ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Rays Win Three in a Row

December 29, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


Come Help the Stingrays Pack the House!

It's the annual Pack the House Night on Saturday, January 17th at 7:05pm. The Stingrays Host the Mississippi Sea Wolves and tickets are only $5 ANYWHERE in the Coliseum. Last year the Stingrays set a new attendance record with 10,565. Let's see if we can make the Coliseum Standing Room Only!

Seats are filling up fast, so order your tickets today by calling (843) 744-2248.

The Week That Was...

After having most of the week off, the Stingrays returned to action on Friday night, traveling to Gwinnett to face the Gladiators. With both goalies recalled to Hershey, Coach Bednar signed SPHL goalie Ian Vigier. Vigier, who led the Rays to a victory against Florida earlier in the month, was strong again as the Rays defeated the Gladiators 4-3.

On Saturday night the Rays played at home against the Mississippi Sea Wolves. Scott Romfo scored his second game of the season and Michael Dubuc scored his second goal in as many games after returning from a shoulder injury as the Stingrays won at home 3-2.

Sunday night, the Rays looked to make it three wins in a row. Ian Vigier stopped 33 shots and Michael Dubuc recorded his second hat trick of the season as the Stingrays defeated the Sea Wolves 6-3.

The Numbers

Record: 18-7-1-2 (39 points)

Home: 7-5-0-1

Away: 11-2-1-1

Goals: Michael Dubuc (16)

Assists: Travis Morin (25)

Points: Morin (34)

Shots: Dubuc (90)

Penalty Minutes: Nate Kiser (91)

Power Play Goals: Dubuc (6)

Power Play Assists: Morin (11)

Power Play Points: Morin (14)

Short Handed Goals: Maxime Lacroix (2)

Short Handed Assists: Morin (2)

Short Handed Points: Lacroix (3)

Game Winners: Pierre-Luc O'Brien, Dubuc, Morin (3)

Wins: Bobby Goepfert, Michal Neuvirth (6)

GAA: Goepfert (1.77)

SPCT: Goepfert (.937)

Plus/Minus: O'Brien (+16)

ECHL Leaders

The Stingrays are 4th in the American Conference and 2nd in the South Division behind the Florida Everblades.

Travis Morin is 17th in the ECHL with 34 points and 4th with 25 assists.

Pierre-Luc O'Brien's +16 is 4th in the league.

Despite both goalies being in Hershey right now, Bobby Goepfert and Michal Neuvirth remain one and two in the ECHL in goals-against (1.77 and 1.90) and Goepfert leads the league with a .937 save percentage while Neuvirth is third with a .932.

Michael Dubuc is 6th among rookies in points (28), 4th in power play goals (6) and 4th in shots (85). Maxime Lacroix leads rookies in shorthanded goals (2) and shorthanded points (3).

Johann Kroll is 2nd among rookies with 9 power play assists and 17th among defensemen with 16 points. Brad Farynuk is 14th among defensemen with 17 points. Nate Kiser is 2nd among defenseman with 91 penalty minutes.

The Rays power play is 2nd in the league at 23.6%. The team is 5th on the penalty kill with 86.9%.

This Week:

Wednesday, Dec. 31

7:05 PM

New Sports Radio 1450am

Come Ring in the New Year with the South Carolina Stingrays as the team hosts the Mississippi Sea Wolves! Please note that the game time is 7:05p.m.

Friday, January 2

7:05 PM

Real 1340am

It's Guaranteed Win Night at the South Carolina Stingrays game when the Gwinnett Gladiators come to town. Sign up at the game at any Stingrays table and if the Stingrays do not win, you will receive a free ticket to the game on Thursday, Jan. 15 against the Florida Everblades. Remember that you must sign up in order to receive the free ticket.

Saturday, January 3

7:35 PM

ESPN Radio 910 the Team

The Rays travel to Gwinnett to play the Gladiators again on Saturday Night. Don't forget to tune in 15 minutes prior to the drop of the puck with the Benito's Pre Game Show with Josh Heller.

Sunday, January 4

5:00 PM

ESPN Radio 910 the Team

It's Kids Day at the South Carolina Stingrays game with $5 Kids Tickets at the Box Office. Come early for the FREE Pre-Game Kids Carnival at 3:30 p.m. and don't forget your skates for the first post game Skate with the Rays of the Season!

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