HOCKEY 5050 Etna St. Suite B - North Charleston, SC 29418 Jared Shafran, Director of Media Relations and Broadcasting | [email protected] | (843) 744-2248 ext. 1203 2021 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE South Carolina vs. Florida (SC Wins, 3-2) Greenville Swamp Rabbits vs. South Carolina Stingrays Game 1 Monday, June 7 W, 3-2 OT Monday, June 21 • North Charleston, SC Game 2 Wednesday, June 9 L, 5-4 20-21 Reg. Season Comparison (ECHL Rank) Game 3 Saturday, June 12 L, 5-1 Game 4 Sunday, June 13 W, 4-2 Greenville South Carolina Game 5 Monday, June 14 W, 3-2 GF/G 2.92 (8th) 3.09 (4th) S. Carolina vs. Greenville (SC Leads, 2-1) GA/G 2.83 (6th) 3.03 (9th) Game 1 Wednesday, June 16 W, 5-1 Game 2 Friday, June 18 L, 2-5 PP% 16.0% (10th) 17.1% (6th) Game 3 Saturday, June 19 W, 3-2 Game 4 Monday, June 21 7:05 p.m. PK% 81.6% (10th) 83.9% (6th) Game 5 Wednesday, June 23 7:05 p.m. SC Hosts Rabbits For Game 4 With Trip To Finals On The Line RAYS TEAM LEADERS A dramatic come-from-behind win in the third period Saturday night Regular Season as the South Carolina Stingrays in position to close out the Eastern Conference Finals in Game 4 Monday night against the Greenville Swamp Goals Game-Winning Goals Cole Ully, 24 Cole Ully, 4 Rabbits at the Carolina Ice Palace. SC earned a 5-1 win at home in Game A. Cherniwchan, 21 Justin Florek, 4 1 Wednesday before splitting two contests on the road in the upstate Justin Florek, 19 Mark Cooper, 3 over the weekend. SC is playing in the Eastern Conference Finals for Dan DeSalvo, 16 Caleb Herbert, 3 the seventh time in team history, while the Swamp Rabbits are in the Brett Supinski, 16 Zach Malatesta, 3 postseason for the first time since 2017 and won their first series since 2014 by defeating the Indy Fuel three games to one. After finishing the Assists Power Play Goals Dan DeSalvo, 38 Dan DeSalvo, 8 regular season with a points percentage of .632, the Swamp Rabbits are Cole Ully, 36 A. Cherniwchan, 8 the No. 2 seed in the east. SC wrapped up the regular season as one of the Max Novak, 35 Justin Florek, 7 hottest teams in the league, winning their last six games to secure a spot A. Cherniwchan, 27 Cole Ully, 6 in the playoffs. The Rays have clinched a spot in the ECHL’s postseason 27 Caleb Herbert, 26 3 Tied, 3 times in the team’s 28-year history, finishing 2020-21 with a .579 points percentage. Greenville controlled the regular season series against the Plus-Minus Power Play Assists Rays, winning 9 of the 15 meetings. Tariq Hammond, +9 Cole Ully, 15 Macoy Erkamps, +4 Dan DeSalvo, 12 Zach Malatesta, +4 Zach Malatesta, 9 Stingrays Stun Greenville In Final Minute Justin Florek, +4 Max Gottlieb, 8 South Carolina scored three goals in the final 11 minutes of the third 4 Others, +3 Max Novak, 8 period to reverse their fortune on Saturday night, coming from behind in stunning fashion to defeat Greenville 3-2 in Game 3 of the ECHL’s Eastern Minutes Shots On Net Conference Finals at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Dan DeSalvo had the Zach Malatesta, 63 Cole Ully, 176 game winner in the closing seconds, while Matthew Weis and Justin A. Cherniwchan, 48 Justin Florek, 166 Cameron Askew, 47 A. Cherniwchan, 153 Florek scored the other third period goals for the Rays. Max Novak and Caleb Herbert, 46 Brett Supinski, 152 Zach Malatesta each had two assists on the late tallies. Macoy Erkamps, 42

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Scouting The Swamp Rabbits Greenville finished in second place in the Eastern Conference INSIDE THE SERIES during the regular season with an overall record of 38-19-12- Record vs. GRN..... 80-41-14-11 First meeting 3. A league-high 26 of their contests went past regulation and Last 10 vs. GRN...... 5-3-1-1 ...... Oct. 24, 2010 (W, 4-2) were decided in overtime or a shootout. In seven postseason Streak vs. GRN...... Won Two games, the Swamp Rabbits have been led by former Stingrays Blair vs. GRN...... 6-4-4-1 Last meeting forward Graham Knott, who has seven points and is tied for the ...... May 26, 2021 (W, 3-2) club’s lead in both goals (3) and assists (4). Rookie forward Shawn * regular season only Cameron has also found the back of the net three times, while attacker Greg Meireles is second with five points (2g, 3a). Rookie SITUATIONAL RECORDS blueliner Ben Finkelstein leads Greenville on the back end with 2019-20 2020-21 four assists while suiting up in all seven playoff games. Forward Overall Record 44-14-3-1 34-23-10-3 Matt Bradley led the team in the regular season with 47 points vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 23-23-9-3 in 69 games on 21 goals and 26 assists. In playoff action, Bradley vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 has posted two assists. In , Ryan Bednard has played five vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 11-0-1-0 games while John Lethemon has seen action in three. Lethemon vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 is 2-0 with a 1.68 goals-against and a 0.949 save percentage. Home record 19-9-0-0 19-12-5-0 Road record 25-5-3-1 15-11-5-3 All-Time History vs. Greenville Overtime 4-3 3-10 South Carolina has an overall record of 80-41-14-11 in 146 all-time Shootout 2-1 5-3 regular season meetings with the Swamp Rabbits. The Stingrays finished with a record of 6-4-4-1 against Greenville in 2020-21 after Scoring First 30-4-2-0 21-5-5-0 controlling the 2019-20 series with a 6-2-0 mark. In 2018-19, SC Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 13-18-5-3 had a 5-3-1 record against their in-state rivals and the year prior in Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 16-5-2-0 2017-18, SC was 9-2-1 against the Rabbits. The most recent playoff Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 6-14-2-3 series between the two clubs took place during 2017 in the South Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 12-4-6-0 Division Semifinals and saw SC advance four games to two. Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 20-1-2-0 Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 4-17-2-3 DeSalvo Helps Keep Rays Alive Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 10-5-6-0 Forward Dan DeSalvo scored in overtime in his first career Kelly Cup Playoff game to give the Stingrays an early lead in their opening Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 21-9-6-1 round series against Florida and posted the first assist on both of Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 13-14-4-2 Cole Ully’s key goals in Game 5. The Rolling Meadows, Ill. native Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 11-12-7-2 scored the winning goal in Game 3 on Saturday in Greenville with Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 23-11-3-1 a net-front deflection in the final minute of regulation. In eight One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 17-5-10-3 postseason games, DeSalvo has six points (2g, 4a). Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 6-10-0-0 OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 8-0-10-3 Cooper Finds Higher Gear For Postseason Forward Mark Cooper has turned it on in the playoffs for the Rays More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 8-4-2-1 and is tied for the ECHL lead in postseason scoring with eight Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 18-16-6-2 points on two goals and six assists. The attacker had a breakout Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 8-3-2-0 performance during the first round in Game 4 at Florida, scoring twice in SC’s 4-2 win to keep their season alive. The Toronto, Ontario Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 8-4-3-1 native then set up Dylan Steman for SC’s opening goal in the Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 7-0-1-0 decisive Game 5 and added a second helper on Cole Ully’s game- Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 13-1-1-1 winner. Cooper has kept it going in the Eastern Conference Finals, Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 6-18-5-1 recording assists in all three games for South Carolina. Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 16-8-3-1 Weis Is Nice Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 16-13-7-1 Forward Matthew Weis became the fourth Stingrays forward to Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 2-2-0-1 score his third goal of the postseason on Saturday night, knocking home a rebound off a shot by Max Novak to tie the game late in the Following a win 30-10-3-1 18-9-6-0 third period. The Freehold, N.J. native is tied for second on the club Following a loss 13-4-0-0 15-15-3-3 in playoff scoring with seven points (3g, 4a). After finding the back of the net twice in the team’s postseason opener against Florida, Weis has been on the scoresheet in six of the team’s eight playoff games. South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information /SCStingraysHockey @SCStingrays scstingrayshockey SCStingraysHockey SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Regular Season Leaders Against Greenville SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forward Caleb Herbert led SC during the regular season with 10 points against his former team in 13 appearances on a goal and nine TEAM INFORMATION assists. Justin Florek was the lone SC forward to play in all 15 regular Location...... North Charleston, S.C. season meetings against the Swamp Rabbits and had a team-high Nickname...... Stingrays four goals along with five assists for nine points. Cole Ully, who Colors...... Blue and Red saw action in 10 contests, had eight points on three goals and five Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum helpers. Goaltender Hunter Shepard started six contests, going 3-1-2 Capacity...... 7,250 with a 2.40 goals-against average and a 0.921 save percentage. League...... ECHL President...... Rob Concannon Erkamps Records First Career Playoff Points Defender Macoy Erkamps came alive on the offensive end for SC HOCKEY STAFF during Friday’s Game 2 in Greenville, factoring in both of the team’s Head Coach...... Ryan Blair goals. Erkamps picked up an assist on Brett Supinski’s first period Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk strike before finding the back of the net himself to even the score up Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley at 2-2 in the opening frame. Erkamps has three points for the Rays in Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor his first pro postseason games during his five-year career. FRANCHISE HISTORY Steman Showing Out For SC Forward Dylan Steman stood out as one of the Rays’ best forwards First Season...... 1993 in their opening round playoff series win and continued his great Total Seasons...... 28 play in Game 1 against Greenville on Wednesday, scoring a goal and Overall Record...... 1,119-646-83-136 adding an assist. In the team’s winner-take-all Game 5 in Florida, he Winning Seasons...... 27 scored the opening goal to give the Rays an early lead in the first Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 period. Playing in 61 regular season games during 2020-21, Steman Division Championships...... 6 totaled 37 points with 15 goals and 22 assists and he has six points Conference Championships...... 5 in eight playoff games with two goals and four helpers. Kelly Cups...... 3

Cherniwchan Scoring In Bunches HOCKEY INFORMATION Andrew Cherniwchan scored twice in the first period of 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 Game 4 at Florida, knocking home a rebound on the power play 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 just over three minutes into the game before tipping in a pass by Returning Players...... 11 Zach Malatesta to make it 3-0 in the opening stanza. Then during the second period of Game 1 against Greenville on Wednesday, Newcomers...... 16 Cherniwchan tallied a power play goal before deflecting in a shot by Tyler Nanne. In 47 playoff games during his lengthy career with the COMMUNICATIONS Rays, Cherniwchan has 26 points on 14 goals and 12 assists. Address...... 5050 Etna St., Suite B Contact...... Jared Shafran Greenville Gets Past SC In Game 2 To Even Series Email...... [email protected] South Carolina erased an early two-goal deficit in the first but Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 were unable to score in the second and third period and fell to Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey the Greenville Swamp Rabbits by a final score of 5-2 in Game 2 of Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays the ECHL’s Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night at the Bon Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Secours Wellness Arena. Stingrays’ goals came from Brett Supinski and Macoy Erkamps, who found the back of the net less than four minutes apart from each other. Erkamps was the lone SC skater with a multi-point night, also picking up an assist on Supinski’s tally. MEDIA INFORMATION Stingrays Blow By Greenville In Decisive Game 1 Win Captain Andrew Cherniwchan scored twice in the second period, Watch:...... FloHockey while forward Max Novak scored his first two goals of the 2021 Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 & Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey Kelly Cup Playoffs as the South Carolina Stingrays defeated the Greenville Swamp Rabbits 5-1 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive Finals Wednesday night at the Carolina Ice Palace. Dylan Steman In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays also had a big night for South Carolina, scoring a goal and an assist, and goaltender Hunter Shepard picked up his fourth win of the postseason by stopping 26 shots. 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