The Adirondack Thunder [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/latest-news/adirondack-announces-resignation-of-head-coach-macarthur]and Atlanta Gladiators [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/latest-news/gladiators-promote-youngman-to-team-president]announced a trade on Monday. Adirondack has acquired forwards Easton Armstrong and Eric Wong from the Atlanta Gladiators in exchange for defenseman Brendan Less. The 22-year-old right-shot right winger played 51 games last season in his rookie campaign with Atlanta and recorded eight goals and 13 assists for 21 points. Prior to his professional career, the 6-foot-3, 204-pound forward played 210 games for the Western Hockey League’s [https://thehockeynews.com/whl/]Regina Pats and Winnipeg Ice and totaled 60 goals and 39 assists for 99 points. Wong, 23, scored one goal in 10 games for Atlanta after joining the team following his three years at the University of Toronto. In 71 U-Sports games, the Erie, Ontario native recorded 25 goals and 46 assists for 71 points. Prior to that, Wong played 255 games with Oshawa, Kingston and Saginaw in the Ontario Hockey League [https://thehockeynews.com/ohl/]and tallied 68 goals and 54 assists for 122 points. Less, 27, recorded a goal and 19 assists with a +11 rating in 51 games with the Thunder last season. The native of Kinnelon, N.J. brings over 100 games of ECHL [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/]experience to the Gladiators blue line having spent time with Worcester [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/latest-news/railers-to-host-worcester-sharks-night-next-season], Iowa [https://thehockeynews.com/echl/latest-news/heartlanders-name-two-time-kelly-cup-champion-as-new-head-coach], and Adirondack over the last four seasons. He logged three goals and 35 assists for 38 points in 123 career regular-season ECHL games. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound right-shot defenseman spent four years playing NCAA [https://thehockeynews.com/ncaa/]Division I hockey at Dartmouth College from 2017-2021 prior to playing at Quinnipiac for the 2021-22 season. In 125 NCAA games, Less notched six goals and 30 assists. After completing his college career, he joined the Worcester Railers to end the 2021-22 season. "Brendan is a very steady two-way defenseman that will be relied upon to play big minutes for us," said Gladiators Director of Hockey Operations and Head Coach, Matt Ginn. "When it became known that Brendan was available, we jumped at the opportunity right away to improve our backend. He is a great skater and puck mover that uses his feet to his advantage when defending. We have only heard great things about Brendan as a person and teammate, and are excited to add him to our group." (Photo Courtesy of the Adirondack Thunder)
