ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Decisive Game 5 Tonight

Published on May 5, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


Tickets On Sale Now for Tonight's game at the Coliseum Box Office and through Ticketmaster.

Bobby Hartin's Fan Talk will be broadcast live from the North Charleston Coliseum today from 3-6. Tune in to ESPN 910 the TEAM to hear Bobby Hartin and Darren Goldwater live from Section 231 in the North Charleston Coliseum!!

For those fans on the "Pay for Play" ticket plan, use ticket number 9 for tonight's game.

South Division Finals Series (best of five) #2 South Carolina Stingrays vs. #5 Columbia Inferno Game #1: Sunday, April 27 South Carolina 2 Columbia 1 Game #2: Tuesday, April 29 South Carolina 5 Columbia 2 Game #3: Friday, May 2 South Carolina 3 Columbia 5 Game #4: Saturday, May 3 South Carolina 2 Columbia 3 (OT) Game #5: Monday, May 5 @ South Carolina 7:05pm REAL 1340

Second Season Sub-plots

* After losing games three and four on the road, South Carolina returns home tonight to face the Columbia Inferno in a decisive game five. * The Stingrays are 8-0 at the North Charleston Coliseum during the playoffs this year. * The Rays are currently 4-0 in elimination games this post season. * The Stingrays are 6-1-2 when scoring the first goal of the game this post-season. * For up to date Stingrays coverage you can visit the Stingrays website or Andrew Miller's blog Rays the Roof. * Stingrays playoff tickets can be purchased at the box office or through ticket master with upper level costing $15, lower level $17 and riser level $20.You can also call the front office at (843)744-2248 to purchase discounted group tickets or to sign up for ‘Pay for Play'.

The Rest on the Quest

* The Utah Grizzlies beat the Victoria Salmon Kings 8-3 last night to move on to the next round of the playoffs where they will meet the Las Vegas Wranglers. * Utah is leading the league on the power play in the playoffs, scoring on 25.9% of their chances. * The Cincinnati Cyclones play the Reading Royals in game seven of their best of seven game series tonight in Cincinnati. * Reading has scored the most short-handed goals this post-season with five goals in 12 games.

- For all the up to date information regarding the Kelly Cup Playoffs, click here for the ECHL web site.

Blast From the Past

In 1997, on their way to winning their first Kelly Cup Championship, the South Carolina Stingrays had the top three scorers in the playoffs. Chris Hynnes led all scorers with 27 points (11g, 16a) followed by Brad Dexter with 26 points (3g, 23a) and Mike Ross with 25 points (11g, 14a). Ross was tied in points with Pensacola's Glen Metropolit who is currently with the Boston Bruins of the NHL.

Playoff Stats

No. PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +- PIM PP SH GW FG OT SHOTS PCT

9 Guerin, Marty RW 14 9 5 14 -1 15 3 0 1 3 0 52 17.3

20 Morin, Travis C 14 9 5 14 -6 14 6 0 1 0 0 54 16.7

10 Campbell, Trent LW 14 4 7 11 -1 10 0 1 1 0 1 29 13.8

19 Werner, Stephen RW 13 4 6 10 1 4 2 1 2 2 1 38 10.5

16 Chaput, Chris C 14 3 6 9 -6 10 1 0 0 0 0 51 5.9

17 MacLean, Cail RW 14 2 7 9 -7 12 0 0 0 1 0 34 5.9

6 Collins, Sean D 14 1 7 8 3 20 0 0 0 0 0 31 3.2

44 Pokulok, Sasha 13 0 5 5 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 29 0.0

21 O'Brien, Pierre-Luc C 12 1 2 3 -2 15 0 0 0 0 0 25 4.0

45 Romfo, Scott D 14 0 3 3 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.0

7 Gordon, Andrew RW 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 12.5

5 Kiser, Nate D 14 1 1 2 -4 19 0 0 1 0 1 30 3.3

31 Parley, Davis G 8 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

25 Smith, Matt 10 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.0

88 Rawlyk, Rory D 11 0 2 2 -2 18 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.0

18 Pinizzotto, Steve RW 4 1 0 1 -1 8 0 0 1 0 0 12 8.3

22 Griffith, Todd C 8 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 10.0

74 McIlveen, Paul C 9 1 0 1 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 6 16.7

42 Scherer, Matt F 13 1 0 1 0 21 0 0 1 1 0 22 4.5

2 McNeill, Patrick D 4 0 1 1 -3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

4 Judy, Tim D 8 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

8 McNeill, Grant D 4 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

30 Johnson, Josh G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

BENCH 14 0 0 2 0

TOTALS 14 39 63 102 211 12 3 8 9 3 489 8.0

OPPONENT TOTALS 14 38 63 101 202 10 3 6 5 2 408 9.3

No. GPI MIN AVG W L EN SO GA SAVES SPCT

30 Johnson, Josh 7 409:58 2.20 3 3 0 0 15 176 0.921

31 Parley, Davis 8 476:11 2.77 5 3 1 1 22 194 0.898

TEAM TOTALS 14 886:59 2.57 8 6 1 1 38 370 0.907

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