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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 Friday, February 12 • 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 Florida South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 3.90 (1st) 2.83 (7th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 2.35 (1st) 2.72 (5th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 19.8% (2nd) 12.9% (9th) Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 90.0% (1st) 85.0% (5th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (1-2-1) 14-5-0-1 9-5-4-0 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT South Carolina Looks to Even Series with Florida Friday Night Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 After the Florida Everblades stole the opener on Wednesday, the South Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. Carolina Stingrays will aim to even the teams’ 3-game series on Friday Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. night at the North Charleston Coliseum. The two longtime rivals are set for Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. their fourth contest overall during the 2020-21 season, splitting the first Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. two down in Estero on Jan. 29 and 30 before Florida took Wednesday’s Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. battle by a 4-2 score. SC claimed a 5-1 victory in the opening matchup Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. before the Blades rebounded for a 4-1 decision the following evening. Last March week the Rays defeated Greenville Wednesday at home before falling in Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. on the road in the upstate on Thursday and dropping a contest Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. against Jacksonville at home last Friday. The Everblades took three points Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. from a home series with Orlando last weekend, falling 3-2 in a shootout Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Friday before a 4-1 victory the next night. Florida is in second place in the Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 19th vs. 7:05 p.m. ECHL’s Eastern Conference while the Stingrays are in fourth. The Blades are Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. the top team in the league both offensively and defensively, averaging Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. 3.90 goals per game and allowing just 2.35 per contest. Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Blades Topple Stingrays With Pair of Late Goals Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Although the South Carolina Stingrays erased an early deficit, the Florida April Everblades scored twice in the third period to take the lead back and earn Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. a 4-2 decision at the North Charleston Coliseum on Wednesday night. Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Forwards Graham Knott and Mark Cooper found the back of the net in Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. the game for the Rays. Both goals came with assists by Brett Supinski and Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Jake Kupsky played well in the crease, stopping 30 Florida Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. shots in a losing effort. Despite outshooting Florida 15-8 in the third Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. period, the Stingrays were outshot overall on the night by one, 34-33. Jake Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Hildebrand stopped 31 shots to pick up the win for the Everblades. 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. Indy Fuel 18 14 3 1 0 29 0.806 60 48 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 20 14 5 0 1 29 0.725 78 47 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 20 9 4 5 2 25 0.625 61 60 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 18 9 5 4 0 22 0.611 51 49 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. Orlando Solar Bears 18 9 8 1 0 19 0.528 49 65 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 17 6 9 1 1 14 0.412 36 49 June Wheeling Nailers 15 3 8 4 0 10 0.333 41 55 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 Everblades Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference with a INSIDE THE SERIES 14-5-0-1 record thru 20 games. The Blades have a powerful Record vs. FLA...... 95-90-9-4 First meeting offensive attack led by Michael Huntebrinker who has ...... (7 ties) ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) totaled 20 points in 20 games on 11 goals and nine assists. Just Last 10 vs. FLA...... 4-5-1-0 behind him is Blake Winiecki and Alex Kile who each have 17 Streak vs. FLA...... Lost Two Last meeting points apiece. Team John McCarron is in his fifth year Blair vs. FLA...... 1-2-0-0 ...... Feb. 10, 2021 (L, 2-4) with the club and is once again at the forefront of the team’s offensive attack, posting 18 points on nine goals and nine assists, including the team’s only overtime winner this season. In his SITUATIONAL RECORDS career with Florida, McCarron has 234 points on 100 goals and 2019-20 2020-21 134 assists. Defender Logan Roe has continued his dominance at Overall Record 44-14-3-1 9-5-4-0 the ECHL level, posting nine points (3g, 6a) as well as a league- vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 7-5-4-0 high +21 rating. In net, Devin Cooley has appeared in nine games vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 while earning a 4-4-0 record with one shutout, a goals-against of vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 2.57 and a 0.912 save percentage. vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 Home record 19-9-0-0 5-2-3-0 All-Time History vs. Florida Road record 25-5-3-1 4-3-1-0 South Carolina has a long history against Florida, dating back to Overtime 4-3 0-4 the 1998-99 year, which was the first season of Everblades hockey Shootout 2-1 2-0 in the ECHL. Since then, the two teams having played against each other 204 times in the regular season. Last year the teams split Scoring First 30-4-2-0 8-1-2-0 eight meetings and SC earned points in five contests with a 4-3-1 Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 1-4-2-0 record. During 2018-19, Florida had the better of the Rays in the Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 5-1-0-0 regular season on their way to a division title and an appearance in Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-4-1-0 the Eastern Conference Finals, winning five of the eight contests. Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 4-0-3-0 In 2017-18, the two squads split six matchups, with South Carolina Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 5-0-0-0 finishing 3-2-1. The Stingrays have won three straight postseason Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-5-1-0 series against the Blades with victories in 2009, 2015 and 2017. Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 3-0-3-0 Supinski Standing Out Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 4-1-3-0 Forward Brett Supinski assisted on both of South Carolina’s goals Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 5-4-1-0 Wednesday night, continuing his offensive hot streak which has Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 3-3-3-0 seen him register points in six of the Rays’ last seven games. In the Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 6-2-1-0 Rays’ last three games, the Collegeville, Pa. native has five points on a goal and four assists. Supinski has also posted points in five One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 4-0-4-0 straight road games dating back to Jan. 2 and has an overall total of Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 2-2-0-0 11 points in 14 games this season on four goals and seven assists. OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 2-0-4-0 More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 3-2-1-0 Kupsky Continues Great Play Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-3-2-0 Goaltender Jake Kupsky has started six of South Carolina’s last Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 2-0-1-0 seven games, playing over 360 minutes in the past month. His best performance came last Wednesday when he was perfect with Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-0-1-0 20 saves in a 2-0 shutout win over Greenville. The week prior, the Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 2-0-1-0 netminder started all three of SC’s contests in the Sunshine State on Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 3-0-0-0 three consecutive days, totaling 96 saves. The Waukesha, Wis. native Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 2-5-2-0 has a goals-against average of 2.83 along with a save percentage at 0.915 in his six appearances with SC this season. Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 8-2-2-0 Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 1-3-2-0 Fast Starts Mean Good News Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-0-0-0 The Stingrays have fared well when scoring the first goal this season, earning an 8-1-2 record when striking first. SC has found the Following a win 30-10-3-1 5-1-3-0 opening goal in 11 of their 18 outings this year which has helped Following a loss 13-4-0-0 4-4-0-0 them secure 18 of their 22 points in the standings.

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Goaltender Sean Bonar Joins Stingrays SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Stingrays agreed to terms with goaltender Sean Bonar on Monday. Bonar, 29, appeared in five ECHL contests earlier this TEAM INFORMATION season, his seventh as a pro, with the . The Location...... North Charleston, S.C. Delta, B.C. native spent his previous three years with the Atlanta Nickname...... Stingrays Gladiators, suiting up for 97 games while collecting 45 wins. Colors...... Blue and Red Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum Stingrays Sign Forward Anthony Collins Capacity...... 7,250 SC agreed to terms with forward Anthony Collins Saturday. The League...... ECHL attacker began his ECHL career with the Rays during 2013 & 2014, President...... Rob Concannon playing 51 games with six assists. Collins set career-highs in assists (11) and points (14) last year with the . In 2020-21, HOCKEY STAFF the Surrey, B.C. native played two ECHL games with the Kansas City Head Coach...... Ryan Blair Mavericks and two SPHL contests with the Birmingham Bulls before Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk rejoining the Stingrays. Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Knott Helps on the Power Play All three of forward Graham Knott’s goals this season have been FRANCHISE HISTORY scored on the power play. The attacker from Etobicoke, Ont. has First Season...... 1993 struck twice against Florida, in addition to a tally in Greenville on Total Seasons...... 28 Feb. 4. Knott also has one assist this season for a total of four points Overall Record...... 1,095-628-77-133 during his first seven games this year. Winning Seasons...... 27 Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Hillman Gets on the Board Division Championships...... 6 Defender Blake Hillman scored his first point as a member of the Conference Championships...... 5 Stingrays Wednesday night in the team’s loss to Florida. Hillman, a Kelly Cups...... 3 native of Elk River, Minn., assisted on Mark Cooper’s third period tally that tied up the game at 2-2. The blueliner has lent his experience to SC’s blue line this season after posting 13 points in 35 games with HOCKEY INFORMATION Toledo last year. 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Saracino Scores Twice To Sink Stingrays Returning Players...... 11 The South Carolina Stingrays fell behind early and were unable to Newcomers...... 16 fight their way back, coming up short to the Jacksonville Icemen by a score of 4-1 on Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. COMMUNICATIONS Forward Nick Saracino led the charge for Jacksonville, scoring Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. twice, while Brett Supinski netted the lone goal for SC. Goaltender Contact...... Jared Shafran Craig Pantano made 23 saves in a losing effort in his first ECHL Email...... [email protected] start. Supinski found the back of the net for his fourth of the Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 season, beating Jacksonville netminder Kyle Keyser on the far side Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey 40 seconds into the period. Mark Cooper and Dan DeSalvo both Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays earned assists on the only Rays goal of the evening. Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey OT Winner Gives Greenville Series Split The South Carolina Stingrays took a 2-0 lead in the second period Thursday night on the road at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, but the Greenville Swamp Rabbits battled back to earn a 4-3 win in overtime in the sixth game between the two teams to need MEDIA INFORMATION

extra time this season. Forward Dan DeSalvo led the way for South Watch:...... FloHockey Carolina in a losing effort, scoring twice, while Mark Cooper picked Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 & Mixlr up two assists and goaltender Jake Kupsky made 37 saves in his Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey fifth consecutive start in between the pipes for the Rays. Greenville’s Max Zimmer found the winner at 2:56 of the extra session. Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays

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