenville, S.C. - Brett Robinson scored the go-ahead goal in the third, as the Greenville Road Warriors knocked off the Gwinnett Gladiators 4-2 Thursday night at the BI-LO Center. Gwinnett (17-10-6-3) still holds a one point lead in the South Division over Greenville (20-13-1-1) and Florida.

The Road Warriors took advantage of the powerplay to take an edge through the first 20 minutes. Marc-Olivier Vallerand's 19th of the season on a blast from just inside the blueline made it 1-0 at 11:31, and Max Campbell gave the Warriors a 2-0 lead at 19:12 immediately after a Gwinnett penalty expired.

The Gladiators answered right back in the second period. Alpharetta, GA native Brad Miller opened the scoring for Gwinnett, taking a feed from Colin Vock and rifling a wrister high glove side past Greenville goalie Bryan Hince to make it a one-goal game at 3:12. Bryan Brutlag had the other assist on Miller's fifth of the season.

Pat Galivan then extended his goal-scoring streak to three games, re-directing a Will Colbert point shot by Hince to tie the game at 9:27. Nikita Kashirsky also got his team-leading 18th assist as the score stayed even at two through two periods.

In the third, Glads goalie Jeff Jakaitis was called for a high-sticking penalty trying to make a blocker save in front, and the Road Warriors capitalized on the ensuing man advantage. Robinson scored his fifth goal in his last six games at 7:34 to give Greenville a 3-2 lead. Vallerand and Justin Bowers had the assists on what would prove to be the game-winner. Jeremy Gouchie tacked on an empty-netter late for a 4-2 final.

Greenville outshot the Glads 35-24, and went 2-for-8 on the powerplay while holding Gwinnett to 0-for-3.

Both teams will meet again at 7:35 p.m. Friday night at the BI-LO Center.

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