NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The South Carolina Stingrays are off to their best start in nine years as they picked up victories over Savannah and Orlando this past weekend. The Stingrays are 4-0-0-0 to start the 2026-27 season and sit in a tie for first in the South Division with the Florida Everblades and Greenville Swamp Rabbits.

STINGRAYS RECORD: 4-0-0-0 LAST WEEK: 2-0-0-0

LAST WEEK’S GAMES

Friday, October 23 at Savannah Ghost Pirates | 5-0 W

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The Stingrays earned their first shutout victory of the season behind a 27 save shutout from goaltender Ben Kraws and a hat trick from forward Ryan Sandelin. South Carolina started early with Sandelin opening the scoring less than three minutes in before the Stingrays scored twice in the second and third to blow past the Ghost Pirates, 5-0.

Saturday, October 24 at Orlando Solar Bears | 5-3 W

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South Carolina struck four times on the power play on Saturday evening in Orlando to skate by the Orlando Solar Bears, 5-3. Tyler Weiss scored twice on the man advantage in the first period before Jalen Luypen and Zack Andrusiak added power play tallies. Cam Morrison put home an empty-net goal with 20 seconds remaining to secure the 5-3 win for South Carolina.

STINGRAYS LEADERS

Goals: Ryan Sandelin (4)

Assists: Six Tied at 3

Points: Tyler Weiss (6)

Plus/Minus: Tyler Kopff (+6)

Penalty Minutes: Rhett Parsons (9)

Wins: Ben Kraws (3)

Goals Against Average: Garin Bjorklund* (1.01)

Save Percentage: Garin Bjorklund* (.955)

*Denotes player is currently with AHL Hershey

THIS WEEK’S GAMES

Friday, October 30 vs Savannah Ghost Pirates | 7:05 p.m. EDT | Tickets

Sunday, November 1 vs Atlanta Gladiators | 3:05 p.m. EDT | Tickets

Video Coverage: FloHockey; Radio Coverage: Mixlr

Special Specialty Teams: The Stingrays power play is off to a 7-for-14 start this season, good for 50% while South Carolina’s penalty kill is 11-for-11 through four games. The power play is ranked first in the ECHL while the penalty kill is tied for first. The Stingrays also scored while shorthanded on Friday night against Savannah.

Starting Out Strong: South Carolina is off to a 4-0-0-0 start this season for the first time since the 2017-18 campaign. South Carolina has the second most goals scored (19) in the ECHL behind only Trois-Rivieres. The Stingrays have not started a season 5-0-0 since the 2002-03 season, when they started 6-0-0.

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The Stingrays return to the North Charleston Coliseum on Friday, October 30th for Emo Night, presented by Fan Cave Tickets, against the Savannah Ghost Pirates at 7:05 p.m. The full schedule can be viewed on our website here.

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