Rays Take Game One 2-1; Game Two Set for Tomorrow Night

April 28, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release

**Tickets for Tuesday's game are on sale now at the North Charleston Coliseum Box Office and by calling Ticketmaster at 554-6060. Tuesday's game will begin at 7:05 p.m. 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.

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: Tuesday, 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 took a 1-0 series lead in their best of five game series against the Columbia Inferno after last nights 2-1 victory. * Marty Guerin and Steve Pinizzotto got the goals for the Stingrays. Guerin is now tied with Travis Morin for the most goals in the playoffs with six. * You can read the entire Post and Courier article by Andrew Miller here. Check out pictures from last night's game 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 ‘Pay for Play'.

The Rest on the Quest

* Victoria tied up their series with Utah at one with a 6-1 victory last night in Victoria. * Reading travels to Cincinnati tonight for game three of their best of seven game Division Finals Series. They are currently tied up at one game a piece.

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

Blast From the Past

In 1997, on their way to winning their first Kelly Cup, the South Carolina Stingrays met up with Louisiana. In five games, South Carolina scored 27 goals, the most goals ever scored in a five-game series in ECHL Playoff history.

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

Recent Games Upcoming Games

Sunday, April 27 Monday April 28

Columbia 1-South Carolina 2 Reading @ Cincinnati 7:35

Utah 1-Victoria 6

ECHL Stories from April 28, 2008

• 2008 Man & Woman of the Year Named - Fresno Falcons
• Reading Explodes For Three In Third Period In Win - Cincinnati Cyclones
• Falcons CEO recognized by Leukemia & Lymphoma Association - Fresno Falcons
• Cincinnati Radio Station Offers Cyclones Tickets For Johnson Jerseys - Cincinnati Cyclones
• ECHL Transactions - Apr. 28 - ECHL
• Stingrays Announce Schedule Change - South Carolina Stingrays
• Five Gladiators Called Up To AHL Chicago - Atlanta Gladiators
• Reserve Your Seats Now For The South Division Finals Vs. South Carolina Stingrays - Columbia Inferno
• Egeland Not Returning as Checkers Assistant Coach - Charlotte Checkers
• Gladiators Weekly Update for the Week of April 28th - Atlanta Gladiators
• Rays Take Game One 2-1; Game Two Set for Tomorrow Night - South Carolina Stingrays
• ECHL Today - ECHL
• Ice Pilots Contribute to ECHL's Attendance Increase - Pensacola Ice Pilots

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