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Game Preview: Solar Bears at South Carolina Stingrays - December 14

December 14, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Orlando Solar Bears News Release


Who: Orlando Solar Bears (Minnesota Wild/Toronto Maple Leafs)

(14-9-0-1, 29pts) vs.

South Carolina Stingrays (Boston Bruins)

(16-3-1-2, 35pts)

Where: North Charleston Coliseum - North Charleston, SC

When: 7:05 p.m.

Listen Live: iHeartSolarBears.com, 740thegame.com, iheart.com/live/601/ - Pregame starts at 6:45 p.m.

Watch Live: America One

Follow: Game Updates on Twitter at @OSBHockeyGU

Matchup:

Orlando and South Carolina meet up for the fourth time this season with the Solar Bears looking to earn their first win over the Stingrays this year. Orlando has won each of their last two games after trailing in both of them. Last Sunday, the Solar Bears were down 3-2 to Colorado with less than four minutes to play, but F Zach Harrison and F Scott Tanski scored 36 seconds apart to lift the Solar Bears to a 4-3 victory. Last night in Greenville, Orlando surrendered two goals in the opening period, but evened the score up a 2-2 early in the second and led 4-3 going into the third. After the Road Warriors tied the contest just over five minutes into the third period, F David Rutherford banged home the eventual game winner on a rebound with a little over seven minutes left in the game as Orlando picked up their second straight win. The Stingrays were in action on the road last night as well, closing a six-game road trip with a 3-2 loss at the hands of the Gwinnett Gladiators. Gwinnett jumped out to a 3-0 lead by the 9:09 mark of the second period, but South Carolina came right back with a goal 32 seconds later and a second with 1:09 remaining in the game to pull to within one. The comeback effort fell just short, however, as the Gladiators held off the late Stingrays attack to take the win.

Solar Bears Notes:

F Scott Tanski picked up his first multiple goal game of the season yesterday and now has three goals in his last two games... Orlando improved to 4-1-0-0 on the road in Friday night games... F David Rutherford notched his 250th professional point with his game winning goal last night... The Solar Bears were in Greenville for their Teddy Bear Toss yesterday and the Stingrays are holding their Teddy Bear Toss tonight... F Jacob Cepis made his Solar Bears debut yesterday and had a goal in the second period... F Andrew Johnston took the first penalty shot of the season for the Solar Bears last night, tying the game at 2-2 with a Penalty Shot goal. It was the first penalty shot goal for the Solar Bears since joining the ECHL... The Solar Bears agreed to terms with F Jacob Cepis on Wednesday... F Mike Duco was recalled to the Toronto Marlies on Monday... F Josh Caron remains in the AHL with the Iowa Wild... Forward C.J. Severyn remains in the AHL with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins... G Christopher Gibson remains in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies... F Kory Nagy remains in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies. He had a goal in Toronto's 4-1 win over Hamilton last night.

Stingrays Notes:

South Carolina's 3-2 defeat to Gwinnett yesterday was just their third regulation loss of the season... G Jeff Jakaitis leads the league with a 1.72 GAA. He is second with 12 wins and a .937 save percentage... F Marc Hagel is third among rookies with nine goals and fifth with 17 points... Hagel is tied with D Jeremy Price for third among rookies with a +11 rating... The Stingrays are second in the league with 3.36 goals per game... F Marc Hagel leads the Stingrays goals (9) and points (17). He is tied with F Peter Boyd for the team lead with eight assists... South Carolina is 5th on the power play at 19.3% (17-for-88) and 9th on the penalty kill at 86.5% (64-for-74).

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