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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 2020-21 SCHEDULE December (3-0-2) Jacksonville Icemen vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 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. Wheeling Nailers 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 @ Florida Everblades 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. Fort Wayne Komets 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 @ Indy Fuel 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.