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Montague Ave. Suite A-200 - North Charleston, SC 29418 Jared Shafran, Director of Media Relations and Broadcasting | [email protected] | (843) 744-2248 ext. 1203 2019-20 SCHEDULE October (5-1) Sat • 12th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 vs. Fri • 18th @ W, 5-3 Sat • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 Sunday, January 12 • Greenville, SC Wed • 23rd @ Norfolk Admirals L, 2-5 Fri • 25th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 4-3 OT 2019-20 Team Comparison (ECHL Rank) Sat • 26th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 3-0 South Carolina Greenville November (9-1) Sun • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 8-2 GF/G 3.43 (7th) 3.26 (10th) Fri • 8th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-0 Sat • 9th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 SO Fri • 15th vs. W, 4-3 GA/G 2.14 (1st) 3.47 (17th) Sat • 16th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 6-2 Sun • 17th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 5-2 PP% 12.8% (25th) 15.6% (17th) Tue • 19th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-5 Fri • 22th @ W, 3-2 PK% 89.6% (1st) 79.1% (21st) Sat • 23rd @ Florida Everblades W, 3-0 Sat • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-0 26-5-3-1 18-18-1-1 December (9-0-3-1) Mon • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Travel To Greenville For Sunday Matinee Wed • 4th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 5-3 Fri • 6th @ Florida Everblades W, 2-0 The South Carolina Stingrays complete their three-game weekend on Sat • 7th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-3 OT Sunday afternoon with a contest in Greenville against the Swamp Rabbits Tue • 10th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-1 Fri • 13th @ Norfolk Admirals L, 4-5 OT at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Earlier this weekend the Rays lost 3-1 Sat • 14th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-0 to the on Friday before getting back in the win column Sun • 15th vs. W, 2-1 with a 4-1 victory over the Florida Everblades on Saturday. The Swamp Fri • 20th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-4 Sat • 21th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 4-3 Rabbits suffered a 3-1 loss to Atlanta on Thursday before picking up a 6-2 Thu • 26th @ Atlanta Gladiators L, 3-4 SO win over Florida on Friday night. Sunday’s matchup is the fifth between Fri • 27th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-1 the two SC state rivals, with the Stingrays holding a 3-1-0 record in the Sat • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 3-0 first four meetings. South Carolina is in first place in the South Division January standings with 56 points in 35 games, while Greenville is in third place Fri • 3rd vs. Florida Everblades L, 0-1 Sat • 4th vs. Florida Everblades L, 3-5 with 38 points after playing the same amount of games. SC has the top Sun • 5th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-2 defensive unit in the ECHL this season, allowing a league-low 2.14 goals Tue • 7th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 5-1 Fri • 10th vs. Brampton Beast L, 1-3 per game, as well as the top killing unit in the league (89.6%). The Sat • 11th vs. Florida Everblades W, 4-1 Swamp Rabbits are ranked 10th in the ECHL offensively, scoring 3.26 goals Sun • 12th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:00 p.m. per game. Wed • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Fri • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Sat • 18th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 6:05 p.m. Sun • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Thompson Shines As Rays Sink Everblades Fri • 24th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. matched his career-high with 41 saves to give the Sat • 25th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays a 4-1 victory over the Florida Everblades on Wed • 29th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 31st vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. Saturday night in front of 5,238 fans at the North Charleston Coliseum. February Forwards Mark Cooper and Max Novak each had a and an assist, Sat •1st vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. while defenseman Tom Parisi picked up two helpers in the victory. The Thu • 6th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. SC backstop was at his best in the third period, making a total of 23 saves Fri • 7th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. to keep the Everblades off the board and negate any chance of a late Sun • 9th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Wed • 12th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. comeback. SC finished 1-for-3 on the power play and held Florida 0-for-3. Fri • 14th vs. 7:05 p.m. The Everblades finished with a shots-on-goal advantage of 42-26. Sat • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. Sun • 16th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 p.m. Tue • 18th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. 2019-20 ECHL South Division Standings Sat • 22nd vs. Atlanta Gladiators 6:05 p.m. Sun • 23rd vs. 3:05 p.m. Wed • 26th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 10:30 a.m. GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Sat • 29th @ Worcester Railers 7:05 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 35 26 5 3 1 56 0.800 120 75 March Sun • 1st @ Maine Mariners 3:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 37 22 11 2 2 48 0.649 126 105 Wed • 4th @ Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Fri • 6th @ 9:10 p.m. Sat • 7th @ Idaho Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 38 18 18 1 1 38 0.500 124 132 Wed • 11th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 34 14 15 4 1 33 0.485 92 98 Sun • 15th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Tue • 17th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Atlanta Gladiators 34 15 19 0 0 30 0.441 107 131 Sat • 21st vs. 6:05 p.m. Sun • 22nd vs. Norfolk Admirals 3:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 34 12 18 4 0 28 0.412 95 119 Tue • 24th vs. Cincinnati Cyclones 7:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E Fri • 27th vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. Sat • 28th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. Norfolk Admirals 38 11 23 4 0 26 0.342 95 141 Sun • 29th vs. Florida Everblades 3:05 p.m. April Wed • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Swamp Rabbits This season the Swamp Rabbits have started 18-18-1-1 through INSIDE THE SERIES their first 38 contests of the season and sit in third place in the Record vs. GRN..... 71-36-10-10 First meeting South Division standings, hoping for a return to the Last 10 vs. GRN...... 6-3-1-0 ...... Oct. 24, 2010 (W, 4-2) Playoffs this spring. Rookie Liam Pecararo was leading Streak vs. GRN...... Won One his team in scoring with 33 points on 18 goals and 15 assists Bergin vs. GRN...... 3-1-0-0 Last meeting before a recall to the took him out ...... Dec. 14, 2019 (W, 3-0) of the Swamp Rabbits lineup. In his absence, veteran forward Nathan Perkovich is picking up the slack and has 28 points on 11 goals and 17 assists in 33 games this year. Michael SITUATIONAL RECORDS Pelech is also having another big year, scoring 27 points on eight 2018-19 2019-20 goals and 19 helpers. Forward Patrick Bajkov has also made Overall Record 35-31-5-1 26-5-3-1 an impact with 26 points (16 goals, 10 assists). Ryan Bednard vs. South Division 27-28-4-1 25-4-3-1 has seen most of the minutes in net with a 9-11-0 record in 22 vs. North Division 3-1-1-0 0-1-0-0 appearances along with a of 2.99 and a vs. Central Division 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 0.910 . vs. Mountain Division 5-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 Home record 17-17-2-0 12-4-0-0 All-Time History vs. Greenville Road record 18-14-3-1 14-1-3-1 South Carolina has an overall record of 71-36-10-10 in 127 all-time 4-5 1-3 regular season meetings with the Swamp Rabbits. The Stingrays Shootout 1-1 1-1 had a record of 5-3-1 against their in-state rivals in nine regular season meetings during the 2018-19 season. The year prior in Scoring First 22-10-2-1 19-2-2-0 2017-18, SC was 9-2-1 against the Swamp Rabbits. Sunday’s Opponent scores first 13-21-3-0 7-3-1-1 contest is the fifth of nine matchups between the two during Leading after one period 19-5-0-1 13-1-1-0 the 2019-20 year. Behind after one period 6-18-2-0 4-2-0-1 Tied after one period 10-8-3-0 9-2-2-0 Thompson Takes Over Leading after two periods 25-2-0-1 20-0-2-1 Rookie Logan Thompson has lowered his goals against Behind after two periods 2-19-3-0 0-3-0-0 average to 1.95 which is now the best in the ECHL among Tied after two periods 8-10-2-0 6-2-1-0 qualifying netminders. Thompson’s save percentage of 0.936 in 18 appearances is also at the top of the league leaders. The , Scoring on the PP 20-11-2-0 11-1-2-0 Alberta native allowed just one goal to Florida last Friday before Scoreless on the PP 15-20-3-1 15-4-1-1 earning three straight wins in a sweep of Atlanta last Sunday and Allowing a PPG 14-17-2-0 5-3-2-1 Tuesday before a 41-save performance to defeat Florida on Saturday. Opponent Scoreless on the PP 21-14-3-1 21-2-1-0 Thompson has allowed one goal or less in six consecuive starts and One-Goal Games 16-10-5-1 8-1-3-1 is 9-1-1 in his last 11 outings. Two-Goal Games 10-12-0-0 8-2-0-0 OT/Shootout Games 5-0-5-1 2-0-3-1 Charbonneau Steps Up Second year forward Jonathan Charbonneau continued his hot More Penalties than Opponent 11-9-2-1 9-1-1-1 play last week by earning assists on Saturday and Sunday. He then Less Penalties than Opponent 19-17-2-0 10-3-2-0 netted his fifth goal of the season in a victory over Atlanta on Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 5-5-1-0 7-1-0-0 Tuesday and his sixth tally of th year on Saturday against Florida. The St-Colombant, Quebec native now has points in eight of his last 10 Scored three goals 6-8-1-1 8-1-1-1 games and has totaled 14 points overall this year in 27 contests. Scored four goals 10-3-0-0 7-0-1-0 Scored five or more goals 13-0-1-0 7-0-0-0 Top-Ranked Penalty Kill Held to two goals or fewer 6-20-3-0 4-4-1-0 South Carolina currently has the best penalty killing percentage in the ECHL, discarding 89.6% of their opponents power play Outshooting Opponent 16-17-0-0 17-2-1-0 opportunities during the 2019-20 season. In 135 times shorthanded Outshot by Opponent 19-14-5-1 7-3-2-0 so far this year, the Rays have allowed just 14 power play goals. Shots are Even 0-0-0-0 2-0-0-1 SC has been particularly good on the penalty kill in their 16 home contests, allowing just four goals during 59 power play chances to Following a win 19-12-2-1 17-4-3-1 give themselves a 93.2% success rate which also leads the league. Following a loss 16-18-3-0 8-1-0-0 On the road, South Carolina has killed off 86.8% of their 76 penalties.

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Leaders Against Greenville SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF In four prior games against the Swamp Rabbits this season, forward Mark Cooper leads the Rays with five points on two goals and three TEAM INFORMATION assists with a +5 rating. Defenseman Tom Parisi has also chipped in Location...... North Charleston, S.C. with three points on two goals and an assist. Before signing a PTO Nickname...... Stingrays with the , Dan DeSalvo had posted four assists Colors...... Blue and Red in four games against Greenville. Goaltender has been Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum perfect against the Swamp Rabbits this season, posting shutouts in Capacity...... 7,250 both of his two appearances on Nov. 8 and Dec. 14. League...... ECHL President...... Rob Concannon Captain Cherny Hits 200 Points Stingrays captain Andrew Cherniwchan, who is in his 8th season HOCKEY STAFF with the club, earned his 200th career ECHL point on Saturday Head Coach...... Steve Bergin night with an assist in the 4-1 win over Florida. He did it in his 251st Assistant Coach...... Ryan Blair game with South Carolina, which is 14th most in the team’s history. Athletic Trainer...... Rick Covard The helper also gave the Hinton, Alberta native his 30th point of Equipment Manager...... Cameron Parker the season in his 35th game of the year. Cherniwchan has totaled a team-leading 15 goals as well as 15 assists this season while leading FRANCHISE HISTORY all Rays skaters with a +22 rating this year. First Season...... 1993 Total Seasons...... 27 Hammond Turning Heads Overall Record...... 1,068-613-74-133 Consistency has been key for defenseman Tariq Hammond, who has Winning Seasons...... 26 only had a negative plus-minus rating one time during the 2019-20 Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 season. The lone occurrence came in the club’s second game of the year on Oct. 18. Since then, he has gone 29 straight games with an Division Championships...... 6 even or better rating, which has allowed the Calgary, Alberta native Conference Championships...... 5 to compile a +21 mark for the year that is second-highest among all Kelly Cups...... 3 ECHL defensemen. The blueliner has totaled nine points in 30 games this season on two goals and seven assists. HOCKEY INFORMATION 2018-19 Overall Record...... 35-31-5-1 Beast Stifle Rays, 3-1 2018-19 vs. South...... 27-28-4-1 The Brampton Beast got out to an early lead and held off any Returning Players...... 7 chance of a comeback for the South Carolina Stingrays in a 3-1 Newcomers...... 18 decision on Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Stingrays forward Max Novak scored the lone goal for South COMMUNICATIONS Carolina in a losing effort, his eighth of the season. Goaltender Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Parker Milner got the start and stopped 25 shots in the contest for Contact...... Jared Shafran the Rays. Both teams were held off the scoreboard during three Email...... [email protected] power play opportunities in the contest. The Beast finished with Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 a shots-on-goal advantage of 28-27, while Dubeau picked up the Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey victory with 26 saves. Rays ...... @SCStingrays Rays Pile On In Third, Take Down Glads 5-1 Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey The South Carolina Stingrays scored five straight goals and rolled to a 5-1 victory over the Atlanta Gladiators on Tuesday night at the North Charleston Coliseum behind 37 saves for goaltender Logan MEDIA INFORMATION

Thompson. Five different scorers struck for the Rays in the win Watch:...... ECHL.TV and five skaters had multi-point nights including captain Andrew Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive Cherniwchan, Mark Cooper and Dylan Steman, who each picked up a goal and an assist. Forward Max Novak and defender Tom Parisi In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays also each had two helpers. South Carolina finished with a 1-for-2 mark on the power play and held Atlanta off the board on the man- advantage at 0-for-3.

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