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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 Friday, March 5 • 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 2.29 (13th) 2.81 (8th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 2.83 (7th) 3.15 (9th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 16.5% (7th) 14.7% (9th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 JA CKSONVILLE Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 86.5% (5th) 84.0% (7th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 10-11-1-2 11-8-6-2 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays, Icemen Continue 3-Game Series Friday Night Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays and Jacksonville Icemen continue their Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 3-game series Friday at the North Charleston Coliseum with their ninth Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 meeting of the 2020-21 year. In game one on Wednesday, the Rays Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT opened the month of March with a 2-1 shootout win over Jacksonville, Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT their sixth straight contest that was decided in overtime. Those OT games Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO have SC on a six-game point streak which has vaulted them back into Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO fourth place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference with a points percentage of March (1-0-0) 0.556. The Icemen sit two spots behind them in sixth (0.479). In the two Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO teams’ previous eight contests this season, each club has come away with Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. four victories. Jacksonville ranks fifth in the league on the penalty kill, Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. discarding 86.5% of opponents’ man-advantages. The Stingrays are just Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. behind them in seventh on the PK, successfully stopping 84% of situations Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 19th vs. 7:05 p.m. in which they’ve been shorthanded. South Carolina averages the second- Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. most shots on goal per game in the ECHL, putting 33.07 chances to the Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. net per outing. 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. Dubeau Leads Rays Past Jacksonville In Shootout Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. With some highlight-reel saves in the third period and a perfect record in April extra time, Alex Dubeau led the South Carolina Stingrays past Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. the Jacksonville Icemen 2-1 in a shootout Wednesday night at the North Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Charleston Coliseum. The Rays played into overtime for the sixth straight Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. game and had it decided in a shootout for the fourth consecutive contest. Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Dubeau turned aside 32 shots in regulation and overtime, before stopping Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. all three Jacksonville attempts in the shootout. Forward Brett Supinski Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. scored the lone goal of regulation for SC, his seventh tally of the season. Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. 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 28 21 5 0 2 44 0.786 111 67 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Indy Fuel 28 21 6 1 0 43 0.768 95 68 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 26 13 10 3 0 29 0.558 72 82 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 27 11 8 6 2 30 0.556 76 85 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 28 12 9 5 2 31 0.554 80 90 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 24 10 11 1 2 23 0.479 55 68 June Wheeling Nailers 26 7 15 4 0 18 0.346 69 97 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 24 games, Jacksonville is in sixth place in the Eastern INSIDE THE SERIES JA CKSONVILLE Conference standings with a record of 10-11-1-2 (.479). Forward Record vs. JAX...... 18-14-2-0 First meeting Nick Saracino leads the club with 21 points in 23 games on eight Last 10 vs. JAX...... 5-3-2-0 ...... Oct. 21, 2017 (W, 3-2) goals and 13 assists. His goal total leads the team while forwards Streak vs. JAX...... Won One Ara Nazarian and Pascal Aquin have seven tallies and Craig Blair vs. JAX...... 4-2-2-0 Last meeting Martin has posted six. Team captain has registered ...... Mar. 3, 2021 (W, 2-1 SO) 10 points in 18 games on two goals and eight helpers. Defenseman Kevin McKernan leads the teams’ blueliners in scoring with seven assists in 22 games. In net, Kyle Keyser has SITUATIONAL RECORDS played 15 games and has a goals-against average of 2.45 along 2019-20 2020-21 with a save percentage at 0.918. Overall Record 44-14-3-1 11-8-6-2 vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 9-8-6-2 All-Time History vs. Jacksonville vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 Friday’s contest is the ninth matchup of the 2020-21 season vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 between South Carolina and Jacksonville and the 35th 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 6-5-3-0 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 18-14-2. Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 2-7-3-2 Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 6-1-0-0 Can’t Stop Cole Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 1-7-2-2 Forward Cole Ully led the way offensively for South Carolina last Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 4-0-4-0 weekend, totaling a combined six points from Friday and Saturday’s Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 6-0-0-0 games. The sixth-year pro registered back-to-back two-goal games, Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-8-2-2 beginning Friday when he totaled four points (2g, 2a) including Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 4-0-4-0 a buzzer-beater that tied the game up with less than a second remaining. He followed that up with two more goals Saturday in the Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 5-4-4-1 team’s first win since Feb. 2. Ully, a native of Calgary, Alberta, leads Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 6-4-2-1 Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 3-5-5-1 the team with 21 points on 11 goals and 10 assists in 17 games. Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 8-3-1-1

Dubeau Says No One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 6-0-6-2 Goaltender Alex Dubeau had a big night on Wednesday, turning Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 2-3-0-0 out 32 shots en route to a shootout win over Jacksonville. The OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 4-0-6-2 netminder was perfect in the skill session for the second straight game, keeping all three of Jacksonville’s chances away from the More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 4-2-2-0 net just as he did to Florida on Saturday. In nine ECHL appearances Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-5-3-2 this season, Dubeau is unbeaten in regulation with a 6-0-3 record Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 3-1-1-0 and has a goals-against average of 2.78 along with a 0.901 save percentage. The second-year pro also leads the league with three Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-1-2-1 shootout wins this season. Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 3-0-1-0 Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 3-0-0-1 Early Success Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 3-7-3-0 The Stingrays have been a tough team to beat this season when they’ve secured an early lead for themselves, posting a 6-1-0 Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 9-3-3-1 record when leading after the first period. In games where they’ve Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 2-4-3-0 been tied after the first 20 minutes, South Carolina is unbeaten in Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-1-0-1 regulation with a record of 4-0-4. Following a win 30-10-3-1 6-1-3-0 Following a loss 13-4-0-0 5-7-2-2 Rays Securing Points in Tight Games South Carolina has earned points in all 14 of their one-goal games this season, holding a record of 6-0-6-2. More than half of the team’s 11 wins have been one-goal games, while four of their six overtime losses have come at the hands of Greenville. South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information /SCStingraysHockey @SCStingrays scstingrayshockey SCStingraysHockey SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Leaders Against Jacksonville SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forward Cole Ully leads the Rays against the Icemen this season with eight points on four goals and four assists along with a +6 TEAM INFORMATION rating. Max Novak and Dan DeSalvo are just behind the streaking Location...... North Charleston, S.C. forward, each posting six points in the Stingrays eight games Nickname...... Stingrays against the Icemen this season. Novak has a goal, five assists and a Colors...... Blue and Red +5 rating, while DeSalvo has totaled six assists against his former Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum team. Brett Supinski has four tallies against Jacksonville, suiting up Capacity...... 7,250 in all eight games between the two clubs. The Rays have trotted League...... ECHL out six different netminders against the Icemen this season. Hunter President...... Rob Concannon Shepard leads the active goalies with a 0.83 goals against average and a 0.974 save percentage in two games played. HOCKEY STAFF Head Coach...... Ryan Blair Stingrays Sign Defenseman Chase Stewart Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk SC announced Tuesday that defender Chase Stewart has agreed Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley to terms for the 2020-21 season. Stewart, 23, will begin his third Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor professional season with the Rays after totaling 55 games for the Fort Wayne Komets during the past two campaigns. The Marathon, Ontario native has previously posted 19 points on seven goals FRANCHISE HISTORY and 12 assists. Before turning pro, the defender spent two QMJHL First Season...... 1993 seasons with the Saint John Sea Dogs and Rimouski Océanic. In 101 Total Seasons...... 28 total games, Stewart tallied 40 points on eight goals and 32 assists Overall Record...... 1,097-631-79-135 while helping Saint John capture the 2017 QMJHL championshp. Winning Seasons...... 27 Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Novak Lends A Helping Hand Division Championships...... 6 Forward Max Novak has continued to pile up assists this season, Conference Championships...... 5 posting a total of four helpers last week with two on Friday and Kelly Cups...... 3 another two on Saturday. The Oak Ridge, N.J. native currently ranks fourth in the ECHL with 17 assists in 25 games this season. In HOCKEY INFORMATION addition, two of his helpers have come shorthanded, which is tied 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 for the league lead. 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Returning Players...... 11 Novak’s Shootout Heroics Propel Rays To Win In Florida Newcomers...... 16 The third time was the charm for the South Carolina Stingrays Saturday night. After losing back-to-back shootouts earlier in the COMMUNICATIONS week, Max Novak scored in the third round of the skill session Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. to secure a victory over the Florida Everblades by a 4-3 score at . Forward Cole Ully found the back of the net twice Contact...... Jared Shafran for the second straight night in the SC win and both tallies came Email...... [email protected] with primary assists by Novak, who was named the game’s first Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 star. Goaltender Alex Dubeau claimed the win with 27 saves and Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey stopped all three chances he saw in the shootout. The Rays have Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays now secured points in five straight games and claimed a total of Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey four points in the three contests in Estero last week. Blades Stop Rays’ Miracle Comeback In Shootout A miracle ending to regulation forced overtime, but the South Carolina Stingrays came up short in a shootout for the second MEDIA INFORMATION straight game as the Florida Everblades secured a 6-5 win in extra time at Hertz Arena on Friday night. After surrendering an empty- Watch:...... FloHockey net goal with under a minute to play, the Rays scored twice in the Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey final 10 seconds of regulation to force overtime, capped off by a buzzer-beating deflection from forward Cole Ully to even the game Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive at 5-5. Ully led the way for the Rays with four points in the game on In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays two goals and two assists, while Matthew Weis netted a goal and an assist and Dan DeSalvo picked up two helpers.

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