East Coast Hockey League - Gwinnett Gladiators

Gwinnett Gladiators Unveil Uniforms

On a beautiful, cool day in downtown Duluth, residents of the Gwinnett County area got a good look at the jerseys that they will be pulling for come October. General Manager Steve Chapman along with former County Commissioner Tommy Hughes, Gwinnett Civic Center General Manager Preston Williams and Duluth Mayor Shirley Lasseter unveiled the Gwinnett Gladiators home and road jerseys to a receptive crowd at Duluth's Winter Wonderland.

"Like most sports teams, we take quite a bit of pride in our jersey - or sweater as we call it in hockey," said Chapman. "It represents our organization, our team and our community. I hope that you grow to be as proud of it as we are."

With that Chapman and Lasseter unveiled the Gladiators "home" or white jersey to an enthusiastic reception from the crowd. Immediately after, Williams and Hughes revealed the teams "road" or dark jersey to a similar crowd response.

Shortly after, 12-year-old Nick Cittadino was awarded the team's first official jersey as he was "selected as a #1 draft pick" by Chapman. Cittadino was the winner of a drawing held amongst the over 500 Gladiator name entries into the team's "Name the Team" contest.

Both versions of the team sweater are available for purchase through the team's office and will soon be available via website.

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