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CRUTHERS EXTENDS GOAL STREAK TO FOUR GAMES IN ORLAND
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North Charleston, SC - Solar Bears Captain C Ryan Cruthers
extended his goal streak to four games, notching his 100th ECHL
goal in the process, but Orlando fell 9-3 to the South Carolina
Stingrays at the North Charleston Coliseum on Saturday
night.
For the second straight game, Orlando was able to knock home
the first goal of the contest. Towards the tail-end a power
play, D Ryan Blair held a puck at the blue  line and found C Ryan Cruthers, who
skated in unobstructed along the right side of the slot and
snapped a shot into the top right corner of the net at 8:59,
giving the Solar Bears a 1-0 lead.
Only 30 seconds into the second frame, South Carolina evened
the score up at 1-1. A shot from F Robby Dee was stopped was G
Patrick Killeen, but it trickled through his pads and F Hunter
Bishop tapped the puck over the line to even up the score. At
11:43, South Carolina tool the lead when a cross-crease pass
from D Scooter Vaughn bounced off the skates of F Chris Langkow
and into the back of the net. Just 26 seconds after that, Dee
put the Stingrays ahead 3-1 when he one-timed a shot off a pass
from Bishop, and D Colby Cohen finished the second period
scoring by blasting home a power play goal from the blue line
with 1.2 seconds remaining in the frame as the Stingrays led
4-1 after two.
The two teams traded goals at the start of the third period,
with Dee notching his second of the night at 3:03 and F Michael
Neal answering for the Solar Bears with a great individual
effort, stick-handling through three players and putting the
puck in the top corner of the net to answer 54 seconds later.
Vaughn then struck at 7:16 to put South Carolina ahead 6-2,
with C Mathew Sisca answering for Orlando once again less than
a minute later. The Solar Bears were then issued a rash of
penalty calls at 10:59 of the period, leading to a 5-on-3 goal
and two 5-on-4 markers for South Carolina as they skated away
with the win.
Three Stars: 1. H. Bishop (SC); 2. T. McNeely
(SC); 3. C. Cohen (SC)
Power Plays: ORL: 1/4; SC: 4/7
Shots: ORL: 27; SC: 31
Notes:
G Patrick Killeen started his first game as a Solar Bear
tonight... C Ryan Cruthers has a four-game goal streak, the
longest such streak for a Solar Bear this season. His first
period goal was also his 100th ECHL marker... RW Chris Lawrence
was not dressed tonight, and is questionable for tomorrow's
game... The Solar Bears saw their four-game winning streak come
to a close tonight. It was their longest winning streak of the
year... Orlando plays one more road game in South Carolina
tomorrow afternoon and then will play 13 of their next 14 games
at home...
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Orlando hits the road for one more game and returns to the
Amway Center on Wednesday, January 30, for a 7:00 p.m. game
against the Greenville Road Warriors. Good seats are still
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