ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays Weekly: Ft. Jackson Holdover Troop Appreciation Night and 2-For-1 Tickets Tomorrow Against

Published on December 19, 2011 under ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


The Week That Was...

The South Carolina Stingrays hosted the Gwinnett Gladiators and Greenville Road Warriors in a three-game in three-night weekend at the North Charleston Coliseum this week for a record of 0-2-1-0. The Stingrays battled the Gladiators Friday, falling 2-1. Stingrays defenseman Zach Tarkir scored a power-play goal in the third period to cut the lead in half. On Saturday, Gladiators netminder Jeff Jakaitis stopped all 23 Stingrays shots in a 1-0 victory. The Stingrays erased two two-goal deficits on Sunday afternoon against the Road Warriors, but fell 4-3 in overtime. Stingrays forward Joe Pereira registered his first professional goal and defenseman Paul Baier grabbed two assists.

The Numbers

Record: 14-11-1-1

Home: 8-6-1-0

Away: 6-5-0-1

Streak: 0-2-1-0

Goals: Pierre-Luc O'Brien (10)

Assists: T-Matt Pope, Sean Dolan (12)

Points : T-Matt Pope, Sean Dolan (19)

Penalty Minutes: Danick Paquette (106)

Power-Play Goals: Sean Dolan (5)

Power-Play Assists: Matt Pope (7)

Power-Play Points: Matt Pope (11)

Shorthanded Goals: Pierre-Luc O'Brien (2)

Shorthanded Assists: T-Trent Campbell, Dustin Stevenson, Johann Kroll, David de Kastrozza, Sean Dolan (1)

Shorthanded Points: T-Pierre-Luc O'Brien, Johann Kroll (2)

Game Winners: T-Matt Pope, Billy Ryan, Zach Tarkir, Trent Campbell, Greg Stewart (2)

Wins: Philipp Grubauer (10)

GAA: Philipp Grubauer (1.99)

SPCT: Philipp Grubauer (.928)

Taking the Lead

The Stingrays are third in the South Division with 30 points and seventh overall in the Eastern Conference.

Forward Danick Paquette is first in the league with 28 minor penalties and fifth with 106 penalty minutes.

Goaltender Philipp Grubauer ranks fourth in the ECHL with a 1.99 goals-against average and fifth with a .928 save percentage.

Netminder Daren Machesney is 11 in the league with a 2.80 goals-against average.

Rookie Sean Dolan stands seventh among first-year players with 19 points (7g, 12a), tied for third with 10 power-play points (5g, 5a) and tied for first with five power-play goals.

Defenseman Johann Kroll is tied for second among league bluliners with two shorthanded points (1g, 1a).

Defenseman Zach Tarkir is 15 among ECHL D-men with 13 points (3g, 10a) and tied for first with two game-winning goals.

This Week:

Gwinnett Gladiators at Stingrays

Tuesday, Dec. 20

Ft. Jackson Holdover Troop Appreciation Night

2-for-1 Tickets

7:05 p.m.

North Charleston Coliseum

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