The South Carolina Pirates were a professional inline hockey based in Little River, South Carolina. They are members of the Mason Dixon of the Eastern Conference of the Professional Inline Hockey Association (PIHA). Part of the 2008 PIHA Expansion, the Pirates won the Southeast Division championship in their inaugural season, making it all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to the Connecticut Blaze.
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