ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Game Preview: Rays Host Trenton Tonight

March 6, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


North Charleston, SC - The South Carolina Stingrays host the Trenton Devils tonight at the North Charleston Coliseum at 7:05 p.m.

Tickets are still available for tonight's game ranging from $13 - $19, so stop by the Coliseum Box Office or purchase online at www.ticketmaster.com. Have a group of ten or more? Call the Stingrays at 744-2248 for special discounts.

Next up for the Stingrays: Tomorrow Night at 5 p.m. The Rays will host the Charlotte Checkers as the two teams continue their battle for 2nd place. It's Faith and Fun Night with a post game performance by Grammy Award-winning DecembeRadio. Doors open at 3:30 for all Season Ticket Holders and at 4 p.m. for the general public.

2008-09 Records

South Carolina: 31-21-2-3, 67 points (2nd place, South Division)

Trenton: 29-22-2-3, 63 points (5th place, North Division)

Last time out

The Stingrays rallied from a two-goal deficit, scoring four unanswered goals, to best the Gwinnett Gladiators Sunday at home, 6-4. The Devils, meanwhile, dropped a 4-3 decision to the Wheeling Nailers Sunday on the road.

Stingrays vs Devils, Head-to-head in 2008-09

0-1

Stingrays vs Devils, All-time

2-9-1

Head Coaches

South Carolina: Jared Bednar (2nd year)

Trenton: Rick Kowalsky (3rd year)

NHL Affiliate

South Carolina: Washington Capitals

Trenton: New Jersey Devils

AHL Affiliate

South Carolina: Hershey Bears

Trenton: Lowell Devils

Veterans

South Carolina: Bryson Busniuk, Nate Kiser, Patrick Wellar

Trenton: Jim Henkel

Captain/Alternates

South Carolina: Brad Farynuk (C), Nate Kiser (A), Travis Morin (A), Spencer Carbery (A)

Trenton: Chris Dyment (C), Jim Henkel (A), Trevor Kell (A)

Top Scorers

South Carolina: Travis Morin (19-50-69), Michael Dubuc (35-20-55), Maxime Lacroix (26-25-51)

Trenton: Eric Castonguay (16-33-49), Jeff Prough (24-21-45), Ryan Gunderson (3-42-45)

Notes

Lacroix enters the day with a six-game point streak (3-7-10) ... D Patrick Wellar, acquired from Reading last week for Ryan Toomey, is expected to make his Stingrays debut ... F Trent Campbell signed yesterday with the AHL's Worcester Sharks ... In their only other meeting of the season on Feb. 21, SC allowed a season-high nine goals in a 9-7 loss to the Devils at Sovereign Arena ... The Rays have dropped six straight to Trenton, dating back to the 2001-02 season ... Trenton shut out SC, 5-0, in their last appearance at the North Charleston Coliseum, on Feb. 10, 2006 ... South Carolina is 4-3 this season versus North Division opponents ... The Devils (22.1%) and Stingrays (21.9%) rank number one and two in the ECHL on the power play ... Trenton is 1-15-0-2 this season when trailing after two periods ... The Devils are winless in the their last four games (0-3-0-1) ... Trenton is tied for the league high in one-goal games (32), going 16-11-2-3 ... Trenton G Gerald Coleman, who played two games with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2005-06, ranks among the league leaders in wins (21) and goals-against average (2.43) ... Ryan Gunderson ranks second among ECHL blueliners in scoring, and leads the league with 32 power play assists ... Devils F Brad Snetsinger amassed five points (3g, 2a) Feb. 21, the most any player has scored against SC this season ... Trenton C Jim Henkel, a New Jersey native, won a Kelly Cup Championship with Atlantic City in 2002-03 ... Coleman and teammate Trevor Kell were members of the 2004-05 London Knights (OHL) team that won the Memorial Cup ... Paul McIlveen, who started the season with the Rays before getting traded to Elmira in November, signed a 25-game PTO with the Binghamton Senators yesterday. He is the 15th member of the 2008-09 Stingrays to see time in the AHL this season.

6 Degrees of Separation

Stingrays Assistant Coach Cail MacLean played three seasons with Trenton, leading the then-Titans to the 2001 Kelly Cup Finals, where they fell in five games to South Carolina ... Jeff Corey and Gunderson, both Southeast Pennsylvania natives, played together for three years at the University of Vermont ... Dubuc and Trenton D Dylan Quaile spent three seasons together with Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) ... Stingrays G Jeremy Duchesne and Devils F Kevin Cormier were teammates for parts of two seasons with the QMJHL's Halifax Mooseheads.

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