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 2021 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE South Carolina vs. Florida (SC Wins, 3-2) Greenville Swamp Rabbits vs. South Carolina Stingrays Game 1 Monday, June 7 W, 3-2 OT Wednesday, June 16 • North Charleston, SC Game 2 Wednesday, June 9 L, 5-4 20-21 Reg. Season Comparison (ECHL Rank) Game 3 Saturday, June 12 L, 5-1 Game 4 Sunday, June 13 W, 4-2 Greenville South Carolina Game 5 Monday, June 14 W, 3-2 GF/G 2.92 (8th) 3.09 (4th) South Carolina vs. Greenville GA/G 2.83 (6th) 3.03 (9th) Game 1 Wednesday, June 16 7:05 p.m. Game 2 Friday, June 18 7:05 p.m. PP% 16.0% (10th) 17.1% (6th) Game 3 Saturday, June 19 7:05 p.m. Game 4 Monday, June 21 7:05 p.m. PK% 81.6% (10th) 83.9% (6th) Game 5 Wednesday, June 23 7:05 p.m. Rays Open Eastern Conference Finals Series vs. Greenville Wednesday RAYS TEAM LEADERS Fresh off a 3-2 victory in a winner-take-all Game 5 contest to oust the top- Regular Season seeded Florida Everblades from the Kelly Cup Playoffs, the South Carolina Stingrays are set to host the Greenville Swamp Rabbits to begin a best- Goals Game-Winning Goals Cole Ully, 24 Cole Ully, 4 of-5 Eastern Conference Finals series Wednesday night at the Carolina A. Cherniwchan, 21 Justin Florek, 4 Ice Palace. With their backs against the wall, the Rays earned wins on Justin Florek, 19 Mark Cooper, 3 back-to-back nights Sunday and Monday to keep their season alive and Dan DeSalvo, 16 Caleb Herbert, 3 advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the seventh time in team Brett Supinski, 16 Zach Malatesta, 3 history. The Swamp Rabbits defeated the Indy Fuel three games to one in their first-round series last week. It’s the first time Greenville has advanced Assists Power Play Goals Dan DeSalvo, 38 Dan DeSalvo, 8 in the Kelly Cup Playoffs since 2014. After finishing the regular season Cole Ully, 36 A. Cherniwchan, 8 with a points percentage of .632, the Swamp Rabbits are the No. 2 seed Max Novak, 35 Justin Florek, 7 in the east. SC finished the regular season as one of the hottest teams in A. Cherniwchan, 27 Cole Ully, 6 the league, winning their last six games to secure a spot in the playoffs. Caleb Herbert, 26 3 Tied, 3 The Rays have clinched a spot in the ECHL’s postseason 27 times in the team’s 28-year history, finishing 2020-21 with a .579 points percentage. Plus-Minus Power Play Assists Greenville controlled the regular season series against the Rays, winning 9 Tariq Hammond, +9 Cole Ully, 15 of the 15 meetings. Macoy Erkamps, +4 Dan DeSalvo, 12 Zach Malatesta, +4 Zach Malatesta, 9 Justin Florek, +4 Max Gottlieb, 8 Ully Strikes Twice To Send Rays To Eastern Conference Finals 4 Others, +3 Max Novak, 8 Cole Ully found the back of the net twice and goaltender Hunter Shepard stopped 25 shots as the South Carolina Stingrays defeated the Florida Minutes Shots On Net Everblades by a final score of 3-2 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Zach Malatesta, 63 Cole Ully, 176 Semifinals on Monday night at Hertz Arena. The teams finished even on A. Cherniwchan, 48 Justin Florek, 166 Cameron Askew, 47 A. Cherniwchan, 153 the night with 27 shots on apiece. Both Florida goals came on the Caleb Herbert, 46 Brett Supinski, 152 man-advantage, and they finished 2-for-4, while the Stingrays ended at Macoy Erkamps, 42 0-for-1 on the power play.

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Scouting The Swamp Rabbits Greenville finished in second place in the Eastern Conference INSIDE THE SERIES during the regular season with an overall record of 38-19-12- Record vs. GRN..... 80-41-14-11 First meeting 3. A league-high 26 of their contests went past regulation and Last 10 vs. GRN...... 5-3-1-1 ...... Oct. 24, 2010 (W, 4-2) were decided in overtime or a shootout. The Swamp Rabbits Streak vs. GRN...... Won Two had plenty of offensive help from their back end, as defenseman Blair vs. GRN...... 6-4-4-1 Last meeting Samuel Jardine finished second on the team in scoring with ...... May 26, 2021 (W, 3-2) 44 points (3g, 41a). His point total was fourth among ECHL * regular season only defenders and his assist number was fourth overall in the league. Rookie blueliner Ben Finkelstein has also been a big factor when SITUATIONAL RECORDS healthy, scoring 32 points (11g, 21a) in 35 games. Forward Matt 2019-20 2020-21 Bradley led the team with 47 points in 69 games on 21 goals and Overall Record 44-14-3-1 34-23-10-3 26 assists. Garrett Thompson and Patrick Bajkov were just behind vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 23-23-9-3 him with 42 and 39 points respectively. In goal, Ryan Bednard, a vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 Florida Panthers prospect, played 35 of the club’s games with vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 11-0-1-0 a 20-6-6 record along with an ECHL-best four shutouts, a goals- vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 against average of 2.43 and a 0.917 save percentage. Home record 19-9-0-0 19-12-5-0 Road record 25-5-3-1 15-11-5-3 All-Time History vs. Greenville Overtime 4-3 3-10 South Carolina has an overall record of 80-41-14-11 in 146 all-time Shootout 2-1 5-3 regular season meetings with the Swamp Rabbits. The Stingrays finished with a record of 6-4-4-1 against Greenville in 2020-21 after Scoring First 30-4-2-0 21-5-5-0 controlling the 2019-20 series with a 6-2-0 mark. In 2018-19, SC Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 13-18-5-3 had a 5-3-1 record against their in-state rivals and the year prior in Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 16-5-2-0 2017-18, SC was 9-2-1 against the Rabbits. The most recent playoff Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 6-14-2-3 series between the two clubs took place during 2017 in the South Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 12-4-6-0 Division Semifinals and saw SC advance four games to two. Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 20-1-2-0 Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 4-17-2-3 Ully Pushes South Carolina To Round 2 Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 10-5-6-0 Forward Cole Ully scored to put the Stingrays in the lead during both the second and third period of Game 5 in Florida on Monday Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 21-9-6-1 night. His second goal was the game-winner and advanced the club Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 13-14-4-2 to the Eastern Conference Finals this week against Greenville. Ully Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 11-12-7-2 had points in four of the five games during the first-round series Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 23-11-3-1 with a team-high three goals and two assists. He and linemates Dan One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 17-5-10-3 DeSalvo and Mark Cooper are tied for the ECHL postseason scoring Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 6-10-0-0 lead with five points apiece. OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 8-0-10-3

DeSalvo Helps Keep Rays Alive More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 8-4-2-1 Forward Dan DeSalvo scored in overtime in his first career Kelly Cup Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 18-16-6-2 Playoff game to give the Stingrays an early lead in their opening Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 8-3-2-0 round series against Florida. And he is also a main reason why the team prevailed in Game 5, recording the first assist on both of Cole Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 8-4-3-1 Ully’s goals. The Rolling Meadows, Ill. native had five points in the Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 7-0-1-0 series on a goal and four assists and posted a combined +4 rating in Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 13-1-1-1 the final two games, both must-wins against the Everblades. Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 6-18-5-1

Cooper Strikes Twice Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 16-8-3-1 Forward Mark Cooper had a breakout Game 4 performance, scoring Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 16-13-7-1 twice in SC’s 4-2 win to keep their season alive. The Toronto, Ontario Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 2-2-0-1 native netted his first of the playoffs to make it 2-0 in the first and then tallied a key insurance goal midway through the second to Following a win 30-10-3-1 18-9-6-0 re-extend the Rays’ lead to three goals. Cooper then set up Dylan Following a loss 13-4-0-0 15-15-3-3 Steman for SC’s opening goal in the decisive Game 5 and added a second helper on Cole Ully’s game-winner. The attacker has five points in the postseason (2g, 3a), his first playoff appearance since 2019 when he had eight points with KC in seven games (4g, 4a). South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information /SCStingraysHockey @SCStingrays scstingrayshockey SCStingraysHockey SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Regular Season Leaders Against Greenville SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forward Caleb Herbert led SC during the regular season with 10 points against his former team in 13 appearances on a goal and nine TEAM INFORMATION assists. Justin Florek was the lone SC forward to play in all 15 regular Location...... North Charleston, S.C. season meetings against the Swamp Rabbits and had a team-high Nickname...... Stingrays four goals along with five assists for nine points. Cole Ully, who Colors...... Blue and Red saw action in 10 contests, had eight points on three goals and five Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum helpers. Goaltender Hunter Shepard has started six contests, going Capacity...... 7,250 3-1-2 with a 2.40 goals-against average and a 0.921 save percentage. League...... ECHL President...... Rob Concannon Steman Showing Out For Rays Forward Dylan Steman stood out as one of the Rays’ best forwards HOCKEY STAFF in their opening round playoff series win. In Game 1 last Monday, Head Coach...... Ryan Blair the Hanover, Minn. native led the team with seven shots on goal. Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk Steman posted a pair of assists in the third period of Game 2 and Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley also assisted on SC’s only goal in Game 3. Then in the winner-take- Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor all Game 5 on Monday, he scored the opening goal to give the Rays an early lead in the first period. In 61 regular season games during 2020-21, Steman totaled 37 points with 15 goals and 22 assists. FRANCHISE HISTORY First Season...... 1993 Cherniwchan’s Clutch Night Total Seasons...... 28 Andrew Cherniwchan scored twice in the first period of Overall Record...... 1,119-646-83-136 Game 4, knocking home a rebound on the power play just over Winning Seasons...... 27 three minutes into the game before tipping in a pass by Zach Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Malatesta to make it 3-0 in the opening stanza. In 44 career playoff Division Championships...... 6 games during his lengthy career with the Rays, Cherniwchan has 24 Conference Championships...... 5 points on 12 goals and 12 assists. Kelly Cups...... 3

Flo-ing In The Right Direction HOCKEY INFORMATION Forward Justin Florek is settling in during his first career ECHL 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 postseason, scoring goals in back-to-back contests for South 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Carolina in Games 2 and 3. The Marquette, Mich. native started a Returning Players...... 11 third-period run for the Rays in Game 2 with a tally 52 seconds into the final frame and also scored SC’s lone strike of Game 3 to open Newcomers...... 16 the scoring 2:06 into the first period. Florek finished the regular season with 19 goals and 41 points which ranked third and fifth on COMMUNICATIONS the team respectively. Address...... 5050 Etna St., Suite B Contact...... Jared Shafran Rays Force Game 5 With 4-2 Road Win Email...... [email protected] Forwards Andrew Cherniwchan and Mark Cooper each scored twice Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 and the Stingrays rode an early three-goal lead to a 4-2 victory over Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Florida in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals Sunday Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays evening at Hertz Arena. Both of Cherniwchan’s goals came in the Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey opening 20 minutes, while Cooper scored one in the first and another in the second for SC in the win. Goaltender Hunter Shepard earned the win for SC by stopping 29 shots, including a penalty shot attempt during the second. MEDIA INFORMATION Florida Wins Game 3 On Home Ice, Takes 2-1 Series Lead The Florida Everblades scored five unanswered goals, including Watch:...... FloHockey three by forward Levko Koper to defeat the Stingrays by a score Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 & Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey of 5-1 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals Saturday night at Hertz Arena. Justin Florek scored the only Stingrays goal Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive in the contest, opening the scoring with his second strike of the In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays postseason at 2:06 of the first period.

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