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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 Sunday, March 21 • 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 Fort Wayne South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 3.25 (4th) 2.74 (11th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 2.31 (1st) 3.12 (11th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 23.1% (1st) 13.9% (10th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 89.4% (1st) 84.4% (7th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 10-3-2-1 14-12-6-2 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Rays, Komets Ready For Sunday Matinee Matchup Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays and Fort Wayne Komets battle for the third Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 straight day on Sunday afternoon at the North Charleston Coliseum on Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 team mascot Cool Ray’s Birthday. The 3-game series represents the first Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT meetings between these two teams in almost seven years. SC has secured Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT wins in the first two matchups this weekend by scores of 2-1 and 5-1 on Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO back-to-back standout performances by Alex Dubeau. The Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO Komets came into this weekend’s contests after consecutive 3-2 wins March (4-4-0) over the Wheeling Nailers last Friday and Saturday. Fort Wayne was the Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO lone team to begin the current ECHL campaign in February due to local Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 restrictions, but they’ve thrived in their first 16 contests, posting a points Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 percentage of .719 which leads the Western Conference. South Carolina’s Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 recent wins have moved them into fifth place in the Eastern Conference Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 2-1 standings with a points percentage of .529. The Komets rank first in both Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 special teams categories, scoring on 23.1% of their power play chances, Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. while successfully killing off 89.4% of opponents’ man-advantage Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. opportunities. Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. 5-Goal Outburst Sends Stingrays Past Fort Wayne April Five different scorers lit the lamp and goaltender Alex Dubeau made 37 Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. saves as the South Carolina Stingrays earned their second straight win Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. over the Fort Wayne Komets by a score of 5-1 on Saturday night at the Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. North Charleston Coliseum. Defender Max Gottlieb scored a goal and Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. assisted on two others in the victory for South Carolina, while Dylan Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Steman added a goal and an assist and Max Gottlieb posted two helpers. Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. The Rays finished 2-for-3 on the power play in the contest, while the Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Komets were held scoreless on their two man-advantage chances. 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. Florida Everblades 37 26 9 0 2 54 0.730 135 91 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Indy Fuel 35 24 9 2 0 50 0.714 114 92 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 36 16 10 8 2 42 0.583 105 110 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 35 18 13 3 1 40 0.571 99 104 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. South Carolina Stingrays 34 14 12 6 2 36 0.529 93 106 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 32 14 14 1 3 32 0.500 78 91 Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E June Wheeling Nailers 34 9 20 5 0 23 0.338 94 119 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 Komets Fort Wayne is in first place in the ECHL’s Western Conference after INSIDE THE SERIES 16 games with a 10-3-2-1 record. Prior to this weekend, each Record vs. FW...... 4-1-1-0 First meeting of the Komets contests had come against Wheeling and Indy, Last 10 vs. FW...... 4-1-1-0 ...... Mar. 1, 2013 (W, 2-1 SO) where they held a 7-0-1-1 record against the Nailers and a 3-1-1 Streak vs. FW...... Won Three mark in five games with the Fuel. Fort Wayne’s offensive attack Blair vs. FW...... 2-0-0-0 Last meeting is led by returning Anthony Petruzelli, who has posted ...... Mar. 20, 2021 (W, 5-1) 15 points on five goals and 10 assists. Other skaters with double- digit point totals include defender Olivier Galipeau who leads the blueliners with 12 points on two goals and 10 helpers, as well SITUATIONAL RECORDS as forwards Zach Pochiro (9g, 3a), Shawn Szydlowski (2g, 9a), 2019-20 2020-21 and Brandon Hawkins (6g, 5a). In net, Stefanos Lekkas recently Overall Record 44-14-3-1 14-12-6-2 earned an AHL PTO with Rochester after securing six wins in vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 10-12-6-2 nine starts with a 1.96 goals-against average. The Komets turn vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 to rookie Louis-Philip Guindon who has a 4-1-1-1 record in six vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 appearances, as well as Jeremy Helvig, who began the year with vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 the AHL’s Wolves. Home record 19-9-0-0 9-6-3-0 Road record 25-5-3-1 5-6-3-2 All-Time History vs. Fort Wayne 4-3 0-6 South Carolina and Fort Wayne have faced each other just six times Shootout 2-1 4-2 since the Komets joined the ECHL in 2012. All of their previous contests have been played in North Charleston, with the teams Scoring First 30-4-2-0 11-2-3-0 splitting a two-game series March 1-2, 2013 as well as a two- Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 3-10-3-2 game set the following year on March 28-29. Stingrays Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 7-1-0-0 Andrew Cherniwchan scored in the clubs’ first-ever meeting, which Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 2-9-2-2 the Rays won in a shootout by a score of 2-1. In the most recent Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 5-2-4-0 meeting prior to this weekend in 2014, former Rays forward Peter Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 7-0-0-0 Boyd completed a hat trick with an overtime winning goal to Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-12-2-2 defeat Fort Wayne 3-2. Overall, SC has a 4-1-1 against the Komets. Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 6-0-4-0 Cooper Makes The Difference In Return Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 7-4-4-1 Forward Mark Cooper found the back of the net 1:03 into the third Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 7-8-2-1 period on Friday to push SC in front for good in the 2-1 win over Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 4-6-5-1 Fort Wayne. Cooper was suiting up in his first game in over a month, Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 10-6-1-1 with his last action coming on Feb. 12. He followed up with another tally on Saturday to open the scoring for SC in the first period. The One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 7-0-6-2 Toronto native now has a six-game point streak. During the run, Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 3-5-0-0 Cooper has totaled eight points with three goals and five assists. OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 4-0-6-2 More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 5-2-2-0 Dubeau Takes Over Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 5-8-3-2 Goaltender Alex Dubeau has consecutive wins over Fort Wayne, Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 4-2-1-0 making 38 saves on Friday and another 37 stops on Saturday. The netminder now has an overall record of 8-1-3 in 12 contests this Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-1-2-1 season and ranks 6th in the ECHL with a 2.52 goals-against average. Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 3-0-1-0 Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 5-0-0-1 Captain Cherniwchan Scores Sixth Tally Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 4-11-3-0 Stingrays captain Andrew Cherniwchan scored for the second time in his last three outings during Friday’s win, posting the first goal of Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 9-5-3-1 the game in the first period. The Hinton, Alberta native has points in Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 5-5-3-0 five of his last seven games and 14 total on the year (6g, 8a). Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-1 Fast Starts Leading To Success Following a win 30-10-3-1 8-2-3-0 South Carolina is looking to continue having good starts during Following a loss 13-4-0-0 6-10-2-2 theie remaining home contests over the next two weeks. The Rays hold a record of 11-2-3 this year when they score the opening goal as well as a 7-1-0 record when leading after the first period and a 7-0-0 mark when they are in front after 40 minutes. South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information /SCStingraysHockey @SCStingrays scstingrayshockey SCStingraysHockey SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

4 Rays Facing Former Team This Weekend SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Four South Carolina Stingrays skaters are going up against their former team this weekend during the series with Fort Wayne. TEAM INFORMATION Defender Chase Stewart, who made his 2020-21 debut with SC Location...... North Charleston, S.C. on Friday, spent his first two pro seasons with the Komets, suiting Nickname...... Stingrays up in 55 games with the orange and black. Blueliner Max Gottlieb Colors...... Blue and Red saw action in 43 contests with Fort Wayne last season, securing 30 Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum points. Forward Matthew Weis skated in six games with FW during Capacity...... 7,250 2018-19, posting seven points (2g, 5a) and goalie Alex Dubeau League...... ECHL began his pro career with the Komets, playing in six games late in President...... Rob Concannon the 2018-19 campaign. HOCKEY STAFF Hunter Shepard Re-Assigned To Stingrays Head Coach...... Ryan Blair The Hershey Bears announced Sunday that goaltender Hunter Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk Shepard has been re-assigned to the South Carolina Stingrays. Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley Shepard, 25, has a 3-4-1 record in nine appearances with South Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Carolina during his rookie professional season with a 2.76 goals- against average and a 0.912 save percentage. The Grand Rapids, Minn. native has played a total of 501 minutes in between the FRANCHISE HISTORY pipes for the Stingrays. The netminder was recalled by Hershey on First Season...... 1993 Wednesday but did not see any action during his time with the club. Total Seasons...... 28 Overall Record...... 1,100-635-79-135 Stingrays Trade For Goaltender Sean Romeo Winning Seasons...... 27 The Stingrays announced the acquisition of goaltender Sean Romeo Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 in a trade with the Thursday in exchange for Division Championships...... 6 future considerations. Romeo, 26, has appeared in five games for Conference Championships...... 5 KC this year during his second pro season and has posted a goals- Kelly Cups...... 3 against average of 2.63 along with a 0.906 save percentage. The Cary, N.C. native split time with four ECHL clubs during his rookie HOCKEY INFORMATION campaign in 2019-20, appearing in 18 games with a 7-7-0 record 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 and one shutout. The 6-foot-1, 172-pound netminder completed his 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 NCAA career with Ohio State, playing in 54 games with a combined Returning Players...... 11 record of 30-17-5 during two seasons from 2017-19. Romeo was named to the Big Ten Second All-Star Team in 2017-18 and helped Newcomers...... 16 lead the Buckeyes to a regular season conference championship in 2018-19. COMMUNICATIONS Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Rays Claim Series Opener With 2-1 Win Over Komets Contact...... Jared Shafran Goaltender Alex Dubeau made 19 saves in the 2nd period and Email...... [email protected] 38 overall in the game to give the Stingrays a 2-1 win over the Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Fort Wayne Komets on Friday at the North Charleston Coliseum. Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Stingrays tallies in the victory came from Andrew Cherniwchan Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays and Mark Cooper, while Dan DeSalvo, Ryan Cook and Max Gottlieb Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey earned assists. Fort Wayne had a 39-25 advantage in shots during the contest, with netminder Jeremy Helvig turning out 23 attempts. Neither team was able to convert on the power play, with the Komets finishing 0-for-2 while SC ended at 0-for-3. MEDIA INFORMATION Hildebrand Holds Down South Carolina Florida Everblades goaltender earned a 29-save Watch:...... MyTV Charleston | FloHockey shutout and Michael Huntebrinker scored twice in the third period Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey during a 4-0 win over the South Carolina Stingrays Friday night at . Goaltender Hunter Shepard turned out 31 shots in a Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive losing effort for South Carolina, who was blanked for the first time In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays during the 2020-21 season. Florida finished with 35 shots on goal, while the Stingrays ended with 29.

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