PHOENIX – Back in 2011, the Gwinnett (Georgia) Gladiators joined the Phoenix Coyotes organization as the team’s ECHL affiliate, a relationship that lasted until 2015 when their contract expired and the two franchises went their separate ways.
Now, nearly eight years later, they’ve rekindled the relationship and are together again, although under slightly different names.
The Phoenix Coyotes became the Arizona Coyotes to expand their reach, and the Gladiators became the Atlanta Gladiators for similar reasons, hoping to expand their brand through the Atlanta metropolitan area.
