SAVANNAH, G.A. – Behind three 1st period goals and a 41-save shutout from Seth Eisele, the South Carolina Stingrays won their sixth consecutive road game, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon at Enmarket Arena.
South Carolina (23-13-1-0) struck early in the 1st period and did not look back. Just over seven-and-a-half minutes into the opening frame, Jalen Luypen slid a centering feed to Simon Pinard who blasted home the opening goal giving the Stingrays a 1-0 lead. Less than seven minutes later, Stan Cooley punched home his second goal in as many nights to double the Stingrays advantage, 2-0. In the late stages of the period, South Carolina went to the power play and made Savannah (18-14-2-1) pay. Patrick Guzzo deflected a shot from the point past Ghost Pirates netminder, Vinnie Purpura, putting South Carolina ahead 3-0.
After the trio of goals in the 1st period for South Carolina, the Ghost Pirates searched for a response, but Stingrays netminder Seth Eisele was ready. After only seeing four shots in the opening 20 minutes, the Ghost Pirates had 18 shots on goal in the 2nd period and three power play chances, but Eisele made save after save keeping the 3-0 lead intact going to the 3rd period.
With the Ghost Pirates with a majority of the chances in the 2nd period, South Carolina added to its lead early in the 3rd period. Skating behind the net, Dean Loukus sent a no-look, backhand pass to Kaden Bohlsen who fired home his 12th goal of the year giving the Stingrays a 4-0 lead with 17:58 left in the frame. Following the goal from the Stingrays, South Carolina only had three more shots the rest of the game while Savannah continued to test Eisele. The Lake Elmo, Minnesota native faced 19 shots in the 3rd period, stopping all 19, to earn his second shutout of the season as the Stingrays beat the Ghost Pirates, 4-0.
Eisele stopped 41 shots in the shutout for the fifth of his professional career. It is the third time South Carolina has shut out a team this season. The 19 saves that Eisele made in the 3rd period were the most saves by a Stingrays netminder in a single period this season. South Carolina has now won six straight games on the road.
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