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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 2019-20 SCHEDULE October (5-1) Sat • 12th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 vs. Fri • 18th @ Gladiators W, 5-3 Sat • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 Friday, January 3 • North Charleston, SC Wed • 23rd @ Norfolk Admirals L, 2-5 Fri • 25th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 4-3 OT 2019-20 Team Comparison (ECHL Rank) Sat • 26th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 3-0 Florida South Carolina November (9-1) Sun • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 8-2 GF/G 3.55 (7th) 3.59 (6th) Fri • 8th @ W, 4-0 Sat • 9th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 SO Fri • 15th vs. W, 4-3 GA/G 2.58 (2nd) 2.14 (1st) Sat • 16th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 6-2 Sun • 17th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 5-2 PP% 10.3% (26th) 11.6% (25th) Tue • 19th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-5 Fri • 22th @ Florida Everblades W, 3-2 PK% 83.5% (10th) 89.4% (2nd) Sat • 23rd @ Florida Everblades W, 3-0 Sat • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-0 19-8-2-2 23-2-3-1 December (9-0-3-1) Mon • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-4 OT South Carolina Begins 2020 Against Everblades Friday Night Wed • 4th @ W, 5-3 Fri • 6th @ Florida Everblades W, 2-0 The South Carolina Stingrays begin a two-game series Friday night with Sat • 7th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-3 OT the Florida Everblades at the North Charleston Coliseum Friday night, their Tue • 10th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-1 Fri • 13th @ Norfolk Admirals L, 4-5 OT first contest of the new 2020 calendar year. SC has had success this Sat • 14th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-0 against the Blades, earning points in all four matchups down in Estero Sun • 15th vs. W, 2-1 earlier this season with a 3-0-1 record. After picking up five points in their Fri • 20th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-4 Sat • 21th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 4-3 three games last week to close 2019, the Rays have secured points in 16 Thu • 26th @ Atlanta Gladiators L, 3-4 SO straight dating back to a win over the Everblades on Nov. 22, the longest Fri • 27th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-1 streak in the ECHL this season. Florida returned from the ECHL’s holiday Sat • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 3-0 break with two victories over the Jacksonville Icemen last week by scores January of 6-2 and 6-1. The Everblades are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. The two Fri • 3rd vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. Sat • 4th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. clubs are the top defensive teams in the ECHL with SC allowing a league- Sun • 5th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 3:05 p.m. low 2.14 goals per game, while Florida is second-best with an average of Tue • 7th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Fri • 10th vs. Beast 7:05 p.m. 2.58 goals allowed. However the two also both struggle on the power play Sat • 11th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. and are ranked as the worst teams in the ECHL on the man-advantage. SC Sun • 12th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:00 p.m. has converted just 11.6% of their opportunities, while the Everblades have Wed • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Fri • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. the lowest rate in the league at 10.3%. Sat • 18th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 6:05 p.m. Sun • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Fri • 24th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. Stingrays Close 2019 With Victory Sat • 25th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. South Carolina had another impressive effort on the defensive end Wed • 29th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 31st vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. Saturday night and earned their seventh shutout of the year with a 3-0 February defeat of the Orlando Solar Bears at the North Charleston Coliseum to Sat •1st vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. extend their league-best point streak to 16 consecutive games. Logan Thu • 6th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Thompson stopped all 19 shots he faced to earn his second blank slate of Fri • 7th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. the season, both of which have come against Orlando. All three of South Sun • 9th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Wed • 12th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. Carolina’s goals came in the third, with forwards Jonathan Charbonneau, Fri • 14th vs. 7:05 p.m. Andrew Cherniwchan and Mark Cooper getting credit for the tallies. Sat • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. Sun • 16th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 p.m. Tue • 18th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. 2019-20 ECHL South Division Standings Sat • 22nd vs. Atlanta Gladiators 6:05 p.m. Sun • 23rd vs. 3:05 p.m. Wed • 26th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 10:30 a.m. GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Sat • 29th @ Worcester Railers 7:05 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 29 23 2 3 1 50 0.862 104 62 March Sun • 1st @ Mariners 3:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 31 19 8 2 2 42 0.677 110 80 Wed • 4th @ Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Fri • 6th @ 9:10 p.m. Sat • 7th @ Idaho Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 34 16 17 0 1 33 0.485 108 119 Wed • 11th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 31 13 13 4 1 31 0.500 81 85 Sun • 15th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Tue • 17th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Atlanta Gladiators 29 13 16 0 0 26 0.448 95 113 Sat • 21st vs. Cyclones 6:05 p.m. Sun • 22nd vs. Norfolk Admirals 3:05 p.m. Norfolk Admirals 34 10 21 3 0 23 0.338 84 125 Tue • 24th vs. 7:05 p.m. Fri • 27th vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 29 9 16 4 0 22 0.379 75 100 Sat • 28th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E Sun • 29th vs. Florida Everblades 3:05 p.m. April Wed • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Everblades Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s South Division with a INSIDE THE SERIES record of 19-8-2-2 after the team’s first 31 games of the season. Record vs. FLA...... 93-85-9-4 First meeting John McCarron is in his fourth year with the club and is ...... (7 ties) ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) once again at the forefront of the team’s offensive attack, posting Last 10 vs. FLA...... 5-4-1-0 29 points in 30 games on six goals and 23 assists. In his career Streak vs. FLA...... Lost One Last meeting with Florida over four seasons, McCarron has 205 points on 85 Bergin vs. FLA...... 3-0-1-0 ...... Dec. 7, 2019 (L, 2-3 OT) goals and 120 assists. Forward Blake Winiecki is second-best on the club with 27 points (13g, 14a), while Zach Magwood is third with 26 points (10g, 16a). Defensemen Logan Roe leads SITUATIONAL RECORDS the club’s blueliners and is fourth on the team with 24 points on 2018-19 2019-20 eight goals and 16 assists. In net, and newcomer Overall Record 35-31-5-1 23-2-3-1 Tom McCollum are expected to split time after Cam Johnson vs. South Division 27-28-4-1 22-2-3-1 was injured last month. Appleby has played 23 contests with the vs. North Division 3-1-1-0 0-0-0-0 Blades, posting a record of 13-4-2 along with a 2.40 goals-against vs. Central Division 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 average and a 0.909 . vs. Mountain Division 5-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 Home record 17-17-2-0 9-1-0-0 All-Time History vs. Florida Road record 18-14-3-1 14-1-3-1 South Carolina has a long history against Florida, dating back to 4-5 1-3 the 1998-99 year, which was the first season of Everblades hockey Shootout 1-1 1-1 in the ECHL. Since then, the two teams having played against each other 198 times in the regular season. Last year, Florida had the Scoring First 22-10-2-1 17-1-2-0 better of SC in the regular season on their way to a division title Opponent scores first 13-21-3-0 6-1-1-1 and an appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals, winning Leading after one period 19-5-0-1 11-0-1-0 five of the eight contests. In 2017-18, the two squads split six Behind after one period 6-18-2-0 4-1-0-1 matchups, with South Carolina finishing 3-2-1. The season before Tied after one period 10-8-3-0 8-1-2-0 in 2016-17, the clubs also split 10 meetings, 5-5, before battling for Leading after two periods 25-2-0-1 17-0-2-1 the sixth time ever during the postseason. With a 5-game series Behind after two periods 2-19-3-0 0-1-0-0 win, the Stingrays claimed their third consecutive postseason Tied after two periods 8-10-2-0 6-1-1-0 series against the Blades with victories in 2009, 2015 and 2017. Scoring on the PP 20-11-2-0 9-0-2-0 Cherny Leads The Way Scoreless on the PP 15-20-3-1 14-2-1-1 Team captain Andrew Cherniwchan had points in all three games Allowing a PPG 14-17-2-0 4-2-2-1 for South Carolina last week, scoring two goals and one assist. The Opponent Scoreless on the PP 21-14-3-1 19-0-1-0 eighth year forward leads the Rays with 14 goals and a +21 rating One- Games 16-10-5-1 7-0-3-1 this year, which is fourth best in the ECHL. Cherniwchan recently Two-Goal Games 10-12-0-0 8-0-0-0 moved into 7th on the team’s all-time goal-scoring list with 90 OT/Shootout Games 5-0-5-1 2-0-3-1 career tallies in a Stingrays sweater. He is also 11th all-time in overall scoring with 196 points and 15th in assists with 106. More Penalties than Opponent 11-9-2-1 7-1-1-1 Less Penalties than Opponent 19-17-2-0 10-1-2-0 Charbonneau Steps Up Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 5-5-1-0 6-0-0-0 Second year forward Jonathan Charbonneau had points in all three of South Carolina’s games last week, accounting for a goal and two Scored three goals 6-8-1-1 7-0-1-1 assists. The St-Colombant, Quebec native is currently on a team-high Scored four goals 10-3-0-0 6-0-1-0 4-game point streak and has reached double-digits in scoring this Scored five or more goals 13-0-1-0 6-0-0-0 season with 10 points on four goals and six assists. Held to two goals or fewer 6-20-3-0 4-2-1-0

Thompson Takes Over Outshooting Opponent 16-17-0-0 17-2-1-0 Rookie went 2-0-0 last week, allowing Outshot by Opponent 19-14-5-1 4-0-2-0 just one goal in his two victories while earning his second shutout of Shots are Even 0-0-0-0 2-0-0-1 the season on Saturday night against Orlando. Thompson finished the month of December with a 5-0-1 record, allowing just 10 tallies Following a win 19-12-2-1 16-2-3-1 to give him a goals-against average of 1.70 along with a 0.945 save Following a loss 16-18-3-0 6-0-0-0 percentage. On the season, the , Alberta native has totaled 11 wins and a goals-against of 2.15 which is third-best in the ECHL along with a 0.925 save percentage that ranks fourth.

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Leaders Against Florida SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forward Dan DeSalvo produced a team-leading five points against the Everblades in the first four meetings between the two teams this TEAM INFORMATION season with two goals and three assists as well as a +4 rating before Location...... North Charleston, S.C. recently signing an AHL contract with the . Nickname...... Stingrays Andrew Cherniwchan has also had success against the Blades, Colors...... Blue and Red scoring four points on a goal and three assists, while Mark Cooper Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum has netted three goals and Mitch Vanderlaan has picked up a goal Capacity...... 7,250 and two assists. Netminder has won all three of his League...... ECHL appearances at this season, allowing just two goals President...... Rob Concannon while collecting two , and a goals-against average of 0.67 and a 0.975 save percentage. HOCKEY STAFF Head Coach...... Steve Bergin Stingrays Sign Forward Brady Fleurent Assistant Coach...... Ryan Blair The Stingrays signed 25-year-old forward Brady Fleurent Friday. Athletic Trainer...... Rick Covard Fleurent is in his rookie season out of the University of New England Equipment Manager...... Cameron Parker and has appeared in 22 games with the SPHL’s while scoring 21 points (six goals, 15 assists). The Biddeford, Maine FRANCHISE HISTORY native began his pro career late last year by signing with the ECHL’s First Season...... 1993 Atlanta Gladiators. He suited up for six games with the Glads and Total Seasons...... 27 registered three points with one goal and two assists. Fleurent, who measures 5-foot-9 and 175 lbs., had a standout career during his Overall Record...... 1,065-610-74-133 four collegiate seasons at UNE, tallying 181 points in 110 games Winning Seasons...... 26 on 60 goals and 121 assists. Last year as a senior captain, Fleurent Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 racked up 48 points (13g, 35a) in 30 games which were tied for Division Championships...... 6 second-most in all of NCAA Division III. Conference Championships...... 5 Kelly Cups...... 3 Hammond Turning Heads Consistency has been key for defenseman Tariq Hammond, who has HOCKEY INFORMATION only had a negative plus-minus rating one time during the 2019-20 2018-19 Overall Record...... 35-31-5-1 season. The lone occurrence came in the club’s second game of the 2018-19 vs. South...... 27-28-4-1 year on Oct. 18. Since then, he has gone 23 straight games with an Returning Players...... 7 even or better rating, which has allowed the Calgary, Alberta native Newcomers...... 18 to compile a +17 mark for the year. Hammond had two assists last week along with a +4 rating. The blueliner has totaled eight points COMMUNICATIONS in 24 games this season on a goal and seven assists. Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Contact...... Jared Shafran Rays Bury Gladiators, 3-1 Email...... [email protected] The South Carolina Stingrays dominated from the start and skated Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 their way to a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Gladiators on Friday night at Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey the Infinite Energy Center to extend their league-best point streak Rays ...... @SCStingrays to 15 consecutive games. Forwards Tim Harrison, Matthew Weis and Max Novak scored goals for the Rays while goaltender Logan Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Thompson stopped 26 shots to earn the victory and improve his record to 10-2-1 on the season. Stingrays Earn Standings Point In Shootout Loss MEDIA INFORMATION

The Atlanta Gladiators scored twice in the third period to erase Watch:...... ECHL.TV a deficit and had the only tally in a shootout after a scoreless Listen:...... Mixlr overtime to defeat the South Carolina Stingrays by a final score Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Andrew Miller

of 4-3 Thursday night at the Infinite Energy Center. The Stingrays Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive scored all three of their goals in the second period with tallies by forwards Andrew Cherniwchan, Cam Askew and Matthew Weis. In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays Despite taking the loss in the shootout, goaltender Parker Milner stayed unbeaten in regulation, stopping 29 shots in the contest.

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