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Stingrays Advance to Kelly Cup Finals

Vin Duffy, via the Stingrays (file)

It took them three extra games and then three overtime periods, but the South Carolina Stingrays finally finished off the Toledo Walleye, 1-0, in Game 7 to advance to the Kelly Cup Finals for the fourth time in their history. Joe Devin‘s triple overtime goal came 105:35 into the game.

No one scored for five straight periods in an otherwise high-scoring series, as the previous three games ended 5-4 in overtime. Jeff Jakaitis held down the Stingrays’ fort with 44 saves and Jeff Lerg, replacing Neil Conway, made 41 saves.

From Jakaitis’s stand-on-his-head performance, to Wayne Simpson‘s record breaking point totals, this series took a team effort to win. Now, the Stingrays will await the schedule for the Kelly Cup Finals against the Allen Americans, who ended their game in a boring 3-1 regulation victory.

About 8,300 people were in attendance to witness a 4 hour and 19 minute hockey game. All of them, the Stingrays, Walleye and casual fans alike, witnessed the Battle of the Jeffs between Jakaitis and Lerg for over 100 minutes. It took a perfect shot to end this game, and that is exactly what Joe Devin delivered.

Make sure to check echl.com for the schedule once it is released.

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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