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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) Wheeling Nailers vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Friday, January 8 • North Charleston, SC 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 Wheeling South Carolina January (1-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.88 (7th) 2.57 (11th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. GA/G 3.50 (8th) 2.14 (2nd) Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. PP% 12.1% (10th) 2.6% (13th) Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. Mon • 18th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 1:05 p.m. PK% 82.4% (9th) 86.1% (4th) Fri • 22nd @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Sat • 23th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Sun • 24th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. 2-3-3-0 4-1-2-0 Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. Stingrays Open Weekend Series With Nailers Friday Night The South Carolina Stingrays meet the Wheeling Nailers for the first time February in over two years Friday night, kicking off a weekend series between the Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. storied ECHL franchises. The Rays are coming off their fourth victory of Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. the season on Saturday night in Jacksonville, while the Nailers began Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. their week-long trip to the state of South Carolina on Wednesday with an overtime win over the Greenville Swamp Rabbits. Through seven games, the Stingrays are in second place in the South Division with 10 points in the standings, while Wheeling is 2-3-3 in their first eight contests. SC has STINGRAYS LEADERS continued to shine defensively, allowing just 2.14 goals per game which 2020-21 Regular Season ranks second best in the ECHL. The Stingrays finished as the best defensive team in the league in 2019-20, allowing only 2.37 goals per game. The two Goals Game-Winning Goals teams have both struggled on the power play, with Wheeling converting Cole Ully, 3 Justin Florek, 1 on 12.1% of their opportunities while the Rays have just one PP goal so far Caleb Herbert, 3 Max Gottlieb, 1 Mason Morelli, 2 Caleb Herbert, 1 this season. SC has fared much better on the penalty kill however, posting Justin Florek, 2 a success rate of 86.1%. Dylan Steman, 2 A. Cherniwchan, 2 Rays Outlast Icemen For First Win of 2021 Assists Power Play Goals Goals from three different forwards and a standout relief effort from Max Novak, 5 A. Cherniwchan, 1 goaltender Alex Dubeau gave the South Carolina Stingrays a 3-2 win Cole Ully, 4 Max Gottlieb, 3 over the Jacksonville Icemen on Saturday night at the VyStar Veterans 5 tied, 2 Memorial Arena. Dubeau, who came into the game after an injury to starting netminder Hunter Shepard midway through the opening period, turned aside 18 shots to earn the first victory of his career with South Carolina. Forward Cole Ully led the way for the Rays with a goal and an Plus-Minus Power Play Assists assist, while linemate Max Novak picked up two helpers in the contest. Macoy Erkamps, +6 Brett Supinski, 1 Cole Ully, +6 Caleb Herbert, 1 Justin Florek, +5 Max Novak, +5 Max Gottlieb, +4 2020-21 ECHL South Division Standings Tariq Hammond, +4 GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Penalty Minutes Shots On Net Florida Everblades 10 8 2 0 0 16 0.800 46 21 Macoy Erkamps, 18 Caleb Herbert, 23 Will Graber, 14 Cole Ully, 22 South Carolina Stingrays 7 4 1 2 0 10 0.714 18 15 Caleb Herbert, 10 Max Gottlieb, 19 3 tied, 6 Mason Morelli, 18 Orlando Solar Bears 7 4 3 0 0 8 0.571 20 24 Max Novak, 17 Greenville Swamp Rabbits 8 3 3 1 1 8 0.500 22 28 Jacksonville Icemen 9 2 6 1 0 5 0.278 17 33 SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Scouting The Nailers Wheeling has a record of 2-3-3-0 after their first eight games of INSIDE THE SERIES the 2020-21 season. Five of their matchups have come against Record vs. WHL ......... 12-11-1-0 First meeting the only other team playing in the Central Division, the Indy Last 10 vs. WHL .............. 6-4-0-0 ................ Feb. 4, 1994 (L, 6-10) Fuel, from which the Nailers have earned only one win and two Streak vs. WHL ............Lost One overtime losses. A retooled roster has many more offensive Blair vs. WHL ................... 0-0-0-0 Last meeting weapons for Wheeling this season, led by forwards Michael Joly ................Nov. 17, 2018 (L, 1-4) (2g, 4a) and Michael Pelech (5a). Rookie attackers Felix Robert (5g, 1a) and Matt Alfaro (3g, 3a) are tied for the team lead in scoring with Joly. On the blue line, former Greenville defenders SITUATIONAL RECORDS Chad Duchesne and Dylan MacPherson have each appeared in 2019-20 2020-21 all of the club’s eight games, while rookie Shane Kuzmeski leads Overall Record 44-14-3-1 4-1-2-0 the back end with three points (1g, 2a) in just four contests. In vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 4-1-2-0 net, goaltender Shane Starrett has played seven games already vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 this season which has him leading the ECHL in minutes played vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 (437). He also ranks fourth in saves with 187 and has a goals- vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 against average of 3.30 along with a save percentage at 0.886. Home record 19-9-0-0 1-0-2-0 Road record 25-5-3-1 3-1-0-0 All-Time History vs. Wheeling Overtime 4-3 0-2 South Carolina and Wheeling are two of the longest tenured teams Shootout 2-1 1-0 in the ECHL but have played each other just 24 times in the last 27 regular seasons. The Rays have an all-time record of 12-11-1 Scoring First 30-4-2-0 4-0-1-0 in those 24 meetings. Friday’s game is the first regular season Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 0-1-1-0 matchup of the two clubs since Nov. 17, 2018. South Carolina has Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 3-0-0-0 faced Wheeling in three different postseason series’, but have been Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-1-0-0 unable to get by the Nailers in the playoffs, falling in 2011, 2014 Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 1-0-2-0 and most recently in seven games in the 2016 Eastern Conference Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 3-0-0-0 Finals. This weekend’s series represents the first two of five Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 0-1-0-0 matchups between the two clubs on the initial ECHL’s initial 2020- Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 1-0-2-0 21 schedule. Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 0-0-1-0 Ully Takes Over Team Lead In Scoring Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 4-1-1-0 Forward Cole Ully scored goals in each of the Stingrays’ games last Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 2-1-1-0 weekend and now leads the club with three tallies and seven points Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 2-0-1-0 during the 2020-21 year. His strike last Friday was the lone goal for the Stingrays during a loss to Greenville, while Saturday’s goal gave One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 3-0-2-0 SC a 2-1 advantage in the middle frame. The Calgary, Alberta native Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 0-1-0-0 is in his second season with the Rays after posting 48 points in 53 OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 1-0-2-0 games during 2019-20 on 12 goals and 36 assists. More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 2-0-0-0 Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 1-1-1-0 Defensive Armor Remains Strong Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 1-0-1-0 Through their first seven games of the season, South Carolina is second in the ECHL’s defensive rankings, allowing just 2.14 goals per Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-0-0-0 game. The group has been led by their goaltenders, which included Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 0-0-0-0 two more excellent performances last weekend.