ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays Weekly: Stingrays Shine in Front of Season-High Crowd on Darius Rucker Night

January 6, 2014 - ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


The South Carolina Stingrays visited the Gwinnett Gladiators and hosted the Elmira Jackals, Gladiators and Greenville Road Warriors this week for a week record of 3-1-0-0.

The Stingrays wrapped up the 2013 calendar year Tuesday night against the Jackals at the North Charleston Coliseum. Defenseman Zach Currie and forward Peter Boyd provided the scoring and ECHL Goaltender of the Month for December Jeff Jakaitis stopped all 38 shots for his second consecutive shutout and third of the season.

After the New Year, the Stingrays traveled to The Arena at Gwinnett Center Thursday afternoon to battle the Gladiators, skating away with a 4-1 victory. Forward Wayne Simpson led the way with a goal and two assists. The Gladiators responded Friday night at the Coliseum, handing the Stingrays their first shutout loss of the season, 4-0. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for South Carolina.

On Saturday, the Stingrays celebrated Darius Rucker Night at the Coliseum. In addition to free parking, the first 2,000 fans received Darius Rucker bobbleheads and the Country-music star and award-winning musician was on hand to sing the National Anthem and drop the ceremonial first puck. Click here to view the performance. In front of a season-high crowd of 6,656, the Stingrays dominated the Road Warriors 3-0 behind forward Peter Boyd's first professional hat trick and netminder David LeNeveu's 25-save shutout performance, his third shutout of the season.

The Numbers

Record: 24-6-1-2, 51 points

Home: 12-4-1-0

Away: 12-2-0-2

Last 10 Games : 7-3-0-0

Streak: 1-0-0-0

Goals: Peter Boyd (12)

Assists: *Chad Painchaud, Peter Boyd (15)

Points : Peter Boyd (27)

Penalty Minutes: Steve Spinell (50)

Power-Play Goals: *Marc Hagel (4)

Power-Play Assists: *Chad Painchaud (6)

Power-Play Points: *Chad Painchaud (9)

Shorthanded Goals: *Andrew Cherniwchan (2)

Shorthanded Assists: *Jordan Owens, Luka Vidmar, *Chris Langkow, Ryan Grimshaw, Peter Boyd, Igor Gongalsky (1)

Shorthanded Points: *Chris Langkow, *Andrew Cherniwchan (2)

Game-Winning Goals: *Marc Hagel, *Andrew Cherniwchan, Lindsay Sparks (3)

Wins: Jeff Jakaitis (18)

GAA: David LeNeveu (1.58)

SPCT: Jeff Jakaitis, David LeNeveu (.941)

*Painchaud is on loan to Norfolk (AHL)

*Hagel is on loan to Iowa (AHL)

*Langkow is on loan to Bridgeport (AHL)

*Cherniwchan is on loan to Providence (AHL)

*Owens is on loan to Hamilton (AHL)

Taking the Lead

The Stingrays are first in the South Division, first in the Eastern Conference and second overall in the ECHL with 51 points (24-6-1-2).

Goaltender Jeff Jakaitis stands on top of the ECHL with a 1.64 goals-against average and .941 save percentage, second with 18 wins and third in minutes played (1394). Jakaitis, alongside Stingrays goaltender David LeNeveu, are tied for second in the ECHL with three shutouts.

Forward Peter Boyd is tied for 18 in the ECHL with 27 points (12 goals, 15 assists).

Forward Marc Hagel is tied for 16 among ECHL rookies with 17 points (9 goals, 8 assists) and is tied for first among first-year players, including Stingrays forward Lindsay Sparks, with three game-winning tallies. Hagel is also tied for second among rookies with four power-play goals.

Defenseman Steve Spinell is second among rookies with 20 minor penalties.

Defenseman Jeremy Price is fourth among rookies and fifth among defensemen with a plus-minus rating of +14.

This Week:

South Carolina Stingrays vs. Gwinnett Gladiators

Tuesday, Jan. 7

7:05 p.m.

2x2 Tuesday Presented by Bud Light - $2 beer all game and 2-for-1 Tickets at Coliseum Box Office

North Charleston Coliseum

Listen Live: Stingrayshockey.com, 87.8 FM (Inside Coliseum)

South Carolina Stingrays at Florida Everblades

Friday, Jan. 10

7:30 p.m.

Germain Arena in Estero, Florida

Listen Live: Stingrayshockey.com

South Carolina Stingrays at Florida Everblades

Saturday, Jan. 11

7:00 p.m.

Germain Arena in Estero, Florida

Listen Live: Stingrayshockey.com

Check out the South Carolina Stingrays Statistics



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