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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) vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ W, 2-1 Wednesday, February 10 • 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 Florida South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 3.89 (1st) 2.88 (6th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 GA/G 2.37 (1st) 2.65 (4th) Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT PP% 20.0% (2nd) 12.2% (10th) Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 PK% 90.8% (1st) 84.8% (6th) Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 13-5-0-1 9-4-4-0 February (1-1-1) Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Rays and Blades Open 3-Game Series in North Charleston Wednesday Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 The South Carolina Stingrays and Florida Everblades meet Wednesday for Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. the first of three matchups this week at the North Charleston Coliseum. Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. The two longtime rivals are set for their third contest of the 2020-21 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. season, splitting the first two down in Estero on Jan. 29 and 30. SC claimed Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. a 5-1 victory in the opening matchup before the Blades rebounded Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. for a 4-1 decision the following evening. Last week the Rays defeated Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Greenville Wednesday at home before falling in on the road in Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. the upstate on Thursday and dropping a contest against Jacksonville on March Friday in North Charleston. The Everblades took three points from a home Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. series with Orlando last weekend, falling 3-2 in a shootout Friday before a Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. 4-1 victory the next night. Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s Eastern Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Conference while the Stingrays are just behind in third. SC currently ranks Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. fourth in the ECHL defensively, allowing 2.65 goals per game. The Blades Fri • 19th vs. 7:05 p.m. are the top team in the league both offensively and defensively, averaging Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. 3.89 goals per game and allowing just 2.37 per contest. Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. Saracino Scores Twice To Sink Stingrays Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. The South Carolina Stingrays fell behind early and were unable to fight Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. their way back, coming up short to the Jacksonville Icemen by a score April of 4-1 on Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Forward Nick Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Saracino led the charge for Jacksonville, scoring twice, while Brett Supinski Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. netted the lone goal for SC. Craig Pantano made 23 saves in Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. a losing effort in his first ECHL start. Supinski found the back of the net for his fourth of the season, beating Jacksonville netminder Kyle Keyser on the far side 40 seconds into the period. Mark Cooper and Dan DeSalvo both earned assists on the only Rays goal of the evening. STINGRAYS LEADERS Active Roster 2020-21 Season Goals Game-Winning Goals 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Dylan Steman, 5 Zach Malatesta, 1 Cole Ully, 5 Justin Florek, 1 GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA 2 tied, 4 Max Gottlieb, 1 17 13 3 1 0 27 0.794 58 47 Assists Power Play Goals Max Novak, 11 Dylan Steman, 3 Florida Everblades 19 13 5 0 1 27 0.711 74 45 Cole Ully, 6 Graham Knott, 2 Justin Florek, 5 5 tied, 1 South Carolina Stingrays 17 9 4 4 0 22 0.647 49 45 Plus-Minus Power Play Assists Greenville Swamp Rabbits 19 8 4 5 2 23 0.605 53 58 Max Novak, +9 Brett Supinski, 3 Tariq Hammond, +8 Max Gottlieb, 2 Orlando Solar Bears 17 9 7 1 0 19 0.559 47 57 Justin Florek, +7 Darien Craighead, 2 Jacksonville Icemen 17 6 9 1 1 14 0.412 36 49 Penalty Minutes Shots On Net Cole Fraser, 42 Max Gottlieb, 43 Wheeling Nailers 14 3 8 3 0 9 0.321 40 53 Tim Harrison, 14 Justin Florek, 42 Justin Florek, 12 Dan DeSalvo, 39 SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Everblades Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference with a INSIDE THE SERIES 13-5-0-1 record thru 19 games. The Blades have a powerful Record vs. FLA...... 95-89-9-4 First meeting offensive attack led by forward Michael Huntebrinker who has ...... (7 ties) ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) totaled 19 points in 19 games on 10 goals and nine assists. Just Last 10 vs. FLA...... 5-4-1-0 behind him is Blake Winiecki and Alex Kile who each have 16 Streak vs. FLA...... Lost One Last meeting points apiece. Team captain John McCarron is in his fifth year Blair vs. FLA...... 1-1-0-0 ...... Jan. 30, 2021 (L, 1-4) with the club and is once again at the forefront of the team’s offensive attack, posting 17 points on nine goals and eight assists, including the team’s only overtime winner this season. SITUATIONAL RECORDS In his career with Florida, McCarron has 233 points on 100 2019-20 2020-21 goals and 133 assists. Defender Logan Roe has continued his Overall Record 44-14-3-1 9-4-4-0 dominance at the ECHL level, posting nine points (3g, 6a) as well vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 7-4-4-0 as a league-high +20 rating. In net, Devin Cooley has appeared vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 in nine games while earning a 4-4-0 record with one shutout, a vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 goals-against of 2.57 and a 0.912 save percentage. vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 Home record 19-9-0-0 5-1-3-0 All-Time History vs. Florida Road record 25-5-3-1 4-3-1-0 South Carolina has a long history against Florida, dating back to Overtime 4-3 0-4 the 1998-99 year, which was the first season of Everblades hockey Shootout 2-1 2-0 in the ECHL. Since then, the two teams having played against each other 204 times in the regular season. Last year the teams split Scoring First 30-4-2-0 8-1-2-0 eight meetings and SC earned points in five contests with a 4-3-1 Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 1-3-2-0 record. During 2018-19, Florida had the better of the Rays in the Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 5-1-0-0 regular season on their way to a division title and an appearance in Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-3-1-0 the Eastern Conference Finals, winning five of the eight contests. Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 4-0-3-0 In 2017-18, the two squads split six matchups, with South Carolina Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 5-0-0-0 finishing 3-2-1. The Stingrays have won three straight postseason Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-4-1-0 series against the Blades with victories in 2009, 2015 and 2017. Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 3-0-3-0 Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 4-0-3-0 Kupsky Shows Off His Stamina Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 5-4-1-0 Prior to Friday’s game, goaltender Jake Kupsky had played every Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 3-3-3-0 second for the Stingrays in the team’s last five outings, a streak of Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 6-1-1-0 303 straight minutes played. His best performance of the five came last Wednesday when he was perfect with 20 saves in a 2-0 shutout One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 4-0-4-0 win over Greenville. The week prior, the netminder started all three Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 2-1-0-0 of SC’s contests in the Sunshine State on three consecutive days, OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 2-0-4-0 totaling 96 saves. Most recently he helped SC pick up a point during Thursday’s game in Greenville, stopping 37 shots. More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 3-2-1-0 Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-2-2-0 Supinski Standing Out Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 2-0-1-0 Forward Brett Supinski continued his offensive success last week and now has points in five of his last six games. In the Rays’ three Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-0-1-0 games, the Collegeville, Pa. native had three points on a goal and Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 2-0-1-0 two assists. Supinski has now posted points in five straight road Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 3-0-0-0 games dating back to Jan. 2 and has an overall total of nine points in Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 2-4-2-0 13 games this season on four goals and five assists. Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 8-2-2-0 Fast Starts Mean Good News Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 1-2-2-0 The Stingrays have fared well when scoring the first goal this Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-0-0-0 season, earning an 8-1-2 record when striking first. SC has found the opening goal in 11 of their 17 outings this year which has helped Following a win 30-10-3-1 5-1-3-0 them secure 18 of their 22 points in the standings. Following a loss 13-4-0-0 4-3-0-0

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Goaltender Sean Bonar Joins Stingrays SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Stingrays agreed to terms with goaltender Sean Bonar on Monday. Bonar, 29, appeared in five ECHL contests earlier this TEAM INFORMATION season, his seventh as a pro, with the . The Location...... North Charleston, S.C. Delta, B.C. native spent his previous three years with the Atlanta Nickname...... Stingrays Gladiators, suiting up for 97 games while collecting 45 wins. Colors...... Blue and Red Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum Stingrays Sign Forward Anthony Collins Capacity...... 7,250 SC agreed to terms with forward Anthony Collins Saturday. The League...... ECHL attacker began his ECHL career with the Rays during 2013 & 2014, President...... Rob Concannon playing 51 games with six assists. The forward set career-highs in assists (11) and points (14) last year with the . In HOCKEY STAFF 2020-21, Collins has played two ECHL games with the Kansas City Head Coach...... Ryan Blair Mavericks and two SPHL contests with the Birmingham Bulls. Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley DeSalvo Strikes Twice Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Forward Dan DeSalvo scored twice for South Carolina on Thursday night in Greenville, doubling his goal total on the season from two FRANCHISE HISTORY to four. The Rolling Meadows, Ill. native netted the first goal of the First Season...... 1993 game by converting on a 2-on-1 opportunity in the second period, Total Seasons...... 28 and then gave SC a 3-2 lead in the third when he capitalized on a Overall Record...... 1,095-627-77-133 turnover by the Swamp Rabbits in their own end. An alumnus of Winning Seasons...... 27 Bowling Green State University, DeSalvo added an assist on Brett Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Supinski’s goal Friday and now has eight points in 15 games this season on four goals and four helpers. Division Championships...... 6 Conference Championships...... 5 Kelly Cups...... 3 Defensive Dynamos Through their first 17 games this season, South Carolina ranks fourth in the ECHL defensively, allowing just 2.65 goals per game. HOCKEY INFORMATION The Rays have picked up where they left off in 2019-20 when they 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 finished the shortened ECHL campaign as the best defensive team 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 in the league, allowing an average of just 2.37 goals per game. Returning Players...... 11 Newcomers...... 16 OT Winner Gives Greenville Series Split The South Carolina Stingrays took a 2-0 lead in the second period COMMUNICATIONS Thursday night on the road at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. but the Greenville Swamp Rabbits battled back to earn a 4-3 win Contact...... Jared Shafran in overtime in the sixth game between the two teams to need Email...... [email protected] extra time this season. Forward Dan DeSalvo led the way for South Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Carolina in a losing effort, scoring twice, while Mark Cooper picked Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey up two assists and goaltender Jake Kupsky made 37 saves in his Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays fifth consecutive start in between the pipes for the Rays. Greenville’s Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Max Zimmer found the winner at 2:56 of the extra session. Kupsky Blanks Greenville To Give Rays 2-0 Victory Goaltender Jake Kupsky earned his first ECHL shutout with 20 saves to lead the South Carolina Stingrays over the Greenville Swamp Rabbits by a final score of 2-0 on Wednesday night at the North MEDIA INFORMATION Charleston Coliseum. Forward Tim Harrison and defender Jesse Watch:...... FloHockey Lees scored their first goals of the season in the victory for South Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 & Mixlr Carolina, as the Rays earned their third win of the 2020-21 season Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey

over Greenville. Harrison broke the ice and at 6:35 of the third Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive period, giving the Stingrays a 1-0 lead with the tally that wound up as the game-winner. Rookie forward Jade Miller recorded his first In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays professional point with the primary assist on the goal.

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