South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays 2016-17 Schedule Released

Unlike other leagues that make fans and teams wait months after the end of the season to announce next year’s games, the East Coast Hockey League announces them during the playoffs. For South Carolina, some unfamiliar faces will make their debut at the North Charleston Coliseum while they simultaneously welcome familiar acquaintances.

Opening Night is also the Rays Home Opener, where the Lowcountry welcomes in intra-state rival Greenville. The Swamp Rabbits and Stingrays will play 14 games out of the 72 game slate, the most of any opponent. Only the Atlanta Gladiators, with 11, are in double digits.

Four teams will make their maiden voyage to North Charleston next season: the Wichita Thunder, Colorado Eagles, Tulsa Oilers, and Manchester Monarchs. The Stingrays went through Tulsa and Wichita last season as part of a swing including a matchup with the ECHL-leading Missouri Mavericks.

Also for the first time, South Carolina will visit Manchester, Colorado, and the Rapid City Rush. Multiple extended road trips dot the calendar, including six away from the Coliseum from February 1-10 and the season-high of seven straight away matches from February 24-March 10.

The Rays will play home games on the following holidays: New Year’s Day (vs. Florida), 1st Day of Chinese New Year (vs. Florida), Valentine’s Day (vs. Atlanta), Purim (vs. Florida), and April Fool’s Day (vs. Orlando).

The schedule is still subject to change as some teams need to wait for other leagues, like the NBA, to announce their schedules.

South Carolina Schedule

Date Visiting Team Home Team Game Time/Status
2016-10-22 Greenville South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT
2016-10-25 Wichita South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT
2016-10-27 South Carolina Orlando 7:00 pm EDT
2016-10-28 South Carolina Florida 7:30 pm EDT
2016-10-29 South Carolina Florida 7:00 pm EDT
2016-11-01 Orlando South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT
2016-11-05 Elmira South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT
2016-11-06 Elmira South Carolina 3:05 pm EST
2016-11-11 South Carolina Orlando 7:00 pm EST
2016-11-12 South Carolina Orlando 7:00 pm EST
2016-11-13 South Carolina Orlando 6:00 pm EST
2016-11-18 Colorado South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2016-11-19 Colorado South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2016-11-20 Colorado South Carolina 3:05 pm EST
2016-11-26 Norfolk South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2016-11-27 South Carolina Atlanta 2:05 pm EST
2016-12-02 South Carolina Greenville 7:00 pm EST
2016-12-03 South Carolina Greenville 7:00 pm EST
2016-12-09 Greenville South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2016-12-10 Greenville South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2016-12-14 South Carolina Norfolk 7:15 pm EST
2016-12-16 South Carolina Norfolk 7:30 pm EST
2016-12-17 South Carolina Norfolk 7:15 pm EST
2016-12-20 Greenville South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2016-12-23 Norfolk South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2016-12-27 South Carolina Atlanta 7:05 pm EST
2016-12-28 South Carolina Greenville 7:00 pm EST
2016-12-31 Florida South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2017-01-03 Tulsa South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2017-01-06 Greenville South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2017-01-07 South Carolina Greenville 7:00 pm EST
2017-01-08 South Carolina Atlanta 2:05 pm EST
2017-01-11 South Carolina Florida 7:30 pm EST
2017-01-13 South Carolina Florida 7:30 pm EST
2017-01-14 South Carolina Florida 7:00 pm EST
2017-01-21 South Carolina Atlanta 7:05 pm EST
2017-01-22 Greenville South Carolina 3:05 pm EST
2017-01-27 Florida South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2017-01-28 Florida South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2017-01-29 Atlanta South Carolina 3:05 pm EST
2017-02-01 South Carolina Manchester 7:00 pm EST
2017-02-03 South Carolina Manchester 7:00 pm EST
2017-02-04 South Carolina Manchester 6:00 pm EST
2017-02-07 South Carolina Adirondack 6:00 pm EST
2017-02-09 South Carolina Reading 7:00 pm EST
2017-02-10 South Carolina Norfolk 7:30 pm EST
2017-02-12 Orlando South Carolina 3:05 pm EST
2017-02-14 Atlanta South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2017-02-17 Manchester South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2017-02-18 Manchester South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2017-02-19 Adirondack South Carolina 3:05 pm EST
2017-02-24 South Carolina Rapid City 7:05 pm MST
2017-02-25 South Carolina Rapid City 7:05 pm MST
2017-02-26 South Carolina Rapid City 3:05 pm MST
2017-03-01 South Carolina Colorado 7:05 pm MST
2017-03-03 South Carolina Colorado 7:05 pm MST
2017-03-04 South Carolina Colorado 7:05 pm MST
2017-03-10 South Carolina Atlanta 7:35 pm EST
2017-03-11 Florida South Carolina 7:05 pm EST
2017-03-12 Florida South Carolina 3:05 pm EDT
2017-03-16 South Carolina Greenville 7:00 pm EDT
2017-03-17 South Carolina Greenville 7:00 pm EDT
2017-03-18 Greenville South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT
2017-03-24 Atlanta South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT
2017-03-25 Atlanta South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT
2017-03-26 Indy South Carolina 3:05 pm EDT
2017-03-28 Greenville South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT
2017-03-31 Orlando South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT
2017-04-01 Orlando South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT
2017-04-05 South Carolina Atlanta 7:05 pm EDT
2017-04-07 Atlanta South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT
2017-04-08 Cincinnati South Carolina 7:05 pm EDT

Max Wolpoff

Churchill High School graduate (2015) and current Boston University journalism student. Follow me on Twitter (@Max_Wolpoff) for game-day tweets or my random musings about being a college student.

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