Stingrays Lose Heartbreaker in Overtime to Columbia 3-2
Published on May 3, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release
Columbia, SC - The South Carolina Stingrays let two leads slip away before falling in overtime 3-2 to the Columbia Inferno at the Carolina Coliseum.
"We played hard tonight," said Head Coach Jared Bednar. "We just need to regroup tomorrow and get ready to come out strong on Monday."
In the first period, the Rays got a late goal when Cail MacLean got off the schneid by scoring his first goal of the playoffs. The goal was on a back door play from Chris Chaput and Travis Morin at 17:35.
The second period feature back and forth play, but no scoring which left the Rays up by one in the third period. On the power play at 9:00, the Inferno tied the game up at one. MacLean once again got on the board this time at 14:41 from Morin and Chaput to give the Rays a 2-1 lead. The lead was not long lived as the Inferno got another power play goal with just over a minute left to play to tie the game up and send it to overtime.
In the overtime period Reid Cashman got his third goal of the playoffs winning the game for the Inferno 3-2. The shot by Cashman was saved by Josh Johnson but the puck fell in the crease, and was kicked in by Johnson for the final goal.
The winning goaltender was Todd Ford who stopped 30 of the 32 shots he faced. The losing goaltender was Johnson who stopped 14 of the 17 shots he faced. The Rays went 0-3 on the power play while killing off four of the six short handed situations they faced.
The Rays are back in action on Monday night when they try to close out the series in a decisive game five at the North Charleston Coliseum. The drop of the puck is at 7:05.
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