October 25, 1997
SCORE BY PERIODS
Pee Dee 1 0 0--1
South Carolina 2 0 3--5
FIRST
PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, South Carolina-Marietti (Concannon,
Dexter) 1:24. 2, South
Carolina-Seitz (Dexter, Sittler) 4:47.
3, Pee Dee-Aldoff (Royal) 19:50.
SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: None.
THIRD
PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, South Carolina-Seitz (Cipolla,
Butler) 1:04. 5, South
Carolina-Moser (Seitz, Dexter) 10:55.
6, South Carolina-Dexter (Holmes, Romfo)
11:57.
SHOTS ON GOAL
Pee Dee 15 9 16--40
South Carolina 16 5 13--34
Power Play Conversions: Pee Dee - 0 of 3, South Carolina - 1 of 3.
Goalies:
Pee Dee-Taylor (40 shots-35 saves). South Carolina-
Cadden (35 shots, 34 saves).
A: 6573.
POST AND COURIER
South Carolina’s hockey pride remains in the Lowcountry, at least for one night.
In the first game between Palmetto State
hockey teams, the South Carolina Stingrays beat the Pee Dee
Pride, 5-1, Saturday
night before 6,573 fans at North Charleston Coliseum.
Stingray Dave Seitz scored his first two
goals of the season, and teammate Brad Dexter added a goal
and three assists.
The Stingrays improved to 3-1-0 on the season (6 East Coast Hockey League
points),
while the Pride fell to 2-3 (5 points).
Seitz said he’s glad that South Carolina
has another hockey team, one formerly called the Knoxville
Cherokees.
“It’s great for the state of South
Carolina,” said Seitz. “There’s nothing wrong with a good rivalry,
and
it’s good to see the spread of hockey.”
Dexter said his big game came at just the right time.
“I’d gotten off to a slow start,” said
Dexter. “I hadn’t played bad, but my production was down.
So I got a little
down on myself.
“It was a good game. If I’m in the lineup and we’re winning, everything’s great.”
The Stingrays scored two quick goals. Brett
Marietti scored off assists by Rob Concannon and
Dexter just 1:24 into the game.
Three minutes later, at the 4:47 mark, the Rays made it 2-0 on the first
goal of
the season for Seitz, with Dexter and Ryan Sittler getting assists.
That’s when the home team went flat.
The home crowd was deflated with 10 seconds
left in the first period as Pee Dee’s Ron Aldoff trickled
a goal past goalie
Cory Cadden on an assist by Eric Royal.
“We were caught on our heels,” said
Seitz. “We got the two goals and thought we had them, then were
outplayed most
of the first and second periods.”
“Then in the third period, we screwed our heads on straight, and we came around.”
Coach Rick Vaive, who served the fourth game
of his six-game league suspension but was eligible to attend
the game, said the
Rays played a half of a good game.
“We fell asleep for a period and a
half,” said Vaive. “I don’t know if it was style of play that brought us
down,
it wasn’t pretty and I wasn’t happy. Sometimes you have to yell and
scream (between periods in the locker room),
and it worked.
“We were lucky we were able to play a
period and a half (of good hockey),” Vaive added. “Most nights, it won’t
happen.”
After the Stingrays got aggressive, Seitz
made it 3-1 at the 18:56 mark of the third period on assists by Jason
Cipolla
and Sittler. Then with 9:05 to play, Jay Moser tipped in a shot, with assists by
Dexter and Seitz.
The final goal was almost on an open net.
After goalie Paul Taylor moved to one side, Dexter poked the puck in off
assists
by Tommy Holmes and Jeff Romfo.
The Stingrays’ three-game winning streak
is welcome, of course, but Vaive says the next two games, at home next
Friday
against Raleigh and Saturday against Louisiana, are must-wins.
“After those two games, we have a 15-day
road trip coming up, and those are two important games at home,” said
Vaive.
“We have 22 road games and 11 home games before Jan. 1, so every home game is
important.”