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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 2019-20 SCHEDULE October (5-1) Sat • 12th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 Norfolk Admirals vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 18th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 5-3 Sat • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 Sunday, November 17 • North Charleston, SC Wed • 23rd @ Norfolk Admirals L, 2-5 Fri • 25th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 4-3 OT 2019-20 Team Comparison (ECHL Rank) Sat • 26th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 3-0 Norfolk South Carolina November Sun • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 8-2 GF/G 2.07 (26th) 4.27 (3rd) Fri • 8th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-0 Sat • 9th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 SO Fri • 15th vs. Indy Fuel W, 4-3 GA/G 4.07 (23rd) 2.18 (1st) Sat • 16th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 6-2 Sun • 17th vs. Norfolk Admirals 3:05 p.m. PP% 23.8% (4th) 16.3% (17th) Tue • 19th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 22th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. PK% 83.3% (9th) 85.4% (6th) Sat • 23rd @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Sat • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. 2-10-3-0 10-1-0-0 December Mon • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Aims For Sweep of Norfolk Sunday Afternoon Wed • 4th @ Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Fri • 6th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. The South Carolina Stingrays will go for their eighth straight win Sunday Sat • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. afternoon when they host the Norfolk Admirals at the North Charleston Tue • 10th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Fri • 13th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. Coliseum. The Stingrays defeated Norfolk on Saturday by a score of 6-2 Sat • 14th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. and are now 3-1-0 against the Admirals after the teams’ first four meetings Sun • 15th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. this season. South Carolina continues to be the hottest team in the Fri • 20th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Sat • 21th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. ECHL with a 10-1-0 record on the season which is tied for the lead in the Thu • 26th @ Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. South Division with the Florida Everblades and gives them the highest Fri • 27th @ Atlanta Gladiators 7:35 p.m. winning percentage in the league at 0.909. Norfolk has a record of 2-10- Sat • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. 3-0 through 15 games and are currently in seventh place in the South January Division. South Carolina is the top defensive team in the league, allowing Fri • 3rd vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. Sat • 4th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. just 2.18 goals per game. The Rays are also third-best offensively, scoring Sun • 5th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 3:05 p.m. 4.27 times per contest. The Admirals have converted 23.8% of the time on Tue • 7th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Fri • 10th vs. Brampton Beast 7:05 p.m. the power play this year, which is 4th in the ECHL. Sat • 11th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. Sun • 12th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:00 p.m. Wed • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Stingrays Stay Hot, Roll Past Admirals 6-2 Fri • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Goals from six different skaters gave the South Carolina Stingrays their Sat • 18th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 6:05 p.m. Sun • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. seventh consecutive win on Hockey Fights Cancer Night Saturday at the Fri • 24th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. North Charleston Coliseum, a 6-2 defeat of the Norfolk Admirals. The Sat • 25th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. Stingrays also had six skaters with multi-point efforts, including four who Wed • 29th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 31st vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. had a and an assist in Max Novak, Mark Cooper, Mitch Vanderlaan February and Captain Andrew Cherniwchan. Forwards Jonathan Charbonneau and Sat •1st vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. Dan DeSalvo each had a pair of assists in the victory. Goaltender Logan Thu • 6th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Thompson got the start in net for the second consecutive night for the Fri • 7th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Rays and picked up his fifth win of the season with 29 saves. SC had the Sun • 9th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Wed • 12th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. lone power play goal of the game, going 1-for-3 on the man-advantage Fri • 14th vs. Adirondack Thunder 7:05 p.m. while holding the Admirals scoreless on the power play at 0-for-3. Sat • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. Sun • 16th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 p.m. Tue • 18th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. 2019-20 ECHL South Division Standings Sat • 22nd vs. Atlanta Gladiators 6:05 p.m. Sun • 23rd vs. Worcester Railers 3:05 p.m. Wed • 26th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 10:30 a.m. GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Sat • 29th @ Worcester Railers 7:05 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 11 10 1 0 0 20 0.909 47 24 March Sun • 1st @ Maine Mariners 3:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 14 10 4 0 0 20 0.714 47 34 Wed • 4th @ 9:10 p.m. Fri • 6th @ Idaho Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Sat • 7th @ Idaho Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 15 8 6 0 1 17 0.567 60 55 Wed • 11th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Atlanta Gladiators 12 5 7 0 0 10 0.417 46 56 Sun • 15th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Tue • 17th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 13 4 7 1 1 10 0.385 29 40 Sat • 21st vs. Cincinnati Cyclones 6:05 p.m. Sun • 22nd vs. Norfolk Admirals 3:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 12 3 7 2 0 8 0.333 35 50 Tue • 24th vs. Cincinnati Cyclones 7:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E Fri • 27th vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. Sat • 28th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. Norfolk Admirals 15 2 10 3 0 7 0.233 31 61 Sun • 29th vs. Florida Everblades 3:05 p.m. April Wed • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Admirals Norfolk is looking to rebound in 2019-20 after a sixth place finish INSIDE THE SERIES in the ECHL’s South Division in 2018-19 with a record of 27-36-6-3 Record vs. NOR...... 28-22-1-3 First meeting and 63 points. Forward Philippe Hudon, who had five points in the Last 10 vs. NOR...... 4-6-0-0 ...... Nov. 8, 2015 (W, 3-1) three previous games against SC in October, is leading the club Streak vs. NOR...... Won Three with 10 points (5g, 5a) in 10 games. Roman Ammirato, acquired Bergin vs. NOR...... 3-1-0-0 Last meeting in a trade with Greenville, has five assists in his first seven games ...... Nov. 16, 2019 (W, 6-2) with the Ads and 10 points total on the year. Returning forward Alex Rodriguez has seven points on four goals and three assists. Defender Johnny Coughlin leads the team’s blueliners with seven SITUATIONAL RECORDS points (3g, 4a). In net, Brandon Halverson has started 10 games, 2018-19 2019-20 posting an 0.898 save percentage, while second-year backstop Overall Record 35-31-5-1 10-1-0-0 Alex Sakellaropoulos has played in four contests. vs. South Division 27-28-4-1 9-1-0-0 vs. North Division 3-1-1-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Norfolk vs. Central Division 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 South Carolina has an all-time record of 28-22-1-3 against the vs. Mountain Division 5-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 Admirals dating back to the beginning of the 2015-16 season. The Home record 17-17-2-0 3-0-0-0 Rays went 6-1-1 against Norfolk in eight meetings during 2017-18, Road record 18-14-3-1 7-1-0-0 but were just 2-6-0 against the Ads last year in 2018-19. This season Overtime 4-5 1-0 the two teams will see each other for 12 games, which is tied with Shootout 1-1 1-0 Orlando for the Stingrays’ most common opponent on their 2019- 20 slate. The Rays have now won three of the first four meetings Scoring First 22-10-2-1 8-1-0-0 between the two clubs this season. Opponent scores first 13-21-3-0 2-0-0-0 Leading after one period 19-5-0-1 6-0-0-0 Cooper Coming Up Big Behind after one period 6-18-2-0 0-0-0-0 Forward Mark Cooper scored a goal and added an assist in Saturday Tied after one period 10-8-3-0 4-1-0-0 night’s 6-2 win over Norfolk. The Toronto, Ontario native has now Leading after two periods 25-2-0-1 7-0-0-0 scored goals in all three Stingrays home games this season, and Behind after two periods 2-19-3-0 0-1-0-0 has a total of 12 points in 11 games on the year with five goals and Tied after two periods 8-10-2-0 3-0-0-0 seven assists to go along with a +8 rating. Scoring on the PP 20-11-2-0 5-0-0-0 Scoreless on the PP 15-20-3-1 5-1-0-0 Thompson Earns Back-To-Back Wins Allowing a PPG 14-17-2-0 2-1-0-0 Rookie goaltender Logan Thompson picked up back-to-back Opponent Scoreless on the PP 21-14-3-1 8-0-0-0 victories to begin the weekend with 27 saves on Friday night to defeat the Indy Fuel and 29 more stops Saturday in a 6-2 victory One-Goal Games 16-10-5-1 3-0-0-0 over Norfolk. The native of Calgary, Alberta is 5-1-0 on the season Two-Goal Games 10-12-0-0 3-0-0-0 in 367 minutes of action. Thompson has a goals-against average of OT/Shootout Games 5-0-5-1 2-0-0-0 2.62 through his first six outings of the year. More Penalties than Opponent 11-9-2-1 3-1-0-0 Klimek Makes It Count Less Penalties than Opponent 19-17-2-0 4-0-0-0 Defenseman Jordan Klimek scored his first goal in an SC sweater on Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 5-5-1-0 3-0-0-0 Friday night, knocking in a rebound with just 1:17 remaining in the game to propel the Rays to a 4-3 victory over the Indy Fuel. Klimek Scored three goals 6-8-1-1 2-0-0-0 had his biggest night of the season thus far, assisting on a goal by Scored four goals 10-3-0-0 5-0-0-0 Kristofers Bindulis in the second period and finishing the game Scored five or more goals 13-0-1-0 3-0-0-0 with a +3 rating. He followed up the performance with an assist in Held to two goals or fewer 6-20-3-0 0-1-0-0 Saturday’s win over Norfolk. The Northern Michigan University alum has totaled four points in four games this year with a +4 rating. Outshooting Opponent 16-17-0-0 9-1-0-0 Outshot by Opponent 19-14-5-1 0-0-0-0 Cherniwchan Celebrates 400th Pro Game With 2 Points Shots are Even 0-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 Team captain Andrew Cherniwchan played in his 400th professional game Saturday night and helped the Stingrays defeat Norfolk with Following a win 19-12-2-1 8-1-0-0 two points in the game. First, the Hinton, Alberta native assisted Following a loss 16-18-3-0 1-0-0-0 on Mark Cooper’s tally late in the first period before scoring on a breakaway off a feed by Cole Ully for his fourth goal of the year. Cherniwchan now has 11 points this season (4g, 7a).

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Leaders Against Norfolk SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF SC forwards Mark Cooper and Dan DeSalvo are leading the way against Norfolk this season, each posting five points in the first four TEAM INFORMATION games against the Admirals. Cooper has a goal and four assists, Location...... North Charleston, S.C. while DeSalvo has earned five helpers. Goaltender Logan Thompson Nickname...... Stingrays has played in two of the games against Norfolk, posting a 1-1-0 Colors...... Blue and Red record with a goals-against of 3.00. Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum Capacity...... 7,250 Bindulis’ Big Night League...... ECHL Defenseman Kristofers Bindulis scored his second goal of the President...... Rob Concannon season during the second period of Friday’s 4-3 win over Indy, which was part of a multi-point outing that included an assist on HOCKEY STAFF Mitch Vanderlaan’s strike. Bindulis also finished with a +3 rating Head Coach...... Steve Bergin in the game. The blueliner’s tally was his second in the team’s Assistant Coach...... Ryan Blair last three games after also scoring last Friday night in a win at Athletic Trainer...... Rick Covard Greenville. The native of Riga, Latvia is in his third professional Equipment Manager...... Cameron Parker season out of Lake Superior State University, playing on an NHL contract with the Washington Capitals. Bindulis has played in all 11 FRANCHISE HISTORY games for SC this season and has a +8 rating and 16 shots on goal. First Season...... 1993 Total Seasons...... 27 Milner Recalled To Hershey Overall Record...... 1,052-609-71-132 The announced the recall of goaltender Parker Milner Winning Seasons...... 26 Friday. The 29-year-old netminder joins Hershey after a stellar start Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 to the season with a league-leading goals-against average of 1.38. Division Championships...... 6 Milner has a record of 5-0-0 this season with the Stingrays and was recently named the ECHL’s Goaltender of the Week on Oct. 29 after Conference Championships...... 5 a stretch of back-to-back games with a shutout, a 1.44 goals-against Kelly Cups...... 3 and a save percentage of 0.930. He re-signed with Hershey for the fourth consecutive season for 2019-20. The former ECHL Goaltender HOCKEY INFORMATION of the Year has played in 14 games with the Bears over the past two 2018-19 Overall Record...... 35-31-5-1 seasons, posting a 6-7-1 record. 2018-19 vs. South...... 27-28-4-1 Returning Players...... 7 Klimek Strikes Late To Give Rays 4-3 Win Over Indy Newcomers...... 18 Jordan Klimek scored his first goal of the season with just 1:17 left to push the South Carolina Stingrays past the Indy Fuel by a final COMMUNICATIONS score of 4-3 on Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Klimek finished with a goal and an assist in the game, while his Contact...... Jared Shafran defensive partner Kristofers Bindulis also tallied a goal and an assist Email...... [email protected] and captain Andrew Cherniwchan added two helpers. Goaltender Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Logan Thompson earned the win for South Carolina with 27 saves Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey in the contest. Both teams were unsuccessful on the power play, Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays each coming up empty on three chances. South Carolina outshot Indy 42-30 in the game, including an 18-9 edge in the third period. Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Rays Cap Perfect Weekend With Thrilling Shootout Win Andrew Cherniwchan scored the only goal in a 5-round shootout to give the South Carolina Stingrays a 3-2 defeat of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits and their fifth straight win overall on Saturday MEDIA INFORMATION night at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Logan Thompson got the start and made a season-high 31 saves before stopping all five of Watch:...... ECHL.TV Greenville’s shootout attempts to earn the victory for the Stingrays. Listen:...... Mixlr Play-by-Play: Jared Shafran Defender Tom Parisi led the way with a goal and an assist for South Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive Carolina, while Casey Bailey scored his team-leading eighth goal of the season. After the first nine skaters came up empty to begin In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays the shootout, Cherniwchan beat Bednard with a wrist shot over the glove in the bottom of the fifth round to secure the victory.

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