ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Rays Falter in Game One, Look to Bounce Back Tonight

Published on May 10, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


Game Two of the American Conference Finals will be aired live at Bobby Hartin's Sports Grill on Sam Rittenberg and Orange Grove. Bobby Hartin's is the only place in Charleston to catch Stingrays Playoff Hockey. Wear your red and support your Stingrays tonight.

Hope to see you there!

Tickets for the American Conference Finals are on sale now at the Coliseum Box Office and through Ticketmaster. Only four teams are left - Come cheer on the Stingrays as they Ride the Red Wave to a National Championship!

American Conference Finals (Best of Seven)

Friday, May 9th

South Carolina 2

Cincinnati 6

Saturday, May 10th

@Cincinnati

7:30 p.m.

Real 1340

Wednesday, May 14th

@South Carolina

7:05 p.m.

Real 1340

Friday, May 16th

@ South Carolina

7:05 p.m.

Real 1340

* Saturday, May 17th

@South Carolina

7:05 p.m.

* Monday, May 19th

@ Cincinnati

7:30 p.m.

* Wednesday, May 21st

@ Cincinnati

7:30 p.m.

* if necessary

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The South Carolina Stingrays fell in game one of their best of seven series against the Cincinnati Cyclones 6-2.

Matt Smith got his first goal of the playoffs last night.

The four goal loss was the largest of the playoffs this year for the Stingrays.

Trent Campbell's goal was the first penalty shot goal of the season for South Carolina. They were 0-2 during the regular season on penalty shots.

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'.

Cincinnati received goals from T.J. McElroy and Jean-Michel Daoust, firsts for both players in the playoffs.

Cincinnati's rookie sensation David Desharnais led the team last night with two goals and two assists.

For up to date information on the Cincinnati Cyclones you can visit their website here.

The Utah Grizzlies and the Las Vegas Wranglers start their series on the 12th.

The Las Vegas and Utah met up 11 times during the regular season with Las Vegas winning 10 of the 11 games.

For the Wrangles, Peter Ferraro led the way with 16 points (5g, 11a) against Utah. For Utah, it was Justin Bourne who had eight points (6g, 2a) against the Las Vegas.

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

In 1997, with South Carolina on their way to winning their first Kelly Cup, Brad Dexter had 23 assists. That is the second most assists for a playoff year ever in the ECHL. The only player to have more was John Spoltore, who in 2000 had 26 assists for Louisiana.

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