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STINGRAYS 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. Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ W, 2-1 Friday, May 7 • 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 2.98 (6th) 3.39 (2nd) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 3.18 (12th) 2.69 (3rd) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 16.1% (10th) 16.5% (8th) Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 83.0% (6th) 86.3% (2nd) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 24-19-9-3 33-17-2-2 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays, Everblades Meet For Round 2 Friday Night Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays are set for their second battle of the week Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 against the Florida Everblades Friday night in Estero at . SC Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 took two points from the first contest Wednesday when defender Blake Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT Hillman scored in to give the Rays their second win in extra time Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT during the 2020-21 season. South Carolina has won three of their first four Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO contests during their current trip to the Sunshine State. The Rays’ offense Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO came alive in their first two contests in Orlando last week, totaling 13 March (7-6-0) goals in two wins. With the offensive outburst, SC has now brought their Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO offensive average to just under three goals per game. Friday’s contest is Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 the 12th matchup of the two clubs during 2020-21. Florida has secured Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 victories in eight of the previous battles. The Everblades are at the top of Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 the Eastern Conference standings with a points percentage at .648 but Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. W, 2-1 have struggled lately, going just 2-6-2 in their last 10 outings and claiming Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 just one win in their last nine games, The Everblades rank second in the Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-2 ECHL on offense, averaging 3.39 goals per game. South Carolina sits in Fri • 26th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-6 Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-3 sixth place in the Eastern Conference with a points percentage of .545. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-3 Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-5 Hillman Strikes Twice To Give Stingrays OT Win April (5-4-3-1) scored twice, including the game-winner exactly four Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 SO Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 minutes into overtime, to give the South Carolina Stingrays a 3-2 win Wed • 7th @ L, 1-2 OT over the Florida Everblades Wednesday night in the opening match of a Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers W, 3-2 SO Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 6-7 3-game set this week at Hertz Arena. Brett Supinski also picked Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-5 up a goal in the second period and an assist on Hillman’s overtime strike, Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT while Matthew Weis had two assists and Alex Dubeau stopped Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Wed • 21st vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT 32 total shots including multiple crucial saves late in the game to earn his Fri • 23rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-4 13th win of the year. 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 (2-1-0) 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 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Florida Everblades 54 33 17 2 2 70 0.648 183 145 Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 57 27 16 11 3 68 0.596 166 173 Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Wed • 19th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Indy Fuel 52 28 19 5 0 61 0.587 155 153 Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 55 29 21 4 1 63 0.573 169 178 Wed • 26th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 53 26 21 3 3 58 0.547 151 152 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 55 24 19 9 3 60 0.545 164 175 Tue • 1st vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Thu • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Wheeling Nailers 51 17 28 5 1 40 0.392 150 184 Sat • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Everblades Florida is in first place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference after INSIDE THE SERIES 54 games with a 33-17-2-2 record. However, the team is looking Record vs. FLA...... 97-94-9-6 First meeting to get back on track after dropping three consecutive series ...... (7 ties) ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) to Jacksonville and Greenville. At home, the Blades are 19-6- Last 10 vs. FLA...... 2-6-0-2 2-2 this season. Their offensive attack is led by John Streak vs. FLA...... Won One Last meeting McCarron, who has totaled 51 points in 52 games on 23 goals Blair vs. FLA...... 3-6-0-2 ...... May 5, 2021 (W, 3-2 OT) and 28 assists. Next is forward Michael Huntebrinker who has also totaled 23 goals and 18 assists for 41 points. Forwards Alex Kile (17g, 18a) and Joe Pendenza (14g, 21a) have each posted 35 SITUATIONAL RECORDS points. Defender Logan Roe has continued his dominance at the 2019-20 2020-21 ECHL level, posting 18 points (4g, 14a) as well as a league-high Overall Record 44-14-3-1 24-19-9-3 +25 rating. In the net, Jake Hildebrand leads the ECHL with a 2.28 vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 18-19-8-3 goals-against average and is second in the league with a .927 vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 save percentage. vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 6-0-1-0 vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Florida Home record 19-9-0-0 12-12-5-0 South Carolina has a long history against Florida which dates back Road record 25-5-3-1 12-7-4-3 to the first season of Everblades hockey in the ECHL during the Overtime 4-3 2-9 1998-99 year. Since then, the two teams having played against Shootout 2-1 5-3 each other 213 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 16-5-5-0 a 4-3-1 record. During 2018-19, Florida had the better of the Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 8-14-4-3 Rays on their way to a division title and an appearance in the Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 13-5-2-0 Eastern Conference Finals, winning five of the eight contests. In Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 4-11-2-3 2017-18, the two squads split six matchups, with South Carolina Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 7-3-5-0 finishing 3-2-1. The Stingrays have won three straight postseason Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 12-1-1-0 series against the Blades with victories in 2009, 2015 and 2017. Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 3-15-2-3 Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 9-3-6-0 Consistent Play Continues From Florek Forward is on another run for the Rays, scoring Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 14-7-5-1 points in his last four contests, including all three games last week Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 10-12-4-2 in Orlando. The Marquette, Mich. native has now been on the Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 8-11-7-2 scoresheet in 10 of his last 11 appearances, dating back to April 14. Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 16-8-2-1 Florek netted his 13th goal of the year Friday before posting a pair of assists on Sunday and an additional helper Monday and Wednesday One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 13-2-9-3 nights. At home, the attacker has scored points in seven straight Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 3-9-0-0 games, the longest current run in the ECHL. In total, the veteran OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 7-0-9-3 ranks fifth on the team with 31 points this season (13g, 18a). More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 7-4-2-1 Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 12-12-5-2 Captain Cherniwchan Leading The Way Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 5-3-2-0 Captain Andrew Cherniwchan recorded multi-point games in all three contests against the Solar Bears last week, earning two assists Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 5-4-3-1 on Friday before scoring twice Sunday and posting a goal and an Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 5-0-1-0 assist on Monday. The leader is now third on the team in scoring Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 9-1-0-1 with 34 points on the year, moving past the 30-point mark for the Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 5-14-5-1 third consecutive season with SC. In his last 13 games, Cherniwchan has scored 16 points (6g, 10a) and has a current streak of assists in Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 11-6-3-1 six straight home games that remains active as the longest current Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 13-11-6-1 run in the league. Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-1

Road Warriors Following a win 30-10-3-1 12-6-5-0 The Rays have been a tough out as a visitor so far this season, Following a loss 13-4-0-0 12-13-3-3 earning points from 19 of their 26 games on the road with a record of 12-7-4-3. In tight road contests that have been tied after two periods, SC holds a 4-1-2 record. They’ve also fared well in 1-goal games away from home, going 9-1-4-3. South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information /SCStingraysHockey @SCStingrays scstingrayshockey SCStingraysHockey SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Leaders Against Florida SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forwards Dan DeSalvo, Max Novak and Brett Supinski lead the Rays in scoring against the Everblades this season with nine points TEAM INFORMATION apiece. DeSalvo and Supinski both have four goals and five assists Location...... North Charleston, S.C. in nine games, while Novak has piled up eight assists and scored Nickname...... Stingrays one goal in 11 contests. is just behind them with eight Colors...... Blue and Red points on a team-leading five goals and three assists. Alex Dubeau Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum has helped SC earn points in each of his three appearances against Capacity...... 7,250 the Blades, going 2-0-1 with a 2.74 goals against and a 0.907 save League...... ECHL percentage. President...... Rob Concannon Ully Reaches 50-Point Plateau With 4 Assist Performance HOCKEY STAFF Forward Cole Ully registered his third 4-point game of the season Head Coach...... Ryan Blair Sunday, earning assists on four of South Carolina’s goals. The Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk , Alberta native leads the Stingrays with 50 points on 18 Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley goals and 32 assists in 43 games played this season. His overall Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor scoring ranks 7th in the ECHL and his assist total is also 7th-best in the league. Ully’s 1.16 points per game is also the second FRANCHISE HISTORY highest in the ECHL this season. First Season...... 1993 Total Seasons...... 28 Creating Moore Offense Defender Connor Moore helped the team’s offense from the blue Overall Record...... 1,110-642-82-136 line last week, earning assists in all three of South Carolina’s contests Winning Seasons...... 27 in Orlando against the Solar Bears. The Cumming, Ga. native Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 recorded two helpers Sunday in the team’s 7-4 win, his first career Division Championships...... 6 multi-point game. In addition, Moore had a positive plus-minus Conference Championships...... 5 rating in all three games, finishing the series at +4. During 26 games Kelly Cups...... 3 in his rookie season, Moore has totaled seven assists and a +2 rating for South Carolina. HOCKEY INFORMATION 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 Solar Bears Quiet Rays Offense In Game 3 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 A third period breakaway goal by Michael Joly broke a tie halfway Returning Players...... 11 through the third period and gave the Orlando Solar Bears a 3-2 Newcomers...... 16 decision Monday night, narrowly avoiding a sweep by the South Carolina Stingrays in the teams’ three-game series this week at COMMUNICATIONS the . The Rays got goals from forwards Andrew Address...... 5050 Etna St., Suite B Cherniwchan and Caleb Herbert in the second period, while goaltender Matt Jurusik got the start and turned aside 29 shots for Contact...... Jared Shafran SC in a losing effort. Email...... [email protected] Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Stingrays Light Up Scoreboard In Orlando Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Two days after equaling their best offensive output of the year, the Rays ...... @SCStingrays Stingrays won their third straight game and set a new high mark for Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey the season by scoring seven times in a 7-4 victory over Orlando on Sunday afternoon at the Amway Center. Three different SC forwards had multi-goal efforts in the contest, including Dan DeSalvo, Andrew Cherniwchan and Max Novak, while Cole Ully picked up assists on four of the tallies and goaltender Alex Dubeau earned his MEDIA INFORMATION third straight win with 26 saves. Other multi-point scorers for the Rays included forwards Justin Florek and Matthew Weis as well as Watch:...... FloHockey defender Connor Moore, all with two assists. Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey

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