Greenville, SC – The South Carolina Stingrays (8-4-0-0) fell to the Greenville Road Warriors (5-5-0-0) 5-2 at the Bi-Lo Center Thursday night.
Road Warriors forward Marc-Olivier Vallerand opened the scoring with a power-play tally at 10:51 of the first period beating Stingrays goaltender Daren Machesney (L, 20 saves on 25 shots) under the blocker from the right-wing circle. Forwards Justin Bowers and Jeff Prough added the assists.
Vallerand made it a two-goal lead on the man advantage 1:05 into the second period from Bowers and forward Brendan Connolly. Connolly gave the Road Warriors a 3-0 lead at 5:03 tapping in a pass from Bowers past the right pad of Machesney. Forward Sean Berkstresser recorded the second assist. Defenseman Nick Tabisz put the Stingrays on the board while on the power play at 11:11 firing a shot between the legs of Road Warriors keeper Nic Riopel (W, 19 saves on 21 shots) from the right-wing point. Forwards Sean Dolan and Matt Pope registered assists. Moments later, Stingrays forward David de Kastrozza buried his fourth goal of the season at 13:43 from forward Jerry Pollastone to pull the contest within one.
Connolly potted his second goal of the night at 3:15 of the final frame from forward Justin Wilson to reclaim a two-goal lead for the Road Warriors. Prough completed the game scoring on the power play at 15:49 from defenseman Cullen Eddy and Bowers. The Stingrays ended the night 1-for-7 on the power play while the Road Warriors finished 3-for-6.
The Stingrays continue their four-game road trip on Saturday, November 12 against the Road Warriors at 7:05 p.m. at the Bi-Lo Center. Listen to all the action live at StingraysHockey.com. The Rays return to the North Charleston Coliseum on Saturday, November 19 at 7:05 p.m. and Sunday, November 20 at 4:00 p.m. against the Gwinnett Gladiators. Saturday is Epilepsy Awareness Night! Call the Stingrays Office at (843) 744-2248 to find out how you can help fight against epilepsy. Celebrate Kid’s Day on Sunday! All kid’s tickets are $5! Meet Patrick from SpongeBob SquarePants, play in real snow outside the Coliseum during Snow Day presented by Yard Icing and stay after the game for postgame autographs with the entire Stingrays team!
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