South Carolina Stingrays Lose 5-4 in Overtime to Cincinnati Cyclones - ECHL

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com – Cincinnati, OH – After dropping game one in Cincinnati, South Carolina needed to come back in a big way in order to even up the series before heading home. The South Carolina Stingrays got two goals from Paul McIlveen and had a 3-0 lead in the third period, but couldn’t hang on, losing 5-4 in overtime.
 
“A tough one to swallow for sure,” said Head Coach Jared Bednar. “Take out the end of the third period and I loved the way we played tonight. We just need to keep playing our game and turn things around at home.”
 
In the first period the Rays got on the board getting their first lead of the series when Paul McIlveen got his second goal of the playoffs from Steve Pinizzotto and Sasha Pokulok at 17:31.

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In the second period their one goal lead became two when McIlveen scored again from Andrew Gordon and Matt Scherer. The Rays weren’t done and at 15:22 Chris Chaput got his fourth goal of the playoffs, and unassisted goal to give the Rays a 3-0 lead going into the third period.
 
Penalty troubles early in the period gave Cincinnati an opportunity to get back in the game. They scored on a five on three at 3:01 and had another power play goal at 9:41 to cut the lead down to one. Less than a minute later the game was tied up at three with just under ten minutes to go in the period. South Carolina showed some life late when Gordon got his second goal of the playoffs on a five on three from Sean Collins and Travis Morin at 15:23. The Cyclones pulled their goalie for the extra attacker and David Desharnais got his seventh goal of the playoffs to tie the game up with just over a minute left to play.
 
In overtime, the Stingrays fell when Thomas Beauregard got his team leading eighth goal of the playoffs from Barrett Eghoetz at 4:52.
 
The winning goaltender was Maxime Daigneault who stopped 14 of the 15 shots he faced in 29:15 in relief of Cedrick Desjardins. The losing goaltender was Davis Parley who stopped 26 of the 31 shots he faced. The Rays went 1-5 on the power play while killing off five of the seven short handed situations they faced.
 
The Rays return home and will take on the Cyclones in game three on Wednesday night at 7:05 P.M. Cheer on the Stingrays as they look to get back into their best of seven series by wearing red to the game on Wednesday.
 

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