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2020-21 SCHEDULE

December (3-0-2)

Florida Everblades vs. South Carolina Stingrays

Wednesday, February 10 • North Charleston, SC

2020-21 Team Comparison (ECHL Rank)

vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits

Fri • 11th Fri • 18th Sat • 19th Sat • 26th Sun • 27th
L, 2-3 OT W, 2-1
@ Jacksonville Icemen vs. Jacksonville Icemen

@ Greenville Swamp Rabbits vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits

W, 5-1 W, 3-2 SO L, 2-3 OT

• Florida
• South Carolina

January (5-3-1)

GF/G GA/G
3.89 (1st) 2.37 (1st)
2.88 (6th) 2.65 (4th)

L, 1-3

@ Greenville Swamp Rabbits

Fri • 1st
W, 3-2 W, 4-2 W, 6-3 L, 4-5 OT W, 4-3 SO W, 5-1 L, 1-4
@ Jacksonville Icemen vs. Wheeling Nailers
Sat • 2nd Fri • 8th vs. Wheeling Nailers
Sat • 9th Fri • 15th Sat • 16th Fri • 29th Sat • 30th Sun • 31st

vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits

@ Florida Everblades @ Florida Everblades @ Orlando Solar Bears

PP% 20.0% (2nd) 12.2% (10th) PK% 90.8% (1st) 84.8% (6th)

L, 1-4

• 13-5-0-1
• 9-4-4-0

February (1-1-1)

vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits

Wed • 3rd Thu • 4th Fri • 5th
W, 2-0

Rays and Blades Open 3-Game Series in North Charleston Wednesday

The South Carolina Stingrays and Florida Everblades meet Wednesday for the first of three matchups this week at the North Charleston Coliseum. The two longtime rivals are set for their third contest of the 2020-21

@ Greenville Swamp Rabbits

vs. Jacksonville Icemen vs. Florida Everblades vs. Florida Everblades vs. Florida Everblades vs. Jacksonville Icemen @ Jacksonville Icemen @ Jacksonville Icemen @ Florida Everblades @ Florida Everblades @ Florida Everblades
L, 3-4 OT L, 1-4
Wed • 10th Fri • 12th Sat • 13th Sun • 14th Fri • 19th Sat • 20th Wed • 24th Fri • 26th Sat • 27th
7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 6:05 p.m.

3:05 p.m. season, splitting the first two down in Estero on Jan. 29 and 30. SC claimed

7:00 p.m.

a 5-1 victory in the opening matchup before the Blades rebounded

7:00 p.m.

for a 4-1 decision the following evening. Last week the Rays defeated

7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

Greenville Wednesday at home before falling in overtime on the road in

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 Sat • 6th Tue • 9th vs. Jacksonville Icemen vs. Jacksonville Icemen @ Orlando Solar Bears
7:05 p.m.

4-1 victory the next night. Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s Eastern

6:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Conference while the Stingrays are just behind in third. SC currently ranks

• Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades
• 7:30 p.m.

fourth in the ECHL defensively, allowing 2.65 goals per game. The Blades

Fri • 12th Fri • 19th Sat • 20th
@ Florida Everblades vs. Fort Wayne Komets vs. Fort Wayne Komets
7:30 p.m.

are the top team in the league both offensively and defensively, averaging

7:05 p.m. 6:05 p.m.

3.89 goals per game and allowing just 2.37 per contest.

Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen
3:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m.
Fri • 26th Sat • 27th
@ Orlando Solar Bears vs. Orlando Solar Bears
7:00 p.m.

Saracino Scores Twice To Sink Stingrays

6:05 p.m.

The South Carolina Stingrays fell behind early and were unable to fight

• Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears
• 3:05 p.m.

Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m.

their way back, coming up short to the Jacksonville Icemen by a score of 4-1 on Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Forward Nick Saracino led the charge for Jacksonville, scoring twice, while Brett Supinski netted the lone goal for SC. Goaltender Craig Pantano made 23 saves in 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.

April

@ Greenville Swamp Rabbits @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits

Fri • 2nd Sat • 3rd Sun • 4th
7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 3:05 p.m.

STINGRAYS LEADERS

Active Roster 2020-21 Season Goals

Game-Winning Goals

2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings

Zach Malatesta, 1 Justin Florek, 1 Max Gottlieb, 1
Dylan Steman, 5 Cole Ully, 5 2 tied, 4

GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA

• Indy Fuel
• 17 13

19 13
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27 0.794 58 47 27 0.711 74 45 22 0.647 49 45 23 0.605 53 58 19 0.559 47 57 14 0.412 36 49
9 0.321 40 53

Power Play Goals

Dylan Steman, 3 Graham Knott, 2 5 tied, 1

Assists

Max Novak, 11 Cole Ully, 6

Florida Everblades

Justin Florek, 5

South Carolina Stingrays 17 Greenville Swamp Rabbits 19
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• Plus-Minus
• Power Play Assists

Max Novak, +9
Brett Supinski, 3

Orlando Solar Bears Jacksonville Icemen Wheeling Nailers
17 17 14

Tariq Hammond, +8 Justin Florek, +7
Max Gottlieb, 2 Darien Craighead, 2

Penalty Minutes

Cole Fraser, 42 Tim Harrison, 14 Justin Florek, 12

Shots On Net

Max Gottlieb, 43

Justin Florek, 42 Dan DeSalvo, 39

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Everblades

INSIDE THE SERIES

Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference with a 13-5-0-1 record thru 19 games. The Blades have a powerful offensive attack led by forward Michael Huntebrinker who has totaled 19 points in 19 games on 10 goals and nine assists. Just behind him is Blake Winiecki and Alex Kile who each have 16 points apiece. Team captain John McCarron is in his fifth year 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. In his career with Florida, McCarron has 233 points on 100 goals and 133 assists. Defender Logan Roe has continued his dominance at the ECHL level, posting nine points (3g, 6a) as well as a league-high +20 rating. In net, Devin Cooley has appeared in nine games while earning a 4-4-0 record with one shutout, a goals-against of 2.57 and a 0.912 save percentage.

Record vs. FLA........... 95-89-9-4 First meeting

...............Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4)

.............................................. (7 ties) Last 10 vs. FLA................ 5-4-1-0 Streak vs. FLA ..............Lost One Blair vs. FLA..................... 1-1-0-0
Last meeting

.................Jan. 30, 2021 (L, 1-4)

SITUATIONAL RECORDS

2019-20
44-14-3-1
2020-21 9-4-4-0 7-4-4-0 0-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 5-1-3-0 4-3-1-0
0-4
Overall Record vs. South Division vs. North Division vs. Central Division vs. Mountain Division Home record
38-11-3-1
4-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-2-0-0 19-9-0-0 25-5-3-1
4-3
Road record Overtime

All-Time History vs. Florida

South Carolina has a long history against Florida, dating back to the 1998-99 year, which was the first season of Everblades hockey in the ECHL. Since then, the two teams having played against each other 204 times in the regular season. Last year the teams split eight meetings and SC earned points in five contests with a 4-3-1 record. During 2018-19, Florida had the better of the Rays in the regular season on their way to a division title and an appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals, winning five of the eight contests. In 2017-18, the two squads split six matchups, with South Carolina finishing 3-2-1. The Stingrays have won three straight postseason series against the Blades with victories in 2009, 2015 and 2017.

• Shootout
• 2-1
• 2-0

• Scoring First
• 30-4-2-0

14-10-1-1 21-3-1-0 8-6-0-1 15-5-2-0 30-1-2-1 2-10-0-0 12-3-1-0
8-1-2-0 1-3-2-0 5-1-0-0 0-3-1-0 4-0-3-0 5-0-0-0 1-4-1-0 3-0-3-0
Opponent scores first Leading after one period Behind after one period Tied after one period Leading after two periods Behind after two periods Tied after two periods

Scoring on the PP Scoreless on the PP Allowing a PPG
22-6-2-0 22-8-1-1 11-9-2-1 33-5-1-0
4-0-3-0 5-4-1-0 3-3-3-0 6-1-1-0

Kupsky Shows Off His Stamina

Prior to Friday’s game, goaltender Jake Kupsky had played every second for the Stingrays in the team’s last five outings, a streak of 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 win over Greenville. The week prior, the netminder started all three of SC’s contests in the Sunshine State on three consecutive days, totaling 96 saves. Most recently he helped SC pick up a point during Thursday’s game in Greenville, stopping 37 shots.

Opponent Scoreless on the PP One-Goal Games Two-Goal Games OT/Shootout Games
15-4-3-1 12-4-0-0 6-0-3-1
4-0-4-0 2-1-0-0 2-0-4-0

More Penalties than Opponent Less Penalties than Opponent Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0
16-5-1-1 17-8-2-0
3-2-1-0 4-2-2-0 2-0-1-0

Supinski Standing Out

Forward Brett Supinski continued his offensive success last week and now has points in five of his last six games. In the Rays’three games, the Collegeville, Pa. native had three points on a goal and two assists. Supinski has now posted points in five straight road games dating back to Jan. 2 and has an overall total of nine points in 13 games this season on four goals and five assists.

Scored three goals Scored four goals Scored five or more goals Held to two goals or fewer
11-2-1-1 14-0-1-0 13-1-0-0 6-11-1-0
2-0-1-0 2-0-1-0 3-0-0-0 2-4-2-0

Outshooting Opponent Outshot by Opponent Shots are Even
26-4-1-0 15-10-2-0
3-0-0-1
8-2-2-0 1-2-2-0 0-0-0-0

Fast Starts Mean Good News

The Stingrays have fared well when scoring the first goal this 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 them secure 18 of their 22 points in the standings.

Following a win Following a loss
30-10-3-1 13-4-0-0
5-1-3-0 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 season, his seventh as a pro, with the Kansas City Mavericks. The Delta, B.C. native spent his previous three years with the Atlanta Gladiators, suiting up for 97 games while collecting 45 wins.

TEAM INFORMATION Location ....................North Charleston, S.C. Nickname .......................................... Stingrays Colors.......................................... Blue and Red Home Rink..... North Charleston Coliseum Capacity .....................................................7,250 League........................................................ECHL President.............................. Rob Concannon

Stingrays Sign Forward Anthony Collins

SC agreed to terms with forward Anthony Collins Saturday. The attacker began his ECHL career with the Rays during 2013 & 2014, playing 51 games with six assists. The forward set career-highs in assists (11) and points (14) last year with the Atlanta Gladiators. In 2020-21, Collins has played two ECHL games with the Kansas City Mavericks and two SPHL contests with the Birmingham Bulls.

HOCKEY STAFF Head Coach .....................................Ryan Blair Assistant Coach....................Brenden Kotyk Athletic Trainer ............................. Max Finley Equipment Manager ...................Nick Lazor

DeSalvo Strikes Twice

Forward Dan DeSalvo scored twice for South Carolina on Thursday night in Greenville, doubling his goal total on the season from two to four. The Rolling Meadows, Ill. native netted the first goal of the game by converting on a 2-on-1 opportunity in the second period, and then gave SC a 3-2 lead in the third when he capitalized on a turnover by the Swamp Rabbits in their own end. An alumnus of Bowling Green State University, DeSalvo added an assist on Brett Supinski’s goal Friday and now has eight points in 15 games this season on four goals and four helpers.

FRANCHISE HISTORY First Season................................................1993 Total Seasons .................................................28 Overall Record ................ 1,095-627-77-133 Winning Seasons ..........................................27 Regular Season Titles ..................1, 1996-97 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. The Rays have picked up where they left off in 2019-20 when they finished the shortened ECHL campaign as the best defensive team in the league, allowing an average of just 2.37 goals per game.

HOCKEY INFORMATION 2019-20 Overall Record............... 44-14-3-1 2019-20 vs. South.......................... 38-11-3-1 Returning Players .........................................11 Newcomers.....................................................16

OT Winner Gives Greenville Series Split

COMMUNICATIONS

The South Carolina Stingrays took a 2-0 lead in the second period Thursday night on the road at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, but the Greenville Swamp Rabbits battled back to earn a 4-3 win in overtime in the sixth game between the two teams to need extra time this season. Forward Dan DeSalvo led the way for South Carolina in a losing effort, scoring twice, while Mark Cooper picked up two assists and goaltender Jake Kupsky made 37 saves in his fifth consecutive start in between the pipes for the Rays. Greenville’s Max Zimmer found the winner at 2:56 of the extra session.

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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 Charleston Coliseum. Forward Tim Harrison and defender Jesse Lees scored their first goals of the season in the victory for South Carolina, as the Rays earned their third win of the 2020-21 season over Greenville. Harrison broke the ice and at 6:35 of the third 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 professional point with the primary assist on the goal.

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