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ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Cherniwchan Scores Twice in 3-1 Victory over Nailers

December 27, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


North Charleston, S.C. - Forward Andrew Cherniwchan scored twice to help the South Carolina Stingrays (14-10-1-4) topple the Wheeling Nailers (12-13-0-0) 3-1 at the North Charleston Coliseum Saturday night. The Stingrays extended their point streak to six games (5-0-1-0) and sit unbeaten in 11 of their last 12 contests (10-1-1-0).

Forward Braden Pimm put the Stingrays in front at 12:49 of the first period tracking down a bouncing puck and tucking it under the pads of Nailers goaltender Franky Palazzese (L, 34 saves on 36 shots). Forward Wade Epp and forward Derek DeBlois added assists.

Early in the second period, the Nailers evened the score as defenseman Morgan Ellis blasted a feed from former Stingray Nick Kuqali past netminder Jeff Jakaits (W, 24 saves on 25 shots) at 2:11. Late in the frame, Cherniwchan put the Stingrays back on top on the power play at 17:32 beating Palazzese along the goal line. Forwards Wayne Simpson and Brandon Hynes setup Cherniwchan's third goal of the season.

Cherniwchan sealed the victory with an empty-net tally with less than a second left in the game with help from defenseman Drew MacKenzie and forward Patrick Gaul. The Stingrays finished the contest 1-for-5 on the power play while the Nailers went 0-for-3.

The Stingrays and Nailers wrap up their regular-season series tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, December 28 at the Coliseum at 3:05 on Crews Subaru Family Day, Kids Day and USO Holdover Troops Day! All kids tickets are $5 and kids meals on the Coliseum concourse are $5! Celebrate the Holidays and say "thank you" as over 400 holdover troops from Fort Jackson will be in attendance to take in the action and participate in fun on-ice activities. Following the contest, meet your favorite players and grab autographs in the Health First Postgame Meet and Greet in the Montague Terrace! Buy $5 Kids Tickets

Ring in the New Year with the Stingrays on Wednesday, December 31 as they battle the Florida Everblades at 6:05 p.m. at the Coliseum. All lower-level tickets are buy-one get-one! Buy BOGO Tickets

Do not miss a second of the action! 2014-15 Stingrays Ticket Plans are on sale NOW! Save money off of box office prices and receive great benefits like FREE parking, Buddy Passes, discounts off of merchandise, advanced ticket purchases to North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center events and more!

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