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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 Saturday, January 11 • 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 3.47 (6th) 3.41 (8th) Fri • 8th @ W, 4-0 Sat • 9th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 SO Fri • 15th vs. W, 4-3 GA/G 2.81 (6th) 2.18 (1st) Sat • 16th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 6-2 Sun • 17th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 5-2 PP% 11.7% (26th) 12.3% (25th) Tue • 19th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-5 Fri • 22th @ Florida Everblades W, 3-2 PK% 82.5% (12th) 89.4% (1st) Sat • 23rd @ Florida Everblades W, 3-0 Sat • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-0 22-10-2-2 25-5-3-1 December (9-0-3-1) Mon • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Look To Rebound Saturday Night Against Florida Wed • 4th @ W, 5-3 Fri • 6th @ Florida Everblades W, 2-0 The South Carolina Stingrays continue their three-game weekend on Sat • 7th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-3 OT Saturday night when they host the Florida Everblades for the teams’ Tue • 10th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-1 Fri • 13th @ Norfolk Admirals L, 4-5 OT seventh meeting of the 2019-20 at the North Charleston Coliseum. Sat • 14th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-0 The Rays are coming off a 3-1 loss to the on Friday, while Sun • 15th vs. W, 2-1 Florida has suffered back-to-back losses to Brampton on Tuesday (8-2) Fri • 20th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-4 Sat • 21th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 4-3 and Greenville on Friday (6-2). Saturday’s contest is the seventh and final Thu • 26th @ Atlanta Gladiators L, 3-4 SO game of South Carolina’s second-longest homestand of the season. The Fri • 27th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-1 Stingrays are in first place in the South Division standings with 54 points Sat • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 3-0 in 34 games, while Florida is nipping at their heels in second place with January 48 points in 36 contests. SC has the top defensive unit in the ECHL this Fri • 3rd vs. Florida Everblades L, 0-1 Sat • 4th vs. Florida Everblades L, 3-5 season, allowing a league-low 2.18 goals per game, as well as the top Sun • 5th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-2 penalty killing unit in the league (89.4%). The Everblades are ranked sixth Tue • 7th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 5-1 Fri • 10th vs. Brampton Beast L, 1-3 in the ECHL on both offense and defense, scoring 3.47 goals per game Sat • 11th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. while allowing 2.81 tallies per contest. After Saturday’s meeting, the two Sun • 12th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:00 p.m. teams see each other again on Saturday, Feb. 1 in North Charleston. Wed • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Fri • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Sat • 18th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 6:05 p.m. Sun • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Beast Stifle Rays, 3-1 Fri • 24th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. The Brampton Beast got out to an early lead and held off any chance of Sat • 25th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. a comeback for the South Carolina Stingrays in a 3-1 decision on Friday Wed • 29th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 31st vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Stingrays Max Novak February scored the lone goal for South Carolina in a losing effort, his eighth of the Sat •1st vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. season. got the start and stopped 25 shots in Thu • 6th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. the contest for the Rays. Both teams were held off the scoreboard during Fri • 7th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. three power play opportunities in the contest. The Beast finished with a Sun • 9th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Wed • 12th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. shots-on-goal advantage of 28-27, while Dubeau picked up the victory Fri • 14th vs. 7:05 p.m. with 26 saves. 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 34 25 5 3 1 54 0.794 116 74 March Sun • 1st @ Maine Mariners 3:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 36 22 10 2 2 48 0.667 125 101 Wed • 4th @ Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Fri • 6th @ 9:10 p.m. Sat • 7th @ Idaho Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 38 18 18 1 1 38 0.500 124 132 Wed • 11th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 33 14 14 4 1 33 0.500 89 92 Sun • 15th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Tue • 17th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Atlanta Gladiators 34 15 19 0 0 30 0.441 107 131 Sat • 21st vs. 6:05 p.m. Sun • 22nd vs. Norfolk Admirals 3:05 p.m. Norfolk Admirals 37 10 23 4 0 24 0.324 89 138 Tue • 24th vs. Cincinnati Cyclones 7:05 p.m. Fri • 27th vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 33 11 18 4 0 26 0.394 91 116 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 22-10-2-2 after the team’s first 36 games of the season. Record vs. FLA...... 93-87-9-4 First meeting Forward 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...... 4-5-1-0 32 points in 35 games on eight goals and 24 assists. In his career Streak vs. FLA...... Lost Three Last meeting with Florida, McCarron has 208 points on 87 goals and 121 Bergin vs. FLA...... 3-2-1-0 ...... Jan. 3, 2020 (L, 3-5) assists. Forward Blake Winiecki is tied with McCarron for the club lead with 32 points (14g, 18a), while Zach Magwood is third with 31 points (13g, 18a). Defenseman Logan Roe leads the club’s SITUATIONAL RECORDS blueliners and is 4th on the team with 29 points on 10 goals and 2018-19 2019-20 19 assists. In net, Ken Appleby has shouldered the load as of late Overall Record 35-31-5-1 25-5-3-1 after an injury to Cam Johnson last month. Appleby has played vs. South Division 27-28-4-1 24-4-3-1 26 games with the Blades and has a record of 14-6-2 along with a vs. North Division 3-1-1-0 0-1-0-0 2.70 goals-against average and a 0.898 save percentage. vs. Central Division 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 vs. Mountain Division 5-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Florida Home record 17-17-2-0 11-4-0-0 South Carolina has a long history against Florida, dating back to Road record 18-14-3-1 14-1-3-1 the 1998-99 year, which was the first season of Everblades hockey 4-5 1-3 in the ECHL. Since then, the two teams having played against each Shootout 1-1 1-1 other 200 times in the regular season. Last year, Florida had the better of SC in the regular season on their way to a division title Scoring First 22-10-2-1 18-2-2-0 and an appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals, winning Opponent scores first 13-21-3-0 7-3-1-1 five of the eight contests. In 2017-18, the two squads split six Leading after one period 19-5-0-1 12-1-1-0 matchups, with South Carolina finishing 3-2-1. The season before Behind after one period 6-18-2-0 4-2-0-1 in 2016-17, the clubs also split 10 meetings, 5-5, before battling for Tied after one period 10-8-3-0 9-2-2-0 the sixth time ever during the postseason. With a 5-game series Leading after two periods 25-2-0-1 19-0-2-1 win, the Stingrays claimed their third consecutive postseason Behind after two periods 2-19-3-0 0-3-0-0 series against the Blades with victories in 2009, 2015 and 2017. Tied after two periods 8-10-2-0 6-2-1-0 Thompson Takes Over Scoring on the PP 20-11-2-0 10-1-2-0 Rookie goaltender has lowered his goals against Scoreless on the PP 15-20-3-1 15-4-1-1 average to 2.01 which is now the lowest in the ECHL among Allowing a PPG 14-17-2-0 5-3-2-1 qualifying netminders. Thompson’s save percentage of 0.932 in Opponent Scoreless on the PP 21-14-3-1 20-2-1-0 17 appearances is second-best in the league. The , Alberta One-Goal Games 16-10-5-1 8-1-3-1 native allowed just one goal to Florida last Friday before earning his Two-Goal Games 10-12-0-0 8-2-0-0 12th and 13th wins of the season in a sweep of Atlanta with 34 saves OT/Shootout Games 5-0-5-1 2-0-3-1 on Sunday and 37 on Tuesday. Thompson has allowed one goal or less in five consecuive starts and is 8-1-1 in his last 10 outings. More Penalties than Opponent 11-9-2-1 9-1-1-1 Less Penalties than Opponent 19-17-2-0 10-3-2-0 Charbonneau Steps Up Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 5-5-1-0 6-1-0-0 Second year forward Jonathan Charbonneau continued his hot play last week by earning assists on Saturday and Sunday. He then netted Scored three goals 6-8-1-1 8-1-1-1 his fifth goal of the season in a victory over Atlanta on Tuesday. The Scored four goals 10-3-0-0 6-0-1-0 St-Colombant, Quebec native now has points in seven of his last Scored five or more goals 13-0-1-0 7-0-0-0 nine games and has totaled 13 points overall this year in 26 games. Held to two goals or fewer 6-20-3-0 4-4-1-0

Top-Ranked Penalty Kill Outshooting Opponent 16-17-0-0 17-2-1-0 South Carolina currently has the best penalty killing percentage Outshot by Opponent 19-14-5-1 6-3-2-0 in the ECHL, discarding 89.4% of their opponents power play Shots are Even 0-0-0-0 2-0-0-1 opportunities during the 2019-20 season. In 132 times shorthanded so far this year, the Rays have allowed just 14 power play goals. Following a win 19-12-2-1 17-4-3-1 SC has been particularly good on the penalty kill in their 15 home Following a loss 16-18-3-0 7-1-0-0 contests, allowing just four goals during 56 power play chances to give themselves a 92.9% success rate which also leads the league. On the road, South Carolina has killed off 86.8% of their 76 penalties.

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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 games 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. signing an AHL contract with the Cleveland Monsters. Andrew Nickname...... Stingrays Cherniwchan, Mark Cooper and Mitch Vanderlaan have also had Colors...... Blue and Red success against the Blades, each scoring four points this season. Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum Cooper leads the way with three goals scored in six outings. Capacity...... 7,250 Netminder Parker Milner has won three of his four appearances League...... ECHL against the Everblades this season, allowing just six goals while President...... Rob Concannon collecting two shutouts along with a goals-against average of 1.51 and a 0.949 save percentage. HOCKEY STAFF Head Coach...... Steve Bergin Cherny Nearing Major Milestone Assistant Coach...... Ryan Blair Stingrays captain Andrew Cherniwchan, who is in his 8th season Athletic Trainer...... Rick Covard with the club, is one point away from his 200th career ECHL point. Equipment Manager...... Cameron Parker Friday’s contest was the forward’s 250th game with South Carolina, which is 14th most in the team’s history. Cherniwchan recently had FRANCHISE HISTORY a goal and an assist in SC’s 5-1 win over Atlanta on Tuesday. The Hinton, Alberta native has totaled 29 points in 34 games during First Season...... 1993 2019-20 on a team-leading 15 goals and 14 assists. The captain also Total Seasons...... 27 leads all Rays skaters with a +21 rating this year. Overall Record...... 1,067-613-74-133 Winning Seasons...... 26 Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Hammond Turning Heads Consistency has been key for defenseman Tariq Hammond, who has Division Championships...... 6 only had a negative plus-minus rating one time during the 2019-20 Conference Championships...... 5 season. The lone occurrence came in the club’s second game of the Kelly Cups...... 3 year on Oct. 18. Since then, he has gone 28 straight games with an even or better rating, which has allowed the Calgary, Alberta native HOCKEY INFORMATION to compile a +19 mark for the year that is second-highest among 2018-19 Overall Record...... 35-31-5-1 all ECHL defensemen. The blueliner has totaled eight points in 29 2018-19 vs. South...... 27-28-4-1 games this season on a goal and seven assists. Returning Players...... 7 Newcomers...... 18 Rays Pile On In Third, Take Down Glads 5-1 The South Carolina Stingrays scored five straight goals and rolled COMMUNICATIONS to a 5-1 victory over the Atlanta Gladiators on Tuesday night at the Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. North Charleston Coliseum behind 37 saves for goaltender Logan Contact...... Jared Shafran Thompson. Five different scorers struck for the Rays in the win Email...... [email protected] and five skaters had multi-point nights including captain Andrew Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Cherniwchan, Mark Cooper and Dylan Steman, who each picked up a goal and an assist. Forward Max Novak and defender Tom Parisi Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey also each had two helpers. South Carolina finished with a 1-for-2 Rays ...... @SCStingrays mark on the power play and held Atlanta off the board on the man- Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey advantage at 0-for-3. Rays Score Early, Shut Down Late Atlanta Comeback A third period goal by Tim Harrison kept the South Carolina MEDIA INFORMATION Stingrays ahead of the Atlanta Gladiators for good in a 3-2 win Watch:...... ECHL.TV at the North Charleston Coliseum Sunday afternoon. Goaltender Listen:...... Mixlr Logan Thompson stopped 34 shots for the Stingrays to earn his Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey 12th win of the season, while Mark Cooper and Cam Askew each Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive also netted goals in the victory. South Carolina held the Gladiators to a 1-for-8 mark on the man-advantage in the game, while In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays finishing 0-for-4 on the power play themselves. Atlanta outshot the Rays 36-28 in the contest. Goaltender Chris Nell came up with 25 saves for the Glads in a losing effort.

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