Atlanta Gladiators | |
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City | Duluth, Georgia |
League | ECHL |
Conference | Eastern |
Division | South |
Founded | 1995 |
Home arena | Gas South Arena |
Colors | Navy blue, gold, light blue |
Owner(s) | ATL Hockey Group, LLC Alex Campbell (majority) and Anson Carter (minority)[1] |
General manager | Jeff Pyle |
Head coach | Derek Nesbitt |
Media | ECHL.TV (Internet) 680 The Fan |
Affiliates | Nashville Predators (NHL) Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) |
Website | atlantagladiators |
Franchise history | |
1995–2002 | Mobile Mysticks |
2003–2015 | Gwinnett Gladiators |
2015–present | Atlanta Gladiators |
Championships | |
Division titles | 3 (2005–06, 2011–12, 2012–13) |
Conference titles | 1 (2005–06) |
Current season |
The Atlanta Gladiators are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Duluth, Georgia. The Gladiators play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at Gas South Arena, approximately 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Atlanta.
The franchise originated as the Mobile Mysticks in 1995. They suspended operations in 2002 and moved to Duluth in 2003 where they were originally known as the Gwinnett Gladiators. In 2015, they changed their name to the Atlanta Gladiators.[2] They were the South Division and American Conference champions in 2006, falling four-games-to-one to the Alaska Aces in the Kelly Cup finals.