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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) Jacksonville Icemen vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Saturday, March 6 • 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 Jacksonville South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.32 (13th) 2.89 (8th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 2.92 (8th) 3.14 (10th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 16.7% (7th) 15.0% (10th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 JA CKSONVILLE Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 86.0% (5th) 83.9% (7th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 10-12-1-2 12-8-6-2 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Complete Home Week Saturday on Pink In The Rink Night Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays aim to secure their third win of the week Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 when they host the Jacksonville Icemen Saturday night at the North Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 Charleston Coliseum in what will be the teams’ 10th meeting of the 2020- Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT 21 year. In game one on Wednesday, the Rays opened the month of March Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT with a 2-1 shootout win over Jacksonville, their sixth straight contest that Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO was decided in . Then on Friday, SC got 40 saves from Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO Hunter Shepard and used a 4-goal third period to come out with a 5-3 March (2-0-0) victory. The Rays have now secured standings points in seven straight Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO games, tied for the third-longest streak in the ECHL this season. The run Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 has vaulted them back into fourth place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. with a points percentage of 0.571. In the two teams’ previous nine Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. contests this season, SC has won five while Jacksonville has come away Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 19th vs. 7:05 p.m. with four victories. The Icemen rank fifth in the league on the penalty kill, Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. discarding 86.5% of opponents’ man-advantages. South Carolina averages Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. the fourth-most shots on goal per game in the ECHL, putting 32.46 Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. chances to the net per outing. Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Shepard Returns With 40 Saves, Holds Off Icemen April Returning to the ice for the first time in nine weeks, goaltender Hunter Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Shepard stopped 40 shots and led the South Carolina Stingrays to their Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. third straight win by a 5-3 score over the Jacksonville Icemen Friday night Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. at the North Charleston Coliseum. Despite being outshot 43-16 in the Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. contest, South Carolina struck five times, including four goals in the third Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. period. Forward Max Novak assisted on four of the Stingrays’ five goals, Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. while attackers Andrew Cherniwchan and each had a goal and Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. an assist and second-year forward Dylan Steman earned 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. Florida Everblades 29 21 6 0 2 44 0.759 111 70 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Indy Fuel 29 21 6 2 0 44 0.759 99 73 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 27 14 10 3 0 31 0.574 75 82 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 28 12 8 6 2 32 0.571 81 88 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. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 29 13 9 5 2 33 0.569 88 95 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 25 10 12 1 2 23 0.460 58 73 June Wheeling Nailers 27 7 16 4 0 18 0.333 71 101 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

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Through 25 games, Jacksonville is in sixth place in the Eastern INSIDE THE SERIES JA CKSONVILLE Conference standings with a record of 10-12-1-2 (.460). Forward Record vs. JAX...... 19-14-2-0 First meeting Nick Saracino leads the club with 22 points in 24 games on nine Last 10 vs. JAX...... 6-2-2-0 ...... Oct. 21, 2017 (W, 3-2) goals and 13 assists. His goal total leads the team while forwards Streak vs. JAX...... Won Two Ara Nazarian and Pascal Aquin have seven tallies and Craig Blair vs. JAX...... 5-2-2-0 Last meeting Martin has posted six. Team captain has registered ...... Mar. 5, 2021 (W, 5-3) 10 points in 19 games on two goals and eight helpers. Defensemen Kevin McKernan and Michael Kim are tied for the team lead in scoring among blueliners with seven assists apiece. SITUATIONAL RECORDS In net, Kyle Keyser has played 15 games and has a goals-against 2019-20 2020-21 average of 2.45 along with a percentage at 0.918. Overall Record 44-14-3-1 12-8-6-2 vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 10-8-6-2 All-Time History vs. Jacksonville vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 Saturday’s contest is the 10th matchup of the 2020-21 season vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 between South Carolina and Jacksonville and the 36th meeting vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 overall since the Icemen began play in the South Division during Home record 19-9-0-0 7-5-3-0 the 2017-18 season. After seeing each other 10 times in each of Road record 25-5-3-1 5-3-3-2 Jacksonville’s first two campaigns, the rivals faced-off six times Overtime 4-3 0-6 during the COVID-19 shortened 2019-20 year. The Stingrays Shootout 2-1 4-2 were victorious in five of the six matchups before the final two meetings were canceled. SC has the edge in the all-time series, Scoring First 30-4-2-0 9-1-3-0 holding a record of 19-14-2. Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 3-7-3-2 Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 6-1-0-0 Can’t Stop Cole Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 2-7-2-2 Forward Cole Ully has remained hot after a big weekend in Florida, Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 4-0-4-0 adding a goal and an assist on Friday to run his streak to four Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 6-0-0-0 games. The sixth-year pro had six points last weekend with back- Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-8-2-2 to-back two-goal games, including a 4-point night last Friday (2g, Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 5-0-4-0 2a) that included a buzzer-beater to force overtime with less than a second remaining. Ully, a native of Calgary, Alberta, leads the team Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 6-4-4-1 with 23 points on 12 goals and 11 assists in 18 games. His point total Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 6-4-2-1 Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 4-5-5-1 ranks 9th in the ECHL, while his goal total is 8th-best. Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 8-3-1-1

Novak Lends A Helping Hand One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 6-0-6-2 Forward Max Novak had a season-high 4-point night Friday with Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 3-3-0-0 four assists in the win over Jacksonville. Novak, who had four assists OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 4-0-6-2 last week, has now earned eight helpers in his last four games. The Oak Ridge, N.J. native currently ranks second in the ECHL with 21 More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 5-2-2-0 assists in 26 games this season. His 23 points this season is tied with Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-5-3-2 Cole Ully for the team lead, as well as 9th in the ECHL. In addition, Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 3-1-1-0 two of his helpers have come shorthanded, which is tied for the league lead. Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-1-2-1 Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 3-0-1-0 Early Success Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 4-0-0-1 The Stingrays have been a tough team to beat this season when Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 3-7-3-0 they’ve secured an early lead for themselves, posting a 6-1-0 record when leading after the first period. In games where they’ve Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 9-3-3-1 been tied after the first 20 minutes, South Carolina is unbeaten in Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 3-4-3-0 regulation with a record of 4-0-4. Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-1-0-1 Following a win 30-10-3-1 7-1-3-0 Rays Securing Points in Tight Games Following a loss 13-4-0-0 5-7-2-2 South Carolina has earned points in all 14 of their one-goal games this season, holding a record of 6-0-6-2. Half of the team’s 12 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 Jacksonville SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forwards Cole Ully (5g, 5a) and Max Novak (1g, 9a) lead the Rays against the Icemen this season, each totaling 10 points and a +7 TEAM INFORMATION rating in the nine contests. Dan DeSalvo has earned six assists in Location...... North Charleston, S.C. nine games against Jacksonville. Brett Supinski has four tallies in Nickname...... Stingrays games he has opposed the Icemen, suiting up for all nine games Colors...... Blue and Red between the two clubs. The Rays have trotted out six different Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum netminders against the Icemen this season. Alex Dubeau leads the Capacity...... 7,250 way with a 1.58 goals-against, while Hunter Shepard has a 0.951 League...... ECHL save percentage after three outings. President...... Rob Concannon Dubeau Says No HOCKEY STAFF Goaltender Alex Dubeau had a big night on Wednesday, turning out Head Coach...... Ryan Blair 32 shots en route to a shootout win over Jacksonville. The netminder Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk was perfect in the skill session for the second straight game, keeping Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley all three of Jacksonville’s chances away from the net just as he did to Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Florida on Saturday. In nine ECHL appearances this season, Dubeau is unbeaten in regulation with a 6-0-3 record and has a goals-against average of 2.78 along with a 0.901 save percentage. The second-year FRANCHISE HISTORY pro also leads the league with three shootout wins this season. First Season...... 1993 Total Seasons...... 28 Stingrays Sign Defenseman Chase Stewart Overall Record...... 1,098-631-79-135 SC announced Tuesday that defender Chase Stewart has agreed Winning Seasons...... 27 to terms for the 2020-21 season. Stewart, 23, will begin his third Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 professional season with the Rays after totaling 55 games for the Division Championships...... 6 Fort Wayne Komets during the past two campaigns. The Marathon, Conference Championships...... 5 Ontario native has previously posted 19 points on seven goals Kelly Cups...... 3 and 12 assists. Before turning pro, the defender spent two QMJHL seasons with the Saint John Sea Dogs and Rimouski Océanic. In 101 HOCKEY INFORMATION total games, Stewart tallied 40 points on eight goals and 32 assists 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 while helping Saint John capture the 2017 QMJHL championshp. 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Returning Players...... 11 Dubeau Leads Rays Past Jacksonville In Shootout With some highlight-reel saves in the third period and a perfect Newcomers...... 16 record in extra time, goaltender Alex Dubeau led the South Carolina Stingrays past the Jacksonville Icemen 2-1 in a shootout COMMUNICATIONS Wednesday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Rays Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. played into overtime for the sixth straight game and had it decided Contact...... Jared Shafran in a shootout for the fourth consecutive contest. Dubeau turned Email...... [email protected] aside 32 shots in regulation and overtime, before stopping all Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 three Jacksonville attempts in the shootout. Forward Brett Supinski Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey scored the lone goal of regulation for SC, his seventh tally of the Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays season. Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Novak’s Shootout Heroics Propel Rays To Win In Florida The third time was the charm for the South Carolina Stingrays Saturday night. After losing back-to-back shootouts earlier in the week, Max Novak scored in the third round of the skill session MEDIA INFORMATION to secure a victory over the Florida Everblades by a 4-3 score at . Forward Cole Ully found the back of the net twice Watch:...... MyTV Charleston | FloHockey for the second straight night in the SC win and both tallies came Listen:...... Mixlr with primary assists by Novak, who was named the game’s first Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey star. Goaltender Alex Dubeau claimed the win with 27 saves and Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive stopped all three chances he saw in the shootout. In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays

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