The Atlanta Gladiators are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Duluth, Georgia.

They play their home games at Gas South Arena, approximately 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Atlanta.

[2] They were the South Division and American Conference champions in 2006, falling four-games-to-one to the Alaska Aces in the Kelly Cup finals.

He then sold minority stakes of the franchise to local business owners to create Gwinnett County Hockey, LLC.

[11] As part of the name change, the Gladiators updated their “primary” and “wordmark” logos to reflect the Atlanta designation.

[13] During the 2017–18 season, the franchise was purchased by Virginia-based ownership group called Danor Vienna LLC, headed by real estate developer P. Daniel Orlich.

[18] On October 1, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Gladiators enacted the ECHL's COVID-19 voluntary suspension policy and opted out of playing in the 2020–21 season.

Prior to the start of the 2022–23 season on October 19, 2022, ownership of the team was transferred to ATL Hockey Group, LLC, led by businessman Alex Campbell with former NHL player and NHL on TNT commentator Anson Carter holding a minority stake.

[1] On November 7, 2022, the Gladiators unveiled plans to take on the identity of the former Atlanta Thrashers for a single game on December 16 against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits.

Jeff Pyle, who had served as the team's head coach for the previous four seasons, was promoted to Director of Hockey Operations for the club.