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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 2020-21 SCHEDULE December (3-0-2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 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. Wheeling Nailers 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 @ Florida Everblades 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 goaltender 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 @ Indy Fuel 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. @ Orlando Solar Bears 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Fri • 30th 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 forward 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 Chicago 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 Overtime 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 captain 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.