ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays win slugfest in Elmira 4-1

Published on October 28, 2007 under ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


Elmira, NY - The South Carolina Stingrays made one final stop on their northern swing, at Elmira, NY to take on the 2-0-0-1 Jackals. The Stingrays came in looking for their third straight win, and got what they were looking for, a hard fought 4-1 victory.

In a physical, and evenly matched first period, the Rays got on the board first. An even strength goal by Paul McIlveen, at 8:16, from Bryan Esner and Andrew Andricopoulos, gave them a 1-0 lead. The lead would hold up through 20 minutes, and they skated off up a goal.

In the second period, the Jackals tied things up at one. Chaz Johnson jumped on a free puck and scored the unassisted tally at 3:46. The game would not remained tied for much longer, when Patrick McNeill scored his third goal of the season, a power play goal, at 10:21. The goal was assisted by Paul McIlveen, and Pierre-Luc O'Brien. Goaltender Josh Johnson played solid in net, and after two periods, the Rays still had a goal lead.

In the third period the Stingrays salted the victory away with two more goals. The first was a power play goal by Marty Guerin, his first of the season. Guerin scored at 11:17 from Chris Chaput and McNeill. Six minutes later Travis Morin scored an empty net short handed goal, and put the nail in the Jackal's coffin.

The winning goaltender was Johnson, making 19 saves in 20 shots. The losing goaltender was Dan LaCosta made 23 saves on 26 shots. The Rays went 2 for 8 on the power play, and killed off all 8 short handed opportunities.

South Carolina returns to Charleston and will be back in action Tuesday night when they host the Charlotte Checkers at the North Charleston Coliseum. Game time will be at 7:05.

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