GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS FALL 4-1 TO STINGRAYS (10/22)
BY: Mark Shelley: Greenville Swamp Rabbits
GREENVILLE, SC – Two first-period goals were too much to overcome for the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, as they fell 4-1 in a penalty-filled contest to the South Carolina Stingrays at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Friday night.
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In a fast-paced first period of action, the Swamp Rabbits found themselves trailing beyond the midway point of the period, as Ryan Scarfo gave the Stingrays the 1-0 lead at 12:52. At 16:14, Jonny Evans added a second Stingrays goal for the 2-0 lead at the intermission.
In the second, Nikita Pavlychev put Greenville on the board with his second goal of the season, sliding a power-play deflection into the net and past South Carolina goaltender Tyler Wall. Pavlychev’s goal was answered by a well-placed Tarek Baker shot for a 3-1 Stingrays lead at 9:48. Beside the two goals, the two sides combined for 50 penalty minutes and three fights in the frame.
Early in the third, Matt Anderson added a fourth and final South Carolina goal at 4:35, solidifying the Stingray’s victory behind a 23-save performance by Wall.
With the loss, the Swamp Rabbits fall to 1-1-1-0 while the Stingrays improve to 3-0-0-0. Greenville and the Stingrays remain at Bon Secours Wellness Arena for a Saturday night meeting on MARVEL Super Hero Night at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are available at SwampRabbits.com.
About the Greenville Swamp Rabbits …
Acquired by Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) in 2020, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits hockey team has provided family-friendly, live entertainment at Bon Secours Wellness Arena since 2010. Formerly the Greenville Road Warriors, the Swamp Rabbits are the highest-level professional minor league franchise in South Carolina. The Swamp Rabbits are the proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s LA Kings and the AHL’s Ontario Reign. Greenville is an ECHL, Premier ‘AA’ Hockey League member.
