Florida Stuns Stingrays In Overtime South Carolina couldn t hold on to a late lead and fell in overtime to Florida on Friday (Source: South Carolina Stingrays) By South Carolina Stingrays | May 7, 2021 at 11:06 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 11:06 PM
ESTERO, Fla. – The Florida Everblades (34-17-2-2) came out on top 6-5 in overtime Friday night at Hertz Arena, defeating the South Carolina Stingrays (24-19-10-3) on a breakaway goal by their captain John McCarron at 1:08 of the extra session after a wild end to regulation that saw both teams score in the final minute of play.
South Carolina’s captain Andrew Cherniwchan led his team in defeat, scoring twice and adding an assist, while Brett Supinski had a goal and an assist for the second straight game and Mark Cooper picked up two helpers.
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There’s an old saying: Familiarity breeds contempt.
What about when you play an opponent 13 times in your first 23 games, which in normal times would be a full season series?
That’s life in Orlando during a pandemic hockey season.
This week, the Orlando Solar Bears once again faced a familiar opponent in intrastate rival Florida, who boasted the second best record among the 14 active ECHL teams going into a three-game series this week. Although the Solar Bears ended up on the short end of the series, dropping all three games, a new top line may have emerged.