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SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY 5050 Etna St

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY 5050 Etna St

HOCKEY 5050 Etna St. Suite B - 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 Wednesday, May 12 • 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 Indy South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.93 (9th) 3.00 (5th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 2.95 (7th) 3.19 (12th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 19.4% (3rd) 16.5% (8th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 78.7% (13th) 83.6% (6th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 30-21-5-0 25-20-10-3 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Return Home To Host Fuel Tuesday Night Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays and Indy Fuel complete their mid-week two- Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 game set at the North Charleston Coliseum on Wednesday night. The two Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 clubs had only seen each other once during the 2020-21 prior to Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT this week, with the Fuel claiming a 2-1 decision in last month Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT on April 7. Before returning home with a 3-1 win in the opener Tuesday, Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO SC recently played their last seven on the road, earning and a record of Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO 4-2-1 on the trip. Indy is coming off a road series split with the March (7-6-0) Komets, bouncing back from a 5-2 loss Friday with a 5-4 win on Saturday. Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO The Stingrays’ offense came alive during their recent trip to Florida, Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 scoring 25 goals for an average of 4.1 per outing. With the offensive Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 outburst, SC has now brought their season average to three goals per Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 game which ranks fifth in the ECHL. The Fuel are in third place in the Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. W, 2-1 Eastern Conference standings with a points percentage at .580 but have Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 struggled lately, going just 3-6-1 in their last 10 outings. Indy ranks third in Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-2 the ECHL on the power play with a success rate of 19.4%. South Carolina Fri • 26th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-6 Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-3 sits in sixth place in the Eastern Conference with a points percentage of Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-3 .543 while the team’s penalty kill ranks sixth in the league at 83.6%. Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-5 April (5-4-3-1) Rays Outrun Fuel, 3-1 Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 SO Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 The South Carolina Stingrays scored once in each period and got 40 saves Wed • 7th @ Indy Fuel L, 1-2 OT from Alex Dubeau to defeat the Indy Fuel by a score of 3-1 on Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers W, 3-2 SO Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 6-7 Tuesday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Forwards Tim Harrison Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-5 and Dylan Steman led the way offensively, each securing a goal and an Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT assist, while team Andrew Cherniwchan scored his 17th goal of Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Wed • 21st vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT the season in the victory. Cherniwchan has now posted points in seven Fri • 23rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-4 consecutive home games. Sat • 24th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 Sun • 25th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 OT Fri • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-2 May (3-2-1) Sun • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 7-4 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Mon • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 2-3 Wed • 5th @ Florida Everblades W, 3-2 OT GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 OT Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-3 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel W, 3-1 Florida Everblades 56 35 17 2 2 74 0.661 192 152 Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 60 29 17 11 3 72 0.600 172 178 Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Wed • 19th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Indy Fuel 56 30 21 5 0 65 0.580 164 165 Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 58 30 22 5 1 66 0.569 174 184 Wed • 26th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 56 28 22 3 3 62 0.554 165 164 Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E June South Carolina Stingrays 58 25 20 10 3 63 0.543 174 185 Tue • 1st vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Thu • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Wheeling Nailers 54 18 30 5 1 42 0.389 162 198 Sat • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Fuel Indy has a 30-21-5-0 record after completing 56 games of their INSIDE THE SERIES 2020-21 season. The Fuel have been led offensively by Record vs. IND...... 4-2-1-1 First meeting Matt Marcinew who has posted 41 points in 45 games on 20 Last 10 vs. IND...... 4-2-1-1 ...... Jan. 17, 2015 (L, 1-2 SO) goals and 21 assists. Forward Nic Pierog is tied for the club Streak vs. IND...... Won One lead with 20 goals and is second in scoring with 38 points in 48 Blair vs. IND...... 1-0-1-0 Last meeting games. Defenseman Willie Raskob leads the team in scoring by ...... May 11, 2021 (W, 3-1) defenders with 31 points from the blue line on 11 goals and 20 assists. In goal, Dan Bakala has played 34 games during his second season in Indy, going 17-12-4 with a 2.88 goals-against SITUATIONAL RECORDS average and a .907 save percentage. 2019-20 2020-21 Overall Record 44-14-3-1 25-20-10-3 All-Time History vs. Indy vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 18-20-9-3 Since the Fuel joined the ECHL for the 2014-15 season, they’ve vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 faced-off with the Rays a total of eight times and SC carries an vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 7-0-1-0 all-time record of 4-2-1-1 against Indy into Wednesday’s season vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 series finale. Prior to their game last month on April 7, the clubs Home record 19-9-0-0 13-12-5-0 saw each other just once last season when the Fuel came into Road record 25-5-3-1 12-8-5-3 North Charleston in November and suffered a 4-3 loss to the Rays. Overtime 4-3 2-10 Current SC captain Andrew Cherniwchan had two assists in the Shootout 2-1 5-3 contest, while defender Jordan Klimek scored the game-winning goal with less than two minutes remaining. Scoring First 30-4-2-0 16-5-5-0 Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 9-15-5-3 Cherniwchan Continues Hot Play Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 13-5-2-0 Stingrays captain Andrew Cherniwchan continues his recent hot Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 4-12-2-3 streak by scoring his 17th goal of the season Tuesday. Last week, he Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 8-3-6-0 totaled a season-high three points on Friday with two goals and an Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 13-1-2-0 assist. The leader is third on the team in scoring with 38 total points Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 3-15-2-3 this season in 56 contests. In his last 16 games, the Hinton, Alberta Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 9-4-6-0 native has scored 20 points (9g, 11a) and has a streak of points in seven straight home games that remains active as the longest Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 15-8-6-1 current run in the league. Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 10-12-4-2 Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 8-11-7-2 Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 17-9-3-1 Weis’ Run Reaches 8 Forward Matthew Weis has picked up points in eight straight games One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 13-3-10-3 for South Carolina, scoring 11 points during the run on a goal and Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 4-9-0-0 10 assists. In 26 ECHL games with the Rays this year, Weis, who is OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 7-0-10-3 playing on an AHL contract with the , has accounted for 17 points on five goals and 12 assists. More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 8-4-2-1 Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 12-13-6-2 Supinski Finds His Stride Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 5-3-2-0 Forward Brett Supinski posted points in all three of South Carolina’s games in Estero last week, recording a goal and an assist in the Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 6-4-3-1 first two contests before adding a helper on a goal by Dan DeSalvo Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 5-0-1-0 Saturday night. His recent run includes three multi-point outings Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 9-1-1-1 in his last seven games. In total, Supinski has reached the 30-point Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 5-15-5-1 plateau for the second straight season by posting 11 goals and 19 assists in 53 games during his sophomore professional season. Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 11-7-3-1 Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 14-11-7-1 Road Warriors Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-1 The Rays have been a tough out as a visitor so far this season, earning points from 20 of their 28 games on the road with a record Following a win 30-10-3-1 12-6-6-0 of 12-8-5-3. In tight road contests that have been tied after two Following a loss 13-4-0-0 12-15-3-3 periods, SC holds a 4-2-2 record. They’ve also fared well in 1-goal games away from home, going 9-2-5-3.

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Shorthanded Success SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF South Carolina held Florida’s power play off the board during their three-game series at last week, going a combined TEAM INFORMATION 9-for-9 on the penalty kill. Dating back to May 3, the Rays have Location...... North Charleston, S.C. successfully killed their last 15 penalties. On their recent 7-game Nickname...... Stingrays road trip, SC went 16-for-18, finishing at an 89% rate. Overall this Colors...... Blue and Red season, the team ranks second in the ECHL in road penalty kill Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum percentage at 86%, allowing a league-low 15 power play goals in Capacity...... 7,250 games played away from home. League...... ECHL President...... Rob Concannon Steman Records 30th Point HOCKEY STAFF Forward Dylan Steman scored a goal and added an assist in Head Coach...... Ryan Blair Tuesday’s win over Indy. His eighth multi-point performance of the Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk year got him to the 30-point mark for the season with a total of 13 Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley goals and 17 assists. Steman has already surpassed the offensive Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor total from his rookie season when he accounted for 20 points in 47 games. Five of the Hanover, Minn. native’s goals have come via special teams, with three on the power play and two shorthanded. FRANCHISE HISTORY Steman has picked up points in four straight contests, which ties his First Season...... 1993 longest run of the season. Total Seasons...... 28 Overall Record...... 1,111-643-83-136 Winning Seasons...... 27 Nanne Nets 4th Goal Friday Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Rookie defender Tyler Nanne is becoming a factor on the offensive Division Championships...... 6 end for South Carolina, scoring points in four of his last eight games Conference Championships...... 5 including a game-tying goal late in the third period Friday night. Kelly Cups...... 3 The Edina, Minn. native has five points in his first 22 career ECHL games on four goals and an assist and is second among all league HOCKEY INFORMATION defensemen with a 13.3 percent shooting percentage. Nanne has 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 also posted an even or better rating in seven of his last eight games. 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Returning Players...... 11 40 Shots Not Enough For SC In 3-2 Loss To Blades Newcomers...... 16 The Florida Everblades scored the only goal of the third period which was enough to get past the South Carolina Stingrays, who COMMUNICATIONS had a 40-26 edge in shots on goal, by a final score of 3-2 at Hertz Address...... 5050 Etna St., Suite B Arena on Saturday night. Stingrays’ goals came from forwards Mark Contact...... Jared Shafran Cooper and Dan DeSalvo, while goaltender Matt Jurusik made 23 Email...... [email protected] saves and Matthew Weis extended his point streak to seven games Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 with an assist. SC had the advantage on special teams, scoring the Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey only power play goal of the night (1-for-6). Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Florida Stuns Stingrays In Overtime The Florida Everblades came out on top 6-5 in overtime Friday night at Hertz Arena, defeating the South Carolina Stingrays on a breakaway goal by their captain John McCarron at 1:08 of the extra MEDIA INFORMATION session after a wild end to regulation that saw both teams score in the final minute of play. Stingrays’ captain Andrew Cherniwchan led Watch:...... FloHockey his team in defeat, scoring twice and adding an assist, while Brett Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 | Mixlr Supinski had a goal and an assist for the second straight game and Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey Mark Cooper picked up two helpers. Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays

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