ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

Gwinnett Loses to Jackals 3-2

Published on December 21, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL)
Atlanta Gladiators News Release


The Gwinnett Gladiators fell to the Elmira Jackals for the second time in a week by a score of 3-2 at the Arena at Gwinnett Center. The Jackals improve to 3-1-0 against the Gladiators all-time with the win while the Gladiators fall below .500 with a 11-12-4 record on the season.

Jordan Fox opened up the scoring at 1:48 of the first period on Gwinnett's first penalty kill of the evening. Fox looked as if he was ready to pass the puck, but decided to hold onto it and stuck it in past goalie David Shantz instead. The unassisted marker is Fox's 12th of the season.

The Jackals evened up the score on a power play at 5:43 of the same period when Josh Aspenlind took a pass from Pierre-Luc Faubert straight off the faceoff and shot the puck past goalie Kevin Nastiuk. Almost 10 minutes later, the Jackals then took the lead with a goal from defenceman Joe Grimaldi, his first of the season.

Bruce Graham took the rebound shot away from Shantz and lifted the puck up and over the goalie's left shoulder to tie up the game at 11:33 in the second. Brad Schell and Matt Siddall both tallied an assist on Graham's tenth of the season. It is the first assist for Siddall after being re-assigned to Gwinnett on December 20th from the American Hockey League's Chicago Wolves.

After going scoreless for over a period, the Elmira Jackals once again took the lead in the final period. Brian Ihnacak gave the Jackals the go-ahead at 12:05 with assists from Chris Korchinski and Ben Geelan.

The Gladiators next take on the South Carolina Stingrays on Friday, December 26th at 7:35 p.m. at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.

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