North Charleston, SC. Four-unanswered goals were the difference as the Atlanta Gladiators (28-23-5-1) fell to the South Carolina Stingrays (32-16-4-1) by a score of 6-1 on Saturday night at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina.
First Star: Alexandre Fortin (SC) - 1 goal, 1 assist
Second Star: Bear Hughes (SC) - 1 goal, 1 assist
Third Star: Tyler Wall (SC) - 24 saves
After scoring ten-goals in last night’s contest, the South Carolina Stingrays wasted no time getting on the board early as they led 1-0 just 30-seconds into the game (00:30).
Just over five-minutes into the opening period the Stingrays doubled their advantage to lead 2-0 (5:24).
At the 10:03 mark South Carolina appeared to have scored again, but the referees deemed it was goaltender interference. The Gladiators then successfully killed off a 5-on-3 Stingray power play as things appeared to be turning Atlanta’s way.
With just over five minutes to play in the opening period Atlanta cut the deficit to 2-1 (14:34). Sanghoon Shin took a Cody Sylvester pass and wired it home for his 20th goal of the season.
The Stingrays pulled ahead 3-1 just over seven-minutes into the second period (7:20).
South Carolina extended their lead to three goals as they scored with under three minutes remaining in the period (17:08).
Just 1:09 later the Stringrays scored once again to increase their lead to 5-1 before the end of the second period (18:17).
In the third period South Carolina added another goal with just under ten minutes remaining to make the score 6-1 (10:49).
Tyler Wall stopped 24 of 25 shots in the victory for South Carolina, meanwhile Alex Sakellaropoulos made 38 saves on 44 shots in the loss.
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