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The South Carolina Stingrays made history in Alaska when Maxime Lacroix scored two goals in 13 seconds.

Read more stories on this subject in our hockey topic page.The event came during the third period of their Friday night matchup against the Alaska Aces in the first game of the Kelly Cup Finals.

In the end, South Carolina would win 4-2, before some 6,482 fans in the first game of this seven-game series.

If you want to know more about the game, hop on over to The Anchorage Daily News which has a nice write-up and photo gallery.

The Stingrays play games three and four of the series back home at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27, and Friday, May 29.

And don't forget the staggering importance of this series as some nice fresh salmon for Sanford is hanging in the balance.