ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Rays Re-Release 2008-09 Schedule

August 14, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


North Charleston, SC - The South Carolina Stingrays today re-released the team's 2008-09 ECHL regular season schedule following the loss of the Pensacola Ice Pilots in the south division and the release of the National Basketball Association schedule which affected the availability of Charlotte Bobcats Arena, home of the Checkers of the ECHL and the Bobcats of the NBA.

The Stingrays will begin their 16th season of hockey in the Low Country at home against the Augusta Lynx on Saturday, October 18 in a rematch of the first round of this year's Kelly Cup Playoffs when the Rays came back from a two games to none deficit to win the series and move on to the second round.

The 2008-09 season is highlighted once again with home games against North Division foes as Dayton comes down on November 22nd, Elmira visits the Coliseum for the first time since coming over from the UHL on December 19th and 20th and Trenton makes a late-season trek to South Carolina on March 6th. In return, for the second season in a row, the Stingrays travel up north. This time, the Rays have to pack their warm clothes in February when they play three games in three nights against Johnstown, Trenton and Reading in late February.

Come spend your holidays this season with the Stingrays and the team plays on Halloween night against Florida, and the weekend after Christmas and New Year's Eve against Mississippi.

This year's Pack the House night will take place on Saturday, January 17th against the Charlotte Checkers. Last year, the Stingrays welcomed a record-breaking, sell-out crowd of 10,565 to the Coliseum for the event and look once more to sell out the night for the 2008-09 season.

This season will feature two three-night home-stands at the North Charleston Coliseum. The first will be Friday, Nov. 21st against Mississippi, Saturday, Nov. 22nd against Dayton and Sunday, Nov. 23rd back again against Mississippi. The second three-night home-stand is toward the end of the season when the Rays play Augusta on Friday, March 20th, Charlotte on Saturday, March 21st, and Florida on Sunday, March 22nd. Following that, the Stingrays will have just one home game remaining when the team finishes off their home regular season against the Mississippi Sea Wolves on March 29th.

Once again, the Stingrays play 36 of their 72 games at home, including 30 weekend dates, up from 26 last season. The team has ten Friday games, thirteen Saturday games and seven Sunday games this year. Since the Stingrays are now without three Southern Division foes from last season, South Carolina will match up against teams like Gwinnett and Charlotte more often, playing them each 14 times, including Charlotte four straight Saturdays in January.

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