KALAMAZOO, MI -
Forward Mike Hamilton scored the game-winning goal in his Stingrays debut and Philipp Grubauer made 31 saves to lead the South Carolina Stingrays (18-16-1-1) over the Kalamazoo Wings (19-12-1-2) with a 2-1 victory at Wings Stadium Wednesday night.
Wings forward Justin Taylor opened the scoring late in the first period tapping a pass from forward Nick Sirota between the legs of Grubauer at 18:48. Just over a minute later, Stingrays defenseman Paul Baier lit the lamp for his second goal of the season ripping a shot over the glove of Wings keeper Riley Gill (L, 36 saves on 38 shots) at 19:51.
Hamilton found the twine at 7:21 of the third period deflecting a feed from forward Chris Doyle past the glove of Gill on top of the crease. Forward David de Kastrozza grabbed the second assists. Both teams finished the night 0-for-1 on the power play.
The Stingrays faceoff against the Trenton Titians for the first time this season on Friday, January 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sun National Bank Center. Catch every second of the action at StingraysHockey.com! The Stingrays return to the North Charleston Coliseum on Friday, January 20 against the Greenville Road Warriors at 7:05 p.m. for Dog Days of Winter featuring a Super Weiner Dog Race!
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