Stingrays Outstanding Rookie Kashirsky Out With Broken Jaw

These things happen, and it's a drag -- South Carolina Stingrays rookie forward Nikita Kashirsky will be the rest of the ECHL Kelly Cup Finals with a broken jaw.

Kashirsky suffered the injury in Game 5 Saturday night when he was hit by Aces captain Scott Burt in front of the benches at the red line at North Charleston Coliseum. Replays showed Burt got Kashirsky with his shoulder -- clean hit, tough break.

For more on the aftermath, check out my man Andrew Miller’s story here in the Post and Courier.