ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays Host Dayton For College And Food And Beverage Night!

March 4, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


2007-08 Records

South Carolina: 36-20-2-1, 75 points (2nd place, South Division)

Dayton: 25-20-5-5, 60 points (4th place, North Division)

Last Time Out

The Stingrays shut out the Augusta Lynx 1-0 Sunday evening at the North Charleston Coliseum. Travis Morin registered the lone Rays goal, while Josh Johnson turned in a 34-save performance for his second shutout of the 2007-08 campaign. Dayton, on the road Sunday night in Reading, dropped a 3-1 decision to the Royals.

Stingrays vs Bombers, Head-to-head in 2007-08

First meeting of the season

Stingrays vs Bombers, All-time

3-1-1

Head Coaches

South Carolina: Jared Bednar (1st year)

Dayton: Bill McDonald (1st year)

NHL Affiliate

South Carolina: Washington Capitals

Dayton: Independent

AHL Affiliate

South Carolina: Hershey Bears

Dayton: Independent

Veterans

South Carolina: Cail MacLean, Rory Rawlyk

Dayton: Scott Kelman, Greg Labenski

Top Scorers

South Carolina: Travis Morin (29-36-65), Chris Chaput (21-27-48), Pierre-Luc O'Brien (10-36-46)

Dayton: Matt Beaudoin (34-28-62), Yannick Tifu (14-42-56), Brad Bonello (13-20-33)

Notes

Tonight's tilt is the only head-to-head meeting this season between South Carolina and Dayton ... The Stingrays are 6-0-1 this season against North Division opponents ... South Carolina's 20 home wins are second in the league, behind Cincinnati's 22 ... Beaudoin leads the ECHL with 34 goals ... Tifu, recently sent down from the AHL's Rochester Americans, is averaging nearly 1.5 points/game ... Kelman was taken 15th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft ... McDonald, a former assistant coach for the Dallas Stars, has won four championships: three in the Colonial League with Thunder Bay and one with Fort Worth of the Central Hockey League ... Dayton was last season's Kelly Cup runner-up, falling to the Idaho Steelheads in five games.

6 Degrees of Separation

D Nate Kiser played 63 games with Dayton during the 2003-04 season ... Beaudoin and Stingrays D Sean Collins played together for four years at Ohio State ... Collins and the Bombers' Grant Goeckner-Zoeller spent the 2002-03 season with Sioux City (USHL) ... Trent Campbell and Dayton D Ryan Reid were teammates for two years at Lake Superior State ... Bombers RW Gary Klapkowski and Kiser were teammates with Plymouth (OHL) in 2002-03 ... Dayton G Rejean Beauchemin played on a Price Albert Raiders (WHL) 2002-03 club that included current Rays defensemen Grant McNeill and Rory Rawlyk ... McNeill and Kelman both spent time with the AHL's San Antonio Rampage from 2003-2005.

All students with a college ID or any fan with a food and beverage pay stub can purchase $10 tickets at the Coliseum Box Office. Tonight's game also features 2 for 1 hotdogs and $2 beers. Stingrays Hockey - A Whole Lot Cooler!

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