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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) vs. Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ W, 2-1 Wednesday, April 7 • , 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. 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 @ 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. 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 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. 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 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 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 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. Wednesday’s battle is the first of three Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 6-3-4-0 meetings during the 2020-21 campaign, with Indy scheduled to Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 10-0-0-0 return to the Lowcountry for a pair of games on May 11 & 12. Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 2-13-2-3 Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 6-1-4-0 Ully Continues Offensive Onslaught Forward recorded his 11th multi-point game of the Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 10-5-4-1 season Saturday in Greenville, scoring a goal and an assist in the Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 8-9-2-2 Rays’ shootout loss. Ully leads the team with 37 points on 14 goals Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 5-8-5-2 and 23 assists in just 30 games played. His numbers rank him 7th Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 13-6-1-1 in the ECHL in overall scoring, as well as 8th in assists. In addition, One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 9-0-6-3 the , Alberta native is 1st in the league in points per game Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 3-6-0-0 among skaters with at least 10 games played (1.23). OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 4-0-6-3

Cherniwchan’s Latest Milestone More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 5-2-2-1 With the game-winning goal on Saturday night, Stingrays captain Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 8-10-3-2 Andrew Cherniwchan moved into sole possession of 3rd place on Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 5-2-1-0 the team’s all-time goal scoring list with 112 tallies in 315 games. The veteran has secured 18 points in 39 games this year, his eighth Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-3-2-1 with the team, on eight goals and 10 assists. Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 5-0-1-0 Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 7-0-0-1 Herbert Lends A Helping Hand Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 4-11-3-1 Rays’ forward Caleb Herbert earned assists in each of South Carolina’s three games vs. his former team last week, totaling four Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 9-6-3-1 helpers against Greenville. The Bloomington, Minn. native is now Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 9-6-3-1 on a 4-game assist streak and has 17 points overall in the ECHL this Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-1 season on five goals and 12 helpers. Following a win 30-10-3-1 10-4-3-0 Strong Outcomes In Tight Games Following a loss 13-4-0-0 8-10-2-3 The Stingrays haven’t come up empty in close games this season, earning points in all 18 of their one-goal games during the 2020-21 year with a record of of 9-0-9.

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Rays Announce Multiple Transactions SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Stingrays announced multiple roster transactions Monday ahead of their 4-game road trip this week. Goaltender Hunter TEAM INFORMATION Shepard was been recalled by the , while SC agreed Location...... North Charleston, S.C. to terms with goaltender Matt Jurusik, who signed a standard ECHL Nickname...... Stingrays player contract. In addition, the Rays traded defenseman Cole Fraser Colors...... Blue and Red to the Grizzlies in exchange for future considerations and Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum released forward Graham Knott from his standard player contract. Capacity...... 7,250 League...... ECHL Florek Stays On Track President...... Rob Concannon With two assists in Saturday’s win over Greenville, forward Justin Florek has reached the 20-point plateau for the season. The native of HOCKEY STAFF Marquette, Mich. ranks fifth on the team in overall scoring and has Head Coach...... Ryan Blair been hot as of late, registering 10 points in his last eight games on Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk six goals and four helpers. Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Erkamps Gets On The Scoresheet After being held without a goal for his first 11 ECHL games this FRANCHISE HISTORY season, defender Macoy Erkamps has scored in each of his last two outings for South Carolina, helping the Rays earn points on back-to- First Season...... 1993 back nights in Greenville. Erkamps also added an assist on Saturday Total Seasons...... 28 and now has four points (2g, 2a) in 13 games this year. Overall Record...... 1,104-637-79-136 Winning Seasons...... 27 Hard Work Pays Off For Steman Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Forward Dylan Steman continued his production last weekend, Division Championships...... 6 posting an assist on Macoy Erkamps’ second period tally in Friday’s Conference Championships...... 5 game before adding two helpers in Saturday night’s 4-3 victory. Kelly Cups...... 3 Steman has totaled 10 goals and 12 assists in 41 games this season for the Stingrays. HOCKEY INFORMATION 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 Fast Starts Leading To Success 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 South Carolina holds a record of 13-3-3 this year when they score Returning Players...... 11 the opening goal as well as a 9-2-0 record when leading after Newcomers...... 16 the first period and a 10-0-0 mark when they are in front after 40 minutes. COMMUNICATIONS Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Ully’s Late Tally Forces Extra Session For SC Contact...... Jared Shafran Cole Ully’s 14th goal of the season with just 1:31 left forced overtime, but the Stingrays came up short in a shootout Friday Email...... [email protected] night, falling to Greenville 3-2 at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Friday’s game was the seventh time that overtime has been needed Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey to settle a game between SC and the Swamp Rabbits and the third Rays ...... @SCStingrays to be decided in a shootout. Ully led the way offensively for South Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Carolina, playing a major role in both of the team’s goals (1g, 1a) while defender Macoy Erkamps scored his first tally of the season and goaltender Hunter Shepard stopped 32 shots.

Rabbits Take First Game of Series Wednesday MEDIA INFORMATION Greenville scored in the opening minute of the game and got 35 saves from goaltender John Lethemon in a 5-3 win over the Watch:...... FloHockey South Carolina Stingrays Wednesday night at the North Charleston Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran Coliseum. Defender Zach Malatesta led the way for SC with a goal and an assist in a losing effort, while forward Caleb Herbert posted Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive two helpers. Both teams struck once on the man-advantage in the In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays contest with Greenville finishing 1-for-2 and SC ending at 1-for-4. By racking up a total of 17 shots in the third period, the Stingrays outshot the Swamp Rabbits 38-32 on the night. 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