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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 Norfolk Admirals vs. South Carolina Stingrays Mon • 15th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 4-5 Tue • 16th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-5 Friday, March 15 • North Charleston, SC Sat • 20th vs. 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 Norfolk South Carolina Sat • 27th @ Norfolk Admirals L, 3-5 November (7-5) GF/G 2.98 (20th) 2.89 (21st) Fri • 2nd @ Allen Americans W, 5-4 Sat • 3rd @ Allen Americans W, 4-1 GA/G 3.84 (27th) 3.10 (11th) Thu • 8th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Sat • 10th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-5 PP% 15.4% (21st) 16.5% (16th) Tue • 13th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 4-2 Fri • 16th vs. Florida Everblades W, 1-0 PK% 81.8% (17th) 86.9% (2nd) Sat • 17th vs. Wheeling Nailers L, 1-4 Tue • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 23-30-5-3 Wed • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 3-2 28-28-5-1 Fri • 23rd @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-2 Wed • 28th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 Stingrays Host Norfolk In North Charleston Friday Night Fri • 30th @ Florida Everblades W, 3-2 The South Carolina Stingrays kick off a three-in-three weekend at home December (7-4-1) on Friday night when they host the Norfolk Admiralsin the clubs’ final Sat • 1st @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 Tue • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-2 meeting of the 2018-19 regular season. Friday night’s game at the North Fri • 7th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Charleston Coliseum features the fourth place Stingrays against the sixth Sat • 8th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 4-3 OT Sun • 9th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 6-5 place Admirals. Norfolk is eight points back of South Carolina in the race Wed • 12th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-2 SO for the final spot in the South Division postseason. The two teams are Sat • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 6-2 very familiar with each other this season, having already played a total of Mon • 17th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 5-2 Wed • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 4-6 seven times. The Admirals have prevailed in five of the seven meetings, Fri • 21st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 securing points in six of seven. The Stingrays have been good on the Sat • 22nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT penalty kill this season and are currently second in the ECHL when down a Fri • 28th vs. Norfolk Admirals L, 3-4 man, discarding 86.9% of their opponents’ opportunities. At home, South January (6-4-1) Carolina is first in the ECHL with a penalty kill percentage at 90.5%. Norfolk Fri • 4th vs. Worcester Railers W, 4-1 Sat • 5th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-1 is averaging just under three goals per game on offense, but has struggled Sun • 6th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 on the defensive side of the puck this season. The Admirals have a 15-1-2 Fri • 11th vs. Atlanta Gladiators L, 2-3 OT Sun • 13th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 record when leading after two periods. 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 Gladiators Prevail In 11-Round Shootout Sun • 20th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 5-3 The Atlanta Gladiators came back from down three goals and earned a Sun • 27th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-1 4-3 victory Wednesday night by winning an 11-round shootout over the Wed • 30th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 4-3 OT South Carolina Stingrays at the Infinite Energy Arena. Forward Mason February (1-9-3) Mitchell scored twice in his first game of the season with South Carolina, Fri •1st @ L, 0-4 Sat • 2nd @ Kansas City Mavericks W, 4-2 while forward Tad Kozun added two assists and Parker Milner Thu • 7th @ Atlanta Gladiators L, 5-6 OT stopped 35 shots in 65 minutes before making another nine saves in the Fri • 8th @ Atlanta Gladiators L, 1-2 OT Wed • 13th @ Norfolk Admirals L, 1-3 shootout. Bonar earned the victory for Atlanta, stopping 19 shots in the Fri • 15th vs. Newfoundland Growlers L, 2-3 OT game before turning aside 10-of-11 attempts in the shootout. Sat • 16th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 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 Fri • 1st @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-2 x-Florida Everblades 63 43 15 5 0 91 0.722 241 158 Sat • 2nd vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-3 Fri • 8th @ Maine Mariners L, 1-4 Orlando Solar Bears 59 33 21 4 1 71 0.602 210 201 Sat • 9th @ Maine Mariners W, 2-1 OT Sun • 10th @ Worcester Railers W, 2-0 Jacksonville Icemen 62 32 26 2 2 68 0.548 176 184 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 7:05 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 62 28 28 5 1 62 0.500 179 192 Sat • 16th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. Sun • 17th vs. Florida Everblades 3:05 p.m. Tue • 19th vs. Kansas City Mavericks 7:05 p.m. Atlanta Gladiators 60 26 25 7 2 61 0.508 163 176 Fri • 22nd vs. Kansas City Mavericks 7:05 p.m. Sat • 23rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:00 p.m. Norfolk Admirals 61 23 30 5 3 54 0.443 182 234 Sat • 30th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Sun • 31st vs. Atlanta Gladiators 3:05 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 62 21 35 3 3 48 0.387 161 219 April x = Clinched Playoff Position 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 Admirals Through 61 games in the 2018-19 season, Norfolk is hanging on INSIDE THE SERIES to its playoff hopes in the South Division with a record of 23-30- Record vs. NOR...... 25-20-1-3 First meeting 5-3 and 54 points which has them sitting in 6th place, eight points Last 10 vs. NOR...... 4-6-0-0 ...... Nov. 8, 2015 (W, 3-1) back of the final playoff spot. Forward Ben Duffy is continuing to Streak vs. NOR...... Lost Two lead the club in scoring with 51 points in 59 games on 18 goals Anastas vs. NOR...... 2-5-0-0 Last meeting and 33 assists. Rookie defenseman Jalen Smereck has also been a ...... Feb. 19, 2019 (L, 3-5) bright spot this year, posting 33 points on five goals and 28 assists, but recently received a call-up to the AHL by the team’s affiliate, the SITUATIONAL RECORDS Tucson Roadrunners. Rookie Luke Nogard is second in scoring for the season with 36 points in 54 games, while Domenic Alberga has 2017-18 2018-19 also provided offense with 34 points in 33 games. Ty Reichenbach Overall Record 48-16-7-1 28-28-5-1 has seen the most action in net for the Admirals this season, vs. South Division 40-13-5-1 22-25-4-1 appearing in 42 games with a 18-18-3-1 record. Upstart rookie vs. North Division 6-0-1-0 3-1-1-0 netminder Merrick Madsen has also been good at the ECHL level vs. Central Division 2-1-1-0 0-1-0-0 in 11 appearances. The Acton, CA native has spent time at the AHL vs. Mountain Division 0-2-0-0 3-1-0-0 level with Tucson this season, playing in 11 games and posting a Home record 24-8-4-0 12-14-2-0 2.70 goals-against average. Road record 24-8-3-1 16-14-3-1 Overtime 7-7 4-5 All-Time History vs. Norfolk Shootout 5-1 1-1 South Carolina has an all-time record of 25-20-1-3 against the Scoring First 30-6-3-1 19-8-2-1 Admirals. The Rays went 6-1-1 against Norfolk in eight meetings Opponent scores first 18-10-4-0 9-20-3-0 during 2017-18, but are just 2-5 against the Ads so far in 2018- Leading after one period 23-3-1-0 14-4-0-1 19. SC lost two of three at the Scope Arena in late October before Behind after one period 8-7-1-0 4-16-2-0 falling 4-3 in North Charleston on Dec. 28. After a 4-3 overtime Tied after one period 17-6-5-1 10-8-3-0 victory on Jan. 30, SC fell short during their last trip to Virginia on Leading after two periods 30-0-4-1 20-1-0-1 Feb. 13 in a 3-1 loss and then dropped a 5-3 decision on Feb. 19. Behind after two periods 7-13-0-0 2-17-3-0 Friday is the final matchup between the two clubs this season. Tied after two periods 11-3-3-0 6-10-2-0

Kozun Continues To Shine Scoring on the PP 25-9-4-0 17-11-2-0 Forward Tad Kozun led the Rays on the scoresheet last week with Scoreless on the PP 23-7-3-1 11-17-3-1 four points in the team’s three games against North Division Allowing a PPG 12-7-4-0 10-15-2-0 opponents with a goal and three assists. He contributed one assist Opponent Scoreless on the PP 36-9-3-1 18-13-3-1 in each contest, and added his 14th tally of the season to give South Carolina some breathing room in the third period of Sunday One-Goal Games 23-8-7-1 15-8-5-1 afternoon’s 2-0 win over the Worcester Railers. He then added two Two-Goal Games 11-5-0-0 5-12-0-0 more assists on Wednesday in Atlanta, helping Mason Mitchell score OT/Shootout Games 12-0-6-1 5-0-5-1 a pair of goals in his first ECHL contest of the season. Kozun has totaled 41 points this season on 14 goals and 27 assists. More Penalties than Opponent 17-5-2-1 10-8-2-1 Less Penalties than Opponent 22-7-3-0 14-16-2-0 Charbonneau Stays Hot Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 9-4-2-0 4-4-1-0 Forward Jonathan Charbonneau had three points in SC’s three games last week on a goal and two assists. The former Mercyhurst Scored three goals 16-4-1-0 5-6-1-1 University attacker has now registered 44 points on the season in Scored four goals 10-0-1-0 8-3-0-0 50 games and his assist total (31) ranks 5th among all ECHL rookies. Scored five or more goals 12-0-0-0 9-0-1-0 The production continued last week after Charbonneau earned four Held to two goals or fewer 10-12-5-1 6-19-3-0 assists in the team’s four prior games. He has now scored points in 10 of his last 12 contests, totaling four goals and 10 assists during Outshooting Opponent 30-8-3-0 12-14-0-0 that span. Outshot by Opponent 18-7-4-0 16-14-5-1 Shots are Even 0-1-0-1 0-0-0-0

Following a win 32-11-4-0 14-11-2-1 Following a loss 15-5-3-1 14-16-3-0

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Leaders Against Norfolk SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Stingrays’ top forwards have produced good numbers against the Admirals this season, led by Andrew Cherniwchan who has TEAM INFORMATION nine points in seven games on two goals and seven assists. Grant Location...... North Charleston, S.C. Besse has also excelled against his former team, posting nine points Nickname...... Stingrays on six goals and three assists in six games including the game- Colors...... Blue and Red winner in overtime during the Rays’ last win in the series on Jan. Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum 30. Rookie defenseman Kevin McKernan has four of his assists this Capacity...... 7,250 season against Norfolk in the seven contests. Goaltender Parker League...... ECHL Milner has been in net for both of South Carolina’s wins against the President...... Rob Concannon Admirals this season. In five outings this year vs. Norfolk, Milner is 2-3-0 with a 3.03 goals-against average and a 0.907 save percentage. HOCKEY STAFF Head Coach...... Spiros Anastas Joey Leach Signs AHL Contract With Hershey, Reassigned To SC Assistant Coach...... Steve Bergin The signed defenseman Joey Leach to a standard Athletic Trainer...... Rick Covard AHL contract for the remainder of the 2018-19 season Thursday Equipment Manager...... Cameron Parker and reassigned the Wadena, Sask. native to South Carolina. Leach signed a professional tryout contract with Hershey on Dec. 18 and FRANCHISE HISTORY appeared in 17 games while with the Bears, posting one assist and a +1 rating. Before his promotion to the AHL, Leach, who is serving as First Season...... 1993 team captain in SC this season, posted 20 points on two goals and Total Seasons...... 26 18 assists in 28 games along with a +8 rating. Currently in his sixth Overall Record...... 1,033-605-71-132 professional season, Leach, 26, has played a total of 41 games with Winning Seasons...... 25 Hershey in his career during three different seasons (2015-17, 2018- Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 19) and has suited up for 62 total AHL games with four different Division Championships...... 6 clubs in Hershey, Hartford, Lake Erie and Oklahoma City. Conference Championships...... 5 Kelly Cups...... 3 Stingrays Sign Defenseman Cameron Heath The Stingrays announced the signing of defenseman Cameron HOCKEY INFORMATION Heath Thursday, who will make his pro debut after spending his 2017-18 Overall Record...... 48-16-0-7 previous four seasons on the blue line at Canisius. Heath, 24, scored 2017-18 vs. South...... 40-13-5-1 78 points in 150 total NCAA games during the last four campaigns Returning Players...... 12 on 25 goals and 53 assists. A native of Troy, Mich., the defender had Newcomers...... 12 his highest scoring season as a senior this year, posting 23 points on four goals and 19 assists in 37 contests. Heath also had a standout Captain...... Joey Leach junior season in 2017-18 when he led all Canisius defensemen in Alternate Captain...... Patrick Gaul goals (7), assists (14) and points (21) while ranking second on the Alternate Captain...Andrew Cherniwchan team in plus-minus at +11 before being named to the All-Atlantic Hockey Conference First Team. COMMUNICATIONS Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Milner Blanks Worcester With 33 Saves Contact...... Jared Shafran Parker Milner helped the Stingrays defeat the Worcester Railers 2-0 Email...... [email protected] Sunday and grab his team two of three games on the weekend Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 against North Division opponents with his first shutout of the Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey season at the DCU Center. The former goaltender Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays returned to Massachusetts and stopped a total of 33 shots to secure Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey two points for South Carolina and keep the Rays in possession of fourth place in the South Division standings. In addition, forwards MEDIA INFORMATION Tad Kozun (1 goal, 1 assist) and Cam Askew (2 assists) each recorded multi-point games for SC in the victory. Watch:...... ECHL.TV Listen:...... Mixlr Play-by-Play: Jared Shafran | Andrew Miller Fioretti’s Overtime Winner Squishes Blueberries Sam Fioretti scored with 41 seconds remaining in overtime to give Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive the South Carolina Stingrays a 2-1 win over the Maine Mariners In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays during the home team’s Wild Blueberries Night Saturday at Cross Insurance Arena. In his first game since Nov. 16, goaltender Adam Morrison made 36 saves to pick up the victory for the Stingrays. 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