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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 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. 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 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 @ Kansas City Mavericks L, 0-4 Sat • 2nd @ Kansas City Mavericks W, 4-2 while forward Tad Kozun added two assists and goaltender 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 2018-19 ECHL South Division Standings Sat • 23rd vs. Florida Everblades L, 3-5 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.