ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays Week in Review

February 2, 2009 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


Saturday is Comcast Bobblehead Night!

This year's Comcast Bobblehead is Assistant Captain Travis Morin. Bobbleheads will be handed out at the door, so make sure to come early to secure yours. Bobbleheads will not be given out to fans not in attendance.

Also, please note that Saturday's game will begin at 7:05 p.m. There is a misprint on all Season Tickets that says the game starts at 5 p.m., but it will start at normal game time.

The Week That Was...

The South Carolina Stingrays had most of the week off for the All-Star break but returned to action over the weekend with back to back road games in Charlotte and Mississippi.

On Saturday night, Vigier was back in net against the Checkers. Spencer Carbery and Nate Kiser both scored, but the Rays gave up two power play goals and ended up falling 3-2.

In Mississippi on Sunday afternoon, the Rays scored twice in the second period on goals by Matt Scherer and Keith Johnson, but an empty-net goal with just 44 seconds left in the third period sealed the victory for the Sea Wolves 4-2.

The Numbers

Record: 21-15-1-3 (46 points)

Home: 10-8-0-1

Away: 11-7-1-2

Goals: Michael Dubuc (21)

Assists: Travis Morin (36)

Points: Morin (48)

Shots: Morin (132)

Penalty Minutes: Nate Kiser (109)

Power Play Goals: Dubuc (7)

Power Play Assists: Morin (17)

Power Play Points: Morin (20)

Short Handed Goals: Maxime Lacroix (2)

Short Handed Assists: Morin (2)

Short Handed Points: Lacroix, Morin (3)

Game Winners: Pierre-Luc O'Brien, Dubuc, Morin, Brad Farynuk (3)

Wins: Michal Neuvirth, Ian Vigier (6)

GAA: Neuvirtht (1.28)

SPCT: Neuvirth (.918)

Plus/Minus: Morin (+16)

ECHL Leaders

The Stingrays are 6th in the American Conference and 2nd in the South Division behind the Florida Everblades.

Travis Morin is 4th in the ECHL with 48 points, leads the league with 36 assists, and is 2nd with 17 power play assists.

Michael Dubuc is 8th among rookies in points (35), and 4th in goals (21). Maxime Lacroix is 11th in points (30), and 4th in shots (122).

Captain Brad Farynuk is 7th among defensemen with 24 points, 4th in both goals (8) and power play goals (5), and 3rd with three game-winning goals. Johann Kroll is 17th among defensemen with 21 points. Nate Kiser is 2nd with 109 penalty minutes.

The Rays power play is 4th in the league at 20.2% and 8th on the penalty kill with 85.4%.

This Week:

Tuesday, February 3

7:30PM

ESPN Radio 910 the Team

The Stingrays travel to Estero, FL for two games in a row against the Florida Everblades. The game will be aired live on ESPN Radio 910 the Team beginning at 7:15 p.m. with the Benito's Pre Game Show with Voice of the Rays, Josh Heller.

Wednesday, February 4

7:30 PM

ESPN Radio 910 the Team

The second game of the Stingrays/Everblades double-header takes place Wednesday night. Fans can also listen live to all home and away games through our website at www.stingrayshockey.com.

Friday, February 6

7:05 PM

ESPN Radio 910 the Team

It's Florida's turn to travel as they come up here for two games this weekend. Friday is the Largest T-Shirt Toss of the Season sponsored by Berkeley Electric Cooperative - make sure to snag yourself a t-shirt during the intermission.

Saturday, February 7

7:05 PM

WQSC 1340AM

It's Comcast Bobblehead Night at the Stingrays game. Come early to pick up your Travis Morin Bobblehead at the door.

Check out the South Carolina Stingrays Statistics



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