Sports stats



ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Jakaitis and Langkow Lead Stingrays Past Everblades

January 6, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


North Charleston, S.C. - The South Carolina Stingrays (16-18-1-3) defeated the Florida Everblades (15-13-3-4) 3-2 at the North Charleston Coliseum Sunday afternoon.

Stingrays forward Robby Dee broke open the scoring at 12:28 of the first period ripping a wrist shot over the glove of Everblades goaltender John Muse (L, 16 saves on 19 shots) from the top of the right-wing circle. Former Everblade Matt Beca and defenseman Ryan Turek earned assists.

Everblades forward Brayden Irwin tied the game at 1:38 of the second period slipping a shot past Stingrays netminder Jeff Jakaitis (W, 26 saves on 28 shots). Defenseman Luka Vidmar put the Stingrays back on top with a power-play marker at 3:27 from defenseman Kevin Quick. Irwin made it even again on the man advantage at 6:09. Moments later, forward Chris Langkow buried his fourth goal in three games to put the Stingrays up for good at 15:06. Forward Tyler McNeely and defenseman Derek Foam registered assists.

In the third period, the Everblades fired 13 shots on goal to the Stingrays' four, but could not solve Jakaitis. The Stingrays finished the game 1-for-2 on the power play while the Everblades went 1-for-4.

Pack the House Night tickets are on sale now! Pack the North Charleston Coliseum on Saturday, January 26 as the Stingrays battle the Orlando Solar Bears at 7:05 p.m. All tickets are $5 with best available seating and free parking! Click here to order your tickets today!

The Stingrays open a three-game road trip Friday, January 17 at 7:05 p.m. against the Trenton Titans at the Sun National Bank Center and return to the North Charleston Coliseum on Tuesday, January 15 to battle the Gwinnett Gladiators at 7:05 p.m. Grab two tickets for the price of one at the Coliseum Box Office! College tickets are $5 with valid ID. Arrive early for Hockey Happy Hour featuring $2 beer from 6-7:00 p.m.

Check out the South Carolina Stingrays Statistics

• Discuss this story on the ECHL message board...

ECHL Stories from January 6, 2013


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central