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Rays Host Elmira Tonight

December 19, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


North Charleston, SC - The South Carolina Stingrays take on the Elmira Jackals tonight at the North Charleston Coliseum at 7:05 p.m. It's the first meeting between the two teams this season with South Carolina winning their only meeting last year 4-1.

Come out tonight as the Rays look to gain their 15th win of the season. It's the annual BB&T Blow the Dough competition during the first intermission and two lucky couples have the chance to win hundreds of dollars in cash.

2008-09 Records

South Carolina: 14-6-1-1, 30 points (2nd place, South Division)

Elmira: 12-11-0-3, 27 points (4th place, North Division)

Last time out The Stingrays, with just 13 skaters in their lineup, downed the Florida Everblades last Saturday night, 7-3. Travis Morin bagged a career-high 5 points (4g, 1a), while Ian Vigier, making his ECHL debut, turned aside 33 shots as South Carolina improved to 10-2-1 on the road this season. Elmira, meanwhile, dropped a 4-2 decision in Charlotte Wednesday night to the Checkers.

Stingrays vs Jackals, Head-to-head in 2008-09 First meeting of the season

Stingrays vs Jackals, All-time 1-0-0

Head Coaches

South Carolina: Jared Bednar (2nd year)

Elmira: Steve Martinson (2nd year)

NHL Affiliate

South Carolina: Washington Capitals

Elmira: Ottawa Senators

AHL Affiliate

South Carolina: Hershey Bears

Elmira: Binghamton Senators

Veterans

South Carolina: Nate Kiser

Elmira: Bruce Watson

Captain/Alternates

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

Elmira: Pierre-Luc Faubert (C), Josh Aspenlind (A), Kaleb Betts (A)

Top Scorers

South Carolina: Travis Morin (8-18-26), Michael Dubuc (10-10-20), Pierre-Luc O'Brien (7-12-19)

Elmira: Steve Yetman (14-8-22), Josh Aspenlind (8-14-22), Pierre-Luc Faubert (8-11-19)

6 Degrees of Separation Paul McIlveen was dealt from SC to Elmira last month in a three-team trade that brought Jeff Corey from Reading to the Rays ... G Bryan Bridges, who dressed as back-up for two games with the Stingrays earlier this season, is on Elmira's roster ... South Carolina goaltender Michal Neuvirth and Jackals LW Wes Cunningham were teammates for all or parts of two seasons with Plymouth (OHL) ... Elmira D Slavomir Tomko and Corey played together for two years at the University of Vermont ... Dubuc and Jackals D Guillaume Lepine were teammates with Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) for two seasons.

Notes South Carolina's lineup was bolstered this week with the return of Neuvirth from Washington and Viktor Dovgan and Maxime Lacroix from Hershey ... The Rays sport the ECHL's best power-play (27.2%) ... The Stingrays defeated the Jackals, 4-1, in their only prior meeting on Oct. 28, 2007 ... Yetman is tied for sixth in the league with 14 goals, and is tied for third with 4 game-winning markers ... Martinson, who played 49 career NHL games with Detroit, Montreal and Minnesota, has won five championships as a head coach, four in the WCHL and one in the UHL ... Jackals D Joe Grimaldi skated with six teams last season, three in the ECHL (Elmira, Fresno, Gwinnett) and three in the AHL (Albany, Peoria, Rochester) ... G David Shantz, a former 2nd round pick of the Florida Panthers who played last season with the Florida Everblades, joined the Jackals from Dayton on Tuesday.

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