South Carolina Stingrays Defeat Manchester Monarchs To Tie Series


Domenic Monardo, seen here during a game in 2016, had an assist in South Carolina’s 2-1 victory Friday night.

The South Carolina Stingrays tied their series with Manchester Friday night as they picked up a 2-1 win behind goals from Andrew Cherniwchan and Rob Flick, along with Parker Milner making 33 saves on 34 shots. The win puts South Carolina, the only remaining team in affiliation with the Washington Capitals playing playoff hockey, two wins away from heading back to the Kelly Cup Finals.

The game featured a lot of past and present ties to the Hershey Bears organization. Fans will easily remember many current Stingrays players that skated with the Bears, such as Milner, Joey Leach, Kelly Zajac, and Domenic Monardo.

The Manchester roster also features a lot of ex-Bears: Colton Saucerman (who still has his epic beard intact), defenseman David Kolomatis, and Ashton Rome, whose name is featured on the Calder Cup as a member of Hershey’s 2010 championship.

The Stingrays were outshot 34 to 21 for the game, but found goals from Cherniwchan and Flick, who had an incredible snipe from the top of the circle after being fed a puck from Monardo, to get a 2-0 lead. South Carolina saw their lead cut to just one when Manchester scored just under 14 minutes into the third period but they were able to keep the Monarchs off the board the rest of the night.

The series is noticeably physical, underscored by the chaos that ensued after the final horn when Milner came out and got into the face of Manchester’s Kevin Morris. Morris was given an unsportsmanlike conduct minor at the end of regulation.

Game 5 is slated for Saturday night. Unlike the AHL, the series format is a 3-4, meaning the Stingrays need to win two more games in Manchester order to win the series.

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