Rays Look to Take 2-0 Series Lead Tonight
Published on April 29, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release
**Purchase your tickets for tonight's game against the Inferno now at the North Charleston Coliseum Box Office and by calling Ticketmaster at 554-6060. For group information, please call the Stingrays front office at 744-2248.
For those on the Pay for Play plan, the next home game will be ticket number 8!! It's not too late to sign up for Pay for Play - visit www.stingrayshockey.com for details.
Please note that Game 5, if necessary, has been changed from Tuesday, May 6th to Monday May 5th. The game will still begin at 7:05 p.m.
South Division Finals Series (best of five) #2 South Carolina Stingrays vs. #5 Columbia Inferno Game #1: Sunday, April 27 South Carolina 2 Columbia 1 Game #2: Tuesday, April 29 @ South Carolina 7:05pm REAL 1340 Game #3: Friday, May 2 @ Columbia 7:05pm REAL 1340 Game #4: Saturday, May 3 @ Columbia 7:05pm* Game #5: Monday, May 5 @ South Carolina 7:05pm* * If necessary
ATTENTION STINGRAYS FANS: If you are making plans to attend Game 3 and Game 4 of the South Division Finals in Columbia, the Inferno are offering a special ticket price for all visiting Stingrays fans. Tickets will be available in the different sections for $16, $13, and $10 and can be ordered by calling Wendy Hennessey at 803-256-7825x105 or emailing her at wendyh@columbiainferno.com. Orders must be placed by noon on Friday afternoon. Bring the Red Wave to Columbia this weekend to cheer on your Stingrays to the Conference Finals!
Second Season Sub-plots
* The South Carolina Stingrays look to take a 2-0 series lead tonight, before traveling to Columbia on Friday. * After starting the playoffs 0-2, Davis Parley has now won four straight games between the pipes for the Stingrays. * You can access the full game notes here. * 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 âPay for Play'.
The Rest on the Quest
* Reading took a 2-1 lead in their best of seven series against Cincinnati last night with a penalty laden 5-2 victory. * Alaska looks to get back in their series against Las Vegas tonight in Anchorage. The Aces trail 2-0 to the Wranglers in the National Conference semi-finals. * For all the up to date information regarding the Kelly Cup Playoffs, click here for the ECHL web site.
Blast From the Past
The South Carolina Stingrays played a team-record 18 postseason games during each of their Kelly Cup Championship runs in 1997 and 2001. Tonight, the Stingrays will play their 12th game in the 2008 Kelly Cup Playoffs.
Playoff Stats
No. PLAYER POS GP G A PTS +- PIM PP SH GW FG OT SHOTS PCT
9 Guerin, Marty RW 11 6 4 10 -2 13 2 0 0 3 0 42 14.3
10 Campbell, Trent LW 11 3 6 9 -1 8 0 0 1 0 1 25 12.0
20 Morin, Travis C 11 6 2 8 -5 8 3 0 1 0 0 42 14.3
19 Werner, Stephen RW 10 4 4 8 -1 4 2 1 2 2 1 33 12.1
6 Collins, Sean D 11 1 5 6 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 26 3.8
17 MacLean, Cail RW 11 0 6 6 -7 10 0 0 0 0 0 22 0.0
16 Chaput, Chris C 11 3 2 5 -5 6 1 0 0 0 0 38 7.9
Pokulok, Sasha 11 0 4 4 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 25 0.0
21 O'Brien, Pierre-Luc C 9 1 2 3 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 20 5.0
5 Kiser, Nate D 11 1 1 2 -5 12 0 0 1 0 1 19 5.3
31 Parley, Davis G 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Smith, Matt 9 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0.0
Rawlyk, Rory D 10 0 2 2 -2 18 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.0
45 Romfo, Scott D 11 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
18 Pinizzotto, Steve RW 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 33.3
Griffith, Todd C 8 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 10.0
74 McIlveen, Paul C 9 1 0 1 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 6 16.7
42 Scherer, Matt F 11 1 0 1 0 19 0 0 1 1 0 21 4.8
Judy, Tim D 8 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
McNeill, Patrick D 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
8 McNeill, Grant D 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
30 Johnson, Josh G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
BENCH 11 0 0 2 0
TOTALS 11 29 45 74 158 8 1 7 7 3 378 7.7
OPPONENT TOTALS 11 28 45 73 144 5 3 4 4 1 336 8.3
No. GPI MIN AVG W L EN SO GA SAVES SPCT
30 Johnson, Josh 6 347:31 2.07 3 2 0 0 12 162 0.931
31 Parley, Davis 6 357:01 2.69 4 2 0 1 16 146 0.901
TEAM TOTALS 11 704:32 2.38 7 4 0 1 28 308 0.917
Playoff Scoreboard
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