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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. Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ 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 . 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 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. 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 @ 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. 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Fri • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears 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. In 2017-18, the two squads split six matchups, Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-7-2-2 with South Carolina finishing 3-2-1. The Stingrays have won three Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 4-0-4-0 straight postseason series against the Blades with victories in 2009, Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 5-0-0-0 2015 and 2017. Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-8-2-2 Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 3-0-4-0 DeSalvo Stays Hot Forward Dan DeSalvo ran his point streak to seven games on Friday Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 4-4-4-1 with three assists while leading the team with seven shots on goal. Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 5-4-2-1 The Rolling Meadows, Illinois native is now up to 11 total points Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 3-5-5-1 during the run on three goals and eight assists. On Wednesday, Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 6-3-1-1 DeSalvo tied up the series opener in Florida with an unassisted shorthanded goal in the third period for his seventh strike of the One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 4-0-6-2 season. Last weekend in Jacksonville DeSalvo had assists in each Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 2-3-0-0 contest, including two on Saturday. The Bowling Green State OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 2-0-6-2 University graduate has 14 points in his last 10 outings and his 19 More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 3-2-2-0 total points overall this season (7g, 12a) leads the team. Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-5-3-2 Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 2-1-1-0 Ully Secures Third-Career 4-Point Night Friday Forward Cole Ully led the way offensively for South Carolina on Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-1-2-1 Friday, factoring in on the scoring of four out of the team’s five goals. Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 2-0-1-0 The , Alberta native was responsible for two of the team’s Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 3-0-0-1 third period tallies, including a buzzer-beater that tied the game up Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 2-7-3-0 with less than a second remaining. Ully has now posted multi-point games in five of his last nine contests and leads the team with nine Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 8-3-3-1 goals this season. Overall, the attacker has 18 points (9g, 9a) in 15 Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 1-4-3-0 games this year along with a +6 rating. Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-1-0-1 Rays Securing Points in Tight Games Following a win 30-10-3-1 5-1-3-0 South Carolina has earned points in all 12 of their one-goal games Following a loss 13-4-0-0 4-7-2-2 this season, holding a record of 4-0-6-2. Almost half of their nine wins have been one-goal games, while four of their six overtime losses have come at the hands of Greenville.

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Leaders Against Florida SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forward Dan DeSalvo leads the Rays in scoring against the Everblades this season with eight points on four goals and four TEAM INFORMATION assists while appearing in all seven games between the two teams. Location...... North Charleston, S.C. Brett Supinski and Cole Ully are behind him with six points apiece, Nickname...... Stingrays each registering three goals and three helpers, while Max Novak also Colors...... Blue and Red has six points, all coming on assists. Jake Kupsky has played in four Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum of the games between the pipes, posting a goals-against of 3.53 and Capacity...... 7,250 a 0.890 save percentage. League...... ECHL President...... Rob Concannon Alex Dubeau Returns To South Carolina SC announced Friday that Alex Dubeau has been HOCKEY STAFF released from his professional tryout agreement with Hershey and Head Coach...... Ryan Blair will rejoin the Stingrays. Dubeau, 26, has posted a 4-0-3 record with Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk South Carolina in seven appearances this season, holding a goals- Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley against average of 3.00. The netminder is in his second professional Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor year after spending the 2019-20 season on an AHL contract with the Belleville Senators. A native of Mascouche, Quebec, Dubeau appeared in three AHL games with Belleville last season and earned FRANCHISE HISTORY a win in his first career AHL start. The majority of Dubeau’s rookie First Season...... 1993 year was spent in the ECHL with the where he Total Seasons...... 28 posted a 21-16-2 record in 40 appearances with three shutouts. Overall Record...... 1,095-631-79-135 Winning Seasons...... 27 Surging Steman Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Forward Dylan Steman scored goals in back-to-back third periods Division Championships...... 6 for South Carolina on Wednesday as well as last Saturday, helping to Conference Championships...... 5 begin a successful late game comeback in each contest for the Rays. Kelly Cups...... 3 In 25 games this season Steman has posted seven goals, already eclipsing his rookie season total of six which came in 47 contests last HOCKEY INFORMATION year. The Hanover, Minn. native is also tied for the team lead with 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 three power play goals. 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Returning Players...... 11 3rd Period Comeback Secures Stingrays One Point Newcomers...... 16 For the second straight game, the South Carolina Stingrays mounted a third period comeback only to come up short in extra COMMUNICATIONS time, falling in a shootout by a 4-3 score to the Florida Everblades Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. at Hertz Arena on Wednesday night. Forwards Tim Harrison, Dylan Steman and Dan DeSalvo each found the back of the net for South Contact...... Jared Shafran Carolina, while defender Blake Hillman picked up two assists and Email...... [email protected] goaltender Sean Bonar turned aside 31 shots in a losing effort. The Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Everblades scored twice during the skill session with Brad McClure Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey and Alex Kile beating Bonar, while South Carolina was unable to Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays solve Jake Hildebrand. Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey SC Comes Up Short In OT After 3-Goal Third A three-goal third period comeback by the South Carolina Stingrays forced overtime, but a tally 1:10 into the extra session by Brendan Warren pushed the Jacksonville Icemen on top for good by a final MEDIA INFORMATION score of 4-3 last Saturday night at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena. Stingrays defender Zach Malatesta led the comeback with two Watch:...... FloHockey straight tallies in the third, while forward Dan DeSalvo picked up a Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey pair of assists as SC fell in extra time for the second straight night. Kyle Keyser stopped 32 shots in the victory for Jacksonville, while Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive Jake Kupsky finished with 19 saves in a losing effort for the Rays. In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays

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