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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 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. The Oak OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 2-0-3-0 Ridge, NJ native was tied for the team lead last season with 36 assists in 59 games while eclipsing the 50-point plateau for the More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 2-0-0-0 second time in his ECHL career. After finishing with a +2 rating in Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-2-2-0 Friday’s win, Novak is now tied for the team lead with a +9 mark on Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 2-0-1-0 the year. Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-0-0-0 Kupsky Starts Strong Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 2-0-1-0 Goaltender Jake Kupsky stopped 25 shots on Friday night in his first Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 3-0-0-0 game with South Carolina to help the Rays earn a 5-1 victory over Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 1-2-2-0 Florida. His play earned himself a start the following night, where he found himself busier in the crease, turning aside 32 shots in a Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 7-1-2-0 losing effort. Kupsky has now appeared in 10 ECHL games during Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 1-1-1-0 his career, previously seeing action with Idaho and Greenville as Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-0-0-0 a rookie last season. The Waukesha, Wis. native has earned a 5-3- 1 record in those outings with a goals-against of 2.22 and a save Following a win 30-10-3-1 5-1-2-0 percentage at 0.921. Following a loss 13-4-0-0 3-1-0-0

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5 Stingrays Join Hershey Bears For AHL Training Camp SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Hershey Bears, the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the South Carolina Stingrays, recalled four players ahead of the TEAM INFORMATION team’s training camp, which opened last Saturday. The following Location...... North Charleston, S.C. AHL contracted players reported to Hershey: forwards Caleb Herbert Nickname...... Stingrays and Mason Morelli, as well as defenders Macoy Erkamps and Will Colors...... Blue and Red Graber. In addition, Hershey signed goaltender Alex Dubeau to a Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum professional tryout agreement. Capacity...... 7,250 League...... ECHL Knott, Hillman Join Stingrays Roster President...... Rob Concannon The Stingrays announced two additions to the team’s roster last week, signing forward Graham Knott and defenseman Blake Hillman HOCKEY STAFF for the 2020-21 season. The two skaters are now reunited, having Head Coach...... Ryan Blair played together previously in the AHL with the Rockford IceHogs Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk during the 2018-19 season. Knott is in his fourth pro season after Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley spending time in both the AHL and ECHL during his first three Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor campaigns. Hillman begins his third pro year and is also coming off a season with time in both the AHL and ECHL with Grand Rapids, FRANCHISE HISTORY Stockton and Toledo. The defender made his professional debut by skating in four NHL games for the Blackhawks at the end of the First Season...... 1993 2017-18 season. Total Seasons...... 28 Overall Record...... 1,094-625-76-133 Rookies Making Their Mark Winning Seasons...... 27 Four Stingrays rookie skaters were on the scoresheet in their last Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 series against Greenville including three who recorded their first Division Championships...... 6 points of the year. Leading the way was Darien Craighead, who had Conference Championships...... 5 goals in each contest. Rookie defenseman Jesse Lees posted his first Kelly Cups...... 3 point of the year with an assist, while first-year defender Connor Moore earned a helper in the first period of his first pro game. In HOCKEY INFORMATION addition, forward Frédéric Létourneau posted his first career point 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 with an assist on a tally by defender Jordan Klimek. 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Returning Players...... 11 Big Offensive Night Powers Rays To 5-1 Win In Florida Newcomers...... 16 A dominating performance led the South Carolina Stingrays to a 5-1 win over the Florida Everblades at Hertz Arena on Friday night COMMUNICATIONS in the first matchup of the year between the two longtime rivals. Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Four Stingrays skaters had multi-point efforts in the victory, while goaltender Jake Kupsky turned aside 25 shots to earn a win in his Contact...... Jared Shafran first game for South Carolina. Forwards Brett Supinski, Cole Ully Email...... [email protected] and Dan DeSalvo each had a goal and an assist, while Max Novak Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 picked up a pair of helpers. The Stingrays outshot Florida 27-26 in Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey the contest and had the only man-advantage tallies of the game, Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays going 2-for-5 on the power play while holding the Everblades to an Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey 0-for-4 mark. Florida goaltender Devin Cooley stopped 22 shots for his team in the loss. Stingrays Prevail In Saturday Night Shootout For the fifth time this season, the South Carolina Stingrays and MEDIA INFORMATION Greenville Swamp Rabbits needed extra time to find a winner. And just like they did on Dec. 26, the Stingrays prevailed in a shootout, Watch:...... FloHockey stopping all three Greenville attempts to pick up a 4-3 win on Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 | Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey Saturday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. SC forwards Darien Craighead (1g, 1a) and Justin Florek (2a) each had multi- Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive point nights in the victory, while goaltender Alex Dubeau stopped In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays 27 shots to pick up the winning decision. South Carolina outshot Greenville 45-30 in the game, including a 17-10 shots-on-goal advantage in the third period. South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information /SCStingraysHockey @SCStingrays scstingrayshockey SCStingraysHockey