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SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY 3300 W. 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) Fort Wayne Komets vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 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. Wheeling Nailers 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 @ Florida Everblades 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 Goaltender 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 @ Indy Fuel 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. @ Orlando Solar Bears 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Fri • 30th 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 Chicago Wolves. 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 Overtime 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.