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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 2018-19 SCHEDULE October (4-4) Sat • 13th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Atlanta Gladiators vs. South Carolina Stingrays Mon • 15th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 4-5 Tue • 16th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-5 Saturday, April 6 • North Charleston, SC Sat • 20th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 7-4 Sun • 21st vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 2-0 2018-19 Team Comparison (ECHL Rank) Wed • 24th @ Norfolk Admirals L, 1-4 Fri • 26th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 5-2 Atlanta South Carolina Sat • 27th @ Norfolk Admirals L, 3-5 November (7-5) GF/G 2.74 (24th) 3.04 (20th) Fri • 2nd @ Allen Americans W, 5-4 Sat • 3rd @ Allen Americans W, 4-1 GA/G 2.90 (6th) 3.11 (12th) Thu • 8th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Sat • 10th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-5 PP% 19.8% (6th) 15.6% (19th) Tue • 13th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 4-2 Fri • 16th vs. Florida Everblades W, 1-0 PK% 83.1% (11th) 86.3% (2nd) Sat • 17th vs. Wheeling Nailers L, 1-4 Tue • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 31-28-8-3 Wed • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 3-2 33-31-5-1 Fri • 23rd @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-2 Wed • 28th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 Rays Aim To Stay Alive In Playoff Race Saturday Night Fri • 30th @ Florida Everblades W, 3-2 The final weekend of the ECHL’s regular season will consist of two games December (7-4-1) between the South Carolina Stingrays and Atlanta Gladiators with each Sat • 1st @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 Tue • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-2 team fighting for the final playoff spot in the South Division. The home- Fri • 7th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 and-home series begins Saturday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Sat • 8th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 4-3 OT Sun • 9th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 6-5 SC still controls its own destiny, but needs to secure points in both games Wed • 12th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-2 SO to overtake the Gladiators, who have a one-point lead coming into the Sat • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 6-2 series. The two clubs recently met up on Sunday at the Coliseum, with Mon • 17th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 5-2 Wed • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 4-6 the Stingrays earning a 4-2 victory in the 12th contest between the two Fri • 21st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 division rivals during 2018-19. On Thursday, Atlanta fell 3-2 in overtime Sat • 22nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT to Orlando, gaining one point from their effort. SC’s penalty kill has Fri • 28th vs. Norfolk Admirals L, 3-4 continued to be one of their best attributes this year, holding a success January (6-4-1) rate of 86.3% which is second-highest in the ECHL. The Glads have been Fri • 4th vs. Worcester Railers W, 4-1 Sat • 5th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-1 top-10 in the league on both of their special teams units for most of the Sun • 6th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 season and currently are 6th on the power play (19.8%) as well as 11th on Fri • 11th vs. Atlanta Gladiators L, 2-3 OT Sun • 13th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 the penalty kill (83.1%). Tue • 15th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-3 Fri • 18th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-1 Sat • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 4-7 Stingrays Defeat Glads To Pull Even In Playoff Race Sun • 20th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 5-3 Cam Askew had a goal and an assist as the South Carolina Stingrays Sun • 27th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-1 scored a 4-2 win over the Atlanta Gladiators on Sunday afternoon at the Wed • 30th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 4-3 OT North Charleston Coliseum to even up the race for a playoff spot in the February (1-9-3) South Division. Other Stingrays goals were scored by Patrick Gaul, Grant Fri •1st @ Kansas City Mavericks L, 0-4 Sat • 2nd @ Kansas City Mavericks W, 4-2 Besse and Andrew Cherniwchan, while goaltender Parker Milner picked Thu • 7th @ Atlanta Gladiators L, 5-6 OT up the victory in between the pipes with 32 saves. Askew’s power play Fri • 8th @ Atlanta Gladiators L, 1-2 OT Wed • 13th @ Norfolk Admirals L, 1-3 strike was the lone man-advantage tally of the contest as SC finished Fri • 15th vs. Newfoundland Growlers L, 2-3 OT 1-for-4 while Atlanta was held to an 0-for-3 mark. The Rays outshot the Sat • 16th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 Glads 40-34 and Sean Bonar stopped 36 shots in a losing effort for Atlanta. Sun • 17th vs. Atlanta Gladiators L, 2-4 Tue • 19th vs. Norfolk Admirals L, 3-5 Fri • 22nd vs. Florida Everblades L, 3-5 Sat • 23rd vs. Florida Everblades L, 3-5 2018-19 ECHL South Division Standings Tue • 26th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 Thu • 28th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-2 GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA March (8-5-1) Fri • 1st @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-2 xy-Florida Everblades 71 49 16 5 1 104 0.732 273 180 Sat • 2nd vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-3 Fri • 8th @ Maine Mariners L, 1-4 xOrlando Solar Bears 71 40 25 5 1 86 0.606 246 236 Sat • 9th @ Maine Mariners W, 2-1 OT Sun • 10th @ Worcester Railers W, 2-0 xJacksonville Icemen 70 36 30 2 2 76 0.543 195 209 Wed • 13th @ Atlanta Gladiators L, 3-4 SO J A C K S O N V I L L E Fri • 15th vs. Norfolk Admirals L, 3-6 Atlanta Gladiators 70 31 28 8 3 73 0.521 192 203 Sat • 16th vs. Florida Everblades L, 3-4 Sun • 17th vs. Florida Everblades W, 6-4 Tue • 19th vs. Kansas City Mavericks W, 4-2 South Carolina Stingrays 70 33 31 5 1 72 0.514 213 218 Fri • 22nd vs. Kansas City Mavericks W, 5-3 Sat • 23rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 7-2 Norfolk Admirals 71 26 36 6 3 61 0.430 214 275 Sat • 30th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 2-3 Sun • 31st vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 4-2 Greenville Swamp Rabbits 71 25 40 3 3 56 0.394 189 250 April x = Clinched Playoff Position, y = Clinched Division Tue • 6th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Thu • 7th @ Atlanta Gladiators 3:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Gladiators Atlanta has played extremely well during the second half of the INSIDE THE SERIES ECHL season to pull themselves out of seventh place in the South Record vs. ATL.... 112-61-11-6 First meeting Division and into playoff contention. As of late, the Glads are 5-3- ...... (3 ties) ...... Mar. 5, 2004 (W, 3-1) 1-1 in their last 10 outings and sit just one point ahead of SC for Last 10 vs. ATL...... 5-1-3-1 the fourth and final playoff spot in the division. Forward Nick Bligh Streak vs. ATL...... Won One Last meeting is now the team’s leading scorer this season, posting 51 total points Anastas vs. ATL...... 7-1-3-1 ...... Mar. 31, 2019 (W, 4-2) on 26 goals and 25 assists. 42 of his points have come in an ATL sweater after joining the team in a trade with Worcester. Veteran SITUATIONAL RECORDS forward Derek Nesbitt is second on the team with 49 points this season on 17 goals and 32 assists. Justin MacDonald has also had a 2017-18 2018-19 big year, posting 48 points on 21 goals and 27 assists in 57 games. Overall Record 48-16-7-1 33-31-5-1 Rookie attacker Brett McKenzie is fourth on the club with 42 points vs. South Division 40-13-5-1 25-28-4-1 (15 goals, 27 assists). Olivier Galipeau leads the team’s blueliners vs. North Division 6-0-1-0 3-1-1-0 with 23 points in 54 games on six goals and 17 assists. In goal, Sean vs. Central Division 2-1-1-0 0-1-0-0 Bonar has played 46 games this season and leads the team with a vs. Mountain Division 0-2-0-0 5-1-0-0 goals-against average of 2.36 and a save percentage at 0.920. Home record 24-8-4-0 16-17-2-0 Road record 24-8-3-1 17-14-3-1 Overtime 7-7 4-5 All-Time History vs. Atlanta Shootout 5-1 1-1 Since the Gladiators joined the ECHL for the 2003-04 season, SC and Atlanta have met a total of 193 times. The Rays have put Scoring First 30-6-3-1 20-10-2-1 together an overall record of 112-61-11-6 (with three ties) against Opponent scores first 18-10-4-0 13-21-3-0 the Glads all-time. Since the start of 2016-17, the Stingrays are 24- Leading after one period 23-3-1-0 17-5-0-1 5-6 in their last 35 meetings against their most common divisional Behind after one period 8-7-1-0 6-18-2-0 opponent. Last year during 2017-18, South Carolina went 8-2-2 in Tied after one period 17-6-5-1 10-8-3-0 12 contests. This season the two clubs see each other 14 times, Leading after two periods 30-0-4-1 24-2-0-1 making the Gladiators SC’s most common opponent. Behind after two periods 7-13-0-0 2-19-3-0 Tied after two periods 11-3-3-0 7-10-2-0 Askew Keeps It Going Rookie forward Cam Askew had another big performance on Scoring on the PP 25-9-4-0 19-11-2-0 Sunday afternoon, scoring the game-winning goal to defeat Atlanta Scoreless on the PP 23-7-3-1 14-20-3-1 while on the power play in the third period. The Boston native also Allowing a PPG 12-7-4-0 13-17-2-0 picked up an assist, which gives him a total of 24 points this season Opponent Scoreless on the PP 36-9-3-1 20-14-3-1 in 45 games. Askew, who finished the month of March with a team- high +10 rating, has 15 goals on the year which is tied for fourth- One-Goal Games 23-8-7-1 15-10-5-1 most on the team. Two-Goal Games 11-5-0-0 9-12-0-0 OT/Shootout Games 12-0-6-1 5-0-5-1

Gaul Returns With Big Weekend More Penalties than Opponent 17-5-2-1 11-9-2-1 Playing in his first games since Mar. 10, forward Patrick Gaul scored Less Penalties than Opponent 22-7-3-0 18-17-2-0 in both of SC’s contests over the weekend. Both of his tallies came Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 9-4-2-0 4-5-1-0 in the first period and opened the scoring each night. The veteran attacker who is affectionately known as the ‘Double Deuce’ in the Scored three goals 16-4-1-0 5-8-1-1 Lowcountry is looking to help the Stingrays to the postseason Scored four goals 10-0-1-0 10-3-0-0 during his seventh consecutive campaign with South Carolina. In 58 Scored five or more goals 12-0-0-0 12-0-1-0 contests this year, Gaul has totaled 23 points. Held to two goals or fewer 10-12-5-1 6-20-3-0

Killin It Outshooting Opponent 30-8-3-0 16-17-0-0 Defenseman Ryker Killins has posted a +7 rating in his first 12 pro Outshot by Opponent 18-7-4-0 17-14-5-1 contests with South Carolina, the second-best mark on the club this Shots are Even 0-1-0-1 0-0-0-0 season. The blueliner had two multi-point games last month and has earned a total of eight points on three goals and five assists since Following a win 32-11-4-0 17-12-2-1 joining the Stingrays after finishing his senior season at Ferris State Following a loss 15-5-3-1 16-18-3-0 University.

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Leaders Against Atlanta SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forward Grant Besse leads the Stingrays with 11 points against Atlanta this season on six goals and five assists in nine games. TEAM INFORMATION Tad Kozun has recorded eight points in nine games on four goals Location...... North Charleston, S.C. and four assists, while Joey Leach has picked up eight assists. Nickname...... Stingrays Jonathan Charbonneau and Patrick Gaul have scored seven points Colors...... Blue and Red apiece against the Glads. Adam Morrison defeated the Gladiators Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum twice early in the year with a GAA of 1.00 and a save percentage at Capacity...... 7,250 0.957. Parker Milner has seen time in six contests against Atlanta and League...... ECHL has a record of 3-0-1-1 with a goals-against average of 2.71 and a President...... Rob Concannon save percentage at 0.920. HOCKEY STAFF Stingrays Sign Cornell Defenseman Matt Nuttle Head Coach...... Spiros Anastas The Stingrays signed defenseman Matt Nuttle to an amateur tryout Assistant Coach...... Steve Bergin (ATO) contract Thursday. Nuttle recently finished his collegiate Athletic Trainer...... Rick Covard career at Cornell University and helped lead the Big Red to the Equipment Manager...... Cameron Parker NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season where they earned a first round victory before losing in the second round. The 23-year-old served as an alternate captain during 2018-19 and FRANCHISE HISTORY finished his collegiatse career after playing a total of 105 games First Season...... 1993 where he accounted for 38 points (eight goals, 30 assists) as well Total Seasons...... 26 as a +18 rating. At the conclusion of the year, he was named the Overall Record...... 1,038-608-71-132 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s (ECAC) Best Defensive Winning Seasons...... 25 Defenseman and was also selected for the ECAC’s All-Tournament Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 team during the postseason. Division Championships...... 6 Conference Championships...... 5 Besse Gets Goal #30 Kelly Cups...... 3 With a tally during the second period of Sunday’s win over Atlanta, forward Grant Besse hit the 30-goal mark for the second HOCKEY INFORMATION consecutive season. Besse, who leads the squad in goal scoring and 2017-18 Overall Record...... 48-16-0-7 is second with 60 total points, is just two points shy of his scoring 2017-18 vs. South...... 40-13-5-1 total from his rookie year with the Norfolk Admirals in four less Returning Players...... 12 games. The University of Wisconsin grad has turned it on late in the year, totaling nine points in his last seven contests. Newcomers...... 12 Captain...... Joey Leach Rays Come Up Short To Solar Bears, 3-2 Alternate Captain...... Patrick Gaul The South Carolina Stingrays were unable to hang on to a 2-goal Alternate Captain...Andrew Cherniwchan lead in the third period and fell to the Orlando Solar Bears by a final score of 3-2 last Saturday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. COMMUNICATIONS Patrick Gaul hit the back of the net in his first game after returning Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. from injury, while Mason Mitchell scored for the second straight Contact...... Jared Shafran contest. Mitchell now has points in five of his six games with SC this Email...... [email protected] season. Stingrays’ goaltender Parker Milner turned aside 30 saves in Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 a losing effort. Connor Ingram earned the win in between the pipes Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey with 34 saves for Orlando. The Stingrays outshot the Solar Bears by Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays a 37-33 margin in the contest. Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Stingrays Blow By Swamp Rabbits, 7-2 MEDIA INFORMATION Highlighted by a natural hat trick from forward Cam Askew, the South Carolina Stingrays broke out for seven goals on Mar. 23, Watch:...... ECHL.TV taking care of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits by a final score of 7-2 Listen:...... Mixlr Play-by-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Andrew Miller on at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. A total of eight Stingrays skaters recorded multiple points in the contest, including Mason Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive Mitchell, Grant Besse, Ryker Killins and Stephane Legault who each In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays scored a goal and an assist. Goaltender Adam Morrison earned the victory with a total of 32 saves in the game. The victory was the fourth straight win for South Carolina. 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