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 2020-21 SCHEDULE December (3-0-2) vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Saturday, June 5 • 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 2.91 (9th) 3.07 (5th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 2.97 (8th) 3.06 (9th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 17.3% (5th) 17.1% (6th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 JA CKSONVILLE Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 82.9% (7th) 83.9% (3rd) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 34-29-3-4 33-23-10-3 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Host Icemen in Fan Appreciation for Regular Season Finale Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 After officially clinching a berth in the 2021 Kelly Cup Playoffs Friday Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 night, the South Carolina Stingrays will wrap up the 2020-21 ECHL regular Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 season Saturday against the Jacksonville Icemen on Fan Appreciation Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT Night at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Rays have won their last Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT five straight games on their way to securing a spot in the postseason Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO for the 27th time in the team’s 28-year history. Despite being eliminated Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO from playoff contention, the Icemen helped assure the Rays’ fate Friday March (7-6-0) night with a 5-1 defeat of Orlando. After winning their last five games, Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO South Carolina will finish in fourth place in the Eastern Conference, Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 currently holding a points percentage of .572. Jacksonville, who will Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 also play its regular season finale on Saturday, is in sixth place with a Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 .536 points percentage. The Icemen have the slight edge in the season Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. W, 2-1 series with the Rays, winning eight of the teams’ previous 15 matchups Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 this year. SC has claimed points in 11 of the matchups with a record of Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-2 7-4-4 vs. Jacksonville. Most recently, the teams split a two-game series in Fri • 26th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-6 Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-3 Jacksonville May 14-15. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-3 Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-5 Rays Streak Past Solar Bears In 6-2 Rout April (5-4-3-1) The Stingrays got out in front with a 3-goal first period and added to their Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 SO Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 offensive total in both the second and third frames on their way to a 6-2 Wed • 7th @ L, 1-2 OT victory over Orlando on Thursday at the Amway Center. Captain Andrew Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers W, 3-2 SO Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 6-7 Cherniwchan led the way with three points for SC, scoring a goal and Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-5 adding two assists, while Cole Ully and Justin Florek both scored twice in Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT the win. Hunter Shepard made 23 saves to earn his fifth straight victory for Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Wed • 21st vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT the Rays. SC put a total of 47 shots on goal, out-shooting Orlando by 22 Fri • 23rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-4 with double-digit totals in each period and a final margin of 47-25. Sat • 24th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 Sun • 25th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 OT Fri • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-2 May (9-5-1) Sun • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 7-4 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Mon • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 2-3 Wed • 5th @ Florida Everblades W, 3-2 OT GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 OT Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-3 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel W, 3-1 xFlorida Everblades 68 41 19 5 3 90 0.662 229 190 Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel W, 5-4 OT Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 xGreenville Swamp Rabbits 72 38 19 12 3 91 0.632 210 204 Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 4-2 Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 2-3 xIndy Fuel 68 37 23 8 0 82 0.603 202 194 Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 5-4 Sun • 23rd @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-3 xSouth Carolina Stingrays 69 33 23 10 3 79 0.572 212 211 Wed • 26th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 1-0 Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-2 Orlando Solar Bears 71 36 28 6 1 79 0.556 215 228 June (2-0-0) Jacksonville Icemen 70 34 29 3 4 75 0.536 204 208 J A C K S O N V I L L E Tue • 1st vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 3-1 Thu • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-2 Wheeling Nailers 67 21 39 6 1 49 0.366 191 239 Sat • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. x = Clinched Playoff Position SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Icemen Ahead of their final game of the season Saturday, Jacksonville INSIDE THE SERIES JA CKSONVILLE is in sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings with a Record vs. JAX...... 21-16-4-0 First meeting record of 34-29-3-4 (.536). Forward Ara Nazarian leads the club Last 10 vs. JAX...... 4-2-4-0 ...... Oct. 25, 2012 (L, 3-5) in scoring with 51 points on a team-high 25 goals along with Streak vs. JAX...... Won One 26 assists. Nick Saracino is second with 44 points (17 goals, 27 Blair vs. JAX...... 7-4-4-0 Last meeting assists). Forward Mike Szmatula has 22 tallies, while Pascal Aquin ...... May 23, 2021 (L, 1-3) has lit the lamp 20 times and second-year attacker Christopher Brown has 15 goals and 29 points. Team captain Wacey Rabbit has registered 28 points in 46 games on seven goals and 21 SITUATIONAL RECORDS helpers. Defender Trevor Hamilton leads the team’s blueliners 2019-20 2020-21 with 34 points and is tops on the club with 30 helpers. In net, Overall Record 44-14-3-1 33-23-10-3 Charles Williams has played 37 games and has a goals-against vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 22-23-9-3 average of 2.70, while Kyle Keyser has 22 ECHL appearances with vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 a 2.46 GAA and a .917 save percentage. 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. Jacksonville Home record 19-9-0-0 18-12-5-0 Saturday’s contest is the 16th of the 2020-21 season between Road record 25-5-3-1 15-11-5-3 South Carolina and Jacksonville and the 42nd meeting overall Overtime 4-3 3-10 since the Icemen began play in the South Division during the Shootout 2-1 5-3 2017-18 season. After seeing each other 10 times in each of Jacksonville’s first two campaigns, the rivals faced-off six times Scoring First 30-4-2-0 20-5-5-0 during the COVID-19 shortened 2019-20 year. The Stingrays were Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 13-18-5-3 victorious in five of the six matchups before the final two meetings Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 15-5-2-0 were canceled. The Stingrays have a slim lead in the all-time series, Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 6-14-2-3 winning 21 out of the 41 games. Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 12-4-6-0 Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 19-1-2-0 Shepard Settles In Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 4-17-2-3 Goaltender Hunter Shepard has been in net for each of South Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 10-5-6-0 Carolina’s last five wins, posting a goals-against average of just 1.40 and a save percentage at 0.950 in his last 300 minutes of action. The Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 21-9-6-1 rookie netminder earned his first ECHL shutout in last Friday’s 1-0 Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 12-14-4-2 victory over Wheeling with 34 saves. Overall, Shepard has made 21 Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 11-12-7-2 ECHL appearances this season with SC and has a 2.55 goals-against Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 22-11-3-1 with a .922 save percentage. One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 17-5-10-3 Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 6-10-0-0 DeSalvo Sets A New High Mark OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 8-0-10-3 Forward Dan DeSalvo led the Stingrays in scoring last week with five assists in the club’s three home wins. Overall, the Bowling Green More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 8-4-2-1 State University alum has set a new career-high with 54 points this Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 17-16-6-2 season in 60 games. DeSalvo’s point total ranks second on the team, Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 8-3-2-0 while his 38 assists are tops among all SC skaters. In addition, his scoring total ranks 12th in the ECHL. Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 8-4-3-1 Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 6-0-1-0 Weis Heating Back Up Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 13-1-1-1 After his 12-game point streak was halted last month, Stingrays Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 6-18-5-1 forward Matthew Weis was held off the scoresheet in four straight. But recently the center recorded back-to-back multi-point games, Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 15-8-3-1 scoring a goal and an assist in consecutive wins over Wheeling. Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 16-13-7-1 Weis opened the scoring on Tuesday and later recorded an assist on Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 2-2-0-1 Mark Cooper’s second period tally before being named the game’s number one star. Overall, Weis has 28 points in 38 ECHL games this Following a win 30-10-3-1 17-9-6-0 season with 10 goals and 18 assists. Following a loss 13-4-0-0 15-15-3-3

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Leaders Against Jacksonville SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forwards Cole Ully (8g, 8a) and Max Novak (1g, 15a) each lead the Rays against the Icemen this season with 16 points apiece. Novak TEAM INFORMATION also has a team-high +7 rating while suiting up for 14 of the 15 Location...... North Charleston, S.C. matchups between the two teams. Andrew Cherniwchan has Nickname...... Stingrays posted 10 points (3g, 7a) while appearing in all 15 meetings, and Colors...... Blue and Red Dan DeSalvo has seven assists in 12 games against his former team. Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum The Rays have played eight different goalies against the Icemen this Capacity...... 7,250 season. Matt Jurusik leads the way with a 1.98 goals-against average League...... ECHL and a 0.947 save percentage in two appearances. President...... Rob Concannon Herbert Dishing Out Helpers HOCKEY STAFF Stingrays forward Caleb Herbert had assists in all three home wins Head Coach...... Ryan Blair last week and has now recorded six helpers in his last five home Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk games overall. Overall, Herbert is eighth on the roster in scoring with Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley 33 points in 47 games on eight goals and 25 assists. Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor

No Stopping Nanne FRANCHISE HISTORY Defender Tyler Nanne had his first career two-goal game last Saturday night, striking twice in a 6-2 win over Wheeling. The Edina, First Season...... 1993 Minn. native now has 12 points for South Carolina in 33 games Total Seasons...... 28 during 2020-21 with seven goals and five assists and ranks fourth in Overall Record...... 1,118-646-83-136 shooting percentage among all ECHL defensemen at 12.5%. Nanne’s Winning Seasons...... 27 seven goals are also tied for third-most among all rookie blueliners. Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Division Championships...... 6 Supinski Streaking At The Right Time Conference Championships...... 5 Forward Brett Supinski scored goals on back-to-back nights for SC Kelly Cups...... 3 last weekend in the team’s victories over Wheeling. The attacker also led the team with a +5 rating in the club’s three wins last week HOCKEY INFORMATION and scored the Rays’ opening goal in their 6-2 win over Orlando on 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 Thursday night. Supinski ranks sixth among all SC skaters in scoring 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 this season with 36 points in 64 games on 15 goals and 21 assists. Returning Players...... 11 Newcomers...... 16 Shorthanded Success Dating back to May 3, SC has successfully killed 39 of their COMMUNICATIONS opponents’ last 43 power play opportunities, a rate of 90%. Overall during 2020-21, the club ranks second in the ECHL with a road Address...... 5050 Etna St., Suite B penalty kill percentage of 86.2% while allowing a league low 17 Contact...... Jared Shafran power play goals in games played away from home. Email...... [email protected] Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Stingrays Sweep Up Nailers With 3-1 Victory Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Forwards Matthew Weis and Mark Cooper each registered a goal Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays and an assist and Hunter Shepard stopped 29 shots to help the Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Stingrays secure a 3-1 win over Wheeling on Tuesday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. The Rays denied any late chances Wheeling put towards the net in the closing minutes, with Shepard completing a perfect third period after stopping 13 shots on goal. MEDIA INFORMATION Nanne’s Big Night Leads Rays Over Nailers The South Carolina Stingrays piled up 50 shots on their way to a Watch:...... MyTV Charleston | FloHockey 6-2 victory over the Wheeling Nailers last Saturday night at the Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 & Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey North Charleston Coliseum. Defender Tyler Nanne recorded his first professional two-goal game in the win, while forwards Brett Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive Supinski and Matthew Weis each scored a goal and an assist and In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays Dan DeSalvo recorded two assists. SC goaltender Hunter Shepard earned the 10th win of his rookie season with 17 saves.

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