2011–12 South Carolina Stingrays season

2011–12 South Carolina Stingrays
Division	4th of 4 teams South
Conference	7th of 12 teams Eastern
League	11th of 20 teams ECHL
2011–12 record	37–28–4–3
Home record	22–11–1–2
Road record	15–17–3–1
Goals for	191
Goals against	180
Team information
Coach	Spencer Carbery
Assistant Coach	J.B. Bittner
Captain	Matt Scherer
Alternate captains	Johann Kroll Zach Tarkir
Arena	North Charleston Coliseum
Average attendance	3,251 (average) 117,051 (total)
Team leaders
Goals	Pierre-Luc O'Brien (24)
Assists	Trent Campbell (34)
Points	Pierre-Luc O'Brien (52)
Penalties in minutes	Danick Paquette (118)
Plus/minus	Pierre-Luc O'Brien (+21)
Wins	Philipp Grubauer (23)
Goals against average	Philipp Grubauer (2.22)
<2010–11

The 2011–12 South Carolina Stingrays season was the 19th season for the South Carolina Stingrays in the ECHL. Cail MacLean did not return for a third season as South Carolina's head coach, having accepted an assistant coaching position with the AHL's Abbotsford Heat.^[1] Former assistant coach Spencer Carbery took the reins in his first season as the team's head coach and director of hockey operations.^[2] Rob Concannon returned for his second season as the Stingrays' president. Former Ohio State University ice hockey assistant coach J.B. Bittner joined the organization as assistant coach.

Team captain Matt Scherer rejoined the Stingrays for his fifth consecutive season and his third as captain. Also re-signing with the Stingrays for his fifth season was forward Trent Campbell. Veteran enforcer and fan favorite Nate Kiser was not offered a contract for the season and announced his retirement from professional hockey. The Stingrays inducted him into the team's hall of fame on the opening night of the season.

The season opened on October 14, 2011, with a 4–3 overtime victory at home against the Reading Royals. The Stingrays met their in-state rivals—the Greenville Road Warriors—in two pre-season contests, on October 7 and 8, falling to the Road Warriors in a shootout in Greenville and in regulation play in North Charleston.

The Stingrays finished the season with a record of 37–28–4–3, earning 81 points and ending up fourth in the South Division and seventh in the Eastern Conference. They maintained their league record for most playoff appearances, advancing to the Kelly Cup playoffs for the 18th time.^[3]

Pre-season

June

The Stingrays announced their protected list (the list of players whose rights the team retains) on June 2, 2011. It consisted of goaltender Shane Owen; defensemen Nate Kiser, Zach Jones, Derek Keller, Bryan Schmidt and Zach Tarkir; and forwards Trent Campbell, Matt Scherer, Rob Ricci, David de Kastrozza, Pierre-Luc O'Brien, Maxime Lacroix, Chase Langeraap, Sean Dolan, Tommy Goebel, Brock McBride, Ryan Del Monte, Luke Popko, Chase Watson, and Keith Johnson.^[4] Of the players on the protected list, only three (Watson, Johnson and Tarkir) were not on the season-ending roster the team issued on June 16.^[5]

On June 15, Rich Peverley became the first former Stingray to win the Stanley Cup following the game seven shutout of the Vancouver Canucks by the Boston Bruins. Peverley skated with the Stingrays during the 2004–05 season, scoring 30 goals and 28 assists in 69 regular season games as well as two goals and two assists in four playoff contests. He played with the Nashville Predators and the Atlanta Thrashers prior to being traded to the Bruins during the 2010–11 NHL season.^[6]

In late June 2011, Joe Finley and Josh Godfrey—both of whom played for the Stingrays during the 2010–11 season—were not given qualifying offers by the Washington Capitals, making them unrestricted free agents effective July 1.^[7]

July

On July 1, the Stingrays extended qualifying offers to eight players from the previous season's roster: forwards David de Kastrozza, Maxime Lacroix, Brock McBride, Sean Dolan, Chase Langeraap and Rob Ricci, defenseman Derek Keller and goaltender Shane Owen.^[8] De Kastrozza and Lacroix played the majority of the 2010–11 season with the Stingray's AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears. Ricci was the Stingrays' top scorer for the previous season, putting up 26 goals and 28 assists for a total 54 points. McBride was the top scorer in the post-season, netting two goals and two assists for a team-high four points in the playoffs. Owen finished the previous season with a 2.45 goals against average (GAA), the team's lowest.

The team announced on July 7 that three members of the organization would attend the Washington Capitals' rookie development camp. The group included team equipment manager John Williams, forward Dmitri Kugryshev, and defenseman Dustin Stevenson. Kugryshev dressed for three games with the Stingrays during the 2010–11 season, then spent the majority of the season with the Hershey Bears. Stevenson played in 63 games with the Stingrays for the 2010–11 season, scoring three goals and nine assists for 12 points.^[9] Additionally, it was released that former Stingrays forward Rob Ricci would not be returning to the team for the 2011–12 season, having signed with the Odense Bulldogs of Denmark's AL-Bank Ligaen.^[10]

Stingrays' captain Matt Scherer returns to the bench following a line change. Scherer re-signed with the team for his fifth season (third as team captain) in August 2011.

On July 14, the Stingrays announced that their affiliation with the Washington Capitals had been renewed for the 2011–12 season.^[11] The same day, Capitals' officials announced that rookie goaltender Philipp Grubauer would be expected to spend the majority of the 2011–12 season with the Stingrays. Grubauer was the Capitals' fourth-round draft pick in the 2010 NHL draft and won the Memorial Cup and the OHL championship in 2010 with the Windsor Spitfires. He played for the OHL's Kingston Frontenacs for the 2010–11 season, finishing with a .903 save percentage and two shutouts.^[12]

The team announced on July 21 that head coach Cail MacLean would not be returning to the Stingrays for the 2011–12 season, having accepted the assistant coaching position with the AHL's Abbotsford Heat. Previous Stingrays head coach Jared Bednar served as Abbotsford's assistant coach during the 2009–10 season.^[1] The next week, assistant coach Spencer Carbery was named the team's sixth head coach and director of hockey operations, making him the youngest head coach in the ECHL.^[2]

On July 29, Heilbronner Falken of Germany's 2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga announced that they had signed former Stingrays goaltender Todd Ford for the 2011–12 season.^[13] Ford played for the Stingrays from 2009–11, playing in 50 regular season games with 1316 saves and 136 goals against for a 2.77 GAA and a 0.906 save percentage. He recorded three shutouts in his time with the Stingrays.

August

The Stingrays announced their first player signing for the 2011–12 season on August 5. Team captain Matt Scherer returned to the Stingrays for his fifth consecutive season. Scherer first joined the team for the 2007–08 season and has recorded 107 combined points in 247 regular season games and 6 assists in 45 playoff games during his tenure. He was named the team's seventh captain during the 2009–10 season.^[14]

On August 11, Brock McBride—who had been extended a qualifying offer by the Stingrays in July—signed with the Belfast Giants of the United Kingdom's Elite Ice Hockey League.^[15] The next day, the Stingrays announced their second and third signings with rookie forwards Sean Dolan and Chase Langeraap. Dolan and Langeraap both joined the team at the conclusion of the previous season and made appearances in the playoffs.^[16] Forward Joe Cucci, who also skated briefly with the Stingrays at the end of the 2010–11 season, signed with the Reading Royals on August 17.^[17]

The first outside free agent acquired by the Stingrays for the upcoming season was forward Matt Pope, whose signing was announced on August 19. Pope joined the team from the AHL's San Antonio Rampage, with whom he skated for 55 games in which he earned 4 goals and 7 assists during the 2010–11 season. Pope previously played in the ECHL with the Bakersfield Condors, with whom he turned pro in 2008. He was selected as a starter for the 2009 ECHL All-Star Game and was named to the 2009 ECHL All-Rookie Team.^[18]

The AHL's Binghamton Senators announced on August 23 that they had signed former Stingrays defenseman Josh Godfrey.^[19] Godfrey, who skated with the Stingrays from 2008 to 2011, represented the team at the 2011 ECHL All-Star Game and Skills Competition, where he set the league record for hardest shot at 102.7 miles per hour (165.3 km/h).^[20] The next week, defenseman Dylan Yeo, who skated with the Stingrays from 2009 to 2011, signed with the Ontario Reign.^[21] The same day, the Stingrays re-signed rookie defenseman Nick Tabisz. Tabisz appeared in three games with the Stingrays the previous season, scoring his first professional goal and tallying one assist.^[22]

September

On September 2, the Stingrays announced they had signed former defenseman Zach Tarkir. Tarkir skated with the team from 2008–10 and was part of the 2009 Kelly Cup championship team. He was named a starter for the American Conference team for the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game. Tarkir spent the 2010–11 season with the Hannover Indians of the 2nd.Bundesliga.^[23]

Trent Campbell squares off against Matthew Ford of the Charlotte Checkers during the first round of the 2009 Kelly Cup playoffs. Campbell returned to the Stingrays for his fifth consecutive season in September 2011.

The team announced its pre-season schedule on September 6, comprising a home-and-home series versus the Stingrays' in-state rivals, the Greenville Road Warriors. The first game is scheduled to take place at the Bi-Lo Center on October 7, with the following game at the Carolina Ice Palace (the Stingrays' practice facility) on October 8.^[24]

Derek Keller, who received a qualifying offer from the Stingrays in July, re-signed with the team on September 9. The defenseman joined the Stingrays at the end of the 2009–10 season and spent the majority of the 2010–11 season out with an injury. Keller scored 2 goals and 12 assists in 29 games with the team during the previous season.^[25] One week later, the Stingrays re-signed forward Pierre-Luc O'Brien. O'Brien skated with the Stingrays for every season since 2007–08 except one (2009–10) when he played for the 2nd.Bundesliga's Fischtown Pinguins. He was a member of the 2009 Kelly Cup championship team, scoring 6 goals and 13 assists in 23 games during the playoffs.^[26]

On September 17, former Stingrays forward Tommy Goebel signed with Aquile FVG of Italy's Serie A. Goebel skated with the Stingrays for the majority of the 2010–11 season and accrued 52 points in combined goals and assists in regular season play.^[27] The next week, the team announced that former professional ice hockey player and Ohio State University assistant hockey coach J.B. Bittner had been named the Stingrays' new assistant coach. Bittner spent three seasons at Ohio State as assistant coach following a three-year professional career in which he saw time in both the ECHL and the AHL.^[28] That week also saw former Stingrays forward Ryan Del Monte signing with the Kalamazoo Wings,^[29] as well as defenseman Joe Finley being listed on the roster for the Buffalo Sabres' training camp.^[30]

Former Stingrays defenseman Patrick Cullity signed with the Utah Grizzlies on September 22.^[31] The next day, the Stingrays announced that they had re-signed forward Trent Campbell and signed forwards Jerry Pollastrone and Vyacheslav Trukhno. Campbell, who has skated with the Stingrays since 2007, tied for the team's highest plus/minus rating (+14) the previous season. Pollastrone joined the team from the Las Vegas Wranglers, with whom he spent the past two seasons, while Trukhno came to the Stingrays from the Bakersfield Condors after skating with the Springfield Falcons from 2007–10 and spending a short stint with the Peoria Rivermen under former Stingrays head coach Jared Bednar.^[32] Trukhno had signed with the KHL Medveščak of the Austrian Hockey League on September 22, leaving the Stingrays with his ECHL rights.^[33]

The Stingrays' South Division rival Gwinnett Gladiators signed former forward Nikita Kashirsky on September 28. Kashirsky, a member of the 2009 Kelly Cup championship team, split his time between the Stingrays and the AHL over the previous three seasons. Last season, he netted 26 points in combined goals and assists in 34 games with the Stingrays as well as 2 goals in 14 games with their AHL affiliate Hershey Bears.^[34] The Stingrays announced the next day that they had signed defenseman Johann Kroll and forward James McEwan. Kroll—who first joined the Stingrays in 2008—came to the team as an unrestricted free agent from the Hershey Bears following a season split between Hershey and South Carolina, while McEwan signed on after two seasons with the Ontario Reign.^[35]

Former defenseman Nate Kiser (in suit) stands in as assistant coach for the Stingrays' 2010 Military Appreciation Night. Kiser skated with the team from 2004–11 and was inducted into the Stingrays Hall of Fame on October 14, 2011.

On September 30, the Utah Grizzlies released their training camp roster, which included former Stingrays goaltender Shane Owen.^[36] Owen joined the Stingrays at the end of the previous season and was the last of those players given qualifying offers to sign with a team.

October

The Stingrays saw their first assignments from AHL affiliate Hershey Bears on October 1. The Bears assigned goaltenders Daren Machesney and Philipp Grubauer, forwards David de Kastrozza, Danick Paquette and Maxime Lacroix and defenseman Phil Oreskovic to South Carolina. Forward Matt Pope also returned to the team from Hershey's training camp.^[37]

On October 2, the team announced their plan to induct fan favorite and former defenseman Nate Kiser into the Stingrays Hall of Fame on the opening night of the season (October 14). Kiser, a seven-year veteran who joined the team in 2004, finished his career with the Stingrays as the team's all-time penalty minutes leader (1,131 PIM) and with the third-most games played (412). He was selected by the Phoenix Coyotes as a fifth-round draft pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft and turned pro with the ECHL's Dayton Bombers, for whom he skated during the 2003–04 season. Kiser also played short stints in the AHL with the Syracuse Crunch, Portland Pirates and Albany River Rats.^[38] The next day, Kiser revealed that he had not been offered a contract for the upcoming season and announced his retirement from professional hockey.^[39]

That same day, the Stingrays made their first trade of the season, acquiring the rights to forward Chris Higgins from the Las Vegas Wranglers in exchange for future considerations.^[40] Higgins scored 16 total points in 21 regular season games with the Wranglers and 20 combined points in 21 games with AS Renon of Italy's Serie A during the previous season.

On October 5, two days before the first pre-season game against Greenville, the Stingrays acquired six players: forwards Chris Higgins (whose rights the Stingrays received in a trade with Las Vegas on October 2) and Joe Pereira from Tingsryd of Sweden's HockeyAllsvenskan and defenseman Sam Lofquist from the AHL's Houston Aeros, as well as defensemen Garrett Mitchell, Paul Baier and Dustin Stevenson (who skated with the team the previous season) assigned from the Hershey Bears.^[41]

The Stingrays met the Greenville Road Warriors in two pre-season contests, falling 3–2 in a shootout at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville on October 7 and taking a 2–1 loss in regulation play at North Charleston's Carolina Ice Palace on October 8.^[42][43]

Regular season

Division standings

Updated April 2, 2012.^[44]

South Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PTS
y – Gwinnett Gladiators*	72	41	20	7	4	214	200	93
x – Greenville Road Warriors	72	41	25	2	4	232	215	88
x – Florida Everblades	72	39	26	2	5	260	218	85
x – South Carolina Stingrays	72	37	28	4	3	191	180	81

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; SOL = Shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

Conference standings

Updated April 2, 2012.^[45]

Eastern Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PTS
z – Elmira Jackals*	72	45	22	2	3	228	204	95
y – Gwinnett Gladiators*	72	41	20	7	4	214	200	93
y – Kalamazoo Wings*	72	38	26	2	6	264	237	84
x – Greenville Road Warriors	72	41	25	2	4	232	215	88
x – Florida Everblades	72	39	26	2	5	260	218	85
x – Wheeling Nailers	72	37	26	4	5	219	202	83
x – South Carolina Stingrays	72	37	28	4	3	191	180	81
x – Reading Royals	72	36	28	4	4	229	235	80
e – Chicago Express	72	34	26	8	4	216	234	80
e – Cincinnati Cyclones	72	35	28	2	7	228	227	79
e – Toledo Walleye	72	28	38	2	4	189	258	62
e – Trenton Titans	72	21	41	4	6	211	271	52

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; SOL = Shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, z - clinched best conference record, e - eliminated from playoff contention

* – division leader

Playoffs

Conference quarterfinals (Round 1)

The seventh-seed Stingrays faced the second-seed Gwinnett Gladiators in the first round of the 2012 Kelly Cup playoffs. The best-of-five series began at the North Charleston Coliseum, where the Stingrays shut out the Gladiators 3–0 in game one, but Gwinnett evened the series with a 3–2 victory in game two.

Play moved to the Arena at Gwinnett Center for the remaining games of the series. Game three was the longest game in franchise history and the second longest game in ECHL history, ending four minutes and nineteen seconds into the fourth overtime period with a goal by Zach Tarkir for a 4–3 victory for the Stingrays.^[46] Washington Capitals prospect Dustin Stevenson scored his first goal of the season early in the third period to tie the game at 3–3, sending it to overtime periods. Stingrays goalkeeper Rob Madore, who joined the team an hour before the game started due to Daren Machesney being recalled to the Hershey Bears, made 54 saves on 57 Gladiators shots.^[47]

The Stingrays eliminated the Gladiators and advanced to the conference semifinals with a 4–3 victory in double overtime in game four. Forward Maxime Lacroix scored the game-winning goal (his second of the game) with less than four minutes remaining in the second overtime period.^[48]

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2011 Pre-season Game Log: 0–1–0–1 (Home: 0–1–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record 1 October 7 South Carolina 2–3 Greenville SO Machesney 3,036 0–0–0–1[49] 2 October 8 Greenville 2–1 South Carolina Grubauer 316 0–1–0–1[50]
Legend:       Win       Loss       Overtime/shootout loss

Regular season

2011–12 Game Log: 37–28–4–3 (Home: 22–11–1–2; Road: 15–17–3–1)
October: 5–2–0–0 (Home: 1–1–0–0; Road: 4–1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 14 Reading 3–4 South Carolina OT Machesney 3,879 1–0–0–0 2[51] 2 October 15 Wheeling 4–1 South Carolina Machesney 4,465 1–1–0–0 2[52] 3 October 22 South Carolina 2–3 Toledo Machesney 5,263 1–2–0–0 2[53] 4 October 23 South Carolina 3–2 Chicago Grubauer 1,280 2–2–0–0 4[54] 5 October 27 South Carolina 4–1 Reading Grubauer 2,812 3–2–0–0 6[55] 6 October 28 South Carolina 5–2 Elmira Machesney 2,969 4–2–0–0 8[56] 7 October 29 South Carolina 5–3 Elmira Grubauer 3,033 5–2–0–0 10[57]
November: 7–4–0–1 (Home: 7–1–0–0; Road: 0–3–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 8 November 2 Florida 1–4 South Carolina Grubauer 1,560 6–2–0–0 12[58] 9 November 4 Florida 1–0 South Carolina Machesney 2,364 6–3–0–0 12[59] 10 November 5 Toledo 0–1 South Carolina Grubauer 2,937 7–3–0–0 14[60] 11 November 6 Reading 2–5 South Carolina Grubauer 3,369 8–3–0–0 16[61] 12 November 10 South Carolina 2–5 Greenville Machesney 2,431 8–4–0–0 16[62] 13 November 12 South Carolina 1–2 Greenville SO Grubauer 3,105 8–4–0–1 17[63] 14 November 15 South Carolina 1–3 Greenville Grubauer 1,787 8–5–0–1 17[64] 15 November 18 South Carolina 2–4 Gwinnett Machesney 4,006 8–6–0–1 17[65] 16 November 19 Gwinnett 2–3 South Carolina Grubauer 3,382 9–6–0–1 19[66] 17 November 20 Gwinnett 1–6 South Carolina Machesney 1,866 10–6–0–1 21[67] 18 November 26 Gwinnett 4–5 South Carolina OT Grubauer 2,568 11–6–0–1 23[68] 19 November 27 Greenville 1–4 South Carolina Machesney 1,574 12–6–0–1 25[69]
December: 3–9–1–0 (Home: 1–5–1–0; Road: 2–4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 20 December 2 Kalamazoo 5–3 South Carolina Machesney 2,531 12–7–0–1 25[70] 21 December 3 Kalamazoo 2–1 South Carolina Grubauer 3,084 12–8–0–1 25[71] 22 December 9 South Carolina 0–3 Greenville Grubauer 3,093 12–9–0–1 25[72] 23 December 10 South Carolina 3–1 Gwinnett Grubauer 9,059 13–9–0–1 27[73] 24 December 11 South Carolina 3–2 Gwinnett SO Machesney 5,043 14–9–0–1 29[74] 25 December 16 Gwinnett 2–1 South Carolina Grubauer 2,226 14–10–0–1 29[75] 26 December 17 Gwinnett 1–0 South Carolina Machesney 2,566 14–11–0–1 29[76] 27 December 18 Greenville 4–3 South Carolina OT Grubauer 1,846 14–11–1–1 30[77] 28 December 20 Gwinnett 3–4 South Carolina OT Machesney 2,211 15–11–1–1 32[78] 29 December 26 South Carolina 0–4 Gwinnett Grubauer 4,580 15–12–1–1 32[79] 30 December 27 South Carolina 0–2 Greenville Machesney 3,529 15–13–1–1 32[80] 31 December 28 South Carolina 0–3 Gwinnett Grubauer 4,827 15–14–1–1 32[81] 32 December 31 Florida 6–3 South Carolina Grubauer 3,843 15–15–1–1 32[82]
January: 11–2–0–0 (Home: 5–1–0–0; Road: 6–1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 33 January 6 South Carolina 2–3 Elmira Machesney 3,743 15–16–1–1 32[83] 34 January 7 South Carolina 3–1 Wheeling Grubauer 3,931 16–16–1–1 34[84] 35 January 8 South Carolina 3–2 Toledo Grubauer 4,144 17–16–1–1 36[85] 36 January 11 South Carolina 2–1 Kalamazoo Grubauer 1,404 18–16–1–1 38[86] 37 January 13 South Carolina 4–1 Trenton Machesney 4,062 19–16–1–1 40[87] 38 January 14 South Carolina 2–1 Elmira Grubauer 3,660 20–16–1–1 42[88] 39 January 16 South Carolina 4–3 Reading Grubauer 4,342 21–16–1–1 44[89] 40 January 20 Greenville 1–4 South Carolina Machesney 3,452 22–16–1–1 46[90] 41 January 21 Florida 1–3 South Carolina Grubauer 4,223 23–16–1–1 48[91] 42 January 22 Florida 0–3 South Carolina Machesney 2,383 24–16–1–1 50[92] 43 January 27 Trenton 3–1 South Carolina Grubauer 2,878 24–17–1–1 50[93] 44 January 28 Trenton 0–2 South Carolina Machesney 9,783 25–17–1–1 52[94] 45 January 29 Elmira 3–4 South Carolina SO Grubauer 2,316 26–17–1–1 54[95]
February: 6–5–2–0 (Home: 4–2–0–0; Road: 2–3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 46 February 1 South Carolina 4–3 Kalamazoo SO Sauer 1,357 27–17–1–1 56[96] 47 February 3 South Carolina 3–4 Cincinnati Grubauer 3,837 27–18–1–1 56[97] 48 February 4 South Carolina 2–3 Cincinnati Grubauer 5,952 27–19–1–1 56[98] 49 February 7 Greenville 4–1 South Carolina Sauer 1,708 27–20–1–1 56[99] 50 February 10 Chicago 2–3 South Carolina Grubauer 3,112 28–20–1–1 58[100] 51 February 11 Florida 5–3 South Carolina Grubauer 4,635 28–21–1–1 58[101] 52 February 13 Florida 3–4 South Carolina Grubauer 1,425 29–21–1–1 60[102] 53 February 15 South Carolina 3–4 Florida OT Grubauer 4,343 29–21–2–1 61[103] 54 February 17 South Carolina 1–4 Florida Sauer 5,185 29–22–2–1 61[104] 55 February 18 South Carolina 1–2 Florida OT Grubauer 6,168 29–22–3–1 62[105] 56 February 25 Gwinnett 2–5 South Carolina Grubauer 6,114 30–22–3–1 64[106] 57 February 26 Gwinnett 1–4 South Carolina Grubauer 2,902 31–22–3–1 66[107] 58 February 29 South Carolina 5–2 Gwinnett Grubauer 2,885 32–22–3–1 68[108]
March: 5–6–1–2 (Home: 4–1–0–2; Road: 1–5–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 59 March 2 South Carolina 1–2 Greenville OT Grubauer 5,083 32–22–4–1 69[109] 60 March 3 South Carolina 1–2 Gwinnett Grubauer 7,732 32–23–4–1 69[110] 61 March 6 Trenton 2–4 South Carolina Grubauer 1,842 33–23–4–1 71[111] 62 March 9 Greenville 3–1 South Carolina Grubauer 3,630 33–24–4–1 71[112] 63 March 10 Greenville 3–2 South Carolina SO Sauer 2,981 33–24–4–2 72[113] 64 March 11 Cincinnati 1–3 South Carolina Grubauer 3,689 34–24–4–2 74[114] 65 March 16 Greenville 3–2 South Carolina SO Sauer 2,859 34–24–4–3 75[115] 66 March 17 Cincinnati 2–4 South Carolina Sauer 4,906 35–24–4–3 77[116] 67 March 21 South Carolina 3–4 Florida Sauer 4,529 35–25–4–3 77[117] 68 March 23 South Carolina 2–5 Florida Sauer 5,857 35–26–4–3 77[118] 69 March 24 South Carolina 2–4 Florida Sauer 6,816 35–27–4–3 77[119] 70 March 27 South Carolina 3–4 Greenville Sauer 2,320 35–28–4–3 77[120] 71 March 30 South Carolina 3–2 Greenville Machesney 3,088 36–28–4–3 79[121] 72 March 31 Greenville 2–5 South Carolina Machesney 5,942 37–28–4–3 81[122]
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2012 Kelly Cup Playoffs: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 2–2–0)
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. #2 Gwinnett Gladiators: 3–1–0 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Arena 1 April 3 Gwinnett 0–3 South Carolina Machesney 1,250 1–0 North Charleston Coliseum 2 April 4 Gwinnett 3–2 South Carolina Machesney 1,344 1–1 North Charleston Coliseum 3 April 6 South Carolina 4–3 Gwinnett 4OT Madore 3,941 2–1 Arena at Gwinnett Center 4 April 8 South Carolina 4–3 Gwinnett 2OT Madore 2,652 3–1 Arena at Gwinnett Center Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. #3 Kalamazoo Wings: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Arena 1 April 13 South Carolina 4–6 Kalamazoo Madore 1,425 0–1–0 Wings Stadium 2 April 14 South Carolina 1–4 Kalamazoo Madore 1,647 0–2–0 Wings Stadium 3 April 18 Kalamazoo South Carolina North Charleston Coliseum 4 April 20 Kalamazoo South Carolina North Charleston Coliseum 5 April 21 Kalamazoo South Carolina North Charleston Coliseum 6 April 24 South Carolina Kalamazoo Wings Stadium 7 April 25 South Carolina Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
Legend:       Win       Loss       Overtime/shootout loss

In-state rivalry

The Stingrays met their in-state rivals, the Greenville Road Warriors, in sixteen contests this season. The Road Warriors emerged victorious the previous season with nine victories to the Stingrays' eight. For the 2011–12 season, the Road Warriors tallied a decisive twelve wins to the Stingrays' four.

2011–12 South Carolina vs. Greenville Regular Season Game Log: 4–7–2–3 (Home: 3–2–1–2; Road: 1–5–1–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record 1 November 10 South Carolina 2–5 Greenville Machesney 2,431 0–1–0–0 2 November 12 South Carolina 1–2 Greenville SO Grubauer 3,105 0–1–0–1 3 November 15 South Carolina 1–3 Greenville Grubauer 1,787 0–2–0–1 4 November 27 Greenville 1–4 South Carolina Machesney 1,574 1–2–0–1 5 December 9 South Carolina 0–3 Greenville Grubauer 3,093 1–3–0–1 6 December 18 Greenville 4–3 South Carolina OT Grubauer 1,846 1–3–1–1 7 December 27 South Carolina 0–2 Greenville Machesney 3,529 1–4–1–1 8 January 20 Greenville 1–4 South Carolina Machesney 3,452 2–4–1–1 9 February 7 Greenville 4–1 South Carolina Sauer 1,708 2–5–1–1 10 March 2 South Carolina 1–2 Greenville OT Grubauer 5,083 2–5–2–1 11 March 9 Greenville 3–1 South Carolina Grubauer 3,630 2–6–2–1 12 March 10 Greenville 3–2 South Carolina SO Sauer 2,981 2–6–2–2 13 March 16 Greenville 3–2 South Carolina SO Sauer 2,859 2–6–2–3 14 March 27 South Carolina 3–4 Greenville Sauer 2,320 2–7–2–3 15 March 30 South Carolina 3–2 Greenville Machesney 3,088 3–7–2–3 16 March 31 Greenville 2–5 South Carolina Machesney 5,942 4–7–2–3
Legend:       Win       Loss       Overtime/shootout loss

Transactions

The Stingrays have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season.

Trades Date Details October 2, 2011 [40] To Las Vegas Wranglers Future considerations To South Carolina Stingrays Chris Higgins (ECHL rights) January 1, 2012 [123] To Chicago Express Anthony Maiani To South Carolina Stingrays Tyler Johnson January 30, 2012 [124] To Florida Everblades Future considerations To South Carolina Stingrays Billy Sauer February 15, 2012 [125] To Cincinnati Cyclones Nick Tabisz To South Carolina Stingrays Dániel Koger

Free agents acquired Player Previous team Date Matt Pope[18] San Antonio Rampage August 19, 2011 Zach Tarkir[23] Hannover Indians September 2, 2011 Jerry Pollastrone[32] Las Vegas Wranglers September 23, 2011 Vyacheslav Trukhno[32] Bakersfield Condors September 23, 2011 Johann Kroll[35] Hershey Bears September 29, 2011 James McEwan[35] Ontario Reign September 29, 2011 Danny Ehrman[126] Pensacola Ice Flyers September 30, 2011 David Berube[127] Sacred Heart University October 1, 2011 Chris Higgins[41] Tingsryd October 5, 2011 Joe Pereira[41] Tingsryd October 5, 2011 Sam Lofquist[41] Houston Aeros October 5, 2011 Anthony Maiani[128] Colorado Eagles October 19, 2011 Billy Ryan[129] Lake Erie Monsters October 26, 2011 Greg Stewart[130] Oklahoma City Barons November 3, 2011 Chris Doyle[131] Augusta RiverHawks December 16, 2011 Mike Hamilton[132] Fife Flyers January 6, 2012 Josh Turnbull[133] Utah Grizzlies January 10, 2012 Shaun Arvai[134] Komoka Classics January 20, 2012 Tyler Shelast[135] Florida Everblades February 7, 2012 Greg Beller[135] Columbus Cottonmouths February 7, 2012 Shaun Arvai[136] Komoka Classics February 11, 2012 Andrew Krelove[125] Columbus Cottonmouths February 15, 2012 Andrew Krelove[137] Columbus Cottonmouths February 29, 2012 Tyler Jundt[138] University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire March 5, 2012 Nielsson Arcibal[139] American International College March 11, 2012 Patrick Cullen[140] Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute March 13, 2012 Michael Dorr[141] Minnesota State University, Mankato March 17, 2012 Shea Walters[141] Bemidji State University March 17, 2012 Andrew Cherniwchan[142] Northern Michigan University March 22, 2012 Damon Kipp[143] University of New Hampshire March 24, 2012 Rob Madore[144] Chicago Express April 7, 2012

Free agents lost Player New team Date Rob Ricci[10] Odense Bulldogs July 7, 2011 Todd Ford[13] Heilbronner Falken July 29, 2011 Brock McBride[15] Belfast Giants August 11, 2011 Joe Cucci[17] Reading Royals August 17, 2011 Josh Godfrey[19] Binghamton Senators August 23, 2011 Dylan Yeo[21] Ontario Reign August 29, 2011 Tommy Goebel[27] Aquile FVG September 17, 2011 Ryan Del Monte[29] Kalamazoo Wings September 20, 2011 Joe Finley[30] Buffalo Sabres September 21, 2011 Patrick Cullity[31] Utah Grizzlies September 22, 2011 Nikita Kashirsky[34] Gwinnett Gladiators September 28, 2011 Shane Owen[36] Utah Grizzlies September 30, 2011 Contract players released Player Date Chase Langeraap[145] October 11, 2011 Jerry Pollastrone[146] November 29, 2011 James McEwan[147] January 2, 2012 Chris Doyle[148] January 18, 2012 Shaun Arvai[149] January 25, 2012 Greg Beller[150] February 8, 2012 Andrew Krelove[151] February 20, 2012 Andrew Krelove[152] March 1, 2012 Joe Pereira[153] March 20, 2012 Tyler Shelast[154] March 26, 2012 Shaun Arvai[155] April 2, 2012 Try-out players released Player Date David Berube[156] October 10, 2011 Danny Ehrman[156] October 10, 2011 Tyler Jundt[157] March 12, 2012

Contract players re-signed Player Date Matt Scherer[14] August 5, 2011 Sean Dolan[16] August 12, 2011 Chase Langeraap[16] August 12, 2011 Nick Tabisz[22] August 29, 2011 Derek Keller[25] September 9, 2011 Pierre-Luc O'Brien[26] September 16, 2011 Trent Campbell[32] September 23, 2011

Contract players suspended Player New team Date Vyacheslav Trukhno[33] KHL Medveščak September 23, 2011 Sam Lofquist[158] IK Oskarshamn October 16, 2011 Tyler Johnson[159] Stavanger Oilers January 6, 2012 Trent Campbell[160] None March 25, 2012

Player movement within organization Player movement Date Player From To Assignment September September 7 Nick Tabisz South Carolina Washington Invited to rookie camp[161] September 19 Nick Tabisz Washington South Carolina No contract after try-out[162] September 25 Matt Pope South Carolina Hershey Invited to training camp[163] September 26 Sean Dolan South Carolina Syracuse Loaned for try-out[164] October October 1 Matt Pope Hershey South Carolina No contract after try-out[37] October 1 Daren Machesney Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Hershey[37] October 1 David de Kastrozza Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Hershey[37] October 1 Danick Paquette Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Washington[37] October 1 Philipp Grubauer Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Washington[37] October 1 Maxime Lacroix Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Hershey[37] October 1 Phil Oreskovic Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Hershey[37] October 3 Sean Dolan Syracuse South Carolina No contract after try-out[165] October 5 Garrett Mitchell Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Washington[41] October 5 Paul Baier Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Hershey[41] October 5 Dustin Stevenson Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Washington[41] October 13 Phillipp Grubauer South Carolina Hershey Recalled to Hershey by Washington[166] October 17 Maxime Lacroix South Carolina Hershey Recalled by Hershey[167] October 17 Garrett Mitchell South Carolina Hershey Recalled to Hershey by Washington[167] October 23 Philipp Grubauer Hershey South Carolina Assigned to South Carolina by Washington[168] October 26 Paul Baier South Carolina Hershey Recalled by Hershey[129] November November 2 Paul Baier Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Hershey[169] November 15 Matt Pope South Carolina Hershey Loaned for try-out[170] November 25 Matt Pope Hershey South Carolina No contract after try-out[171] November 30 Matt Pope South Carolina Hershey Loaned for try-out[172] December December 30 Brett Flemming Hershey South Carolina Assigned to South Carolina by Washington[173] December 30 Maxime Lacroix Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Hershey[173] January January 5 Matt Pope Hershey Hershey Signed standard player contract[174] January 7 Sean Dolan South Carolina Charlotte Loaned for try-out[175] January 10 Phil Oreskovic South Carolina Hershey Recalled by Hershey[133] January 10 Danick Paquette South Carolina Washington Recalled by Washington for assignment to Utah[133] January 24 Paul Baier South Carolina Hershey Recalled by Hershey[176] January 26 Phil Oreskovic Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Hershey[177] January 26 Matt Pope Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Hershey[177] January 30 Phil Oreskovic South Carolina Hershey Recalled by Hershey[124] January 30 Matt Pope South Carolina Hershey Recalled by Hershey[124] February February 16 Phil Oreskovic Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Hershey[178] February 29 Maxime Lacroix South Carolina Hershey Recalled by Hershey[137] March March 1 Sean Dolan Charlotte Charlotte Signed standard player contract[179] March 4 Philipp Grubauer South Carolina Hershey Recalled to Hershey by Washington[180] March 6 Philipp Grubauer Hershey South Carolina Assigned to South Carolina by Washington[181] March 12 Dániel Koger South Carolina Hershey Loaned for try-out[157] March 18 Billy Sauer South Carolina Hershey Loaned for try-out[182] March 20 Billy Sauer Hershey South Carolina No contract after try-out[183] March 26 Dániel Koger Hershey South Carolina No contract after try-out[184] March 26 Maxime Lacroix Hershey South Carolina Assigned by Hershey[184] March 29 Billy Ryan South Carolina Hershey Loaned for try-out[185] April April 7 Daren Machesney South Carolina Hershey Recalled by Hershey[186] April 10 Billy Ryan Hershey South Carolina No contract after try-out[187]

Personnel

Roster

Playoff roster, updated April 7, 2012.^[188][189]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
15		Arcibal, NielssonNielsson Arcibal	F	R	27	2012	Vista, California	Stingrays
13		Cherniwchan, AndrewAndrew Cherniwchan	F	R	26	2012	Hinton, Alberta	Stingrays
16		Cullen, PatrickPatrick Cullen	F	L	26	2012	Washington, District of Columbia	Stingrays
10		Dorr, MichaelMichael Dorr	F	L	27	2012	Roseville, Minnesota	Stingrays
16		Dolan, SeanSean Dolan	F	R	27	2011	St. Louis, Missouri	Checkers
44		Flemming, BrettBrett Flemming	D	R	24	2011	Regina, Saskatchewan	Capitals
27		Higgins, ChrisChris Higgins	F	R	29	2011	Lynnfield, Massachusetts	Stingrays
7		Keller, DerekDerek Keller	D	R	29	2010	Wilkie, Saskatchewan	Stingrays
6		Kipp, DamonDamon Kipp	D	R	27	2012	Salmon Arm, British Columbia	Stingrays
26		Koger, DánielDániel Koger	F	L	26	2012	Székesfehérvár, Hungary	Stingrays
21		Kroll, JohannJohann Kroll (A)	D	R	31	2008	Plymouth, Minnesota	Stingrays
22		Lacroix, MaximeMaxime Lacroix	LW	L	28	2008	Quebec, Quebec	Bears
31		Madore, RobRob Madore	G	L	27	2012	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Stingrays
18		O'Brien, Pierre-LucPierre-Luc O'Brien	C	R	33	2010	Nicolet, Quebec	Stingrays
3		Oreskovic, PhilPhil Oreskovic	D	L	28	2011	North York, Ontario	Bears
10		Pope, MattMatt Pope	F	R	31	2011	Langley, British Columbia	Bears
19		Ryan, BillyBilly Ryan	F	L	30	2011	Milton, Massachusetts	Stingrays
34		Sauer, BillyBilly Sauer	G	L	27	2012	Rochester, New York	Stingrays
42		Scherer, MattMatt Scherer (C)	RW	R	33	2007	Seattle, Washington	Stingrays
9		Stevenson, DustinDustin Stevenson	D	L	26	2010	Gull Lake, Saskatchewan	Capitals
17		Stewart, GregGreg Stewart	F	L	29	2011	Kitchener, Ontario	Stingrays
4		Tarkir, ZachZach Tarkir (A)	D	R	31	2011	Fresno, California	Stingrays
20		Turnbull, JoshJosh Turnbull	F	R	27	2012	Hayward, Wisconsin	Stingrays
28		Walters, SheaShea Walters	F	R	28	2012	Hibbing, Minnesota	Stingrays

Staff

Updated October 7, 2011.^[190][191]

South Carolina Stingrays staff
Hockey Operations Director of Hockey Operations - Spencer Carbery Head scout - James Sorrentino Equipment manager - John Williams Coaching Staff Head coach - Spencer Carbery Assistant coach - J.B. Bittner Athletic trainer - D.J. Church		Management Owner - Anita Zucker; the Greenwald family President - Rob Concannon Office manager - Julie Thoennes Media specialist/broadcaster - Joseph Zakrzewski Client Services Coordinator - Kristin Horne Director of Game Operations - David Flora		Sales Director of Ticket Sales - Ian Chernisky Corporate Sales Representative - Brian Mulhern Season Ticket Sales Manager - Nick Bidese Group Sales and Marketing Coordinator - George Economos Inside Sales Representative - Erik Agner

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Affiliates

Washington Capitals

The NHL's Washington Capitals renewed their affiliation with the Stingrays for the 2011–12 season.^[11]

Hershey Bears

The Hershey Bears continued as the Stingrays' and Capitals' AHL affiliate for the 2011–12 season.

See also

• 2011-12 ECHL season

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External links

• South Carolina Stingrays official website