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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 2019-20 SCHEDULE October (5-1) Sat • 12th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 Worcester Railers vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 18th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 5-3 Sat • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 Sunday, February 23 • North Charleston, 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 Worcester South Carolina November (9-1) Sun • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 8-2 GF/G 2.59 (25th) 3.56 (7th) Fri • 8th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-0 Sat • 9th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 SO Fri • 15th vs. Indy Fuel W, 4-3 GA/G 3.78 (22nd) 2.26 (1st) Sat • 16th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 6-2 Sun • 17th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 5-2 PP% 11.9% (26th) 16.4% (15th) Tue • 19th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-5 Fri • 22th @ Florida Everblades W, 3-2 PK% 81.0% (16th) 89.3% (1st) Sat • 23rd @ Florida Everblades W, 3-0 Sat • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-0 18-33-3-0 40-10-3-1 December (9-0-3-1) Mon • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-4 OT South Carolina Begins Final Quarter of 2019-20 Sunday vs. Worcester Wed • 4th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 5-3 Fri • 6th @ Florida Everblades W, 2-0 Fresh off their sixth straight victory on Saturday night in a shootout Sat • 7th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-3 OT against Atlanta, the South Carolina Stingrays look to continue their march Tue • 10th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-1 Fri • 13th @ Norfolk Admirals L, 4-5 OT toward the postseason when they host the Worcester Railers on Sunday Sat • 14th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-0 afternoon at the North Charleston Coliseum. The matchup is the first Sun • 15th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 of two meetings between the two teams this season, with the second Fri • 20th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-4 Sat • 21th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 4-3 coming in Worcester at the DCU Center this coming Saturday night. The Thu • 26th @ Atlanta Gladiators L, 3-4 SO Stingrays continue to hold first place in the South Division standings with Fri • 27th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-1 a record of 40-10-3-1 and 84 points, while the Railers are on the outside Sat • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 3-0 looking in at a playoff spot in the North Division with 39 points. SC comes January (9-6) into the matchup allowing a league-low 2.26 goals per game while Fri • 3rd vs. Florida Everblades L, 0-1 Sat • 4th vs. Florida Everblades L, 3-5 boasting the top penalty kill in the ECHL at 89.3%. Worcester is 16th in Sun • 5th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-2 the league on the penalty kill discarding 81% of their opponents’ power Tue • 7th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 5-1 Fri • 10th vs. Brampton Beast L, 1-3 play opportunities, but the Railers have struggled offensively and score an Sat • 11th vs. Florida Everblades W, 4-1 average of just 2.59 goals per game. SC can clinch a spot in the 2020 Kelly Sun • 12th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-1 Cup Playoffs Sunday with a win and a Greenville loss in regulation. Wed • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 4-0 Fri • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 4-1 Sat • 18th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 4-2 Sun • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-2 Stingrays Slip Past Glads In Shootout Fri • 24th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 4-1 An overturned call in a shootout pushed the South Carolina Stingrays Sat • 25th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 3-0 past the Atlanta Gladiators for the seventh time this season and gave Wed • 29th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-6 Fri • 31st vs. Norfolk Admirals L, 6-8 the club their 40th win of the 2019-20 year in front of 8,291 fans during February Star Wars Night at the North Charleston Coliseum on Saturday. Andrew Sat •1st vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 Cherniwchan had the winner in the shootout and also scored in regulation Thu • 6th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-0 for the seventh consecutive game while Cam Askew picked up three Fri • 7th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-1 assists and Parker Milner stopped 40 shots, including a penalty shot in Sun • 9th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-6 Wed • 12th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 9-1 overtime to earn his 19th win. Atlanta had the edge in shots on goal by a Fri • 14th vs. Adirondack Thunder W, 4-3 OT single attempt, finishing with 44 chances while SC had 43 shots on net. Sat • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 OT Sun • 16th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-1 Tue • 18th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 6-2 2019-20 ECHL South Division Standings Sat • 22nd vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 5-4 SO Sun • 23rd vs. Worcester Railers 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 54 40 10 3 1 84 0.778 192 122 March Sun • 1st @ Maine Mariners 3:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 55 37 13 3 2 79 0.718 202 145 Wed • 4th @ Idaho Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Fri • 6th @ Idaho Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Sat • 7th @ Idaho Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 56 25 27 3 1 54 0.482 184 202 Wed • 11th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 54 24 24 5 1 54 0.500 149 152 Sun • 15th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Tue • 17th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Atlanta Gladiators 54 23 28 1 2 49 0.454 171 216 Sat • 21st vs. Cincinnati Cyclones 6:05 p.m. Sun • 22nd vs. Norfolk Admirals 3:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 51 20 25 5 1 46 0.451 147 171 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 52 13 33 6 0 32 0.308 129 208 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 Railers Worcester comes into Sunday’s game in sixth place in the North INSIDE THE SERIES Division, 24 points behind Brampton for fourth place. The Record vs. WOR ............. 3-0-0-0 First meeting Railers have been led offensively by forward Nic Pierog, who Last 10 vs. WOR ............. 3-0-0-0 .................Feb. 9, 2018 (W, 4-1) has picked up 34 points in 47 games this season on a team- Streak vs. WOR ........Won Three leading 21 goals and 13 assists. Forward Barry Almeida is once Bergin vs. WOR .............. 0-0-0-0 Last meeting again at the forefront of the team’s offensive attack this season, ..............Mar. 10, 2019 (W, 2-0) posting 33 points on 14 goals and 19 assists in 46 games with Worcester. Almeida has been with the Railers in all three of their ECHL seasons, totaling 146 points in 186 games. Blueliner Ryan SITUATIONAL RECORDS MacKinnon leads Worcester in scoring from the back end with 13 2018-19 2019-20 points (2g, 11a) in 41 outings. In net, Evan Buitenhuis has carried Overall Record 35-31-5-1 40-10-3-1 the load and made 36 appearances which leads the team. vs. South Division 27-28-4-1 38-9-3-1 vs. North Division 3-1-1-0 1-1-0-0 All-Time History vs. Worcester vs. Central Division 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 Sunday’s meeting is the fourth-ever contest between South vs. Mountain Division 5-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 Carolina and Worcester, with the Railers in their third ECHL season. Home record 17-17-2-0 18-8-0-0 The Stingrays have come away with wins in all three of the two Road record 18-14-3-1 22-2-3-1 teams’ previous matchups with a pair of 4-1 wins on Feb. 9, 2018 Overtime 4-5 3-3 and Jan. 4, 2019 before a 2-0 shutout victory on Mar. 10, 2019. Shootout 1-1 2-1 Sunday’s game is the second battle to occur in North Charleston. The two teams will meet again on Saturday in Massachusetts at the Scoring First 22-10-2-1 29-2-2-0 DCU Center for their final meeting of the 2019-20 season. Opponent scores first 13-21-3-0 11-8-1-1 Leading after one period 19-5-0-1 20-2-1-0 Cherniwchan Riding 7-Game Goal Scoring Streak Behind after one period 6-18-2-0 6-5-0-1 Team captain Andrew Cherniwchan is on a 7-game goal streak Tied after one period 10-8-3-0 14-3-2-0 after scoring in all four of SC’s contests last week and netting power Leading after two periods 25-2-0-1 29-1-2-1 play goals in both of the team’s games this week on Tuesday and Behind after two periods 2-19-3-0 1-7-0-0 Saturday.