Laporte rejoins Gladiators

DULUTH, Ga. – The Atlanta Gladiators announced the signing of forward Nolan LaPorte for the 2020-21 season.

LaPorte is a 28-year-old forward from Chicago, Illinois. He tallied 70 points over 133 games in his college career at Western Michigan University, where he was team captain during his junior year. He broke into the professional game in the ECHL with the Quad City Mallards in 2016, and also appeared in one game in the American Hockey League for the Iowa Wild in his rookie campaign.

After a year with the Florida Everblades, he joined Atlanta for the 2018-19 season and set career-highs in goals (19) and penalty minutes (107). He took his game overseas last season, racking up a 39-point campaign for the Glasgow Clan in the Elite Ice Hockey League.