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 2020-21 SCHEDULE December (3-0-2) South Carolina Stingrays vs. Indy Fuel Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Wednesday, April 7 • Indianapolis, IN 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 Indy January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.93 (9th) 3.05 (4th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 3.20 (11th) 2.83 (7th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 15.9% (9th) 18.9% (3rd) Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 83.9% (7th) 78.6% (14th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 18-14-6-3 25-14-3-0 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Visit Fuel In Indy Wednesday Night Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays begin a stretch of four road games in five Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 days Wednesday night when they visit Indianapolis for a matchup with Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 the Indy Fuel. The contest is the first meeting between the two clubs since Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT November of 2019 and the last time SC visited Indy was back in 2015. Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT The Rays are coming off a 3-game series with Greenville last week which Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO saw them go 1-1-1, while the Fuel were defeated by three different teams Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO a week ago, their first such losing streak of the 2020-21 season. Losses March (7-6-0) have been rare this year for Indy, who is holding on to second place in Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO the Eastern Conference standings with a points percentage of .631. The Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 Rays are currently in fifth place at .549. The Fuel rank fourth in the league Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 offensively, averaging 3.05 goals per game and third in the ECHL on the Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 power play with an 18.9% success rate on the man-advantage. SC has Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 2-1 won six of their last nine games overall and earned points in 12 of their 18 Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 road games this year. The Rays rank seventh in the ECHL on the penalty Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-2 kill (83.9%) after a strong week, including fifth in road penalty killing Fri • 26th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-6 Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-3 percentage (84.4%). Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-3 Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-5 Rays Score 3 Unanswered To Earn Comeback Win April (1-0-0-1) After goaltender Hunter Shepard made 20 saves in the first period to keep Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 SO Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 his team in the game, the South Carolina Stingrays scored three straight Wed • 7th @ Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. goals, including two on the power play, to pull off a come-from-behind Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. 4-3 win over the Greenville Swamp Rabbits on Saturday night at the Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Captain Andrew Cherniwchan netted the Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. game-winner with 10:35 to go in the third period, while defender Macoy Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Erkamps scored for the second straight night and forward Justin Florek Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 p.m. earned a pair of assists in the victory for the Stingrays. 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 44 31 11 0 2 64 0.727 160 111 Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Indy Fuel 42 25 14 3 0 53 0.631 128 119 Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 44 20 13 8 3 51 0.580 130 138 Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Wed • 19th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 43 22 17 3 1 48 0.558 126 130 Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 41 18 14 6 3 45 0.549 120 131 Wed • 26th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 39 16 17 3 3 38 0.487 100 116 Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E June Wheeling Nailers 41 13 23 5 0 31 0.378 122 144 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 Fuel Indy has a 25-14-3-0 record after completing 42 games of their INSIDE THE SERIES 2020-21 season. The Fuel have been led offensively by forward Record vs. IND ................ 3-2-0-1 First meeting Matt Marcinew who has posted 33 points in 36 games on 15 Last 10 vs. IND ................ 3-2-0-1 ..........Jan. 17, 2015 (L, 1-2 SO) goals and 18 assists. Forward Nic Pierog leads the club and is Streak vs. IND .............Won One second in the ECHL with 19 goals this year and is second on the Blair vs. IND ..................... 0-0-0-0 Last meeting team in scoring with 29 points in 40 games. Indy has had plenty ..............Nov. 15, 2019 (W, 4-3) of offensive help from their back end, with defenseman Willie Raskob at the forefront scoring 25 points from the blue line on nine goals and 16 assists. Rookie defender Mike Lee has also SITUATIONAL RECORDS made a big impact with 23 points in 35 games on five goals and 2019-20 2020-21 18 assists. In goal, Dan Bakala has played in 24 games during his Overall Record 44-14-3-1 18-14-6-3 second season in Indy, going 15-7-2-2 with a 2.67 goals-against vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 13-14-6-3 average and a .913 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. Indy vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 Since the Fuel joined the ECHL for the 2014-15 season, the two Home record 19-9-0-0 12-8-3-0 teams have met a total of six times, with South Carolina carrying Road record 25-5-3-1 6-6-3-3 an overall record of 3-2-0-1 against Indy. The clubs saw each other Overtime 4-3 0-6 just once last season when the Fuel came into North Charleston Shootout 2-1 4-3 in November and suffered a 4-3 loss to the Rays, . Current SC captain Andrew Cherniwchan had two assists in the contest, while Scoring First 30-4-2-0 13-3-3-0 defender Jordan Klimek scored the game-winning goal with less Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 5-11-3-3 than two minutes remaining in the third period. The last time SC Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 9-2-0-0 visited the Indiana Farmers Coliseum was in 2015-16 when they Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 3-9-2-3 emerged with a 3-1 win.