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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) vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ W, 2-1 Saturday, February 13 • North Charleston, SC 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 Florida South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 3.95 (1st) 2.79 (7th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 2.33 (1st) 2.84 (6th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 20.0% (2nd) 14.3% (8th) Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 88.5% (3rd) 84.5% (8th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (1-3-1) 15-5-0-1 9-6-4-0 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT SC To Honor Military in Series Finale vs. Everblades Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays are hoping to avoid a sweep Saturday Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 night when they host the Florida Everblades for their annual Military Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Appreciation Night at the North Charleeston Coliseum. Florida has Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. gotten the best of the Rays in the first two games of the series, winning Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. by scores of 4-2 and 5-2 on Wednesday and Friday. Saturday’s contest is Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. the fifth between the two during the 2020-21 season. The clubs began Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. their season series with a split in Estero on Jan. 29 and 30. SC claimed a March 5-1 victory in the opening matchup before the Blades rebounded for a Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. 4-1 decision the following evening. Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Eastern Conference standings, while the Stingrays sit in fourth after their Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. first 19 games. The Blades are the top team in the league both offensively Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. and defensively, averaging 3.95 goals per game while allowing just 2.33 Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 19th vs. 7:05 p.m. per contest. SC ranks sixth in the league on defense, giving up 2.84 goals Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. per outing. Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Stingrays Suffer 5-2 Setback To Florida Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. The Florida Everblades scored goals in each period on their way to a Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. 5-2 win over the South Carolina Stingrays on Friday night at the North April Charleston Coliseum. Linemates Dan DeSalvo and Mark Cooper each had Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. multi-point nights in a losing effort for the Rays, with DeSalvo scoring a Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. goal and an assist as Cooper picked up two helpers. Both South Carolina Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. goals came via the power play, which finished 2-for-6 in the contest. The Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. two clubs finished even with 33 shots-on-goal apiece during the game. Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Devin Cooley turned aside 31 shots to earn his fifth win of the year for Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Florida, while Sean Bonar stopped 28 of the Everblades’ chances. Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 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. 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Fri • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. May GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Sat • 1st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sun • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. Wed • 5th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Indy Fuel 18 14 3 1 0 29 0.806 60 48 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 21 15 5 0 1 31 0.738 83 49 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 20 9 4 5 2 25 0.625 61 60 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 19 9 6 4 0 22 0.579 53 54 Wed • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 18 9 8 1 0 19 0.528 49 65 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 17 6 9 1 1 14 0.412 36 49 June Wheeling Nailers 16 4 8 4 0 12 0.375 44 57 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 Everblades Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference with a INSIDE THE SERIES 15-5-0-1 record after 21 games. The Blades have a powerful Record vs. FLA...... 95-91-9-4 First meeting offensive attack led by Michael Huntebrinker who has ...... (7 ties) ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) totaled 21 points in 21 games on 12 goals and nine assists. Just Last 10 vs. FLA...... 3-6-1-0 behind him is Blake Winiecki and Alex Kile who each have 18 Streak vs. FLA...... Lost Three Last meeting points apiece. Team John McCarron is in his fifth year Blair vs. FLA...... 1-3-0-0 ...... Feb. 12, 2021 (L, 2-5) with the club and is once again at the forefront of the team’s offensive attack, posting 20 points on 10 goals and 10 assists, including the team’s only overtime winner this season. In his SITUATIONAL RECORDS career with Florida, McCarron has 236 points on 101 goals and 2019-20 2020-21 135 assists. Defender Logan Roe has continued his dominance at Overall Record 44-14-3-1 9-6-4-0 the ECHL level, posting nine points (3g, 6a) as well as a league- vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 7-6-4-0 high +23 rating. In net, Devin Cooley has appeared in 10 games vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 while earning a 5-4-0 record with one shutout, a goals-against of vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 2.50 and a 0.915 save percentage. vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 Home record 19-9-0-0 5-3-3-0 All-Time History vs. Florida Road record 25-5-3-1 4-3-1-0 South Carolina has a long history against Florida, dating back to Overtime 4-3 0-4 the 1998-99 year, which was the first season of Everblades hockey Shootout 2-1 2-0 in the ECHL. Since then, the two teams having played against each other 206 times in the regular season. Last year the teams split Scoring First 30-4-2-0 8-1-2-0 eight meetings and SC earned points in five contests with a 4-3-1 Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 1-5-2-0 record. During 2018-19, Florida had the better of the Rays in the Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 5-1-0-0 regular season on their way to a division title and an appearance in Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-5-1-0 the Eastern Conference Finals, winning five of the eight contests. Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 4-0-3-0 In 2017-18, the two squads split six matchups, with South Carolina Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 5-0-0-0 finishing 3-2-1. The Stingrays have won three straight postseason Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-6-1-0 series against the Blades with victories in 2009, 2015 and 2017. Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 3-0-3-0 Determined DeSalvo Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 4-2-3-0 Forward Dan DeSalvo had a big night on Friday, posting a goal and Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 5-4-1-0 an assist in the second period while leading the Rays with five shots Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 3-4-3-0 on net. The attacker assisted on Cam Askew’s power play goal before Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 6-2-1-0 scoring on the man-advantage himself just 24 seconds later with a great individual effort. After a slow start offensively, DeSalvo has One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 4-0-4-0 come in recent weeks with five points in his last four outings and Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 2-2-0-0 now has 10 points overall this season on five goals and five assists in OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 2-0-4-0 17 games. More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 3-2-1-0 Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-4-2-0 Kupsky Continues Great Play Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 2-0-1-0 Jake Kupsky has started six of South Carolina’s last eight games, playing over 360 minutes in the past month. His best Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-0-1-0 performance came last Wednesday when he was perfect with Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 2-0-1-0 20 saves in a 2-0 shutout win over Greenville. The week prior, the Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 3-0-0-0 netminder started all three of SC’s contests in the Sunshine State on Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 2-6-2-0 three consecutive days, totaling 96 saves. The Waukesha, Wis. native has a goals-against average of 2.83 along with a save percentage at Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 8-2-2-0 0.915 in his six appearances with SC this season. Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 1-3-2-0 Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-1-0-0 Fast Starts Mean Good News The Stingrays have fared well when scoring the first goal this Following a win 30-10-3-1 5-1-3-0 season, earning an 8-1-2 record when striking first. SC has found the Following a loss 13-4-0-0 4-5-0-0 opening goal in 11 of their 18 outings this year which has helped them secure 18 of their 22 points in the standings.

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Goaltender Sean Bonar Joins Stingrays SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Stingrays agreed to terms with goaltender Sean Bonar on Monday. Bonar, 29, appeared in five ECHL contests earlier this TEAM INFORMATION season, his seventh as a pro, with the . The Location...... North Charleston, S.C. Delta, B.C. native spent his previous three years with the Atlanta Nickname...... Stingrays Gladiators, suiting up for 97 games while collecting 45 wins. Colors...... Blue and Red Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum Stingrays Sign Forward Anthony Collins Capacity...... 7,250 SC agreed to terms with forward Anthony Collins Saturday. The League...... ECHL attacker began his ECHL career with the Rays during 2013 & 2014, President...... Rob Concannon playing 51 games with six assists. Collins set career-highs in assists (11) and points (14) last year with the . In 2020-21, HOCKEY STAFF the Surrey, B.C. native played two ECHL games with the Kansas City Head Coach...... Ryan Blair Mavericks and two SPHL contests with the Birmingham Bulls before Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk rejoining the Stingrays. Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Supinski Standing Out Forward Brett Supinski assisted on both of South Carolina’s goals FRANCHISE HISTORY Wednesday night, continuing his offensive hot streak which has First Season...... 1993 seen him register points in six of the Rays’ last eight games. In the Total Seasons...... 28 Rays’ last four games, the Collegeville, Pa. native has five points on a Overall Record...... 1,095-629-77-133 goal and four assists. Supinski has also posted points in five straight Winning Seasons...... 27 road games dating back to Jan. 2 and has an overall total of 11 Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 points in 15 games this season on four goals and seven assists. Division Championships...... 6 Conference Championships...... 5 Hillman Gets on the Board Kelly Cups...... 3 Defender Blake Hillman scored his first point as a member of the Stingrays Wednesday night in the team’s loss to Florida. Hillman, a native of Elk River, Minn., assisted on Mark Cooper’s third period tally HOCKEY INFORMATION that tied up the game at 2-2. The blueliner has lent his experience to 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 SC’s blue line this season after posting 13 points in 35 games with 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Toledo last year. Returning Players...... 11 Newcomers...... 16 Blades Topple Stingrays With Pair of Late Goals Although the South Carolina Stingrays erased an early deficit, the COMMUNICATIONS Florida Everblades scored twice in the third period to take the lead Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. back and earn a 4-2 decision at the North Charleston Coliseum Contact...... Jared Shafran on Wednesday night. Forwards Graham Knott and Mark Cooper Email...... [email protected] found the back of the net in the game for the Rays. Both goals came Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 with assists by Brett Supinski and goaltender Jake Kupsky played Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey well in the crease, stopping 30 Florida shots in a losing effort. Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays Despite outshooting Florida 15-8 in the third period, the Stingrays Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey were outshot overall on the night by one, 34-33. Jake Hildebrand stopped 31 shots to pick up the win for the Everblades. Saracino Scores Twice To Sink Stingrays The South Carolina Stingrays fell behind early and were unable to fight their way back, coming up short to the Jacksonville Icemen MEDIA INFORMATION by a score of 4-1 on Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Watch:...... MyTV Charleston | FloHockey Forward Nick Saracino led the charge for Jacksonville, scoring Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 & Mixlr twice, while Brett Supinski netted the lone goal for SC. Goaltender Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey

Craig Pantano made 23 saves in a losing effort in his first ECHL Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive start. Supinski found the back of the net for his fourth of the season, beating Jacksonville netminder Kyle Keyser on the far side In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays 40 seconds into the period. Mark Cooper and Dan DeSalvo both earned assists on the only Rays goal of the evening. 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