NORTH CHARLESTON, SC -
Goaltender Jeff
Jakaitis stopped all 30 shots he faced to help the South Carolina Stingrays
(25-23-1-3) shutout the Toledo Walleye (27-18-0-4) 3-0 at the North Charleston
Coliseum Saturday evening.
Stingrays
forward Matt Beca opened the scoring on the power play at 17:51 of the
first period tipping a rebound inside the left post and over the right pad of
Walleye goaltender Kent Simpson (20 saves on 23 shots). Forwards Andrew
Cherniwchan and Phil Mangan picked up assists.
Forward Hunter
Bishop made it 2-0 at 1:11 of the second frame after his shot from the
left-wing circle deflected off the skates for former Stingrays defenseman Phil
Oreskovic and past the glove of Simpson. Forward Alex MacLeod and
defenseman Cam Brodie registered assists.
Mangan
sealed the victory with his 11 goal of the season 7:21 into the third period
with help from defenseman Luka Vidmar and Bishop. The Stingrays
ended the contest 1-for-5 on the power play while the Walleye went 0-for-3.
The
Stingrays host the defending Kelly Cup Champion Florida Everblades on Wednesday,
February 13 at 7:05 p.m. at the Coliseum. Get two tickets for the price of
one at the Coliseum Box Office! Arrive early for Hockey Happy Hour with $2 beer
from 6-7 p.m.
2013 Pink Packs are on sale now! The Stingrays celebrate their
7th Annual Pink in the Rink presented by East Cooper
Regional Medical
Center benefiting Susan
G. Komen Lowcountry on Saturday, February 23 at 7:05 p.m. against the
Greenville Road Warriors!
