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) South Carolina Stingrays vs. Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Saturday, January 2 • Jacksonville, FL 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 South Carolina Jacksonville January (0-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.50 (10th) 2.00 (12th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Fri • 8th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. GA/G 2.17 (1st) 3.71 (11th) Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. PP% 2.9% (13th) 11.8% (11th)

Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. CKSONVILLE Mon • 18th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 1:05 p.m. PK% 90.6% (3rd) 90.0% (4th) JA Fri • 22nd @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Sat • 23th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. Sun • 24th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. 3-1-2-0 2-4-1-0 Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. Stingrays Visit Icemen In Saturday Night Duel After suffering their first regulation loss of the 2020-21 season, the South February Carolina Stingrays complete their weekend on the road Saturday night Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. in Jacksonville with a matchup against the Icemen. The Rays had success Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. in their previous two battles with their southern foes earlier this year, Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. securing a pair of victories in a home-and-home series on Dec. 18-19. Through six games, the Stingrays are in second place in the South Division with eight points in the standings, while the Icemen are at the bottom of the table in fifth, having secured five points. Jacksonville has earned STINGRAYS LEADERS three points this week however, coming off a win over Florida on Monday 2020-21 Regular Season before falling in overtime to Orlando Tuesday night. SC has continued to shine defensively, allowing a league-low 2.17 goals per game in their first Goals Game-Winning Goals six contests of the year. The Stingrays finished as the best defensive team A. Cherniwchan, 2 Justin Florek, 1 in the ECHL in 2019-20, allowing only 2.37 goals per game. The teams are Caleb Herbert, 2 Max Gottlieb, 1 Mason Morelli, 2 both at the bottom of the league’s power play rankings, with Jacksonville Justin Florek, 2 in 11th at 11.8% while the Rays have just one PP so far this season. Dylan Steman, 2 Cole Ully, 2 Greenville Gets Best of Rays in New Year’s Day Matinee Assists Power Play Goals The Greenville Swamp Rabbits got ahead in the first period and never Cole Ully, 3 A. Cherniwchan, 1 trailed on their way to handing the South Carolina Stingrays their first Max Novak, 3 A. Cherniwchan, 2 regulation loss of the 2020-21 season by a final score of 3-1 on Friday Max Gottlieb, 2 afternoon at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Cole Ully netted the lone Tariq Hammond, 2 tally for South Carolina in the contest, while goaltender Hunter Shepard Caleb Herbert, 2 got the start and kept the Rays in the game with 24 saves. Greenville Mason Morelli, 2 secured their third victory of the year, all coming at the hands of the Rays. Plus-Minus Power Play Assists Swamp Rabbits’ goaltender Ryan Bednard stopped a total of 25 shots in Macoy Erkamps, +5 Brett Supinski, 1 the game, with Greenville outshooting SC by a slim 27-26 margin. Justin Florek, +4 Caleb Herbert, 1 Cole Ully, +4 Max Gottlieb, +3 Tariq Hammond, +3 2020-21 ECHL South Division Standings Max Novak, +3 GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Minutes Shots On Net Florida Everblades 7 5 2 0 0 10 0.714 32 19 Macoy Erkamps, 18 Caleb Herbert, 20 Will Graber, 12 Mason Morelli, 17 South Carolina Stingrays 6 3 1 2 0 8 0.667 15 13 Caleb Herbert, 10 Cole Ully, 17 A. Cherniwchan, 6 Max Gottlieb, 17 Orlando Solar Bears 5 4 1 0 0 8 0.800 19 14 Justin Florek, 6 Justin Florek, 14 Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7 3 3 0 1 7 0.500 18 23 Jacksonville Icemen 7 2 4 1 0 5 0.357 14 26 SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Icemen Jacksonville finished the 2019-20 year with a record of 24-29-6-1 INSIDE THE SERIES JA CKSONVILLE in 60 games and would have been in a late season battle for a Record vs. JAX...... 16-12-0-0 First meeting spot in the postseason had play continued. Head Coach Jason Last 10 vs. JAX...... 8-2-0-0 ...... Oct. 21, 2017 (W, 3-2) Christie returns for his fourth year behind the bench, along with Streak vs. JAX...... Won Three forwards Cameron Critchlow, Wacey Rabbit and last year’s All- Blair vs. JAX...... 2-0-0-0 Last meeting Star selection Brendan Warren. On defense, Jacob Cederholm ...... Dec. 19, 2020 (W, 5-1) is back along with newcomers Jeff Taylor and Jason Binkley, as well as former Stingray Kevin McKernan. Through seven games, forward Nick Saracino leads the club with six points on two goals SITUATIONAL RECORDS and four helpers. Rabbit has four points (2g, 2a), as does forward 2019-20 2020-21 Mike Szmatula (2g, 2a) and attacker Ara Nazarian has a team- Overall Record 44-14-3-1 3-1-2-0 high three goals. In net, Eamon McAdam has played in four of vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 3-1-2-0 the team’s contests and has a 2-1-1 record with a goals-against vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 average of 2.70 and a save percentage at 0.904. vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Jacksonville Home record 19-9-0-0 1-0-2-0 Saturday’s contest is the third matchup of the 2020-21 season Road record 25-5-3-1 2-1-0-0 between South Carolina and Jacksonville and the 29th meeting Overtime 4-3 0-2 overall since the Icemen began play in the South Division Shootout 2-1 1-0 during the 2017-18 season. After seeing each other 10 times in each of Jacksonville’s first two campaigns, the rivals faced-off six Scoring First 30-4-2-0 3-0-1-0 times during the COVID-19 shortened 2019-20 year. The Stingrays Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 0-1-1-0 were victorious in five of the six matchups, before the final two Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 2-0-0-0 meetings were canceled. SC has the edge in the all-time series, Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-1-0-0 holding a record of 16-12-0. Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 1-0-2-0 Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 2-0-0-0 Ully Takes Over Team Lead In Scoring Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 0-1-0-0 Forward Cole Ully scored the lone goal for the Stingrays during the Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 1-0-2-0 second period of Friday’s loss to Greenville, his second tally of the 2020-21 season. Now with five points in six games, the Calgary, Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 0-0-1-0 Alberta native is the top scorer among the team’s skaters with five Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 3-1-1-0 points (2g, 3a). Ully registered assists on both SC goals during the Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 1-1-1-0 Dec. 11 opening night contest against Greenville and kept rolling in Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 2-0-1-0 the team’s sweep over Jacksonville the following weekend. with a goal and an assist in the pair of victories. Ully is in his second season One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 2-0-2-0 with the Rays after posting 48 points in 53 games during 2019-20 on Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 0-1-0-0 12 goals and 36 assists. OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 1-0-2-0 More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 2-0-0-0 Defensive Prowess Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 1-1-1-0 Through their first six games of the season, South Carolina ranks at Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 0-0-1-0 the top of the ECHL’s defensive rankings, allowing just 2.17 goals per game. The group has been led by their goaltenders, an saw another Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 1-0-0-0 stellar outing by Hunter Shepard on Friday after Alex Dubeau had a Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 0-0-0-0 strong showing in his season debut Sunday. The Rays have picked Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 up where they left off in 2019-20 when they finished the shortened Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 1-1-2-0 campaign as the best defensive team in the league, allowing an average of just 2.37 goals per game. Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 2-0-1-0 Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 1-1-1-0 Shepard Settling In Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-0-0-0 Rookie goaltender Hunter Shepard did all he could to keep the Rays within striking distance during Saturdays loss in Greenville, making Following a win 30-10-3-1 2-0-1-0 24 saves. The Grand Rapids, Minnesota native has continued to look Following a loss 13-4-0-0 1-1-0-0 like he belongs at the start of his first pro season and now has a goals-against average of 2.17 which is sixth best in the ECHL, while his 0.924 save percentage is seventh in the league.

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Excellent Erkamps SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Defender Macoy Erkamps has been a steady presence on the back end for the Stingrays to start the 2020-21 year, earning an even TEAM INFORMATION or better rating in all of the team’s six games. The Delta, British Location...... North Charleston, S.C. Columbia native is tied for sixth in the ECHL with a +5 rating, and Nickname...... Stingrays has an assist as well as nine shots on net this season. Erkamps, who Colors...... Blue and Red is in his fifth pro year, spent his previous two seasons with the AHL’s Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Capacity...... 7,250 League...... ECHL Killing Kings President...... Rob Concannon The Rays were a perfect 8-for-8 on the penalty kill last week before holding Greenville to a 1-for-6 mark during Friday’s game and HOCKEY STAFF have an overall killing percentage of 90.6 this season, which ranks Head Coach...... Ryan Blair third in the ECHL. After stopping four power play opportunities Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk last Saturday, SC duplicated their perfect performance in Sunday’s Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley game, discarding all four of the Swamp Rabbits’ man-advantages. Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor South Carolina was on a streak of 15 straight penalties killed before allowing just their third power play goal of the year Friday. FRANCHISE HISTORY First Season...... 1993 Long Term Linemates Total Seasons...... 28 Linemates Justin Florek and Andrew Cherniwchan each scored Overall Record...... 1,089-624-75-133 their second goal of the year in Sunday’s loss to Greenville. The two Winning Seasons...... 27 attackers have a long history of playing together, dating back to Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 their time in the NCAA at Northern Michigan University (2008-12). Florek began his pro career with the organization, and Division Championships...... 6 he and Cherniwchan reunited in the AHL with Providence during the Conference Championships...... 5 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. After spending his last three seasons Kelly Cups...... 3 overseas, Florek returned to North America for the 2020-21 year, his first in the ECHL. HOCKEY INFORMATION 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 Rays Extend Point Streak To 5 In OT Loss To Greenville 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 For the second time this season, defender Ben Finkelstein was Returning Players...... 11 at the right place at the right time, scoring in overtime for the Newcomers...... 16 Greenville Swamp Rabbits to defeat the South Carolina Stingrays by a 3-2 score on Sunday afternoon at the North Charleston Coliseum. COMMUNICATIONS South Carolina goals were scored by linemates Justin Florek and Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Andrew Cherniwchan in a losing effort, while goaltender Alex Contact...... Jared Shafran Dubeau turned aside 26 shots in his season-debut for the Rays. Email...... [email protected] SC has now earned points in all five of their first regular season Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 contests. Greenville goaltender John Lethemon earned the victory Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey with 30 saves in the game. Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays Stingrays Skate Past Rabbits In Shootout Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey The South Carolina Stingrays came away victorious from their first shootout of the season, defeating the Greenville Swamp Rabbits by a final score of 3-2 for their third straight win last Saturday night at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Stingrays forwards Dylan Steman and Mason Morelli scored goals in the win, while goaltender Hunter MEDIA INFORMATION Shepard picked up his second victory of the year with 29 saves and four straight denials in the shootout to secure the win for SC. Rays Watch:...... FloHockey forwards Andrew Cherniwchan and Dan DeSalvo found the back of Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 | Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran the net in the skill session. Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays

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