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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) South Carolina Stingrays vs. Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ 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 @ 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 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 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 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. 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 @ L, 1-2 OT to the Indy Fuel on Wednesday night at the Farmers Coliseum. Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. 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. 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. After this weekend’s series, the two will have Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 6-3-5-0 once final 3-game set in North Charleston to complete their 2020- Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 10-0-1-0 21 season series May 28, 29 and June 1. Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 2-13-2-3 Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 6-1-4-0 Ully Continues Offensive Onslaught Forward recorded his 11th multi-point game of the season Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 10-5-4-1 Saturday in Greenville, scoring a and an assist in the Rays’ Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 8-9-3-2 shootout loss. Ully leads the team with 37 points on 14 goals and Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 5-8-5-2 23 assists in just 30 games played. His numbers rank him 8th in the Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 13-6-2-1 ECHL in both overall scoring and in assists. In addition, the Calgary, One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 9-0-7-3 Alberta native is 1st in the league in points per game among skaters Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 3-6-0-0 with at least 10 games played (1.23). OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 4-0-7-3

Cherniwchan’s Latest Milestone More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 5-2-2-1 With the game-winning goal on Saturday night, Stingrays Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 8-10-4-2 Andrew Cherniwchan moved into sole possession of 3rd place on Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 5-2-1-0 the team’s all-time goal scoring list with 112 tallies in 315 games. The veteran has secured 18 points in 40 games this year, his eighth Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-3-2-1 with the team, on eight goals and 10 assists. Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 5-0-1-0 Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 7-0-0-1 Herbert Lends A Helping Hand Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 4-11-4-1 Rays’ forward Caleb Herbert earned assists in each of South Carolina’s three games vs. his former team last week, totaling four Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 9-6-3-1 helpers against Greenville. The Bloomington, Minn. native has Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 9-6-4-1 registered helpers in four of his last five games and has 17 points Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-1 overall in the ECHL this season on five goals and 12 helpers. Following a win 30-10-3-1 10-4-4-0 Strong Outcomes In Tight Games Following a loss 13-4-0-0 8-10-2-3 The Stingrays haven’t come up empty in close games this season, earning points in all 19 of their one-goal games during the 2020-21 year with a record of of 9-0-10.

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Rays Announce Multiple Transactions SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Stingrays announced multiple roster transactions Monday ahead of their 4-game road trip this week. Goaltender Hunter TEAM INFORMATION Shepard was been recalled by the , while SC agreed Location...... North Charleston, S.C. to terms with goaltender Matt Jurusik, who signed a standard ECHL Nickname...... Stingrays player contract. In addition, the Rays traded defenseman Cole Fraser Colors...... Blue and Red to the Grizzlies in exchange for future considerations and Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum released forward Graham Knott from his standard player contract. Capacity...... 7,250 League...... ECHL Florek Stays On Track President...... Rob Concannon With two assists in Saturday’s win over Greenville, forward Justin Florek has reached the 20-point plateau for the season. The native of HOCKEY STAFF Marquette, Mich. ranks fifth on the team in overall scoring and has Head Coach...... Ryan Blair been hot as of late, registering 10 points in his last nine games on six Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk goals and four helpers. Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Erkamps Gets On The Scoresheet After being held without a goal for his first 11 ECHL games this FRANCHISE HISTORY season, defender Macoy Erkamps scored in each of the team’s games last weekend in Greenville, helping the Rays earn points on First Season...... 1993 back-to-back nights. Erkamps also added an assist on Saturday and Total Seasons...... 28 now has four points (2g, 2a) in 14 games this year. Overall Record...... 1,104-637-80-136 Winning Seasons...... 27 Hard Work Pays Off For Steman Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Forward Dylan Steman continued his production last weekend, Division Championships...... 6 posting an assist on Macoy Erkamps’ second period tally in Friday’s Conference Championships...... 5 game before adding two helpers in Saturday night’s 4-3 victory. Kelly Cups...... 3 Steman has totaled 10 goals and 12 assists in 42 games this season for the Stingrays. HOCKEY INFORMATION 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 Fast Starts Leading To Success 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 South Carolina holds a record of 13-3-4 this year when they score Returning Players...... 11 the opening goal as well as a 9-2-0 record when leading after Newcomers...... 16 the first period and a 10-0-1 mark when they are in front after 40 minutes. COMMUNICATIONS Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Rays Score 3 Unanswered To Earn Comeback Win Contact...... Jared Shafran After goaltender Hunter Shepard made 20 saves in the first period to keep his team in the game, the South Carolina Stingrays scored Email...... [email protected] three straight goals, including two on the power play, to pull off a Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 come-from-behind 4-3 win over the Greenville Swamp Rabbits on Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Saturday night at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Captain Andrew Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays Cherniwchan netted the game-winner with 10:35 to go in the Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey third period, while defender Macoy Erkamps scored for the second straight night and forward Justin Florek earned a pair of assists in the victory for the Stingrays.

Ully’s Late Tally Forces Extra Session For SC MEDIA INFORMATION Cole Ully’s 14th goal of the season with just 1:31 left forced overtime, but the Stingrays came up short in a shootout Friday Watch:...... FloHockey night, falling to Greenville 3-2 at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran Friday’s game was the seventh time that overtime has been needed to settle a game between SC and the Swamp Rabbits and the third Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive to be decided in a shootout. Ully led the way offensively for South In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays Carolina, playing a major role in both of the team’s goals (1g, 1a) while defender Macoy Erkamps scored his first tally of the season and goaltender Hunter Shepard stopped 32 shots. South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information /SCStingraysHockey @SCStingrays scstingrayshockey SCStingraysHockey