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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. Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Saturday, April 17 • 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 Jacksonville South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.68 (13th) 2.96 (7th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 2.93 (8th) 3.27 (13th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 12.7% (13th) 16.3% (8th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 JA CKSONVILLE Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 80.6% (12rd) 84.0% (6th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 20-18-3-3 19-15-7-3 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Host Icemen Saturday Night in North Charleston Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays will look to get back in the win column Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 Saturday night at the North Charleston Coliseum when they face the Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 Jacksonville Icemen for the 11th time during the 2021 season. SC Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT is coming off back-to-back losses at the hands of the Orlando Solar Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT Bears after returning from a road trip to Indy and Wheeling last week. Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO Jacksonville has been on a hot streak as of late, winning four games in a Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO row after sweeping Florida last weekend and defeating Orlando 4-3 in March (7-6-0) on Thursday. The Stingrays and Icemen have split 10 previous Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO meetings this season, with SC earning points in seven of the contests. Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 The two will face off five more times in the final weeks of the 2020-21 Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 regular season. The Rays are currently sitting in fifth place in the ECHL’s Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 Eastern Conference standings (.533). Jacksonville is just behind SC in sixth Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. W, 2-1 place with a points percentage of .523. South Carolina ranks sixth in the Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 league on the penalty kill this year, discarding 84% of their opponents’ Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-2 power play opportunities. The Icemen are eighth in the ECHL defensively, Fri • 26th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-6 Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-3 allowing 2.93 goals per game. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-3 Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-5 3 Third Period Goals Send Solar Bears Past Rays April (2-2-1-1) The Orlando Solar Bears relinquished an early lead but came from behind Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 SO Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 in the third period and got a hat trick performance from Tristin Wed • 7th @ L, 1-2 OT Langan to defeat the South Carolina Stingrays by a 5-3 score on Friday Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers W, 3-2 SO Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 6-7 night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Stingrays’ Matt Jurusik Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-5 was busy in the crease all night, turning aside 40 shots, while linemates Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Mark Cooper and Dan DeSalvo each tallied a and an assist for South Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 p.m. Wed • 21st vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Carolina in the contest. 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. May Sat • 1st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Sun • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. Wed • 5th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Florida Everblades 50 33 15 0 2 68 0.680 176 130 Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Indy Fuel 47 27 16 4 0 58 0.617 139 132 Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Wed • 19th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 49 26 18 4 1 57 0.582 148 151 Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 49 22 15 9 3 56 0.571 143 151 Wed • 26th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 45 19 16 7 3 48 0.533 133 147 June Jacksonville Icemen 44 20 18 3 3 46 0.523 118 129 J A C K S O N V I L L E Tue • 1st vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Thu • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Wheeling Nailers 45 15 24 5 1 36 0.400 133 157 Sat • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Icemen Through 44 games, Jacksonville is in sixth place in the Eastern INSIDE THE SERIES JA CKSONVILLE Conference standings with a record of 20-18-3-3 (.523). Forward Record vs. JAX...... 19-15-2-0 First meeting Ara Nazarian leads the club in goals (12) and points (32), while Last 10 vs. JAX...... 5-3-2-0 ...... Oct. 21, 2017 (W, 3-2) suiting up in all of the team’s contests this season. Just behind Streak vs. JAX...... Lost One him is Nick Saracino who has 31 points in 36 games on 10 goals Blair vs. JAX...... 5-3-2-0 Last meeting and 21 assists. Forwards Pascal Aquin and Mike Szmatula each ...... Mar. 6, 2021 (L, 2-4) have 11 tallies, while rookie attacker Derek Lodermeier has nine goals and 14 points. Team Wacey Rabbit has registered 18 points in 31 games on four goals and 14 helpers. Defender SITUATIONAL RECORDS Trevor Hamilton leads the team’s blueliners with 19 points (2g, 2019-20 2020-21 17a). In net, Charles Williams has played 17 games and has a Overall Record 44-14-3-1 19-16-7-3 goals-against average of 2.73. vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 13-16-6-3 vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Jacksonville vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 6-0-1-0 Saturday’s contest is the 11th matchup of the 2020-21 season vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 between South Carolina and Jacksonville and the 37th meeting Home record 19-9-0-0 12-10-3-0 overall since the Icemen began play in the South Division during Road record 25-5-3-1 7-6-4-3 the 2017-18 season. After seeing each other 10 times in each of Overtime 4-3 0-7 Jacksonville’s first two campaigns, the rivals faced-off six times Shootout 2-1 5-3 during the COVID-19 shortened 2019-20 year. The Stingrays were victorious in five of the six matchups before the final two Scoring First 30-4-2-0 13-4-4-0 meetings were canceled. SC has the edge in the all-time series, Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 6-12-3-3 holding a record of 19-15-2. Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 9-4-0-0 Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 3-9-2-3 Ully Continues Offensive Onslaught Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 7-3-5-0 Forward hit the 40-point mark for the fourth straight Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 10-1-1-0 season during Wednesday night’s back and forth contest, posting a Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 3-14-2-3 goal and an assist. The , Alberta native leads the team with Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 6-1-4-0 41 points on 15 goals and 26 assists in just 33 games played. His Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 11-6-4-1 numbers rank him 8th in the ECHL in overall scoring and assists. In Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 8-10-3-2 addition, the Calgary, Alberta native is 1st in the league in points per Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 5-9-5-2 game among skaters with at least 10 games played (1.24). Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 14-7-2-1

DeSalvo On Point-Scoring Spree One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 10-1-7-3 Forward Dan DeSalvo assisted on four of South Carolina’s six goals Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 3-7-0-0 in Wednesday’s loss to Orlando, posting a 4-point game for the OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 5-0-7-3 second time in his professional career. The Rolling Meadows, Ill. native followed the performance up with another multi-point night More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 6-2-2-1 on Friday, scoring a goal and an assist in the first period. DeSalvo Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 8-11-4-2 is second on the team and 12th in the ECHL with 37 points during Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 5-3-1-0 2020-21, totaling 12 goals and 25 assists. Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 3-4-2-1 Cooper Heating Up Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 5-0-1-0 Forward Mark Cooper made it two straight multi-point games Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 7-1-0-1 with a goal and an assist in the first period Friday night against Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 4-11-4-1 Orlando. The , Ontario native also posted a pair of assists in Wednesday’s contest and has now totaled 18 points for SC this Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 9-6-3-1 season in 27 games on seven goals and 11 assists. Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 10-8-4-1 Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-1 Road Warriors The Rays have been a tough out as a visitor so far this season, Following a win 30-10-3-1 10-5-4-0 earning points from 14 of their 20 games on the road. One of their Following a loss 13-4-0-0 9-11-2-3 trademarks has been the penalty kill, which ranks sixth overall in the ECHL at 84.0% and fourth-best on the road (85.7%).

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Leaders Against Jacksonville SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forward Cole Ully (5g, 6a) leads the Rays against the Icemen this season with 11 points in just eight games played. Max Novak is just TEAM INFORMATION behind him with 10 points in 10 games on a goal and nine helpers. Location...... North Charleston, S.C. Each of the attackers have also earned a team-high +6 rating in Nickname...... Stingrays the 10 matchups. Dan DeSalvo has earned six assists in nine games Colors...... Blue and Red against Jacksonville, while Andrew Cherniwchan has also scored six Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum points (2g, 4a). The Rays have played six different goalies against the Capacity...... 7,250 Icemen this season. Alex Dubeau leads the way with a 1.58 goals- League...... ECHL against average and a 0.943 save percentage in two appearances. President...... Rob Concannon Forward Yanick Turcotte Assigned to Stingrays HOCKEY STAFF The ’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers announced Head Coach...... Ryan Blair Tuesday that forward Yanick Turcotte has been re-assigned to South Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk Carolina. The fourth-year attacker has appeared in two AHL games Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley this season and seven with the Sound Tigers during his professional Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor career. Turcotte, 24, has also played in 125 games with the ECHL’s during three seasons from 2017-20, registering FRANCHISE HISTORY 24 points on four goals and 20 assists. During the 2019-20 year, he First Season...... 1993 scored nine points for Worcester with a goal and eight helpers. Total Seasons...... 28 Overall Record...... 1,105-639-80-136 Malatesta Tallies 5th Goal of 2020-21 Winning Seasons...... 27 Defender Zach Malatesta netted his fifth goal of the season Friday Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 night against Orlando, continuing his solid offensive stretch after Division Championships...... 6 earning multiple assists during last Friday night’s shootout win in Conference Championships...... 5 Wheeling. The blueliner leads SC in scoring from the back end this year with 19 points (5g, 14a) in 27 games. Kelly Cups...... 3

Captain Cherniwchan Riding 3-Game Point Streak HOCKEY INFORMATION With assist on Zach Malatesta’s first period strike Friday night, 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 Stingrays captain Andrew Cherniwchan tied a season-high with 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 a 3-game point streak. The Hinton, Alberta native had another Returning Players...... 11 assist last Friday in Wheeling before posting a goal and an assist on Newcomers...... 16 Wednesday vs. Orlando. Overall, Cherniwchan has 22 points in 43 games this season with nine goals and 13 helpers. COMMUNICATIONS Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Orlando Finds Late Winner In Wild 7-6 Finish Contact...... Jared Shafran The Orlando Solar Bears scored twice in the final five minutes to Email...... [email protected] come away with a wild 7-6 win over the Stingrays on Friday night Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 at the North Charleston Coliseum in a game that featured three Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey lead changes and 10 individual multi-point performances. Dan Rays ...... @SCStingrays DeSalvo led the Stingrays with four assists in the contest, Andrew Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Cherniwchan, Max Gottlieb and Cole Ully each scored a goal and an assist and Darien Craighead posted two helpers. Both teams found the back of the net twice on the man-advantage. Jurusik Makes 40 Saves In Pro Debut, Leads SC To Shootout Win In his first professional start, which came over a year since his last MEDIA INFORMATION game action, goaltender Matt Jurusik stopped 40 shots and then Watch:...... FloHockey turned aside two shootout attempts to lead the Stingrays to a Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 | sMixlr 3-2 win over the Wheeling Nailers at WesBanco Arena last Friday Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey night. Jurusik saved all 15 shots he saw in the first period as well Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive as a shorthanded breakaway stop in the second and six more in overtime during a Wheeling power play to earn his first career win In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays in impressive fashion. Stingrays’ goals came from Dan DeSalvo, who also tallied in the shootout, as well as Dylan Steman. 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