ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

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May 2, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


For those fans not able to make it to Columbia for Friday's game, Bobby Hartin's Sports Grill will once again be the place to watch the game. Bobby Hartin's will be showing the Stingrays vs. Inferno game live on their big screen as the Rays look to clinch the third round. Wear your Red and come out to Bobby Hartin's, located on the corner of Sam Rittenberg and Orange Grove Rd., on Friday Night to cheer on your South Carolina Stingrays! Hope to see you there.

South Division Finals Series (best of five)

#2 South Carolina Stingrays vs. #5 Columbia Inferno

Game #1: Sunday, April 27 South Carolina 2 Columbia 1

Game #2: Tuesday, April 29 South Carolina 5 Columbia 2

Game #3: Friday, May 2 @ Columbia 7:05pm REAL 1340

Game #4: Saturday, May 3 @ Columbia 7:05pm*

Game #5: Monday, May 5 @ South Carolina 7:05pm*

* If necessary

Second Season Sub-plots

The South Carolina Stingrays play game three of their best of five game series in Columbia tonight.

Marty Guerin leads the league in the playoffs with 13 points (9g-4a).

The Stingrays are 8-6-1-1 when scoring the first goal of the game.

The Rays are 8-0 at home, but have yet to win a road playoff game, going 0-4 thus far.

For up to date Stingrays coverage you can visit the Stingrays website or Andrew Miller's blog Rays the Roof.

Stingrays playoff tickets can be purchased at the box office or through ticket master with upper level costing $15, lower level $17 and riser level $20.You can also call the front office at (843)744-2248 to purchase discounted group tickets or to sign up for ‘Pay for Play'.

The Rest on the Quest

In the Northern Division finals, the Reading Royals jumped to a 3-2 series lead after their 1-0 victory over the Cincinnati Cyclones last night.

The Alaska Aces staved off elimination by winning last night against the Las Vegas Wranglers 6-5 in overtime. The Aces now trail 3-1 in their best of seven series.

The Utah Grizzlies took a 2-1 series lead over the Victoria Salmon Kings after their 7-5 victory last night.

Blast From the Past

The South Carolina Stingrays have won eight playoff games thus far. Those wins give them 59 playoff wins in their history. That is the most in the ECHL with two more than the Toledo Storm who have 57 wins.

Check out the South Carolina Stingrays Statistics



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