Turning point: Mickey Burns struck the go-ahead short-handed goal at 12:49 of the first period as the Atlanta Gladiators put a speed bump in the recent ECHL momentum of the Jacksonville Icemen, winning 6-3 on March 28 at Gas South Arena.
Three stars: 1. Ryan Nolan, Atlanta (one goal, one assist). 2. Adam Eisele, Atlanta (one goal). 3. Burns, Atlanta (one goal).
Penalty box: Jacksonville’s Lordanthony Grissom and Atlanta’s Carson Denomie squared off in a third-period fight, and Icemen defenseman Taos Jordan ended the game with a misconduct for inciting. … T.J. Friedmann scored on the power play in the first period for the Icemen (25-30-7-1), briefly tying the game.
Around the rink: Topias Leinonen recorded 27 saves for Jacksonville. … Icemen forward Craig Martin scored in the third period and Daniel Panetta notched his first-ever professional goal with five seconds remaining. … For Atlanta (42-19-2-1), already qualified for the playoffs, Cody Sylvester scored three minutes into the game and Jack O’Brien tallied two third-period goals. … The Gladiators’ Ethan Haider made 24 saves and climbed to second in the ECHL with 22 wins. … Jacksonville, which had won six of its last 10, slips to six points out of fourth place because of the Savannah Ghost Pirates’ 2-1 win over the Florida Everblades.
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