{"id":201198,"date":"2026-03-22T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201198\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T08:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:00:08","slug":"gladiators-defeat-icemen-in-echl-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201198\/","title":{"rendered":"Gladiators defeat Icemen in ECHL matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"submission-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.nationaltoday.com\/news?location=Duluth%2C+GA&amp;city=Duluth&amp;type=Update+Existing+Story&amp;headline=Gladiators+defeat+Icemen+in+ECHL+matchup&amp;page=https%3A%2F%2Fnationaltoday.com%2Fus%2Fga%2Fduluth-ga%2Fnews%2F2026%2F03%2F22%2Fgladiators-defeat-icemen-in-echl-matchup%2F\" class=\"submission-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Atlanta Gladiators defeated the Jacksonville Icemen 2-1 in an ECHL ice hockey game played at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>      Why it matters<\/p>\n<p>The Gladiators&#8217; victory over the Icemen was an important win for the team as they continue to compete in the ECHL, a professional minor league hockey organization.<\/p>\n<p>            The details<\/p>\n<p>The Gladiators were able to secure the 2-1 win over the Icemen thanks in large part to a strong penalty kill performance. The team was able to successfully kill off multiple penalties throughout the game, which proved vital in the close matchup.<\/p>\n<p>      The game was played on Saturday, March 22, 2026 at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>        The players<\/p>\n<p>        Atlanta Gladiators<\/p>\n<p>A professional minor league ice hockey team that competes in the ECHL.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville Icemen<\/p>\n<p>A professional minor league ice hockey team that competes in the ECHL.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.nationaltoday.com\/news?location=Duluth%2C+GA&amp;city=Duluth&amp;type=Upload+Story+Photos&amp;headline=Gladiators+defeat+Icemen+in+ECHL+matchup&amp;page=https%3A%2F%2Fnationaltoday.com%2Fus%2Fga%2Fduluth-ga%2Fnews%2F2026%2F03%2F22%2Fgladiators-defeat-icemen-in-echl-matchup%2F\" class=\"submission-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Got photos? Submit your photos here. \u203a<\/a>      <\/p>\n<p>        The takeaway<\/p>\n<p>The Gladiators&#8217; victory over the Icemen demonstrates the importance of strong special teams play, particularly on the penalty kill, in close ECHL matchups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a The Atlanta Gladiators defeated the Jacksonville Icemen 2-1 in an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-201198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}