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ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Reid and Werner Get the Call

March 5, 2007 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - The South Carolina Stingrays and head coach Jason Fitzsimmons announced today that Matt Reid and Stephen Werner have been called-up to the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League.

This marks Reid's second call-up this season, after playing one game with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers last week. The Massena, NY native leads the Stingrays in goals, with 22, after his first hat trick of the season last Friday night against the Pensacola Ice Pilots. Reid, 5'10", 190-pounds, has played 36 games with the Rays and has 48 points on the year.

Werner, 22, started the season with the Hershey Bears and was sent to the Stingrays on Dec. 6 2006. The right-winger from Chevy Chase, MD is in his first professional season after playing four years of college hockey at University of Massachusetts - Amherst. Werner is a third round draft pick of the Washington Capitals in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. At 6'1", 210-pounds, Werner has 15 points (9g-6a) in 24 games with the Stingrays this season.

Catch the Stingrays in action tomorrow night at the North Charleston Coliseum as they take on the Columbia Inferno at 7:05 p.m. It's $10 Tuesdays presented by Halligan's with $2 beers and 2 for 1 hotdogs. Purchase a ticket for anywhere in the Coliseum for just $10! Tuesday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN Radio 910 the Team beginning at 6:50 p.m. with the Benito's Pre-game Show with Mike Kelly, "Voice of the Rays." Fans, don't forget you can listen online at www.stingrayshockey.com. Stingrays Hockey - A Whole Lot Cooler!

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