ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays Weekly

Published on December 9, 2008 under ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


Rays In The Community...

The Stingrays players and coaches, in association with the Stingrays Booster Club, will be making their annual visit to the MUSC Children's Hospital tomorrow at 2pm. While there, the team and booster club will be donating an air hockey table and various games for their Xbox 360 and Wii.

The Week That Was...

The Stingrays played three divisional games last week hoping to catch up to the division-leading Florida Everblades. The team finished the week 1-2-0.

On Tuesday, the Rays took on the Gwinnett Gladiators for the second time this season, but first at home. After winning 3-2 at Gwinnett, the team fell by the same score at home. For the first time this season, the Rays gave up a third period leading, with the Gladiators scoring three goals in the third period to jump ahead to the Stingrays to victory. Brad Farynuk and Trent Campbell scored for the Rays and Bobby Goepfert was in net.

On Friday, the team traveled to Charlotte to face the Checkers. Behind three power play goals, the Stingrays powered past Charlotte 5-1. Goepfert stopped 26 shots in the victory.

On Saturday, due to Augusta no longer being in the ECHL, the Rays played Charlotte again instead of the originally scheduled Gwinnett Gladiators. Hoping to remain undefeated against the Checkers this year, the Rays battled back from their two-goal deficit, but ultimately fell 3-2 after a third period goal by the Checkers. Michal Neuvirth stopped 33 shots in the loss that featured 110 penalty minutes and eight fighting majors.

The Numbers

Record: 12-16-1-1 (26 points)

Home: 4-4-0-1

Away: 8-2-1-0

Goals: Michael Dubuc (10)

Assists: Travis Morin (15)

Points: Dubuc (20)

Shots: Dubuc (70)

Penalty Minutes: Nate Kiser (55)

Power Play Goals: Dubuc (4)

Power Play Assists: Pierre-Luc O'Brien, Morin (6)

Power Play Points: Morin (8)

Short Handed Goals: Trent Campbell, Brad Farynuk, Jeff Corey, Scott Romfo (1)

Short Handed Assists: Morin (2)

Short Handed Points: Morin (2)

Game Winners: O'Brien(3)

Wins: Michael Neuvirth, Bobby Goepfert (5)

GAA: Neuvirth (1.74)

SPCT: Neuvirth (.938)

Plus/Minus: O'Brien (plus-11)

ECHL Leaders

The Stingrays are 5th in the American Conference and 2nd in the South Division behind the Florida Everblades.

Michal Neuvirth leads the league with a 1.74 goals-against average and .938 save percentage while Bobby Goepfert is third in the league with a 2.10 goals-against average.

Michael Dubuc is 7th among rookies in points (20), and 3rd in shots (70).

Brad Farynuk is 15th among defensemen with 11 points, is third in goals (6) and tied for second with 2 game-winning goals.

The Rays power play is 2nd in the league at 25.2%. The team is 5th on the penalty kill with 85.2%. the league at 23%. The team is 11th on the penalty kill with 83.2%.

This Week:

Friday, December 12

7:30 PM

ESPN Radio 910 the Team

The Rays travel to Florida to face the Everblades this weekend for two games in a row. The Stingrays are 1-1-0 at Florida this year.

Saturday, December 13

7:30 PM

ESPN Radio 910 the Team

It's the second game of the two-night series on Saturday night! Don't forget to tune in 15 minutes prior to the drop of the puck for the Benito's Pre Game Show. Fans can also listen live on the internet at www.stingrayshockey.com.

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