DULUTH, Ga. – The Atlanta Gladiators announced that the team has signed veteran forward Cody Sylvester for the 2022-23 season.
Sylvester led the Gladiators with 56 points (26g-30a) in 62 games last season. From Jan. 30 to Feb. 20, the 29-year-old posted goals in seven straight games to tie for the longest goal streak in the ECHL in 2021-22.
The Kelowna, British Columbia native has been one of the league's leading goal-scorers for each of the last two seasons. Last year, Sylvester tied for 26th in in the league for goals after finishing tied for 8th in the 2020-21 season with the Wheeling Nailers.
Sylvester spent six seasons playing overseas in Germany and Austria from 2014-20. Three of those seasons were spent with Bad Nauheim EC in Germany's Deutschen Eishockey Liga 2.
Since first turning pro in the 2013-14 season with the Wheeling Nailers, Sylvester has skated in 446 professional games and recorded 356 points (157g-199a). He was totaled 163 points (82g-81a) in 195 career ECHL games with Wheeling, South Carolina and Atlanta.
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