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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) vs. Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ W, 2-1 Wednesday, March 31 • North Charleston, SC 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 Greenville South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.90 (10th) 2.92 (8th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 3.13 (10th) 3.16 (11th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 17.9% (5th) 15.3% (9th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 80.9% (12th) 83.8% (7th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 18-12-8-2 17-13-6-2 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Rays Close March With Home Matchup Against Greenville Wednesday Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays and Greenville Swamp Rabbits get Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 reacquainted this week for their first meetings since early February. The Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 series begins Wednesday night at the North Charleston Coliseum for Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT their ninth matchup of the 2020-21 season. South Carolina has secured Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT wins in five of six games during their current homestand with a 3-game Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO sweep of Fort Wayne and two of three from Orlando, moving closer to a Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO playoff spot. Greenville is coming off a series victory over Jacksonville last March (7-5-0) weekend, winning on Saturday and Sunday after falling short in the series Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO opener last Friday. In eight previous meetings this season against the Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 Swamp Rabbits, the Rays have a 3-1-4 record. Six of those contests have Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 been decided in or a shootout. The Stingrays sit in fifth place Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 in the Eastern Conference standings with a points percentage of .553, Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. W, 2-1 while Greenville is in third place at .575. The Swamp Rabbits rank fifth in Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 the ECHL on the power play by scoring on 17.9% of their man-advantage Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-2 opportunities this season. While SC ranks ninth overall on the PP, the Rays Fri • 26th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-6 Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-3 are sixth in the league at home, converting on 19.8% of chances in North Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-3 Charleston. Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. April Ully’s 4-Point Day Sinks Solar Bears Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. posted four points on a goal and three assists and Hunter Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. Shepard turned aside 38 shots to give the South Carolina Stingrays a Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. 4-3 win over the Orlando Solar Bears Sunday afternoon at the North Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Charleston Coliseum. The victory gave SC the edge in their 3-game Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. weekend series with Orlando, claiming decisions on back-to-back days. Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. The Rays finished 2-for-4 on the power play in the game and successfully Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 p.m. held the Solar Bears off the board on the man-advantage at 0-for-2. Wed • 21st vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Fri • 23rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Sat • 24th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. Sun • 25th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Fri • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings May Sat • 1st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Sun • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. Wed • 5th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Florida Everblades 41 29 10 0 2 60 0.732 152 103 Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Indy Fuel 39 25 11 3 0 53 0.679 122 108 Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 40 18 12 8 2 46 0.575 116 125 Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Wed • 19th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 39 20 15 3 1 44 0.564 114 119 Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 38 17 13 6 2 42 0.553 111 120 Wed • 26th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 36 15 15 3 3 36 0.500 90 104 Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E June Wheeling Nailers 38 10 23 5 0 25 0.329 109 137 Tue • 1st vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Thu • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Swamp Rabbits Greenville has an 18-12-8-2 record with 40 games of the 2020-21 INSIDE THE SERIES season in the books. A league-high 16 of the team’s games have Record vs. GVL...... 77-38-14-10 First meeting been decided in overtime. The Swamp Rabbits have had plenty Last 10 vs. GVL...... 5-1-4-0 ...... Oct. 24, 2010 (W, 4-2) of offensive help from their back end, with defenseman Samuel Streak vs. GVL...... Lost One Jardine at the forefront scoring 31 points (2g, 29a). His point Blair vs. GVL...... 3-1-4-0 Last meeting total leads all ECHL defenders and his assist is second ...... Feb. 4, 2021 (L, 3-4 OT) overall in the league. Rookie blueliner Ben Finkelstein has also been a big factor when healthy, scoring 17 points (4g, 13a) in 18 games. Joey Haddad leads the club’s forwards with 23 SITUATIONAL RECORDS points on a team-best 13 goals and 10 helpers. Matt Bradley is 2019-20 2020-21 just behind him with 21 points on 11 goals and 10 assists. Rookie Overall Record 44-14-3-1 17-13-6-2 forwards Greg Meireles and Max Zimmer have 19 and 18 points vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 12-13-6-2 respectively. In goal, Ryan Bednard, a prospect, vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 has played 25 of the club’s games and has a 15-5-4 record along vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 5-0-0-0 with a goals-against average of 2.64 and a 0.909 save percentage. vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 Home record 19-9-0-0 12-7-3-0 All-Time History vs. Greenville Road record 25-5-3-1 5-6-3-2 South Carolina has an overall record of 77-38-14-10 in 139 all-time Overtime 4-3 0-6 regular season meetings with the Swamp Rabbits. The Stingrays Shootout 2-1 4-2 finished with a record of 6-2-0 against Greenville in 2019-20, playing eight of the nine scheduled matchups prior to the early Scoring First 30-4-2-0 13-3-3-0 end to the season. In 2018-19, SC had a 5-3-1 record against their Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 4-10-3-2 in-state rivals and the year prior in 2017-18, SC was 9-2-1 against Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 9-2-0-0 the Rabbits. Wednesday’s contest is the ninth of 15 matchups Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 3-9-2-2 between the two on the ECHL’s 2020-21 schedule. Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 5-2-4-0 Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 10-0-0-0 Ully’s 4 Points Powers Rays Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-12-2-2 Forward Cole Ully had his second 4-point game of the 2020-21 Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 6-1-4-0 season on Sunday, factoring in on all of the team’s goals with a tally and three helpers in a 4-3 win over Orlando. Ully leads South Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 9-4-4-1 Carolina with 34 points this season on 13 goals and 21 assists in Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 8-9-2-1 28 games. The , Alberta native is now ninth in the ECHL in Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 5-7-5-1 overall scoring, ninth in assists and sixth in points per game (1.21). Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 12-6-1-1 One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 8-0-6-2 Dubeau Does It All Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 3-5-0-0 Second-year Alex Dubeau won his third straight game OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 4-0-6-2 for SC on Saturday, earning a 6-3 victory over Orlando with 29 saves. The 26-year-old is 9-1-3 in 13 appearances with SC this season and More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 5-2-2-0 ranks sixth in the ECHL with a 2.55 goals-against average. Dubeau’s Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 7-9-3-2 .914 save percentage is also ninth-best in the league. Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 5-2-1-0

DeSalvo Keeps Rolling Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-2-2-1 Forward Dan DeSalvo tied for the team lead in scoring last week Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 4-0-1-0 with a goal and four assists, accounting for five points. He’s been on Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 7-0-0-1 the scoresheet in five of his last six games and is now second on the Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 4-11-3-0 team with 29 points this year in 32 games (9g, 20a). He also ranks fourth in the ECHL with 12 power play points (4g, 8a) this season. Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 9-5-3-1 Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 8-6-3-0 Hard Work Pays Off For Steman Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-1 Forward Dylan Steman continued his production for South Carolina on Saturday, scoring two goals and an assist before being named Following a win 30-10-3-1 10-3-3-0 the first star of the game in the team’s 6-3 win over the Solar Bears. Following a loss 13-4-0-0 7-10-2-2 The rugged attacker gave the Rays their first lead of the game in the second when he scored on his own rebound before driving to the net for an insurance goal in the third. Steman has totaled 10 goals and nine assists in 37 games this season for SC. South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information /SCStingraysHockey @SCStingrays scstingrayshockey SCStingraysHockey SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Leaders Against Greenville SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF In their previous eight games against the Swamp Rabbits this season, SC has a total of 11 skaters that have all posted three points TEAM INFORMATION against their in-state rivals. Forwards Cam Askew, Darien Craighead Location...... North Charleston, S.C. and Dylan Steman have each posted two goals, while Max Gottlieb Nickname...... Stingrays and Brett Supinski have all totaled three assists. Askew, Mark Cooper Colors...... Blue and Red and Dan DeSalvo lead the way with a +2 rating against the Swamp Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum Rabbits. Goaltender has started three contests, Capacity...... 7,250 going 1-1-1 with a 2.55 goals-against and a 0.908 save percentage. League...... ECHL President...... Rob Concannon Askew Catches Fire Forward Cam Askew netted three goals in South Carolina’s first HOCKEY STAFF two games last weekend against Orlando. The , Mass. native Head Coach...... Ryan Blair posted a tally in the first period Friday before scoring a similar strike Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk in the opening frame on Saturday, each with cross-body wrist shots Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley that beat Orlando’s goaltender inside the left post. Askew then Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor banged home a rebound in the middle frame on Saturday for his second tally of the night and sixth on the year. FRANCHISE HISTORY Supinski Steps Up First Season...... 1993 SC forward Brett Supinski scored the first goal of the game against Total Seasons...... 28 Orlando Friday, posting his eighth tally of the season in unassisted Overall Record...... 1,103-636-79-135 fashion after a steal in the offensive zone. The Collegeville, Pa. native Winning Seasons...... 27 has points in four of his last five games for the Rays after recording Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 assists last Saturday and Sunday in wins over Fort Wayne as well as a Division Championships...... 6 third period tally in Saturday’s win over Orlando. Overall, Supinski is Conference Championships...... 5 fourth on the team with 19 points (9g, 10a) this season in 34 games. Kelly Cups...... 3

Fast Starts Leading To Success HOCKEY INFORMATION South Carolina is looking for another good start in ther final home 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 contest of March on Wednesday. The Rays hold a record of 13-3-3 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 this year when they score the opening goal as well as a 9-2-0 record Returning Players...... 11 when leading after the first period and a 10-0-0 mark when they are in front after 40 minutes. Newcomers...... 16

COMMUNICATIONS Stingrays Light Up Scoresheet In 6-3 Victory The South Carolina Stingrays brought the heroics on Marvel Super Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Hero Night as 12 different skaters claimed points in a 6-3 win over Contact...... Jared Shafran the Orlando Solar Bears Saturday at the North Charleston Coliseum. Email...... [email protected] South Carolina forwards Dylan Steman and Cam Askew each scored Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 twice, while Dan DeSalvo had two assists and goaltender Alex Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Dubeau made 29 saves to boost SC in the win. Orlando held on to a Rays ...... @SCStingrays small shooting differential, 32-31, while Kris Oldham made 25 saves Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey on 31 shots in a losing effort. Rays Start Fast But Fall To Orlando, 6-3 The South Carolina Stingrays scored the first three goals to get out to an early lead but were unable to hold off a comeback by the MEDIA INFORMATION Orlando Solar Bears Friday night, falling by a final score of 6-3 at the North Charleston Coliseum. South Carolina tallies all came in Watch:...... FloHockey the first period from forwards Brett Supinski, and Cam Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey Askew, while goaltender Hunter Shepard made 37 saves in a losing effort. The Solar Bears went 1-for-3 on the power play while holding Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive South Carolina off the board on the man-advantage at 0-for-5. In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays

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