ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays Drop Two of Three at Home

Published on January 12, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


The Week Ahead:

Tuesday, January 13 Vs Augusta -7:05 @ North Charleston Coliseum

Radio: ESPN Radio 1340 & Stingrayshockey.com. Air Time: 6:35

The Stingrays need a win to go .500 on their four game home stand. Augusta has won five out of its last ten games and has a record of 16-16-3. The Lynx are 2-0 against the Stingrays this season.

At the Coliseum: Two for Tuesday! – Two for One Tickets, Hot Dogs and Cokes, Two Dollar Beers!

Friday, January 16 @ Columbia -7:30 @ Carolina Coliseum

Radio: CNN Radio 1450, WWJK 950 & Stingrayshockey.com. Air Time: 7:00

The Rays have a mark of 1-1 this season against the Inferno. Columbia is the top team in the Southern Division with a record of 22-11-4. The Stingrays are 10-5-1 on the road.

Saturday, January 17 @ Gwinnett -7:35 @ Gwinnett Center

Radio: CNN Radio 1450, WWJK 950 & Stingrayshockey.com. Air Time: 7:05

The Stingrays have played twice in Gwinnett this season with a record of 1-1. The Gladiators have slipped to third place in the Central division with a record of 22-11-3.

The Week That Was:

Tuesday, January 6 Stingrays 0 Vs Columbus 3

Jason Tapp was signed before the game by the Cottonmouths and came up with a shutout on the road. It was the first time that the Rays have been shut out this season.

Friday, January 9 Stingrays 6 Vs Greenville 4

The Stingrays exploded for five goals in the third period for the win. It was the second time in a week that the Rays have scored six goals. Ed Courtenay netted the first hat trick of the season for South Carolina in the win and Robin Gomez had two goals.

Saturday, January 10 Stingrays 2 Vs Florence 4

The Pride beat the Stingrays for the first time in four tries. The Pride's four goals in the game were more than they had scored in the three previous games combined (3).

The Team:

The Rays lost two out of three games last week to slip to a record of 20-13-1. The Stingrays are tied for fifth place with the Charlotte Checkers. The Stingrays have the third best winning percentage in the Southern Division at .603. The Rays have a home record of 10-8 and a road mark of 10-5-1. The Stingrays have won six of their last ten games. They are now just two points out of third place which is held by Greensboro. The Stingrays will play six out of their next eight games on the road. South Carolina has a record of 13-7-1 against teams within the Southern Division. The Rays power play continues to steadily improve and is now ranked 15th in the league at 16.7%. Defensively the Rays rank eighth in the league allowing just 2.59 goals against per game.

The Players:

Ed Courtenay netted the first hat trick of the season for the Stingrays in Friday's win over the Greenville Grrrowl. Courtenay leads the Stingrays with 13 goals, 20 assists and 33 points. He has six goals and two assists in his last five games and seven goals and seven assists in his last ten games. Kirk Daubenspeck picked up his 14th win of the season on Friday night against the Grrrowl. Daubenspeck was awarded the ECHL Goaltender of the Month for December. It was the third time he has received that honor with the Stingrays. Daubenspeck is 5-1 in his last six starts with a 2.51 GAA. Defenseman Matt Desrosiers has five points on a goal and four assists in his last five games.

The Numbers:

Goals 14 Ed Courtenay

Assists 20 Ed Courtenay

Points 33 Ed Courtenay

Shots 122 Curtis Huppe

Penalty Minutes 152 Brent Henley

Power Play Goals 5 Chris Allen, Ed Courtenay

Power Play Points 13 Ed Courtenay

Short Handed Goals 1 Matt Desrosiers, Ed Courtenay

Game Winners 3 Matt Desrosiers

Wins 14 Kirk Daubenspeck

GAA 2.38 David Brumby

SPCT .934% David Brumby

Power Play 16.7% (31-1186; 15th in ECHL)

Penalty Kill 82.2% (30-169; 23rd in ECHL)

Monday Night Hockey:

All Star Forward Kevin Spiewak will be tonight's guest on Monday Night Hockey. Monday Night Hockey airs live on ESPN Radio 1340 from 6:00 t0 7:00 PM from Bobby Hartin's Sports Grill and Raw Bar.

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