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ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays Gameday: Stingrays Return Home To Battle Checkers Tonight

November 14, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


North Charleston, SC - The South Carolina Stingrays, riding an eight game unbeaten streak, return to North Charleston Coliseum for the first time in three weeks tonight to battle the Charlotte Checkers at 7:05 p.m. Tonight is the Stingrays second annual Green Night and environmentally friendly hockey game.

The first 1,500 fans will receive a free energy efficient CFL light bulb courtesy of Berkeley Electric. The Stingrays will be offsetting the emission cost of putting on a Stingrays home game by purchasing carbon credits from carbonfund.org.

Stingrays forward Matt Fornataro enters tonight's game on a two game point and goal streak (2g, 2a) and forward Michael Dubuc has tallied five points in the last two contests (2g, 3a). Stingrays goaltender Todd Ford is 5-0 in his last five starts with a 2.17 goals-against average.

The Stingrays head to Charlotte to face the Checkers Wednesday, November 18 at 7:00 p.m. at Time Warner Cable Arena. Listen to the game live at Stingrayshockey.com ! The Rays return to North Charleston Coliseum Friday, November 20 against the Gwinnett Gladiators at 7:05 p.m. for 100.9 WAY FM Family Fun Friday and $2 Beer Night! The Stingrays also host Gwinnett on Saturday, November 21 for Salute to Hometown Heroes Night featuring a pre-game hockey game between the Charleston Fire Dept. and the Atlanta Fire Dept. $2 of every ticket will go to the Equipping Our Heroes Foundation. Ticket packages and individual tickets are on sale now! Call the Stingrays front office at (843) 744-2248 for more information. For all the latest Stingrays news, visit www.stingrayshockey.com

2009-2010 Season Records: South Carolina: 8-2-1-3, 20 points (1st place, South Division) Charlotte: 5-3-1-0, 11 points (4th place, South Division)

Stingrays vs. Checkers, Head-to-Head in 2009-2010 0-1-0-0

2008-09 Records South Carolina: 43-23-2-4, 90 points (1st place, South Division) Charlotte: 34-29-2-6, 76 points (3rd place, South Division)

Stingrays vs Checkers, Head-to-head in 2008-09 10-5-0-1

Stingrays vs Checkers, All-time 69-47-19

Head Coaches South Carolina: Cail MacLean (1st year) Charlotte: Derek Wilkinson (6th year)

NHL Affiliate South Carolina: Washington Capitals Charlotte: New York Rangers/Colorado Avalanche

AHL Affiliate South Carolina: Hershey Bears Charlotte: Hartford Wolf Pack/Lake Erie Monsters

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