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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 Friday, July 2 • 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 (FW Leads, 2-1) Game 1 Friday, June 25 L, 2-7 Game 2 Sunday, June 27 W, 4-2 Stingrays Face Must-Win Game 4 in Fort Wayne Friday Game 3 Wednesday, June 30 L, 4-6 For the second time during the 2021 Kelly Cup Playoffs the South Carolina Game 4 Friday, July 2 8:00 p.m. Stingrays have their back against the wall heading into a Game 4 on Game 5 Saturday, July 3 7:30 p.m. the road. The Fort Wayne Komets have their first opportunity to claim a Kelly Cup Championship at home Friday night at the Allen County War RAYS TEAM LEADERS Memorial Coliseum after defeating SC 6-4 in Game 3 on Wednesday. Postseason The Komets had the early edge in the series with a lopsided 7-2 win in Game 1 last Friday before the Rays evened the series with a 4-2 decision Goals Game-Winning Goals on Sunday in Game 2. SC is making their ECHL-best sixth appearance Dan DeSalvo, 5 Dan DeSalvo, 2 A. Cherniwchan, 4 Cole Ully, 2 in the championship round after capturing the Eastern Conference and Cole Ully, 4 4 tied, 1 the E.A. “Bud” Gingher Trophy after defeating the Greenville Swamp Max Novak, 4 Power Play Goals Rabbits in four games. Fort Wayne won the Bruce Taylor Trophy as Assists A. Cherniwchan, 2 Western Conference champions to secure their first-ever Kelly Cup Finals Matthew Weis, 9 Brett Supinski, 2 appearance by defeating the Allen Americans in overtime last Tuesday for Cole Ully, 8 Max Novak, 2 a 3-1 series win. The Komets were the No. 3 seed in the west after finishing Mark Cooper, 6 Dan DeSalvo, 2 the regular season with a .618 points percentage. SC wrapped up the Max Novak, 6 Power Play Assists regular season as one of the hottest teams in the league, winning their Points Matthew Weis, 6 last six games to secure a spot in the playoffs. The Rays have earned a spot Matthew Weis, 12 Cole Ully, 5 in the ECHL’s postseason 27 times in the team’s 28-year history. Cole Ully, 12 Max Gottlieb, 4 Max Novak, 10 Justin Florek, 2 Dan DeSalvo, 10 Max Novak, 2 Komets Hold Off Rays 6-4, Take 2-1 Series Lead Mark Cooper, 9 The South Carolina Stingrays put 49 shots on net but were unable to stage Plus-Minus Shots On Net a comeback after falling behind in the first period and were defeated Mark Cooper, +5 Cole Ully, 36 by the Fort Wayne Komets 6-4 in Game 3 of the 2021 Kelly Cup Finals Macoy Erkamps, +2 Mark Cooper, 34 Wednesday night at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Dan Cole Ully, +2 Justin Florek, 34 Matthew Weis, 34 DeSalvo recorded three points in a losing effort with two goals and an Penalty Minutes assist for South Carolina, while Cole Ully earned two assists. A. Cherniwchan, 20 Justin Florek, 12 Dylan Steman, 12 Tyler Nanne, 11 2021 ECHL KELLY CUP PLAYOFFS 3 2 1 1 0 3 4 4 EASTERN 1 3 1 4 3 4 3 2 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 12 postseason contests, the Komets have been led by Anthony Nellis who has eight goals SITUATIONAL RECORDS and 13 points, as well as Stephen Harper who has totaled seven 2019-20 2020-21 helpers and 11 points. In net, Dylan Ferguson has started all 12 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 3.10 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 Overtime 4-3 3-10 in 2012. Prior to Wednesday, all of their previous contests were Shootout 2-1 5-3 played in North Charleston, with the teams splitting a two-game series March 1-2, 2013 as well as a two-game set the following year Scoring First 30-4-2-0 21-5-5-0 on March 28-29. Stingrays’ captain Andrew Cherniwchan scored Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 13-18-5-3 in the clubs’ first-ever meeting, which the Rays won in a shootout Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 16-5-2-0 by a score of 2-1. Earlier this season, SC swept a 3-game set and Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 6-14-2-3 outscored the Komets 12-4 with wins by scores of 2-1, 5-1 and 5-2. Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 12-4-6-0 Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 20-1-2-0 Weis Is Nice Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 4-17-2-3 Forward Matthew Weis had assists on both Stingrays goals during Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 10-5-6-0 the team’s Eastern Conference clinching performance last Monday and has added assists in each of the first three Kelly Cup Finals Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 21-9-6-1 games. The Freehold, N.J. native is second among all ECHL skaters in Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 13-14-4-2 the playoffs with 12 points (3g, 9a) and is on a seven-game playoff Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 11-12-7-2 point scoring streak. Weis, who formerly played six games for Fort Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 23-11-3-1 Wayne in 2018-19, had 28 points in 39 regular season games for One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 17-5-10-3 SC and produced the second-longest point streak in the league by Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 6-10-0-0 scoring in 12 straight games between April 25 and May 21. OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 8-0-10-3 Herbert Breaks Through More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 8-4-2-1 After being held without a goal in the first two rounds of the Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 18-16-6-2 postseason, Stingrays forward Caleb Herbert has scored in each of Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 8-3-2-0 the first three games of the Kelly Cup Finals. The veteran converted on a power play during the second period of Game 1 and capped Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 8-4-3-1 off the scoring in a second period of a 4-2 win in Game 2. In Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 7-0-1-0 Wednesday’s Game 3, Herbert tallied in the third period during an Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 13-1-1-1 SC comeback attempt. The Bloomington, Minn. native has appeared Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 6-18-5-1 in 58 playoff games for SC in his ECHL career.