Author: Phil Wilds

Atlanta Gladiators writer for Inside The Rink. Patiently waiting for the 3rd Atlanta NHL team! Follow me on Twitter @PWilds121 for awful takes that you will most certainly disagree with!

ECHL: Inserting My Foot In My Mouth While The Atlanta Gladiators Get Off To A Hot Start

I really enjoy being right when it comes to sports, and I especially like when my sports predictions come to fruition. I also can recognize when I may have been slightly off on a prediction or two. Boy, am I off to a bad start with my Atlanta Gladiators prognosis for the 2023-24 season. I […]

ECHL: Atlanta Gladiators Review: Off and Running

The Atlanta Gladiators kicked off the 2023-24 season at Gas South Arena in front of 6440 fans against their in-state rivals, the Savannah Ghost Pirates. There were some of the same faces from last year that will be familiar to Gladiator fans like Cody Sylvester, Tyler Harmon, and Zach Yoder, but the new faces were […]

ECHL: 2023-24 Atlanta Gladiators: A Whole New Team

As a lifelong hockey fan who recently moved to Georgia from Michigan, you can imagine how excited I was when I found out there was a local professional hockey team in my area! The 2022-23 Atlanta Gladiators rekindled my love of the game, and I quickly jumped on the bandwagon and emersed myself in all […]

ECHL: Atlanta Gladiators Staying At Gas South Arena, Sign Extension

The Atlanta Gladiators will continue to play their home games at Gas South Arena in Duluth, GA due to a lease extension that was announced today. The lease gives the Gladiators a home for at least the next four years. Gas South has been the home for the Gladiators for their entire 20 year run […]

ECHL: Atlanta Gladiators Get More Depth on the Blueline, Add Blake Evennou

The Atlanta Gladiators announced another off season signing on Monday, introducing 25-year-old defensemen Blake Evennou. This will be Evennou’s first foray into professional hockey after four years with the Ferris St. Bulldogs of the NCAA. Evennou may be considered undersized at 5’9″ 185 pounds, but where he lacks size, he certainly makes up for it […]

ECHL: New Look Gladiators Continue to Build Their Roster

The Atlanta Gladiators signed a familiar face today in Jacob Graves. Graves, a 6-2, 190-pound defenseman comes back for his 3rd stint as a member of the Gladiators. Graves spent the back half of the 2021-22 season with the Glads after a trade with the Wichita Thunder. Graves then re-signed with the Gladiators to start […]

All-Time ECHL Games Played Leader Michael Pelech Moves Overseas.

Former Atlanta Gladiator Michael Pelech signed with the Glasgow Clan of the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom. Pelech, the older brother of the New York Islanders defensemen Adam Pelech, led the Gladiators in Assists with 57 and was 2nd on the team with 86 total points this past season. Pelech’s older brother […]

Breaking: Atlanta Gladiators Send Gabe Guertler to the Maine Mariners for Mitchell Fossier

The Atlanta Gladiators have traded Forward Gabe Guertler and future considerations to the Maine Mariners for Forward Mitchell Fossier. The Gladiators are getting a local player in Fossier, who’s hometown is Alpharetta, GA. Fossier played his collegiate career in Maine where he was Captain his senior year. Fossier scored 38 goals while adding 90 assists […]

Atlanta Gladiators Add Two Young Forwards to 2023-24 Squad

The Atlanta Gladiators made two signings on Tuesday afternoon, adding forwards Ryan Cranford and Evan Dougherty for the 2023-24 season. Cranford, from Embrun, Ontario, Canada most recently played in the Ontario University Athletic Association for Queens University. Cranford racked up 22 goals in 72 games over three seasons. Cranford also played four seasons in the […]

ECHL: From Alabama to Atlanta, the Story of The Atlanta Gladiators Franchise

Mobile Mysticks The Atlanta Gladiators franchise got its start as the Mobile Mysticks in 1995. The team would play its home games in the 31 year old Mobile Civic Center. The head coach for the inaugural season was former NHL player Ed Johnstone, who would also lead the Mysticks in their 1996-97 campaign. Johnstone would […]