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. Florida Everblades Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Saturday, February 27 • Estero, FL 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 Florida January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.80 (7th) 4.00 (1st) 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 3.24 (11th) 2.33 (2nd) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 14.9% (8th) 17.3% (6th) Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 82.9% (9th) 88.3% (2nd) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (1-5-3-2) 9-8-6-2 21-5-0-1 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Look To End Series In Florida On High Note Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 Although the South Carolina Stingrays have pulled off two straight third Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 period comebacks in Florida this week, they enter Saturday night’s series Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 finale with the Everblades without any wins to show for their efforts. The Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT Rays are looking to change that and head home with a victory in the Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT seventh meeting of the season between the two clubs at Hertz Arena. In Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO Wednesday’s opener, SC erased a two-goal deficit in the third period to Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. force overtime but came up short in a shootout by a 4-3 score. Then on March Friday, the Stingrays secured four goals in the third to force extra time, but Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. once again fell in a shootout, 6-5. The Everblades have been the hottest Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. team in the ECHL, winning nine consecutive games and securing points Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. in 11 straight. Their last loss came to South Carolina in Estero on Jan. 29. Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Florida holds second place in the Eastern Conference standings with a Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 19th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 7:05 p.m. points percentage of .796. The Everblades have the league’s top offense, Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. scoring four goals per game. SC ranks seventh in the league offensively, Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. averaging 2.80 tallies per contest. Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Blades Stop Rays’ Miracle Comeback In Shootout Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. A miracle ending to regulation forced overtime, but the South Carolina April Stingrays came up short in a shootout for the second straight game as Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. the Florida Everblades secured a 6-5 win in extra time at Hertz Arena on Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Friday night. After surrendering an empty-net goal with under a minute Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. to play, the Rays scored twice in the final 10 seconds of regulation to force Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. overtime, capped off by a buzzer-beating deflection from forward Cole Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Ully to even the game at 5-5. Ully led the way for the Rays with four points Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. in the game on two goals and two assists, while Matthew Weis netted a Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. goal and an assist and Dan DeSalvo picked up two helpers. Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 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. @ Orlando Solar Bears 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Fri • 30th 7:00 p.m. May GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Sat • 1st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sun • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. Wed • 5th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Indy Fuel 25 20 4 1 0 41 0.820 88 57 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 27 21 5 0 1 43 0.796 108 63 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 24 12 10 2 0 26 0.542 66 78 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 27 11 9 5 2 29 0.537 74 86 Wed • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 25 9 8 6 2 26 0.520 70 81 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 21 9 10 1 1 20 0.476 50 60 June Wheeling Nailers 23 6 13 4 0 16 0.348 60 86 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 Everblades Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference after INSIDE THE SERIES 27 games with a 21-5-0-1 record. The Blades have earned points Record vs. FLA ........... 95-92-9-6 First meeting in 11 straight games and are 12-2-0-1 at home this season. Their .............................................. (7 ties) ...............Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) top offensive attack is led by captain John McCarron, who has Last 10 vs. FLA ................ 2-6-0-2 totaled 25 points in 27 games on 13 goals and 12 assists. Just Streak vs. FLA .................Lost Six Last meeting behind him is forward Michael Huntebrinker, who has earned 24 Blair vs. FLA ..................... 1-4-0-2 ..........Feb. 26, 2021 (L, 5-6 SO) points with a team-leading 14 goals as well as 10 assists. Forward Alex Kile has also reached the 20-point mark (9g, 13a), while attacker Levko Koper has 18 points (9g, 9a). Defender Logan SITUATIONAL RECORDS Roe has continued his dominance at the ECHL level, posting 11 2019-20 2020-21 points (3g, 8a) as well as a league-high +25 rating. In the net, Overall Record 44-14-3-1 9-8-6-2 Jake Hildebrand leads the team with a 2.09 goals-against and a vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 7-8-6-2 0.931 save percentage while amassing a perfect 7-0-0 record. vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Florida vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 South Carolina has a long history against Florida which dates back Home record 19-9-0-0 5-5-3-0 to the first season of Everblades hockey in the ECHL during the Road record 25-5-3-1 4-3-3-2 1998-99 year. Since then, the two teams having played against Overtime 4-3 0-6 each other 209 times in the regular season. Last year the teams Shootout 2-1 2-2 split eight meetings and SC earned points in five contests with a 4-3-1 record. During 2018-19, Florida had the better of the Scoring First 30-4-2-0 8-1-3-0 Rays in the regular season on their way to a division title and an Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 1-7-3-2 appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals, winning five of the Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 5-1-0-0 eight contests.