October 23, 1993
SCORE BY PERIODS
Roanoke
1 1
4--6
South Carolina 2 4 1--7
FIRST
PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, South Carolina-Bright (A. Yakovenko,
Harrington) 2:39. 2,
South Carolina-Bright (short handed) (Socha)
15:08. Roanoke-Szabo (power play)
(Thomas, Jestadt) 19:58.
Penalties: Barhte, ROA (interference), 3:47. A.
Yakovenko, SC
(charging), 3:47. Galloway, ROA (tripping), 6:34. BENCH, ROA
(too
many men). 8:54. Galloway, ROA (slashing), 10:21. Bright, SC
(unsportsmanlike
conduct), 10:21. Green, SC (roughing), 13:57.
S. Yakovenko, SC (cross checking),
18:54.
SECOND
PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Roanoke-Thomas (unassisted) :18.
5, South Carolina-Ruoho
(Bright) 9:11. 6, South Carolina-Bright
(Socha) 9:55. 7, South Carolina-T. Smith
(power play) (Thibodeau)
14:28. 8, South Carolina-Socha (short handed) (Bright)
18:09.
Penalties: Galloway, ROA (high sticking, misconduct), 3:46.
Kearney, SC
(interference), 10:31. Morrissette, ROA (roughing),
12:44. A. Yakovenko, SC
(roughing), 12:44. M. Smith, ROA (slashing),
15:09. A. Yakovenko, SC (tripping),
17:50. Morrissette, ROA (slashing,
misconduct), 19:13. Ruoho, SC (holding),
19:36.
THIRD
PERIOD -- Scoring: 9, South Carolina-Holdeman (Ruoho) 2:53.
10, Roanoke-M. Smith
(power play) (Thomas) 5:53. 11, Roanoke-Potter
(Thomas, Yashin) 6:45. 12,
Roanoke-Daley (power play) (Szabo, M. Smith)
11:24. 13, Roanoke-Daley (Szabo,
Ferschweiler) 18:15. Penalties: Fleury,
SC (high sticking), :16. S. Yakovenko,
SC (high sticking), 4:03.
A. Yakovenko, SC (interference), 5:40. Szabo, ROA
(tripping), 7:53.
Harrington, SC (high sticking).
SHOTS ON GOAL
Roanoke
10 12 14--36
South Carolina 11 18 12--41
Power Play Conversions: Roanoke – 4 of 12. South Carolina – 1 of 8.
Goalies:
Roanoke-Ryder (20 shots-16 saves), Schoen (21-18). South
Carolina-Ouellette (36
shots-30 saves).
A: 9393.
First
Win!
CHARLESTON POST AND COURIER
The South Carolina Stingrays, unable to hold
leads in their first two games, had just enough firepower
to offset a furious
Roanoke comeback Saturday night.
The Express scored the last four goals, but
Tom Holdeman’s goal 2:53 into the third period held up for a
7-6 Stingrays
victory in their East Coast Hockey League home opener.
The 9,393 on hand at North Charleston
Coliseum had no idea how interesting things would get when
Holdeman scored to
make it 7-2. He converted from in close off an assist from Dan Ruoho.
Roanoke’s first two third period goals,
finding net just 1:08 apart, came from Mike Smith on a two-man
advantage and
from Chris Potter on a power play. Gerry Daley scored Roanoke’s last goal,
poking in a
feed on the right side of the crease with 1:45 left.
Chris Bright recorded the Stingray’s first
three-goal hat trick as South Carolina improved to 1-1-1 with
three ECHL points.
The Express fell to 2-1 after opening its season with two home victories.
“We were kidding around on the bench and
wondering if the crowd knew about a hat trick. They
obviously did,” said
Bright, noting the several spectators who parted with their headwear after his
third
goal 9:55 into the second period.
“We were really looking forward to
tonight. We saw the opening night excitement that was involved in two
other
cities this week. The people came and they were cheering. We wanted to put on a
good show, and I
think a lot of people went home happy.”
Roanoke’s two goaltenders were peppered
with 41 Stingrays shots on goal, 18 alone in South Carolina
four goal second
period. South Carolina goalie Francis Ouellette faced 36 shots, 14 in the third
period.
“They were flying. They got the two quick
goals, and all of a sudden they’re back in the game,” Ouellette said.
“We
had too many penalties. But we broke the ice with our first win, and that’s
the important thing.”
Roanoke sat down backup goalie Bryan Schoen
for the final minute, but the Express’ last-gasp attempt to tie
with an extra
skater came up empty. Ouellette’s last testing save came on a lifted tip try
by Potter with eight
seconds left.
“I saved that last one with my mask,”
said Ouellette, pointing out the fresh black mark the shot left on his
face
protection.
Bright said the strong offensive effort over the first 43 minutes almost went to waste.
“We tried real hard to give it away. We
didn’t play too well in the third period,” Bright said. “We don’t want
to get a team down and let them back in games too many times.”
After Conrade Thomas tied it 2-2 on a rush
off the second period face-off, the Stingrays went ahead to stay on
Ruoho’s
right side drive at 9:11. Bright got his third goal 44 seconds later, beating
Roanoke starting goalie Dan
Ryder with a slap shot from the left point. Ryder
was then lifted by coach Frank Anzalone in favor of Bryan
Schoen.
Trevor Smith pushed the South Carolina lead
to 5-2 at 14:28 with a power play score from the inside of the left
circle. Gary
Socha put in the Stingrays’ second shorthanded goal of the night at 18:09.
Lifting a right side shot
past Schoen.
NOTE: The crowd Saturday night for the first
regular season pro hockey game in South Carolina exceeded the
ECHL’s biggest
this season through Friday, 8,112 for a Hampton Roads Admirals game.