ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays Roll into Holiday Break with 3-2 Win over Gladiators

December 21, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


North Charleston, S.C. - The South Carolina Stingrays (19-4-1-2) wrapped up a home-and-home weekend series against the Gwinnett Gladiators (7-17-0-1) with a 3-2 victory at the North Charleston Coliseum Saturday evening.

The Stingrays started the scoring 12:30 into the first period when forward Lindsay Sparks forced a turnover off Gladiators goaltender Brad Philips (L, 26 saves on 29 shots) behind the net and found forward Luke Greiner on top of the crease for his first goal as a Stingray. Just over a minute later, Gladiators forward Josh Currie tied the contest tapping in a rebound past Stingrays netminder David LeNeveu (W, 19 saves on 21 shots) at 13:52. With 18 seconds remaining in the frame, forward Paul Rodrigues reclaimed the lead for the Stingrays redirecting a pass from forward Peter Boyd over the glove of Philips from the right-wing circle. Defenseman Jeremy Price picked up the second assist.

Gladiators forward Jeremy Malouin evened the contest at 16:31 of the second period, but Stingrays forward Wayne Simpson made it 3-2, the eventual game-winning tally, with 58 seconds remaining ripping a shot over the glove over Philips with help from Boyd. The Stingrays finished the game 0-for-3 on the power play while the Gladiators went 0-for-2.

After the Holiday break, the Stingrays battle the Gladiators and Greenville Road Warriors on the road on Thursday, December 26 at 6:05 p.m. and Friday, December 27 at 7:05 p.m. before returning to the North Charleston Coliseum on Saturday, December 28 to host the Wheeling Nailers on Holiday Holdover Troops Night presented by the USO and Verizon Wireless. Cheer the Stingrays to victory with over 300 men and women serving in our Armed Forces from Fort Jackson!

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