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SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY 5050 Etna St. Suite B - North Charleston, SC 29418 Jared Shafran, Director of Media Relations and Broadcasting | [email protected] | (843) 744-2248 ext. 1203 2021 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE South Carolina vs. Florida (SC Wins, 3-2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. South Carolina Stingrays Game 1 Monday, June 7 W, 3-2 OT Wednesday, June 30 • Fort Wayne, IN Game 2 Wednesday, June 9 L, 5-4 20-21 Reg. Season Comparison (ECHL Rank) Game 3 Saturday, June 12 L, 5-1 Game 4 Sunday, June 13 W, 4-2 South Carolina Fort Wayne Game 5 Monday, June 14 W, 3-2 GF/G 3.09 (4th) 3.33 (2nd) South Carolina vs. Greenville (SC Wins, 3-1) Game 1 Wednesday, June 16 W, 5-1 GA/G 3.03 (9th) 2.67 (1st) Game 2 Friday, June 18 L, 2-5 Game 3 Saturday, June 19 W, 3-2 PP% 17.1% (6th) 25.9% (1st) Game 4 Monday, June 21 W, 2-1 PK% 83.9% (6th) 86.8% (1st) South Carolina vs. Fort Wayne (Series Tied, 1-1) Game 1 Friday, June 25 L, 2-7 Game 2 Sunday, June 27 W, 4-2 Kelly Cup Finals Series Shifts To Fort Wayne Ahead of Pivotal Game 3 Game 3 Wednesday, June 30 7:30 p.m. After tying up the best-of-5 Kelly Cup Finals series with a 4-2 win in Game 4 Friday, July 2 8:00 p.m. Game 2 on Sunday, the South Carolina Stingrays are set for Game 3 in Game 5 Saturday, July 3 7:30 p.m. Fort Wayne on Wednesday night. The Komets had the early edge in the series with a lopsided 7-2 win in Game 1 last Friday. SC is making their RAYS TEAM LEADERS ECHL-best sixth appearance in the championship round after capturing Postseason the Eastern Conference and the E.A. “Bud” Gingher Trophy after defeating the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in four games. Fort Wayne won the Bruce Goals Game-Winning Goals Taylor Trophy as Western Conference champions to secure their first-ever A. Cherniwchan, 4 Dan DeSalvo, 2 Cole Ully, 4 Cole Ully, 2 Kelly Cup Finals appearance by defeating the Allen Americans in overtime Max Novak, 4 4 tied, 1 last Tuesday for a 3-1 series win. The Komets were the No. 3 seed in the Assists Power Play Goals west after finishing the regular season with a .618 points percentage. SC Matthew Weis, 8 A. Cherniwchan, 2 wrapped up the regular season as one of the hottest teams in the league, Mark Cooper, 6 Brett Supinski, 2 winning their last six games to secure a spot in the playoffs. The Rays have Cole Ully, 6 Max Novak, 2 earned a spot in the ECHL’s postseason 27 times in the team’s 28-year Max Gottlieb, 5 Justin Florek, 1 history, finishing 2020-21 with a .579 points percentage. South Carolina Max Novak, 5 Matthew Weis, 1 Caleb Herbert, 1 swept Fort Wayne in three meetings during the regular season in North Points Max Gottlieb, 1 Charleston, winning by scores of 2-1, 5-1 and 5-2 March 19-21. Matthew Weis, 11 Cole Ully, 10 Power Play Assists Stingrays Strike Back To Even Finals Series Max Novak, 9 Matthew Weis, 5 Mark Cooper, 8 Max Gottlieb, 4 The South Carolina Stingrays scored four times during the second period Dan DeSalvo, 7 Cole Ully, 3 and defeated the Fort Wayne Komets in Game 2 of the Kelly Cup Finals by Plus-Minus Justin Florek, 2 a score of 4-2 to even the series at one game apiece on Sunday night at the Carolina Ice Palace. Forward Max Novak led the way for South Carolina Mark Cooper, +6 Shots On Net 4 tied, +2 with a goal and two assists, while Cole Ully had two points with a goal and Cole Ully, 34 Penalty Minutes Mark Cooper, 31 an assist and goaltender Hunter Shepard turned aside 20 saves to earn his A. Cherniwchan, 20 Justin Florek, 30 seventh victory of the postseason. Justin Florek, 12 Brett Supinski, 27 Dylan Steman, 10 Matthew Weis, 27 Mark Cooper, 8 2021 ECHL KELLY CUP PLAYOFFS 3 2 1 1 0 3 4 4 EASTERN 1 3 1 4 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 WESTERN 2 3 2 2 3 1 3 3 SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Scouting The Komets Fort Wayne finished the regular season in third place in the INSIDE THE SERIES ECHL’s Western Conference before defeating Wichita and Allen Record vs. FW ................. 5-1-1-0 First meeting in the Kelly Cup Playoffs on their way to the championship Last 10 vs. FW ................. 5-1-1-0 ..........Mar. 1, 2013 (W, 2-1 SO) round. Fort Wayne’s offensive attack was led by Brandon Hawkins Streak vs. FW ............. Won Four during the regular season, who posted a team-high 23 goals Blair vs. FW ...................... 3-0-0-0 Last meeting and 39 points in 37 games. Rookie defender Randy Gazzola ..............Mar. 21, 2021 (W, 5-2) was also impressive from the blue line, leading the club with * regular season only 29 assists and totaling 33 points. In 11 postseason contests, the Komets have been led by Anthony Nellis who has seven goals SITUATIONAL RECORDS and 12 points, as well as Stephen Harper who has totaled seven 2019-20 2020-21 helpers and 10 points. In net, Dylan Ferguson has started all 11 Overall Record 44-14-3-1 34-23-10-3 playoff games after appearing in 11 regular season contests and vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 23-23-9-3 earning a 1.96 goals-against average. Ferguson has a 3.01 GAA in vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 postseason play. vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 11-0-1-0 vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Fort Wayne Home record 19-9-0-0 19-12-5-0 South Carolina and Fort Wayne have faced each other just seven Road record 25-5-3-1 15-11-5-3 times in the regular seson since the Komets joined the ECHL in Overtime 4-3 3-10 2012. All of their previous contests have been played in North Shootout 2-1 5-3 Charleston, with the teams splitting a two-game series March 1-2, 2013 as well as a two-game set the following year on March 28- Scoring First 30-4-2-0 21-5-5-0 29. Stingrays’ captain Andrew Cherniwchan scored in the clubs’ Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 13-18-5-3 first-ever meeting, which the Rays won in a shootout by a score of Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 16-5-2-0 2-1. Earlier this season, SC swept a 3-game set and outscored the Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 6-14-2-3 Komets 12-4 with wins by scores of 2-1, 5-1 and 5-2. Overall, the Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 12-4-6-0 Stingrays have a 5-1-1 regular season record against FW. Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 20-1-2-0 Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 4-17-2-3 Weis Is Nice Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 10-5-6-0 Forward Matthew Weis had assists on both Stingrays goals during the team’s Eastern Conference clinching performance last Monday Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 21-9-6-1 and has added assists in each of the first two Kelly Cup Finals games. Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 13-14-4-2 The Freehold, N.J. native is second among all ECHL skaters in the Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 11-12-7-2 playoffs with 11 points (3g, 8a) and is on a six-game point scoring Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 23-11-3-1 streak. Weis, who formerly played six games for Fort Wayne in 2018- 19, had 28 points in 39 regular season games for SC and produced One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 17-5-10-3 the second-longest point streak in the league by scoring in 12 Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 6-10-0-0 straight games between April 25 and May 21. OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 8-0-10-3 More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 8-4-2-1 Herbert Breaks Through Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 18-16-6-2 Forward Caleb Herbert scored his first goal of the 2021 playoffs in Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 8-3-2-0 SC’s Game 1 loss, converting on a power play during the second period. He doubled down in Game 2, scoring the team’s fourth tally Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 8-4-3-1 of the second period on the way to a 4-2 win. The veteran forward Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 7-0-1-0 has an extensive postseason history with the Rays, appearing in 27 Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 13-1-1-1 games during the team’s 2015 run to the Kelly Cup Finals and 19 Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 6-18-5-1 contests the following spring in an Eastern Conference Finals berth.