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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) South Carolina Stingrays vs. Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ W, 2-1 Wednesday, March 10 • Estero, FL 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 South Carolina Florida January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.80 (9th) 3.71 (2nd) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 3.20 (11th) 2.58 (3rd) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 13.9% (12th) 15.9% (9th) Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 84.5% (7th) 87.0% (3rd) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 12-10-6-2 21-8-0-2 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Rays Open 2-Game Set With Florida In Estero Wednesday Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 After suffering a 4-1 loss in Orlando on Tuesday, the South Carolina Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 Stingrays continue their 3-game Florida road trip on Wednesday in Estero Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 against the Everblades. Although South Carolina is just 2-4-0-2 against Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT Florida in eight contests this season, the Rays have picked up points in Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT each of their last three outings in Estero including a 4-3 shootout win Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO in the most recent matchup on Feb. 27. SC began this trip after a series Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO victory over Jacksonville last week, winning two of three games at the March (2-2-0) North Charleston Coliseum. Florida, on the other hand, fell in three Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO straight on the road in Orlando last week at the . Despite a Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 hard week, the Everblades are still in second place in the ECHL’s Eastern Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 Conference standings with a points percentage of 0.710. After two straight Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. losses, South Carolina has fallen back to fifth place in the standings (.533). Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 19th vs. 7:05 p.m. Florida ranks second in the league on the offensive end, posting 3.71 Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. goals per outing. South Carolina averages the fifth-most shots on per Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. game in the ECHL, putting 32.07 chances on the net per outing. 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. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Orlando Slips Past Stingrays, 4-1 Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Clint Windsor stopped 25 shots to lead the Orlando Solar April Bears past the South Carolina Stingrays by a final score of 4-1 on Tuesday Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. night at the Amway Center. Caleb Herbert scored the lone goal Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. for South Carolina in the contest, beating Windsor at 8:43 of the middle Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. period. Both teams were unsuccessful on the power play, with the Rays Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. holding the Solar Bears to 0-for-3 while they came up short themselves at Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. 0-for-6. South Carolina outshot Orlando 26-24 overall in the game. Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 p.m. Fri • 23rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Sat • 24th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. Sun • 25th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Fri • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. May GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Sat • 1st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sun • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. Wed • 5th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Indy Fuel 30 21 7 2 0 44 0.733 99 79 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 31 21 8 0 2 44 0.710 115 80 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 30 17 10 3 0 37 0.617 89 87 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 31 13 10 6 2 34 0.548 90 99 Wed • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 30 12 10 6 2 32 0.533 84 96 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 26 11 12 1 2 25 0.481 62 75 Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E June Wheeling Nailers 29 8 17 4 0 20 0.345 80 106 Tue • 1st vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Thu • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Everblades Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference after INSIDE THE SERIES 31 games with a 21-8-0-2 record. However most recently the Record vs. FLA...... 96-92-9-6 First meeting Blades have lost four straight and are looking to get back on ...... (7 ties) ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) track at home where they’ve secured a 12-2-0-2 record this Last 10 vs. FLA...... 3-5-0-2 season. Their offensive attack is led by John McCarron, Streak vs. FLA...... Won One Last meeting who has totaled 26 points in 31 games on 14 goals and 12 Blair vs. FLA...... 2-4-0-2 ...... Feb. 27, 2021 (W, 4-3 SO) assists. Just behind him is forward Michael Huntebrinker, who has earned 24 points with 14 goals as well as 10 assists. Forwards Alex Kile (9g, 13a) and Joe Pendenza (8g, 12a) have also reached SITUATIONAL RECORDS the 20-point mark, while attacker Blake Winiecki has 19 points 2019-20 2020-21 (9g, 10a). Defender Logan Roe has continued his dominance at Overall Record 44-14-3-1 12-10-6-2 the ECHL level, posting 12 points (3g, 9a) as well as a league-high vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 10-10-6-2 +22 rating. In the net, leads the team with a 2.23 vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 goals-against and a 0.931 with a 7-2-0 record. vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Florida Home record 19-9-0-0 7-6-3-0 South Carolina has a long history against Florida which dates back Road record 25-5-3-1 5-4-3-2 to the first season of Everblades hockey in the ECHL during the 4-3 0-6 1998-99 year. Since then, the two teams having played against Shootout 2-1 4-2 each other 210 times in the regular season. Last year the teams split eight meetings and SC earned points in five contests with Scoring First 30-4-2-0 9-1-3-0 a 4-3-1 record. During 2018-19, Florida had the better of the Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 3-9-3-2 Rays on their way to a division title and an appearance in the Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 6-1-0-0 Eastern Conference Finals, winning five of the eight contests. In Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 2-9-2-2 2017-18, the two squads split six matchups, with South Carolina Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 4-0-4-0 finishing 3-2-1. The Stingrays have won three straight postseason Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 6-0-0-0 series against the Blades with victories in 2009, 2015 and 2017. Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-10-2-2 Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 5-0-4-0 Hot Cole Forward Cole Ully had points in all three of South Carolina’s games Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 6-4-4-1 last week and picked up an assist Tuesday night in Orlando, running Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 6-6-2-1 his season-high point streak to six games. Ully had assists last Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 4-5-5-1 Wednesday and Saturday, as well as a goal and an assist in Friday’s Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 8-5-1-1 5-3 win. The Calgary, Alberta native leads the team with 25 points on One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 6-0-6-2 12 goals and 13 assists in 20 games played and is 9th in the league Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 3-4-0-0 in overall scoring. Ully’s 12 goals are tied for 9th-best in the ECHL. OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 4-0-6-2

Shepard Returns To The Crease More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 5-2-2-0 Goaltender Hunter Shepard made his first appearance in net Friday Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-7-3-2 after missing nine weeks with an injury. The rookie netminder made Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 3-1-1-0 40 saves to earn his third win of the season in his seventh start. The Grand Rapids, MN native also got the start on Saturday, stopping Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-1-2-1 23 shots in a losing effort. Shepard leads South Carolina with a 2.36 Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 3-0-1-0 goals-against average and a 0.923 save percentage this season. Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 4-0-0-1 Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 3-9-3-0 Saving The Best For Last This season the Stingrays have a +10 goal differential in the third Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 9-4-3-1 period after 30 games, which is third-highest in the ECHL. SC has Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 3-4-3-0 scored 38 goals in the final frame and have allowed just 28. The only Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-1 teams with a higher positive differential are the Indy Fuel at +16 and the at +11. Following a win 30-10-3-1 7-2-3-0 Following a loss 13-4-0-0 5-8-2-2

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Leaders Against Florida SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forward Dan DeSalvo leads the Rays in scoring against the Everblades this season with nine points on four goals and five assists TEAM INFORMATION while appearing in all eight games between the two teams. Cole Ully Location...... North Charleston, S.C. (5g, 3a) and Max Novak (8a) are behind him with eight points apiece, Nickname...... Stingrays while Brett Supinski also has seven points with three goals and Colors...... Blue and Red four helpers. Alex Dubeau has helped SC earn points in each of his Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum two appearances against the Blades, going 1-0-1 with a 3.16 goals- Capacity...... 7,250 against and a 0.889 save percentage. League...... ECHL President...... Rob Concannon Stingrays Announce Multiple Transactions South Carolina announced multiple roster transactions Tuesday HOCKEY STAFF prior to this week’s three-game road trip. Forward Caleb Herbert Head Coach...... Ryan Blair has been re-assigned to SC by the and defender Zach Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk Malatesta has been released from his professional tryout agreement Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley with Hershey and will return to the Stingrays. In addition, South Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Carolina has agreed to terms with defenseman Ryan Cook, who has signed a standard ECHL player contract and released forward FRANCHISE HISTORY Anthony Collins from his standard player contract. Cook joins SC First Season...... 1993 after spending the first 17 games of his pro career with the SPHL’s Total Seasons...... 28 Huntsville Havoc. Overall Record...... 1,098-633-79-135 Rays Securing Points in Tight Games Winning Seasons...... 27 South Carolina has earned points in all 14 of their one-goal games Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 this season, holding a record of 6-0-6-2. Half of the team’s 12 wins Division Championships...... 6 have been one-goal games, while four of their six overtime losses Conference Championships...... 5 have come at the hands of Greenville. Kelly Cups...... 3

Early Success HOCKEY INFORMATION The Stingrays have been a tough team to beat this season when 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 they’ve secured an early lead for themselves, posting a 6-1-0 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 record when leading after the first period. In games where they’ve Returning Players...... 11 been tied after the first 20 minutes, South Carolina is unbeaten in Newcomers...... 16 regulation with a record of 4-0-4. COMMUNICATIONS Icemen Escape After Rays 3rd Period Rally Falls Short Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. Third period goals from forwards Matthew Weis and Justin Contact...... Jared Shafran Florek put the South Carolina Stingrays within striking distance Email...... [email protected] of completing a comeback, but the team was unable to find an Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 equalizer late in the game and suffered a 4-2 loss to the Jacksonville Icemen on Pink In The Rink Night Saturday at the North Charleston Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Coliseum.Jacksonville goaltender Kyle Keyser turned aside 25 Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays shots to earn the win for the Icemen, while his counterpart Hunter Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Shepard finished with 23 saves for SC in a losing effort. Shepard Returns With 40 Saves, Holds Off Icemen Returning to the ice for the first time in nine weeks, goaltender Hunter Shepard stopped 40 shots and led the South Carolina MEDIA INFORMATION Stingrays to their third straight win by a 5-3 score over the Jacksonville Icemen Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Watch:...... FloHockey Despite being outshot 43-16 in the contest, South Carolina struck Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 | Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran five times, including four goals in the third period. Forward Max Novak assisted on four of the Stingrays’ five goals, while attackers Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive Andrew Cherniwchan and Cole Ully each had a goal and an assist In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays and second-year forward Dylan Steman earned two helpers.

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