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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) Orlando Solar Bears vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ W, 2-1 Friday, March 26 • 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 Orlando South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.83 (10th) 2.80 (11th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 2.94 (9th) 3.09 (10th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 13.3% (13th) 15.3% (8th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 87.8% (2nd) 83.4% (7th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 19-13-3-1 15-12-6-2 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Rays Host Solar Bears Friday Night In Series Opener Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 Riding a 3-game winning streak, the South Carolina Stingrays open Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 another 3-game weekend series with the Orlando Solar Bears Friday night Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Rays are coming off of victories Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT over Fort Wayne by scores of 2-1, 5-1 and 5-2 last weekend to secure a Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT 3-game sweep in their lone series against the Komets this season. Orlando Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO recently claimed four points from their own 3-game set last weekend, Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO going 2-1-0 against Jacksonville. In two previous meetings this season March (5-4-0) against the Solar Bears, SC has an 0-2 record with identical 4-1 losses Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO in a pair of contests at the on Jan. 31 and March 9. The Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 Stingrays’ recent wins have moved them into fifth place in the Eastern Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 Conference standings with a points percentage of .543. Orlando is in Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 third place, sitting at .583. The Solar Bears rank second in penalty killing Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. W, 2-1 percentage, discarding 87.8% of their opponents man-advantages this Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 season. After scoring five power play goals in their past two games, South Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-2 Carolina has moved up to eighth in the league’s power play rankings at Fri • 26th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. 15.3% for the year. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. 5-2 Win Gives Stingrays Sweep of Komets April Three power play goals and 32 saves from Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. helped the South Carolina Stingrays pick up a 5-2 win over the Fort Wayne Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Komets Sunday afternoon which earned them a sweep of the weekend Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. series between the two teams at North Charleston Coliseum. Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. starred in the game for the Stingrays, scoring two power play goals and an Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. assist, while Dan DeSalvo had a and an assist and notched Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. three helpers. South Carolina finished 3-for-5 on the man-advantage in Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. the game, while the Komets went 2-for-4 on the power play. Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 p.m. 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. 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Fri • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. May GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Sat • 1st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sun • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. Wed • 5th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Florida Everblades 39 27 10 0 2 56 0.718 142 98 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Indy Fuel 36 24 10 2 0 50 0.694 117 98 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 36 19 13 3 1 42 0.583 102 106 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 37 16 11 8 2 42 0.568 106 115 Wed • 19th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 35 15 12 6 2 38 0.543 98 108 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 33 14 14 2 3 33 0.500 80 94 Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E June Wheeling Nailers 36 10 21 5 0 25 0.347 104 127 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 Solar Bears Orlando is in third place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference with INSIDE THE SERIES a 19-13-3-1 record in 36 games. The Solar Bears have been led by Record vs. ORL...... 50-21-5-5 First meeting forward Aaron Luchuk who has totaled 36 points on 12 goals Last 10 vs. ORL...... 5-4-1-0 ...... Oct. 25, 2012 (L, 3-5) and 24 assists. Defender Mark Auk has earned 17 assists and 21 Streak vs. ORL...... Lost Three points in 28 games with Orlando after recording five helpers at Blair vs. ORL...... 0-2-0-0 Last meeting the start of the season with Rapid City. In addition, returning ...... Mar. 9, 2021 (L, 1-4) forward Tristin Langan has picked up 27 points (9g, 18a). Jake Coughler leads the team in goal scoring with 14 tallies in 28 games. Coughler and Luchuk are the only Solar Bears skaters SITUATIONAL RECORDS to have secured a double-digit goal total thus far this season. 2019-20 2020-21 Goaltender Clint Windsor is having another solid season for Overall Record 44-14-3-1 15-12-6-2 Orlando, posting a 2.54 goals-against average along with a 0.919 vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 10-12-6-2 save percentage. vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 5-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Orlando vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 South Carolina has an all-time regular season record of 50-21-5-5 Home record 19-9-0-0 10-6-3-0 vs. the Solar Bears, with the two teams facing each other 81 times Road record 25-5-3-1 5-6-3-2 over the last eight campaigns. Last season, SC secured wins in nine 4-3 0-6 of 12 meetings with a 9-2-1 record. In 11 contests during 2018-19, Shootout 2-1 4-2 the Stingrays had the edge with a record of 6-5. The clubs met in the first round of the Playoffs in back-to-back seasons Scoring First 30-4-2-0 12-2-3-0 during 2018 and 2019, with Orlando advancing in both years. Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 3-10-3-2 Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 8-1-0-0 Go With The Flo Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 2-9-2-2 Forward Justin Florek tied for the team lead with four points in Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 5-2-4-0 South Carolina’s three wins last week, scoring three goals and an Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 8-0-0-0 assist. All three of the Marquette, Mich. native’s tallies came on Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-12-2-2 the power play, including back-to-back game-winning goals on Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 6-0-4-0 Saturday and Sunday. Florek now leads the Rays with three game- winning tallies this year as well as 88 shots on goal. Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 8-4-4-1 Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 7-8-2-1 Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 5-6-5-1 Can’t Stop Craighead Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 10-6-1-1 Forward Darien Craighead scored goals in back-to-back games for the Stingrays on Saturday and Sunday, increasing his season total to One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 7-0-6-2 six tallies which ties him for fifth on the team. The Surrey, B.C. native Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 3-5-0-0 is now also tied for the ECHL lead among rookies with three power OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 4-0-6-2 play goals. More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 5-2-2-0 Power Play Heats Up Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 6-8-3-2 South Carolina scored five times on the man-advantage during their Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 4-2-1-0 last two victories over Fort Wayne on Saturday and Sunday and went a combined 5-for-11 in the three wins on the week (45.4%). Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-1-2-1 The Rays have enjoyed sustained success on the man-advantage at Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 3-0-1-0 home this season, totaling 19 power play goals in 19 games in North Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 6-0-0-1 Charleston. SC ranks fifth in the ECHL with a success rate of 20.4% at Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 4-11-3-0 home this year. Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 9-5-3-1 Fast Starts Leading To Success Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 6-5-3-0 South Carolina is looking to continue having good starts during Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-1 their four remaining home contests over the next two weeks. The Rays hold a record of 12-2-3 this year when they score the opening Following a win 30-10-3-1 9-2-3-0 goal as well as a 8-1-0 record when leading after the first period and Following a loss 13-4-0-0 6-10-2-2 a 8-0-0 mark when they are in front after 40 minutes.

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South Carolina Signs Forward Marc Johnstone SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Stingrays announced the signing of forward Marc Johnstone Thursday. Johnstone recently finished his senior season at Sacred TEAM INFORMATION Heart University where he totaled 16 points on six goals and 10 Location...... North Charleston, S.C. assists in 16 games. The 24-year-old served as the school’s captain Nickname...... Stingrays for the past two seasons, beginning with his junior year in 2019-20 Colors...... Blue and Red when he posted 27 points in 34 games on nine goals and 18 assists. Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum A native of Cranford, N.J., Johnstone reached the 30-point mark as a Capacity...... 7,250 freshman during 2017-18 when he notched 13 goals and 17 assists League...... ECHL and was named to the Atlantic Hockey’s All-Rookie Team. President...... Rob Concannon Alex Dubeau Named ECHL Goaltender of the Week HOCKEY STAFF Stingrays goaltender Alex Dubeau was been selected as the Warrior Head Coach...... Ryan Blair Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for March 15-21. Dubeau Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk went 2-0-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average and a save percentage Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley of .974 in two appearances against Fort Wayne last week. It is the Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor second time in his career that he has received the league’s weekly honor. The 26-year-old made 38 saves in a 2-1 win on Friday and turned aside 37 shots in a 5-1 victory on Saturday. A native of FRANCHISE HISTORY Mascouche, Quebec, Dubeau is 8-1-3 in 12 appearances with SC this First Season...... 1993 season. He is tied for seventh in the ECHL with a 2.52 goals-against Total Seasons...... 28 average and is 11th with a .914 save percentage. Overall Record...... 1,101-635-79-135 Winning Seasons...... 27 Macoy Erkamps Re-Assigned To South Carolina Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 The announced Tuesday that defender Macoy Division Championships...... 6 Erkamps has been re-assigned to the Stingrays. Erkamps, 26, has Conference Championships...... 5 appeared in two games with Hershey this season. After beginning Kelly Cups...... 3 his fifth professional year in SC he was recalled by the Bears prior to the team’s training camp on January 22. Prior to his recall, Erkamps, HOCKEY INFORMATION a native of Richmond, B.C., suited up for eight games with the Rays 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 while posting an assist and a +5 rating. The defender was previously with the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins during the past 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 two campaigns. In the shortened 2019-20 year, 6-foot, 196-pound Returning Players...... 11 defender skated in 36 AHL games as well as three contests with the Newcomers...... 16 ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers. COMMUNICATIONS 5-Goal Outburst Sends Stingrays Past Fort Wayne Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Five different scorers lit the lamp and goaltender Alex Dubeau Contact...... Jared Shafran made 37 saves as the South Carolina Stingrays earned their second Email...... [email protected] straight win over the Fort Wayne Komets by a score of 5-1 on Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Saturday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Defender Max Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Gottlieb scored a goal and assisted on two others in the victory for Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays South Carolina, while Dylan Steman added a goal and an assist and Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Max Gottlieb posted two helpers. The Rays finished 2-for-3 on the power play in the contest, while the Komets were held scoreless on their two man-advantage chances. Rays Claim Series Opener With 2-1 Win Over Komets Goaltender Alex Dubeau made 19 saves in the 2nd period and MEDIA INFORMATION

38 overall in the game to give the Stingrays a 2-1 win over the Watch:...... FloHockey Fort Wayne Komets on Friday at the North Charleston Coliseum. Listen:...... Mixlr Stingrays tallies in the victory came from Andrew Cherniwchan Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey and Mark Cooper, while Dan DeSalvo, Ryan Cook and Max Gottlieb Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive earned assists. Fort Wayne had a 39-25 advantage in shots during In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays the contest, with netminder Jeremy Helvig turning out 23 attempts. Neither team was able to convert on the power play, with the Komets finishing 0-for-2 while SC ended at 0-for-3. 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