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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 (0-0-1) South Carolina Stingrays vs. Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Friday, December 18 • Jacksonville, FL Sat • 19th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Sat • 26th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. 2020-21 Team Comparison (ECHL Rank) Sun • 27th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. South Carolina Jacksonville January Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 2:05 p.m. GF/G 2.00 (11th) 2.50 (10th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Fri • 8th vs. 7:05 p.m. GA/G 3.00 (4th) 4.50 (13th) Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. PP% 0.0% (8th) 14.3% (7th) Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. Mon • 18th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 1:05 p.m. PK% 85.7% (7th) 77.8% (11th) JA CKSONVILLE Fri • 22nd @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Sat • 23th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Sun • 24th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. 0-0-1-0 1-1-0-0 Fri • 29th @ 7:30 p.m. Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. Stingrays, Icemen Begin Weekend Series Friday In Jacksonville After an loss on opening night a week ago, the South Carolina February Stingrays will attempt to win their first game of 2020-21 Friday night in Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville when they take on the Icemen. The opening matchup of a Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. home-and-home weekend set, Friday’s contest is the first of five outings Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. between the two divisional opponents on the ECHL’s known schedule through mid-February. The Rays are looking to recapture the magic of an outstanding 2019-20 campaign where they had the top winning percentage in the ECHL with a record of 44-14-3-1 (0.742). While they RETURNING LEADERS were unable to complete the year and compete in the postseason, SC 2019-20 Regular Season finished as the best defensive team in the league, allowing an average of just 2.37 goals per game. The Rays also had the third-highest penalty Goals Game-Winning Goals killing percentage at 87.6%. This year’s SC team is a mix of old and new A. Cherniwchan, 28 Dan DeSalvo, 5 as Ryan Blair takes the reins as head coach after spending last season as Dan DeSalvo, 19 A. Cherniwchan, 4 Mark Cooper, 17 Dylan Steman, 3 an assistant. With him are 11 returning skaters, including team captain Max Novak, 15 Mark Cooper, 3 Andrew Cherniwchan and many other staples from a year ago. , 12 Cam Askew, 12 Rays Come Up Short In Overtime As Hockey Returns To Lowcountry Assists Power Play Goals In front of a socially distant capacity crowd of 2,700 fans, the South Cole Ully, 36 A. Cherniwchan, 8 Carolina Stingrays were unable to hold a lead and fell to the Greenville Max Novak, 36 Dan DeSalvo, 5 Dan DeSalvo, 29 Max Novak, 4 Swamp Rabbits in overtime by a score of 3-2 in their season opener of the Mark Cooper, 29 Mark Cooper, 3 2020-21 season Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. SC forward A. Cherniwchan, 23 Cam Askew, 2 Caleb Herbert led the way offensively with a and an assist in his first game back with the team since the spring of 2016, while goaltender Plus-Minus Power Play Assists Hunter Shepard stopped 26 shots in his pro debut for the Rays. At 3:11 of Tariq Hammond, +29 Cole Ully, 9 the extra session, Ben Finkelstein scored his second of the night to give A. Cherniwchan, +24 Dan DeSalvo, 7 Cole Ully, +21 Max Novak, 7 Greenville the victory and extra point in the standings. Max Novak, +18 Dylan Steman, 5 Dan DeSalvo, +11 Mark Cooper, 5 Penalty Minutes Shots On Net 2020-21 ECHL South Division Standings Tim Harrison, 79 A. Cherniwchan, 203 Cole Ully, 52 Mark Cooper, 161 GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA A. Cherniwchan, 44 Max Novak, 147 Dan DeSalvo, 42 Dan DeSalvo, 139 Florida Everblades 2 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 10 3 Cam Askew, 36 Cole Ully, 124 Greenville Swamp Rabbits 2 1 1 0 0 2 0.500 6 6 Jacksonville Icemen 2 1 1 0 0 2 0.500 5 9 South Carolina Stingrays 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.500 2 3 Orlando Solar Bears 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.000 2 4 SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

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Jacksonville finished the 2019-20 year with a record of 24-29-6-1 INSIDE THE SERIES JA CKSONVILLE in 60 games, and would have been in a late season battle for a Record vs. JAX...... 14-12-0-0 First meeting spot in the postseason had play continued. Head Coach Jason Last 10 vs. JAX...... 6-4-0-0 ...... Oct. 21, 2017 (W, 3-2) Christie returns for his fourth year behind the bench, along with Streak vs. JAX...... Won One forwards Cameron Critchlow, Wacey Rabbit and last year’s All- Blair vs. JAX...... 0-0-0-0 Last meeting Star selection Brendan Warren. On defense, Jacob Cederholm is ...... Feb. 16, 2020 (W, 3-1) back along with newcomers Jeff Taylor and Jason Binkley, as well as former Stingray Kevin McKernan. Through two games, Rabbit has scored twice while Ara Nazarian, Nick Saracino and Luke SITUATIONAL RECORDS Shiplo have all netted tallies. In net, Eamon McAdam made 27 2019-20 2020-21 saves to secure the team’s first victory on Saturday, while Callum Overall Record 44-14-3-1 0-0-1-0 Booth and Kyle Keyser, both goaltenders in the vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 0-0-1-0 prospect system are also expected to see time in between the vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 pipes. vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Jacksonville Home record 19-9-0-0 0-0-1-0 Friday’s contest is the first matchup of the 2020-21 season Road record 25-5-3-1 0-0-0-0 between South Carolina and Jacksonville and the 27th meeting Overtime 4-3 0-1 overall since the Icemen began play in the South Division Shootout 2-1 0-0 during the 2017-18 season. After seeing each other 10 times in each of Jacksonville’s first two campaigns, the rivals faced-off six Scoring First 30-4-2-0 0-0-1-0 times during the COVID-19 shortened 2019-20 year. The Stingrays Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 0-0-0-0 were victorious in five of the six matchups, before the final two Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 0-0-0-0 meetings were canceled. SC has a slight edge in the all-time series, Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-0-0-0 holding a record of 14-12-0 after three seasons of play. Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 0-0-1-0 Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 0-0-0-0 Herbert Shines In Return To Rays Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 0-0-0-0 Forward Caleb Herbert had a goal and an assist in Friday’s game, his Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 0-0-1-0 first contest as a member of South Carolina since the spring of 2016. Herbert recorded the primary helper on Max Novak’s opening goal Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 0-0-0-0 in the second frame, before scoring to give the Rays a 2-1 advantage Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 0-0-1-0 early in the third. The Bloomington, Minn. native signed an AHL Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 0-0-1-0 contract with Hershey prior to the 2020-21 year, returning to the Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 0-0-0-0 organization after he spent time with both SC and Hershey from One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 0-0-1-0 2013-16, including playoff runs in the Lowcountry during 2015 and Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 0-0-0-0 2016. OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 0-0-1-0

Novak Breaks The Ice More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 0-0-0-0 Forward Max Novak scored the first goal of the season for the Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 0-0-0-0 Stingrays in the team’s season opener on Friday. Last season, Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 0-0-1-0 the Oak Ridge, N.J. native was tied for the team lead in overall scoring with 51 points on 15 goals and 36 assists. Now in his sixth Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 0-0-0-0 professional season, Novak was recently named one of the team’s Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 0-0-0-0 alternate captains on Thursday. Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 0-0-1-0 Shepard Stands Out Goaltender Hunter Shepard made his professional debut Friday and Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 0-0-0-0 stopped 26 shots to help SC earn a point from their first game of Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 0-0-1-0 the season against Greenville. The Grand Rapids, Minn. native had Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-0-0-0 a prolific college career at Minnesota-Duluth during the past four seasons, helping to capture back-to-back National Championships Following a win 30-10-3-1 0-0-0-0 in 2018 and 2019. Shepard also started in an NCAA-record 115 Following a loss 13-4-0-0 0-0-0-0 straight games from October 2017 until March of 2020.

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SC Adds Three To Roster SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Stingrays announced three additions to the team’s roster Monday. Goaltender Zach Fucale was reassigned by the Capitals, TEAM INFORMATION while defender Doyle Somerby and forward Brett Supinski both Location...... North Charleston, S.C. agreed to terms for the 2020-21 season. Fucale, now in his sixth pro Nickname...... Stingrays season, spent the majority of the 2019-20 year in Orlando where Colors...... Blue and Red he went 10-8-4 with a 2.36 goals-against average and a .928 save Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum percentage in 24 games. He was drafted 36th overall by Montreal in Capacity...... 7,250 the second round of the 2013 NHL Draft. Somerby, 26, joins South League...... ECHL Carolina after spending the first three seasons of his pro career with President...... Rob Concannon the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters. In 2019-20, the Marblehead, Mass. native suited up for 61 AHL games. Supinski, 25, is beginning his HOCKEY STAFF second pro year after spending 2019-20 with the Steelheads. Head Coach...... Ryan Blair The Collegeville, Pa. native finished third on the team in scoring with Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk 38 points in 41 games on 19 goals and 19 assists. Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Ully Starts Strong Forward Cole Ully registered assists on both of his team’s goals in FRANCHISE HISTORY SC’s opening night contest last Friday against Greenville. He first First Season...... 1993 started the offensive rush that led to Max Novak’s second period Total Seasons...... 28 strike before helping set up Caleb Herbert’s third period tally. Ully is back for his second season in South Carolina after posting 48 points Overall Record...... 1,086-623-74-133 in 53 games during 2019-20 on 12 goals and 36 assists. Winning Seasons...... 27 Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Division Championships...... 6 Stingrays Announce Leadership Group Conference Championships...... 5 Forward Andrew Cherniwchan will continue to serve as the Stingrays team captain for the second consecutive season. Joining Kelly Cups...... 3 him this year are six alternate captains, with three wearing letters each night. When the team wears white jerseys, Dan DeSalvo, Tim HOCKEY INFORMATION Harrison and Mark Cooper will serve as alternates. On nights when 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 the team wears red, Cole Ully, Tariq Hammond and Max Novak will 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 wear an “A”. Returning Players...... 11 Newcomers...... 16 Rays Earn 6-3 Victory In Exhibition Outing The South Carolina Stingrays got out in front early and never trailed COMMUNICATIONS on their way to a 6-3 win over the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in their Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. lone preseason game prior to the 2020-21 season on December 5 at Contact...... Jared Shafran the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Dan DeSalvo and Cole Ully led the Email...... [email protected] way for the Rays, each scoring twice in the victory. Goaltender Alex Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Dubeau got the start and played all 60 minutes to earn the win in Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey net with 29 saves. In total, 10 skaters were on the scoresheet for SC, Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays including forward Mason Morelli who added two assists. Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Help From Hershey South Carolina will once again have great help from their AHL affiliate this season, the . The Rays are beginning the year with six rostered players on AHL contracts who have been assigned by the chocolate and white. Up front, forward Caleb MEDIA INFORMATION

Herbert is back in the fold with the organization for the first time Watch:...... FloHockey since the 2015-16 season and Mason Morelli is beginning his second Listen:...... Mixlr pro year. On defense, Macoy Erkamps, Tyler Nanne and Will Graber Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color : Nick Harvey add to SC’s depth, and in goal, rookie netminder Hunter Shepard Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive will begin his pro career after a historic collegiate run at Minnesota- In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays Duluth which included back-to-back NCAA National Championships in 2018 and 2019.

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