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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 2019-20 SCHEDULE October (5-1) Sat • 12th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 vs. Fri • 18th @ 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 @ W, 4-0 Sat • 9th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 SO Fri • 15th vs. 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 @ 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. 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. 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 stopped 40 shots, including a penalty in Sun • 9th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-6 Wed • 12th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 9-1 to earn his 19th win. Atlanta had the edge in shots on goal by a Fri • 14th vs. 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 @ 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. 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 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 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. The run is the longest active goal-scoring streak in the Tied after two periods 8-10-2-0 10-2-1-0 league and his 27 total goals this season are second-most in the ECHL. Cherniwchan also ranks third in shots on goal with 187, Scoring on the PP 20-11-2-0 20-5-2-0 second with four shorthanded goals, and seventh with a +26 rating. Scoreless on the PP 15-20-3-1 20-5-1-1 Allowing a PPG 14-17-2-0 8-6-2-1 Opponent Scoreless on the PP 21-14-3-1 32-4-1-0 Weis Washes Away The Competition South Carolina forward Matthew Weis was named last week’s ECHL One-Goal Games 16-10-5-1 13-2-3-1 Player of the Week after scoring 11 points in four games on three Two-Goal Games 10-12-0-0 10-3-0-0 goals and eight assists, which was the most of any player in the OT/Shootout Games 5-0-5-1 5-0-3-1 league. His best game came in the team’s 9-1 win in Norfolk last Wednesday when he notched six points on two goals and four More Penalties than Opponent 11-9-2-1 13-3-1-1 assists along with a +6 rating. The 6-point game is tied for the Less Penalties than Opponent 19-17-2-0 17-6-2-0 second-highest scoring output from an ECHL player this season. Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 5-5-1-0 10-1-0-0 Weis has now posted assists in seven consecutive games and has totaled 37 points this season in 35 games on 10 goals and 27 assists. Scored three goals 6-8-1-1 10-2-1-1 Scored four goals 10-3-0-0 14-0-1-0 Ully’s Impressive Run Scored five or more goals 13-0-1-0 10-1-0-0 Forward is on a 7-game point streak for South Carolina Held to two goals or fewer 6-20-3-0 6-7-1-0 that includes three multi-point outings. The , Alberta native has collected 44 points in 45 games overall this season on 11 goals Outshooting Opponent 16-17-0-0 24-3-1-0 and 33 assists. This week, Ully had a goal and an assist in a win at Outshot by Opponent 19-14-5-1 13-7-2-0 Jacksonville on Sunday before picking up another helper in the Shots are Even 0-0-0-0 3-0-0-1 team’s 6-2 win over Greenville on Tuesday night. He then scored his 11th goal of the season on Saturday in a shootout win over Atlanta. Following a win 19-12-2-1 28-7-3-1 Ully has had a plus-minus rating of even or above in every game so Following a loss 16-18-3-0 11-3-0-0 far during the month of February and at least three shots on goal in each of his last five contests.

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DeSalvo Loaned To Chicago Wolves SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Chicago Wolves of the announced Sunday that they’ve signed forward Dan DeSalvo to a professional TEAM INFORMATION tryout agreement. The 27-year-old attacker has been excellent for Location...... North Charleston, S.C. South Carolina this season, scoring 47 points in 45 games on 19 Nickname...... Stingrays goals and 28 assists. It’s his second AHL opportunity during 2019- Colors...... Blue and Red 20, previously joining the Cleveland Monsters for three games from Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum Dec. 29 until Jan. 16 and recorded two assists. DeSalvo, who is in his Capacity...... 7,250 fifth professional season, will get his first opportunity to play for the League...... ECHL Wolves who are located minutes away from his hometown of Rolling President...... Rob Concannon Meadows, Illinois. He previously spent the 2018-19 season on an AHL deal with Cleveland and appeared in 50 games while scoring 16 HOCKEY STAFF points on five goals and 11 assists. Head Coach...... Steve Bergin Assistant Coach...... Ryan Blair Milner Continues His Excellent Play Athletic Trainer...... Rick Covard Stingrays Parker Milner leads the ECHL with a goals- Equipment Manager...... Cameron Parker against average of 2.07 after 26 games played this season. He is also 4th-best in the league with a save percentage of 0.926. After going FRANCHISE HISTORY 3-0-0 last week, Milner’s overall record on the year is 19-3-2-1 and the Pittsburgh native leads the league with seven shutouts. First Season...... 1993 Total Seasons...... 27 Steve Whitney Re-assigned To Stingrays Overall Record...... 1,082-618-74-133 The announced the reassignment of forward Steve Winning Seasons...... 26 Whitney to SC on Friday. The 29-year-old attacker is in his second Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 consecutive year on an AHL contract with the Bears and has played Division Championships...... 6 in 14 AHL games this season, scoring four points on two goals and Conference Championships...... 5 two assists. Whitney has recently been sidelined with an injury and Kelly Cups...... 3 prior to Saturday’s game had not appeared in any action since Nov. 16. The forward is returning to SC for the first time since spending HOCKEY INFORMATION 2017-18 with the Rays and posting 54 points with 18 goals and 2018-19 Overall Record...... 35-31-5-1 36 assists in 59 games. A native of , Mass., Whitney is in his 2018-19 vs. South...... 27-28-4-1 seventh professional season. With Hershey in 2018-19, the 5-foot-7, Returning Players...... 7 168-pound forward had 16 points (9g, 7a) in 60 games. Newcomers...... 18

4-Goal Second Sends Stingrays Past Swamp Rabbits COMMUNICATIONS The South Carolina Stingrays used a 4-goal second period to blow Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. past the Greenville Swamp Rabbits on their way to a fifth straight win on Tuesday night by a score of 6-2 at the North Charleston Contact...... Jared Shafran Coliseum. Six different skaters found the back of the net for South Email...... [email protected] Carolina and four had multi-point efforts led by Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 and Mark Cooper who each had a goal and an assist in the victory. Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Goaltender made the start and turned aside 26 Rays ...... @SCStingrays shots to earn his 20th win of the season for the Stingrays. The two Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey teams have one matchup left to take place in Greenville which will close out the Stingrays’ regular season on April 1. Rays Complete Perfect Week With 3-1 Win Over Icemen Goals from Andrew Cherniwchan, Matthew Weis and Cole Ully MEDIA INFORMATION were enough to get the South Carolina Stingrays their fourth win in five days on Sunday in a 3-1 defeat of the Jacksonville Icemen at Watch:...... ECHL.TV the Veterans Memorial Arena. Rays’ goaltender Parker Milner made Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey the start for the second straight day and earned the first star of the game with 16 saves to pick up his fourth straight win and 18th Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive victory overall during the 2019-20 season. Weis (1g, 1a), Ully (1g, In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays 1a) and Dan DeSalvo (2a) each registered two points for SC. The Stingrays outshot Jacksonville 24-17 in the contest and had the only man-advantage goal in the game. 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