Berry, Menei pot third period goals, but Stingrays win 6-2

Published on January 17, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Mississippi Sea Wolves News Release


NORTH CHARLESTON, SC - Mike Berry and Ryan Menei scored goal in the third period, but it was too little, too late as the South Carolina Stingrays rolled to a 6-2 victory over the Mississippi Sea Wolves at the North Charleston Coliseum.

Newly-acquired forward Spencer Carbery gave South Carolina a 1-0 lead when he redirected a shot from Johann Kroll past Sea Wolves goalie Jeremy Duchesne at 3:23 of the first. Michael Dubuc notched his 21st goal of the year when he took a two-on-one feed from Keith Johnson and fired it past Duchesne at 12:48. Brad Farynuk made it 3-0 when he drove to the back door and tapped in a centering pass from Maxime Lacroix with the Stingrays on the power play at 16:26 of the first frame.

South Carolina extended its' lead in the second period when Mike Curry broke in alone drom the top of the left circle on Duchesne and fired the puck through the five-hole at 7:18 of the second period.

Mike Berry notched his seventh goal of the season, floating a wrist shot from the high slot past Stingrays netminder Ian Vigier at 2:27 of the third period on the power play. Ryan Menei contributed his fifth goal of the season at 10:46 of the third, but the Sea Wolves were never able to draw closer as the Stingrays added third period power-play goals from Maxime Lacroix at 10:00 and Johann Kroll at 15:31.

Jeremy Duchesne made 29 saves to earn the loss, and the Sea Wolves were 1-for-4 on the power play.

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