South Carolina Stingrays

South Carolina Stingrays
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City	North Charleston, South Carolina
League	ECHL
Conference	American Conference
Division	South Division
Founded	1993
Home arena	North Charleston Coliseum
Colors	Navy blue, red, white, silver
Owner(s)	Anita Zucker, Greenwald Family
General manager	Cail MacLean
Head coach	Cail MacLean
Media	WTMZ
Affiliates	Washington Capitals (NHL), Hershey Bears (AHL)
Championships
Regular season titles	1996–97
Division titles	1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98 regular season, 2000–01, 2007–08 playoffs, 2008–09 playoffs
Conference titles	1996–97, 2000–01, 2008–09
Kelly Cups	1996–97, 2000–01, 2008–09

The South Carolina Stingrays are an ECHL team based in the city of North Charleston, South Carolina, a suburb of Charleston. Since 2004, the team has been affiliated with the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. The Stingrays found success early with an average attendance of over 10,000 fans a game in the early years. Currently, the Stingrays average only 5,000 per game.

The Stingrays play their home games at the North Charleston Coliseum.

The ECHL team began in 1993 with an ownership group which included Marcel Dionne, but was sold shortly afterwards to a local investment group led by Edward Pearlstine, owner of Pearlstine Distribution, the owner of the local Budweiser Distributor.

The Stingrays are the current ECHL Kelly Cup Champions. The 2009 championship, won following a seven-game final against the Alaska Aces, along with championships in 1997 and 2001, tie them with the Hampton Roads Admirals for the most Kelly/Riley Cup wins in league history. Alongside the Idaho Steelheads, they are one of only two active ECHL teams to win multiple league championships. They are also the first ECHL team and one of three overall to win both a regular season and postseason championship in the same year, with the Alaska Aces (2006) and Cincinnati Cyclones (2008) later accomplishing the feat.

Their current mascot is CoolRay, a stingray that resembles the previous Stingrays logo used from 2000–2008.

Current roster

As of February 22, 2010. Data taken from ECHL website.[1]

GOALTENDERS
#		Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
31		Parker Van Buskirk	L	March 26, 1988	Windsor, ON, Canada
34		Shane Connelly	L	March 16, 1987	Cheltenham, PA, USA

DEFENSEMEN
#		Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
5		Nate Kiser	R	May 4, 1982	Southgate, MI, USA
8		Dylan Yeo	L	July 16, 1986	Prince Albert, SK, Canada
21		Johann Kroll	R	February 23, 1984	Plymouth, MN, USA
22		Jay Cascalenda	L	July 10, 1985	West St. Paul, MN, USA
28		Jason Fredricks	R	January 18, 1987	Eagle River, WI, USA
33		Nick Klaren	R	June 12, 1984	North St. Paul, MN, USA
36		Grant Farrell	R	October 11, 1983	Calgary, AB, Canada

FORWARDS
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
7		Spencer Carbery	RW	R	November 9, 1981	Victoria, BC, Canada
16		Michael Dubuc	LW	L	June 29, 1988	Granby, QC, Canada
17		Stefan Della Rovere	LW	L	February 25, 1990	Maple, ON, Canada
18		Gregg Johnson	F	L	June 18, 1982	Windsor, CT, USA
19		Keith Johnson	F	R	October 21, 1984	Windsor, CT, USA
20		Mick Berge	F	R	February 8, 1985	Oklahoma City, OK, USA
22		Maxime Lacroix	LW	L	June 5, 1987	Quebec, QC, Canada
25		Jeff Corey	RW	R	October 10, 1982	Boothwyn, PA, USA
26		Nikita Kashirsky	F	L	January 24, 1985	Moscow, Russia
27		Travis Morin	C	L	January 9, 1984	Brooklyn Park, MN, USA
42		Matt Scherer	F	R	April 19, 1982	Seattle, WA, USA

Staff
Title	Staff member
Head coach	Cail MacLean
Assistant coach	Vacant
Athletic trainer	D.J. Church

Retired numbers

12 - Mark Bavis, who played from 1994–96 when the Stingrays were an affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres. Bavis, by then a Los Angeles Kings scout, was killed along with Kings Director of Professional Scouting Garnet Bailey on United Airlines Flight 175 when Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked the airliner, and steered it towards the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The Stingrays retired his jersey before the start of the 2001–02 season.

14 - David Seitz, who played from 1996–2004 and was a popular forward on the franchise with team records in goals, assists, and points, including over 200 goals and 500 points overall, fifth on the ECHL's all-time assists list, and two ECHL Kelly Cups. Seitz's retirement, caused by an ECHL restriction on experienced players on a roster after the Stingrays signed players for a road trip, sent shockwaves through the community.

24 - Brett Marietti. A popular player and former captain, Marietti retired after the 2002–03 season, and management promptly retired his jersey in 2003. Marietti's Tenure as captain ranks among the longest in ECHL history for a player to captain a single team.

Logos

• Stingrays secondary, Has a reference to the state flag, which was on the original jersey.
  Stingrays secondary, Has a reference to the state flag, which was on the original jersey.
• Stingrays tertiary, Has a reflection of the Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge.
  Stingrays tertiary, Has a reflection of the Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge.
• Stingrays former, 2000–2008
  Stingrays former, 2000–2008
• 
  Stingrays original logo, 1993–2000

ECHL Hall of Famers

• Tom Nemeth: D, 1994-95, Inducted 2008

Quick facts

Founded: 1993–1994

Arena: North Charleston Coliseum (capacity 10,429)

Uniform colors: navy blue, red

Logo design: A stylized stingray swimming upwards.

Affiliates: Washington Capitals (NHL), Hershey Bears (AHL)

Division titles won: 4 regular season (1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01), 2 playoff (2007–08, 2008–09)

Regular season titles won: 1 (1996–97)

League championships won: 3 (1996–97, 2000–01, 2008–09)

External links

• South Carolina Stingrays
• The Post & Courier Stingrays section