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SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY 3300 W. Montague Ave. Suite A-200 - North Charleston, SC 29418 Jared Shafran, Director of Media Relations and Broadcasting | [email protected] | (843) 744-2248 ext. 1203 2020-21 SCHEDULE December (3-0-2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. Orlando Solar Bears Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Sunday, January 31 • Orlando, FL Sat • 19th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-1 Sat • 26th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 SO 2020-21 Team Comparison (ECHL Rank) Sun • 27th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT South Carolina Orlando January (5-2-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 3.23 (5th) 2.79 (9th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 4-2 GA/G 2.54 (4th) 3.57 (12th) Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT PP% 12.0% (9th) 12.3% (8th) Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 PK% 85.5% (7th) 77.2% (13th) Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. 8-2-3-0 7-6-1-0 February Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Rays Close 3-In-3 With Sunday Afternoon Tilt In Orlando Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. The South Carolina Stingrays finish their trip to the Sunshine State with Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. an matchup in Orlando against the Solar Bears on Sunday afternoon. Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. After beginning the weekend with a series split in Estero against the Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Everblades, the Rays will look for a win on the final day of a 3-in-3 when Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. they face-off with Orlando for the first time during the 2020-21 season. Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. South Carolina is looking to end the month of January on a high note, Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. having earned a 5-2-1 record from eight games in the past 30 days. The Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Rays are holding on to second place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference March standings, while Orlando sits in fifth. Most recently, Orlando defeated Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Greenville in overtime on Friday night to secure their seventh win of the Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. year. SC currently ranks fourth in the ECHL defensively, allowing 2.54 goals Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. per game. The Solar Bears rank 8th on the power play, scoring on 12.3% Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. of their man-advantage chances, while the Stingrays are just behind them Fri • 19th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 7:05 p.m. with a 12% conversion rate. South Carolina has fared better on the penalty Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. kill, discarding 85.5% of opponents’ power play opportunities. Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. Blades Snap Stingrays 6-Game Unbeaten Streak Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. The South Carolina Stingrays were unable to hold a first period lead and Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. fell to the Florida Everblades by a final score of 4-1 on Saturday night at April Hertz Arena. SC forward Brett Supinski had the only goal for the Rays, Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. scoring in the first period for the second straight night, while goaltender Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Jake Kupsky turned aside 32 shots in a losing effort. Neither team was Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. able to capitalize on the man-advantage in the contest, with the Stingrays ending at 0-for-7 while holding Florida to a 0-for-3 mark. Everblades goaltender Jake Hildebrand earned the win for Florida with 36 saves. STINGRAYS LEADERS Active Roster 2020-21 Season Goals Game-Winning Goals Dylan Steman, 5 Zach Malatesta, 1 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Cole Ully, 5 Justin Florek, 1 3 tied, 3 Max Gottlieb, 1 GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Assists Power Play Goals Indy Fuel 14 12 2 0 0 24 0.857 49 38 Max Novak, 10 Dylan Steman, 3 Cole Ully, 6 6 tied, 1 South Carolina Stingrays 13 8 2 3 0 19 0.731 42 33 Justin Florek, 5 Max Gottlieb, 5 Florida Everblades 17 12 5 0 0 24 0.706 68 41 Plus-Minus Power Play Assists Greenville Swamp Rabbits 15 5 3 5 2 17 0.567 46 53 Max Novak, +9 Max Gottlieb, 2 Tariq Hammond, +9 Darien Craighead, 2 Orlando Solar Bears 14 7 6 1 0 15 0.536 39 50 Justin Florek, +8 Brett Supinski, 2 Jacksonville Icemen 14 5 7 1 1 12 0.429 32 45 Penalty Minutes Shots On Net Zach Malatesta, 11 Max Gottlieb, 36 Wheeling Nailers 11 2 6 3 0 7 0.318 32 43 Tim Harrison, 10 Cole Ully, 35 Dylan Steman, 10 Justin Florek, 32 SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Scouting The Solar Bears Orlando is in fifth place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference with a INSIDE THE SERIES 7-6-1 record after their first 14 games. The Solar Bears have been Record vs. ORL .......... 50-19-5-5 First meeting led by forward Aaron Luchuk who has totaled 11 points on two Last 10 vs. ORL ............... 7-2-1-0 ................ Oct. 25, 2012 (L, 3-5) goals and nine assists. Defender Mark Auk has earned six assists Streak vs. ORL ..............Lost One in seven games with Orlando after recording five helpers at the Blair vs. ORL .................... 0-0-0-0 Last meeting start of the season with Rapid City. In addition, returning forward ................Mar. 11, 2020 (L, 1-3) Tristin Langan has picked up six points (2g, 4a). Jake Coughler recently scored twice on Friday, including a game-winner to defeat Greenville in overtime. Goaltenders Garret Sparks and SITUATIONAL RECORDS Michael Lackey have both earned time in net for Orlando. Sparks 2019-20 2020-21 holds the better numbers of the two, with a goals-against Overall Record 44-14-3-1 8-2-3-0 average of 2.61 and a save percentage at 0.918. vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 6-2-3-0 vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Orlando vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 South Carolina has an all-time regular season record of 50-19-5-5 vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 vs. the Solar Bears, with the two teams having faced each other 79 Home record 19-9-0-0 4-0-3-0 times over the last eight campaigns. Last season, SC secured wins Road record 25-5-3-1 4-2-0-0 in nine of 12 meetings with a 9-2-1 record. In 11 contests during Overtime 4-3 0-3 2018-19, the Stingrays had the edge with a record of 6-5. The clubs Shootout 2-1 2-0 met in the first round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs in back-to-back seasons during the 2017 and 2018, with Orlando advancing in Scoring First 30-4-2-0 7-1-1-0 both years. Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 1-1-2-0 Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 5-1-0-0 Supinski Standing Out Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-1-1-0 Stingrays forward Brett Supinski has scored first period goals in Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 3-0-2-0 back-to-back games, helping South Carolina get out to an early Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 5-0-0-0 lead in both of their contests in Florida earlier this weekend. The Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-2-1-0 Collegeville, Pa. was out of the lineup earlier in the month, but has Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 2-0-2-0 been on the scoresheet plenty recently, scoring points in four of his Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 3-0-2-0 last six games. Supinski has now totaled five points this season in Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 5-2-1-0 nine games on three goals and two assists. Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 3-1-2-0 Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 5-1-1-0 Novak Notches 3 More Assists Forward Max Novak assisted on three of South Carolina’s five goals One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 4-0-3-0 in Friday’s win over Florida, and continues to lead the club in the Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 1-1-0-0 category with 10 helpers in his first 10 games this season.