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ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays Grab Standings Point in Overtime Loss to Solar Bears

December 19, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


North Charleston, S.C. - The South Carolina Stingrays (12-10-1-4) fell to the Orlando Solar Bears (14-11-2-0) 3-2 in overtime at the North Charleston Coliseum Friday night. The Stingrays earned a standings point in the loss and are currently on a four-game point streak (3-0-1-0) and are unbeaten in nine of their last 10 contests (8-1-1-0).

The Stingrays jumped on the scoreboard first when forward Caleb Herbert buried his sixth goal of the season ripping a shot under the glove of Solar Bears goaltender Garret Sparks (W, 33 saves on 35 shots) from the left circle at 13:01 of the opening period. Forward Cody Sylvester setup the play off an Orlando turnover. Later in the frame, Stingrays goaltender Jeff Jakaitis (OTL, 22 saves on 25 shots) made a spectacular diving save on Solar Bears forward Patrick Watling to keep the Stingrays in front. Click here to watch the save.

Solar Bears forward and former Stingray Mike Ullrich tied the contest 12:56 into the second period redirecting a shot from defenseman Bryce Aneloski between the legs of Jakaitis. Forward Brett Findlay put Orlando in front at 16:37 hammering a one-time shot past Jakaitis from between the faceoff circles.

Early in the third period, Stingrays forward Derek DeBlois tied the game tipping a centering pass for forward Patrick Gaul under Sparks at 2:12. Forward Braden Pimm added the second assist. Findlay buried the game-winning marker 17 seconds into overtime to give the Solar Bears the victory. The Stingrays finished the contest 0-for-3 on the power play while the Solar Bears went 0-for-5.

The Stingrays and Solar Bears collide tomorrow night, Saturday, December 20 at 7:05 at the Coliseum! The first 1,000 fans receive a collectable APECS Aerospace puck! Wear your ugly Holiday sweater to the game for a chance to win prizes including new Stingrays merchandise! Buy Tickets

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