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February 24, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


The Stingrays scored first, but allowed four unanswered goals to fall to the Augusta Lynx last night, 4-1. Travis Morin potted the lone Rays goal, while Josh Johnson suffered the loss with 25 saves. Florida, meanwhile, bested the Charlotte Checkers 3-2 in a shootout.

Stingrays vs Everblades, Head-to-head in 2007-08

2-4-0

Stingrays vs Everblades, All-time

32-33-9

Head Coaches

South Carolina: Jared Bednar (1st year)

Florida: Gerry Fleming (7th year)

NHL Affiliate

South Carolina: Washington Capitals

Florida: Carolina Hurricanes & Florida Panthers

AHL Affiliate

South Carolina: Hershey Bears

Florida: Albany River Rats & Rochester Americans

Veterans

South Carolina: Cail MacLean, Rory Rawlyk

Florida: Brad Brown, David Cornacchia, Ernie Hartlieb, Ryan Van Buskirk

Top Scorers

South Carolina: Travis Morin (27-33-60), Chris Chaput (17-25-42), Pierre-Luc O'Brien (8-34-42)

Florida: Derek Damon (19-33-52), Mathieu Melanson (25-26-51), Ernie Hartlieb (17-31-48)

Notes

Morin has registered points in seven straight games (6g, 6a), while Chaput has a six-game point streak (2g, 9a) ... Morin leads the Stingrays with eight points (2g, 6a) against Florida this season ... Damon, who is tied for 2nd in the league with 6 game-winning goals, tops the Everblades with 12 points (3g, 9a) versus South Carolina in 07-08 ... Melanson is the reigning In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week ... Brown, the 18th overall pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by Montreal, has NHL experience with the Canadiens, Blackhawks, Rangers, Wild, and Sabres ... The Everblades' goaltending tandem of Justin Peters and Tyler Plante, a pair of former NHL 2nd round draft picks currently on recall to the AHL, have been replaced with one-time 2nd round choice David Shantz (37th overall in 2004 by Florida), and former 4th round pick Kevin Nastiuk (126th overall in 2003 by Carolina) ... Florida's Brad Herauf ranks 4th in the league 190 penalty minutes, while former Everblade Grant McNeill is 8th with 170 PIMs ... It only took 34 games for Stingrays D Nate Kiser to establish a new career high in points (21). Last season, he recorded 20 points in 64 contests ... Florida is the only ECHL team without a shootout loss this season.

2007-08 Records

South Carolina: 33-18-2-1, 69 points (t-2nd place, South Division)

Florida: 31-20-4-0, 66 points (4th place, South Division)

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