ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays Dethrone Royals 4-0

December 9, 2010 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


Reading, PA -Rookie David de Kastrozza netted three points (2g, 1a) and goaltender Todd Ford recorded his 11th professional shutout as the South Carolina Stingrays (10-12-1-0) blanked the Reading Royals (13-8-0-0) 4-0 at the Sovereign Center Thursday night.

The Stingrays broke open the scoring late in the first period as de Kastrozza slipped a wrist shot over the right shoulder of Royals goaltender Matt Dalton from the bottom of the left-wing circle from forwards Rob Ricci and Pierre-Luc O'Brien.

de Kastrozza buried his sixth goal of the season and second of the night at 3:27 of the second frame from Ricci to give the Stingrays a 2-0 lead heading into the second intermission.

O'Brien added a goal of his own at 2:55 of the final period from de Kastrozza and defenseman Zach Jones. Moments later, forward Grant McNeill slapped home his first of the season past Dalton at 4:25 from forward Jordan Pietrus and defenseman Dylan Yeo.

Dalton suffered the loss stopping 24 of 28 Stingrays shots. Ford improved to 5-3-0 kicking away all 26 Royals chances. The Stingrays finished the night 0-for-5 on the power play while Reading went 0-for-3.

The Stingrays complete their season series against the Royals on Saturday, December 11 at 1:05 p.m. at the Sovereign Center. The road trip concludes Sunday, December 12 when the Stingrays travel to the Sun National Bank Center to battle the Trenton Devils at 4:00 p.m.

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