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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) Jacksonville Icemen vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 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. Wheeling Nailers 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 @ Florida Everblades 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 overtime. Then on Friday, SC got 40 saves from goaltender 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. Fort Wayne Komets 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 @ Indy Fuel 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 Cole Ully 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. @ 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. 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 Scouting The Icemen 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 Wacey Rabbit 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 save 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 point streak to four Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 6-0-0-0 games.