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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 Saturday, March 20 • 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 3.40 (3rd) 2.67 (10th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 2.13 (1st) 3.18 (11th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 23.8% (1st) 12.9% (12th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 92.1% (1st) 84.2% (7th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 10-2-2-1 13-12-6-2 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT SC Aims For Second Straight Victory on Pucks & Paws Night Saturday Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays will attempt to impress the many dogs in Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 attendance at the North Charleston Coliseum for Pucks & Paws Night Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 when they face the Fort Wayne Komets on the second day of their Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT weekend 3-in-3 series Saturday night. The series represents the first Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT meetings between these two teams in almost seven years. A week has Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO passed since the Rays completed a three-game trip to Florida which Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO saw them come up short against both Orlando and the Everblades. The March (3-4-0) Komets came into this weekend’s contests after back-to-back 3-2 wins Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO over the Wheeling Nailers last Friday and Saturday. Fort Wayne was Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 the lone team to begin the current ECHL campaign in February due to Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 local restrictions, but they’ve thrived in their first 15 contests, posting a Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 league-best points percentage of .767. South Carolina’s recent skid has Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 2-1 left them in sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings with a points Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. percentage at .515. The Komets rank first in both special teams categories, Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. scoring on 23.8% of their power play chances, while successfully killing off Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. 92.1% of opponents’ man-advantage 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. Rays Claim Series Opener With 2-1 Win Over Komets April Alex Dubeau made 19 saves in the 2nd period and 38 overall Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. in the game to give the Stingrays a 2-1 win over the Fort Wayne Komets Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. on Friday at the North Charleston Coliseum. Stingrays tallies in the victory Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. came from Andrew Cherniwchan and Mark Cooper, while Dan DeSalvo, Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Ryan Cook and Max Gottlieb earned assists. Fort Wayne had a 39-25 Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. advantage in shots during the contest, with netminder Jeremy Helvig Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. turning out 23 attempts. Neither team was able to convert on the power Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. play, with the Komets finishing 0-for-2 while SC ended at 0-for-3. 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. Florida Everblades 36 25 9 0 2 52 0.722 132 89 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Indy Fuel 34 23 9 2 0 48 0.706 107 86 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 35 16 10 7 2 41 0.586 103 107 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 34 17 13 3 1 38 0.559 94 103 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. J A C K S O N V I L L E Jacksonville Icemen 31 14 13 1 3 32 0.516 77 86 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 33 13 12 6 2 34 0.515 88 105 June Wheeling Nailers 33 8 20 5 0 21 0.318 87 118 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 15 games with a 10-2-2-1 record. Prior to this weekend, each Record vs. FW...... 3-1-1-0 First meeting of the Komets contests has come against Wheeling and Indy, Last 10 vs. FW...... 3-1-1-0 ...... Mar. 1, 2013 (W, 2-1 SO) holding a 7-0-1-1 record against the Nailers and a 3-1-1 mark in Streak vs. FW...... Won Two five games with the Fuel. Their offensive attack is led by returning Blair vs. FW...... 1-0-0-0 Last meeting forward Anthony Petruzelli, who has posted 15 points on five ...... Mar. 19, 2021 (W, 2-1) 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 as forwards Zach SITUATIONAL RECORDS Pochiro (9g, 3a) and Shawn Szydlowski (2g, 9a). Attacker Brandon 2019-20 2020-21 Hawkins has 10 points (5g, 5a). In net, Stefanos Lekkas recently Overall Record 44-14-3-1 13-12-6-2 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 4-0-1-1 record in five vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 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 . Home record 19-9-0-0 8-6-3-0 Road record 25-5-3-1 5-6-3-2 All-Time History vs. Fort Wayne 4-3 0-6 South Carolina and Fort Wayne have faced each other just five Shootout 2-1 4-2 times since the Komets joined the ECHL in 2012. All of their previous contests have been played in North Charleston, with the Scoring First 30-4-2-0 10-2-3-0 teams splitting a two-game series March 1-2, 2013 as well as a Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 3-10-3-2 two-game set the following year on March 28-29. Stingrays captain Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 6-1-0-0 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. In the most recent Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 5-2-4-0 meeting prior to this weekend in 2014, former Rays forward Peter Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 6-0-0-0 Boyd completed a hat trick with an overtime winning goal to Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-12-2-2 defeat Fort Wayne 3-2. Overall, SC has a 3-1-1 against the Komets. Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 6-0-4-0 Cooper Makes The Difference In Return Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 6-4-4-1 Forward Mark Cooper found the back of the net 1:03 into the third Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 7-8-2-1 period to push SC in front for good on Friday in the 2-1 win over Fort Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 4-6-5-1 Wayne. Cooper was suiting up in his first game in over a month, with Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 9-6-1-1 his last action coming on Feb. 12. In his return, the Toronto native One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 7-0-6-2 continued a point streak that is now five games long. During the Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 3-5-0-0 run, Cooper has totaled seven points with two goals and five assists. OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 4-0-6-2

Captain Cherniwchan Scores Sixth Tally More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 5-2-2-0 Stingrays captain Andrew Cherniwchan scored for the second time Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 5-8-3-2 in his last three outings during Friday’s win, posting the first goal Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 3-2-1-0 of the game in the first period. The Hinton, Alberta native now has points in four of his last six games and 13 total on the year (6g, 7a). Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-1-2-1 Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 3-0-1-0 Fast Starts Leading To Success Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 4-0-0-1 South Carolina will be looking to have good starts during their Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 4-11-3-0 upcoming homestand over the next two weeks. The Rays hold a record of 10-2-3 this year when they score the opening goal as well Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 9-5-3-1 as a 6-1-0 record when leading after the first period and a 6-0-0 Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 4-5-3-0 mark when they are in front after 40 minutes. Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-1 Novak Stays On Track Following a win 30-10-3-1 7-2-3-0 Sixth-year pro Max Novak is currently 5th in the league with 21 Following a loss 13-4-0-0 6-10-2-2 assists this season. The Oak Ridge, N.J. native scored last Friday night in Florida, his third tally of the year in 30 games. Two of his assists have come shorthanded, which is tied for first in the ECHL.

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4 Rays Facing Former Team This Weekend SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Four South Carolina Stingrays skaters are going up against their former team this weekend during the series with Fort Wayne. TEAM INFORMATION Defender Chase Stewart, who made his 2020-21 debut with SC Location...... North Charleston, S.C. on Friday, spent his first two pro seasons with the Komets, suiting Nickname...... Stingrays up in 55 games with the orange and black. Blueliner Max Gottlieb Colors...... Blue and Red saw action in 43 contests with Fort Wayne last season, securing 30 Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum points. Forward Matthew Weis skated in six games with FW during Capacity...... 7,250 2018-19, posting seven points (2g, 5a) and goalie Alex Dubeau League...... ECHL began his pro career with the Komets, playing in six games late in President...... Rob Concannon the 2018-19 campaign. HOCKEY STAFF Stingrays Trade For Goaltender Sean Romeo Head Coach...... Ryan Blair The Stingrays announced the acquisition of goaltender Sean Romeo Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk in a trade with the Thursday in exchange for Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley future considerations. Romeo, 26, has appeared in five games for Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor KC this year during his second pro season and has posted a goals- against average of 2.63 along with a 0.906 save percentage. The FRANCHISE HISTORY Cary, N.C. native split time with four ECHL clubs during his rookie campaign in 2019-20, appearing in 18 games with a 7-7-0 record First Season...... 1993 and one shutout. The 6-foot-1, 172-pound netminder completed his Total Seasons...... 28 NCAA career with Ohio State, playing in 54 games with a combined Overall Record...... 1,099-635-79-135 record of 30-17-5 during two seasons from 2017-19. Romeo was Winning Seasons...... 27 named to the Big Ten Second All-Star Team in 2017-18 and helped Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 lead the Buckeyes to a regular season conference championship in Division Championships...... 6 2018-19. Conference Championships...... 5 Kelly Cups...... 3 Shepard Recalled By Hershey Bears South Carolina announced Wednesday that goaltender Hunter HOCKEY INFORMATION Shepard had been recalled by their AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears. 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 Shepard, 25, has a 3-4-1 record in nine appearances with South 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Carolina during his rookie professional season with a 2.76 goals- Returning Players...... 11 against average and a 0.912 save percentage. The Grand Rapids, Newcomers...... 16 Minn. native has played a total of 501 minutes in between the pipes for the Stingrays. Previously Shepard was named the ECHL’s COMMUNICATIONS Goaltender of the Month after December after posting a 2-0-1 Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. record in three outings with a 1.89 goals-against average and a save Contact...... Jared Shafran percentage of 0.935. Email...... [email protected] Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Hildebrand Holds Down South Carolina Florida Everblades goaltender Jake Hildebrand earned a 29-save Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey shutout and Michael Huntebrinker scored twice in the third period Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays during a 4-0 win over the South Carolina Stingrays Friday night at Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey . Goaltender Hunter Shepard turned out 31 shots in a losing effort for South Carolina, who was blanked for the first time during the 2020-21 season. Florida finished with 35 shots on goal, while the Stingrays ended with 29. MEDIA INFORMATION Blades’ Strong Second Period Too Much For SC A pair of second period goals from Alex Kile were too much for the Watch:...... MyTV Charleston | FloHockey South Carolina Stingrays to overcome as the Florida Everblades Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey secured a 4-2 decision on home ice at Hertz Arena on Wednesday night. Forwards Andrew Cherniwchan and Max Novak picked up Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive goals for the Stingrays in a losing effort, while goaltender Hunter In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays Shepard turned out 27 Florida shots in his eighth start of the season.

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