DULUTH -- The Gwinnett Gladiators announce the schedule for the 2011-2012 season as the team returns for their ninth season in the ECHL in October of 2011.
Opening Weekend at the spectacular Gwinnett Arena (seating capacity: 11,355) is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 21 and Saturday, Oct. 22, as the "I-85 Series" continues when the Gladiators host the Road Warriors from Greenville, S.C. The Gladiators have posted an impressive 6-0-2 record all-time in regular season home openers.
The weekend prior, the Gladiators will open the season on the road with a pair of games against the Florida Everblades on Friday, Oct. 14 and Saturday, Oct. 15. It will be the second consecutive season that the Gladiators will open the season on the road and against the Everblades in Estero, Fla.
Many Gladiators games have turned into annual events featuring various community, charitable, and holiday themes, and those traditions will continue during the 2011-2012 season. For the ninth consecutive season, the Gladiators will host the annual Thanksgiving Night matchup and Kroger Food Drive on Thursday, Nov. 24. The Gladiators will again feature the "Kids Day Out" MLK Jr. holiday matinee matchup on Monday, Jan. 16, the hugely popular annual Teddy Bear Toss returns on Saturday, Jan. 14, and the team will host a special St. Patrick's Day celebration on Saturday, March 17.
Of the Gladiators 36 home games during the 2010-11 season, 27 take place on either Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Start times for all home games remain unchanged from last season with all games starting at 7:05 p.m. except Friday games, which will begin at 7:35 p.m., and Sunday games, which will again start at 4:05 p.m. As previously established, the Gladiators annual Kids Day Game on the MLK Jr. Holiday will start at 12:30 p.m.
The Gladiators will face each team from the ECHL's Eastern Conference at least one time at the Gwinnett Arena during the 2011-12 season. The Gladiators will see the defending Eastern Conference Champion Kalamazoo Wings on Sunday, Feb. 12 while ECHL newcomer Chicago Express will visit the Gwinnett Arena on Saturday, Feb. 11. In addition, the Gladiators will host the Greenville Road Warriors eight times, the South Carolina Stingrays and the Florida Everblades seven times, the Cincinnati Cyclones and Trenton Devils three times each, the Wheeling Nailers and Elmira Jackals two times and the Reading Royals and Toledo Walleye once each at the Gwinnett Arena.
Gwinnett Gladiators 2011-2012 Schedule:
Friday, Oct. 14 at Florida
Saturday, Oct. 15 at Florida
Friday, Oct. 21 vs. Greenville
Saturday, Oct. 22 vs. Greenville
Wednesday, Oct. 26 at Trenton
Friday, Oct. 28 at Wheeling
Saturday, Oct. 29 at Reading
Tuesday, Nov. 1 vs. Florida
Saturday, Nov. 5 vs. Reading
Sunday, Nov. 6 vs. Toledo
Wednesday, Nov. 9 at Elmira
Friday, Nov. 11 at Toledo
Saturday, Nov. 12 at Toledo
Sunday, Nov. 13 at Chicago
Friday, Nov. 18 vs. South Carolina
Saturday, Nov. 19 at South Carolina
Sunday, Nov. 20 at South Carolina
Thursday, Nov. 24 vs. Wheeling
Friday, Nov. 25 vs. Wheeling
Saturday, Nov. 26 at South Carolina
Wednesday, Nov. 30 at Florida
Friday, Dec. 2 at Florida
Saturday, Dec. 3 at Florida
Thursday, Dec. 8 at Greenville
Saturday, Dec. 10 vs. South Carolina
Sunday, Dec. 11 vs. South Carolina
Thursday, Dec. 15 vs. Florida
Friday, Dec. 16 at South Carolina
Saturday, Dec. 17 at South Carolina
Tuesday, Dec. 20 at South Carolina
Monday, Dec. 26 vs. South Carolina
Wednesday, Dec. 28 vs. South Carolina
Friday, Dec. 30 vs. Florida
Friday, Jan. 6 vs. Florida
Saturday, Jan. 7 vs. Florida
Thursday, Jan. 12 at Greenville
Friday, Jan. 13 at Greenville
Saturday, Jan. 14 vs. Greenville
Monday, Jan. 16 vs. Greenville
Friday, Jan. 20 vs. Florida
Saturday, Jan. 21 at Greenville
Sunday, Jan. 22 at Greenville
Thursday, Jan. 26 vs. Elmira
Saturday, Jan. 28 vs. Elmira
Sunday, Jan. 29 vs. Trenton
Friday, Feb. 3 vs. Greenville
Saturday, Feb. 4 vs. Greenville
*Friday, Feb. 10 vs. Florida
Saturday, Feb. 11 vs. Chicago
Sunday, Feb. 12 vs. Kalamazoo
Tuesday, Feb. 14 at Greenville
Friday, Feb. 17 at Chicago
Saturday, Feb. 18 at Kalamazoo
Monday, Feb. 20 at Cincinnati
Wednesday, Feb. 22 at Cincinnati
Friday, Feb. 24th at South Carolina
Saturday, Feb. 25 at South Carolina
Wednesday, Feb. 29 vs. South Carolina
Friday, March 2 vs. Trenton
Saturday, March 3 vs. South Carolina
Sunday, March 4 vs. Trenton
Tuesday, March 6 at Greenville
Saturday, March 10 vs. Cincinnati
Sunday, March 11 vs. Greenville
Wednesday, March 14 vs. Cincinnati
Friday, March 16 vs. Cincinnati
Saturday, March 17 vs. Greenville
Friday, March 23 at Greenville
Saturday, March 24 at Greenville
Wednesday, March 28 at Florida
Friday, March 30 at Florida
Saturday, March 31 at Florida
The Gladiators are members of the ECHL, the Premier "AA" Hockey League and play all home games at the 11,355-seat Arena at Gwinnett Center, located just off I-85 on Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth.
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