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) South Carolina Stingrays vs. Wheeling Nailers Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Friday, April 9 • Wheeling, WV 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 Wheeling January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.88 (11th) 3.00 (5th) 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 3.17 (11th) 3.50 (14th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 15.5% (9th) 13.9% (11th) Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 84.2% (6th) 79.6% (13th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 18-14-7-3 14-23-5-0 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT SC Opens 3-In-3 Series With Nailers Friday Night In Wheeling Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays continue a stretch of four road games in five Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 days Friday night when they begin a 3-game series with the Wheeling Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 Nailers at WesBanco Arena. The contest represents the first time the Rays Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT have traveled to Wheeling since the 2016 postseason when the two clubs Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT met in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Nailers visited North Charleston Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO earlier in the 2020-21 season for two games on January 8 and 9, which Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO were both won by SC via 4-2 and 6-3 scores. Prior to a 2-1 overtime loss in March (7-6-0) Indy to begin their trip on Wednesday, the Rays finished a 3-game series Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO with Greenville last week which saw them go 1-1-1. The Nailers are riding Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 a four-game winning streak, most recently defeating Fort Wayne 4-3 in Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 overtime on Wednesday night. South Carolina is currently in fifth place in Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 the Eastern Conference standings with a points percentage of .548, while Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 2-1 Wheeling is at the bottom of the table in seventh at .393. The Nailers rank Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 fifth in the league offensively, scoring 3.0 goals per game. SC has earned Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-2 points in 13 of their 19 road games this year and have the sixth-best Fri • 26th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-6 Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-3 penalty kill in the ECHL at 84.2%. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-3 Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-5 Stingrays Come Up Short To Indy In OT April (1-0-1-1) Despite carrying a lead into the third period, the South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 SO Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 were unable to hold their advantage and fell in overtime by a 2-1 score Wed • 7th @ Indy Fuel L, 1-2 OT to the Indy Fuel on Wednesday night at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum. Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Forward Mark Cooper had the only tally of the night for South Carolina, Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. scoring off the rush at 16:08 of the second period off assists by linemate Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Max Novak and defender Blake Hillman. Goaltender Alex Dubeau kept Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. his team in the game the entire way, turning aside 27 shots before Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 p.m. surrendering the winner in overtime. Wed • 21st vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 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. Fri • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings May Sat • 1st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Sun • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. Wed • 5th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Florida Everblades 45 32 11 0 2 66 0.733 166 115 Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Indy Fuel 43 26 14 3 0 55 0.640 130 120 Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 45 20 13 9 3 52 0.578 133 142 Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Wed • 19th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 44 23 17 3 1 50 0.568 130 133 Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 42 18 14 7 3 46 0.548 121 133 Wed • 26th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 40 16 18 3 3 38 0.475 104 122 Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E June Wheeling Nailers 42 14 23 5 0 33 0.393 126 147 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 Nailers Wheeling has a record of 14-23-5-0 in 42 games this season with INSIDE THE SERIES 25 of their contests coming against the other two teams playing Record vs. WHL ......... 14-11-1-0 First meeting from the Central Division, the Fort Wayne Komets and Indy Last 10 vs. WHL .............. 6-4-0-0 ................ Feb. 4, 1994 (L, 6-10) Fuel. A heavy offensive attack has been led by former Stingray Streak vs. WHL ........... Won Two forwards Cody Sylvester (18g, 16a) and Austin Fyten (16g, 3a), Blair vs. WHL ................... 2-0-0-0 Last meeting as well as Michael Joly who has 16 points (6g, 10a) in 17 ECHL ................. Jan. 9, 2019 (W, 6-3) contests. Rookie attacker Matt Alfaro has also made a big impact, ranking second on the club with 30 points (11g, 19a). On the blue line, Patrick McNally has posted 24 points (5g, 19a), while SITUATIONAL RECORDS Aaron Thow has earned 18 points (4g, 14a) and rookie Matt 2019-20 2020-21 Miller has 13 points (5g, 8a). In net, goaltender Shane Starrett has Overall Record 44-14-3-1 18-14-7-3 earned a 0.888 save percentage in 14 games and rookie Taran vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 13-14-6-3 Kozun has played well recently in his first three contests with the vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 Nailers, going 2-1-0 with a 2.68 goals-against average. vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 5-0-1-0 vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Wheeling Home record 19-9-0-0 12-8-3-0 South Carolina and Wheeling are two of the longest tenured teams Road record 25-5-3-1 6-6-4-3 in the ECHL but have played each other just 26 times in the last 28 Overtime 4-3 0-7 seasons. The Rays have an all-time record of 14-11-1 in those Shootout 2-1 4-3 meetings. Their two-game series in January represented their first regular season meetings since November of 2018. South Carolina Scoring First 30-4-2-0 13-3-4-0 has faced Wheeling in three different postseason series’, but Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 5-11-3-3 have been unable to get by the Nailers in the playoffs, falling in Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 9-2-0-0 2011, 2014 and most recently in seven games in the 2016 Eastern Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 3-9-2-3 Conference Finals.