ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Seitz retires, Allen & Daubenspeck receive league honors

March 9, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


NORTH CHARLESTON, SC South Carolina Stingrays veteran center Dave Seitz announced his retirement this afternoon at his house on James Island. Seitz holds every offensive record in Stingrays history, the retirement is effective immediately.

Seitz, a 5'10"-185lb native of Grand Island, NY, finishes his career with 489 games played, 217 goals, 370 assists and 587 points. His 370 assists rank him fifth all time in the ECHL.

"I couldn't see myself playing in another uniform in this league," said Seitz this afternoon. "This has been a tough season for me both on and off the ice. I would love to have finished off the season with this team, but I know that this is a business and that the Stingrays have tough decisions to make."

The Stingrays no longer had room on their roster for Seitz after acquiring veteran forward Mike Barrie on Sunday.

Seitz was awarded the ECHL Playoff MVP in 2001 when he helped the Rays to a second Kelly Cup Title by scoring 13 goals and adding 15 assists for 28 points in 18 games.

In addition to his playoff MVP, Seitz has received ECHL post season honors once (second team 2002), represented the Stingrays at the ECHL All Star game twice (1998,1999), been ECHL Player of the Month twice (November 1998, February 2002) and been league player of the week once (November 1998).

Daubenspeck and Allen Receive League Honors

The ECHL announced today that Kirk Daubenspeck has been named ECHL Saver of the Week and that defenseman Chris Allen has been named ECHL Player of the Week.

After making 20 saves in a 4-1 win at Fresno on March 2, the 6-0 and 195-pound Daubenspeck stopped 42 of 43 shots in a 3-1 win at Idaho on March 5 and had 28 saves in a 4-2 win at Idaho on March 6. Selected in the seventh round (151st overall) by Philadelphia in the 1992 National Hockey League Entry Draft, Daubenspeck is 5-0-0 in his last five games, all road games, while lowering his goals against average from 2.53 to 2.47.

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Daubenspeck is 27-10-2 with two shutouts and ranks third in the ECHL in wins and 12th in goals against average. He leads the league in shootout percentage with .894 (19 of 22) and is 4-0 in shootouts.

Allen scored two game-winning goals and six points (3g-3a) as South Carolina went 3-0-0 on the road improving to 34-21-3 and moving into third place in the Southern Division, one point behind second place Florida.

The 6-3 and 205-pound Allen tallied a pair of assists, including one on the game-winning goal, in a 4-1 win at Fresno on March 2. The 25-year-old Allen scored the game-tying and the game-winning goal, a power-play goal, in a 3-1 win at Idaho on March 5. He closed out the week scoring the game winner in Saturday's 4-2 win in Idaho.

Among ECHL defensemen, Allen is tied for fourth with three game-winning goals, tied for fifth with 13 goals and tied for 13th in scoring with 35 points (13g-22a). His 13 goals are a career professional high while his 35 points ties his career professional best. Allen, who has a season high four-game scoring streak (3g-4a), leads the team with 14 power-play assists and ranks second on the team in power-play goals (7), power-play points (21) and plus-minus (+8).

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