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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 2019-20 SCHEDULE October (5-1) Sat • 12th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 vs. Fri • 18th @ W, 5-3 Sat • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 Friday, January 10 • North Charleston, SC Wed • 23rd @ Norfolk Admirals L, 2-5 Fri • 25th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 4-3 OT 2019-20 Team Comparison (ECHL Rank) Sat • 26th @ Norfolk Admirals W, 3-0 Brampton South Carolina November (9-1) Sun • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 8-2 GF/G 4.00 (3rd) 3.48 (8th) Fri • 8th @ W, 4-0 Sat • 9th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 SO Fri • 15th vs. W, 4-3 GA/G 3.09 (9th) 2.15 (1st) Sat • 16th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 6-2 Sun • 17th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 5-2 PP% 22.6% (4th) 12.6% (25th) Tue • 19th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-5 Fri • 22th @ W, 3-2 PK% 84.1% (10th) 89.1% (1st) Sat • 23rd @ Florida Everblades W, 3-0 Sat • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-0 21-12-2-0 25-4-3-1 December (9-0-3-1) Mon • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Battle Beast In Lone Meeting Of 2019-20 Friday Night Wed • 4th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 5-3 Fri • 6th @ Florida Everblades W, 2-0 The South Carolina Stingrays take on the Brampton Beast for the only Sat • 7th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-3 OT time during the 2019-20 season and just the fourth time in team history Tue • 10th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 2-1 Fri • 13th @ Norfolk Admirals L, 4-5 OT on Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. The contest represents Sat • 14th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-0 the sixth game of South Carolina’s seven-game homestand which will Sun • 15th vs. W, 2-1 conclude on Saturday night when the Rays go up against the Florida Fri • 20th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-4 Sat • 21th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 4-3 Everblades. SC is coming off a two-game sweep of the Atlanta Gladiators Thu • 26th @ Atlanta Gladiators L, 3-4 SO on Sunday and Tuesday with wins by scores of 3-2 and 5-1. Brampton is Fri • 27th @ Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-1 in the middle of a five game road swing through the South Division and Sat • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 3-0 has been successful in their first two outings of the trip with a 7-3 win January on Sunday in Orlando as well as an 8-2 trouncing of Florida on Tuesday Fri • 3rd vs. Florida Everblades L, 0-1 Sat • 4th vs. Florida Everblades L, 3-5 night. The Stingrays are in first place in the South Division standings with Sun • 5th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 3-2 54 points in 33 games, while the Beast are in second place in the North Tue • 7th vs. Atlanta Gladiators W, 5-1 Fri • 10th vs. Brampton Beast 7:05 p.m. Division with a record of 21-12-2-0 and 44 points. SC has the top defensive Sat • 11th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. unit in the ECHL this season, allowing a league-low 2.15 goals per game, Sun • 12th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:00 p.m. as well as the top penalty killing unit in the league (89.1%). Wed • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Fri • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Sat • 18th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 6:05 p.m. Sun • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Rays Pile On In Third, Take Down Glads 5-1 Fri • 24th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. The South Carolina Stingrays scored five straight goals and rolled to a Sat • 25th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. 5-1 victory over the Atlanta Gladiators on Tuesday night at the North Wed • 29th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 31st vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. Charleston Coliseum behind 37 saves for . February Five different scorers struck for the Rays in the win and five skaters had Sat •1st vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. multi-point nights including Andrew Cherniwchan, Mark Cooper Thu • 6th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. and Dylan Steman, who each picked up a goal and an assist. Max Fri • 7th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Novak and defender Tom Parisi also each had two helpers. South Carolina Sun • 9th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Wed • 12th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. finished with a 1-for-2 mark on the power play and held Atlanta off the Fri • 14th vs. 7:05 p.m. board on the man-advantage at 0-for-3. Sat • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. Sun • 16th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 p.m. Tue • 18th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. 2019-20 ECHL South Division Standings Sat • 22nd vs. Atlanta Gladiators 6:05 p.m. Sun • 23rd vs. 3:05 p.m. Wed • 26th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 10:30 a.m. GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Sat • 29th @ Worcester Railers 7:05 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 33 25 4 3 1 54 0.818 115 71 March Sun • 1st @ Maine Mariners 3:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 35 22 9 2 2 48 0.686 123 95 Wed • 4th @ 9:10 p.m. Fri • 6th @ Idaho Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Sat • 7th @ Idaho Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 37 17 18 1 1 36 0.486 118 130 Wed • 11th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 32 13 14 4 1 31 0.484 84 92 Sun • 15th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Tue • 17th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Atlanta Gladiators 33 15 18 0 0 30 0.455 104 124 Sat • 21st vs. 6:05 p.m. Sun • 22nd vs. Norfolk Admirals 3:05 p.m. Norfolk Admirals 36 10 22 4 0 24 0.333 89 133 Tue • 24th vs. Cincinnati Cyclones 7:05 p.m. Fri • 27th vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 32 10 18 4 0 24 0.375 84 113 Sat • 28th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E Sun • 29th vs. Florida Everblades 3:05 p.m. April Wed • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Beast Brampton enters Friday’s contest in second place in the North INSIDE THE SERIES Division with a record of 21-12-2-0 and 44 points. The team’s best Record vs. BRM...... 3-0-0-0 First meeting forwards are leading the ECHL in scoring with David Vallorani at Last 10 vs. BRM...... 3-0-0-0 ...... Feb. 5, 2016 (W, 4-3) the top after scoring 43 points on 18 goals and 25 assists, while Streak vs. BRM...... Won Three Daniel Leavens is just behidn him with 42 points on 15 goals and Bergin vs. BRM...... 0-0-0-0 Last meeting 27 assists. Former Stingrays forwards David Pacan and Lindsay ...... Feb. 24, 2018 (W, 5-1) Sparks are third and fourth on the team respectively with 32 points (11g, 21a) and 31 points (14g, 17a) this season. Defender Matt Petgrave is back for his fourth season with Brampton SITUATIONAL RECORDS and leads the team’s blueliners with 29 points in 33 games on 2018-19 2019-20 six goals and 23 assists. In net, the Beast have leaned on Alex Overall Record 35-31-5-1 25-4-3-1 Dubeau, who has a record of 13-6-1 in 21 games with a goals- vs. South Division 27-28-4-1 24-4-3-1 against average of 2.71 and a 0.915 save percentage. vs. North Division 3-1-1-0 0-0-0-0 vs. Central Division 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Brampton vs. Mountain Division 5-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 The Stingrays and Beast have met three times in their history Home record 17-17-2-0 11-3-0-0 before Friday night, with one contest during the 2015-16 season Road record 18-14-3-1 14-1-3-1 and two in the 2017-18 year. In their first matchup, South Carolina 4-5 1-3 prevailed 4-3 in a shootout at the North Charleston Coliseum. Shootout 1-1 1-1 The Rays then secured a sweep of a weekend series two years later, winning by a score of 1-0 on Feb. 23, 2018 behind a shutout Scoring First 22-10-2-1 18-2-2-0 performance by and 5-1 the following night after 45 Opponent scores first 13-21-3-0 7-2-1-1 saves by . Friday’s matchup between the clubs is the Leading after one period 19-5-0-1 12-1-1-0 fourth all-time and all have taken place in North Charleston. Behind after one period 6-18-2-0 4-1-0-1 Tied after one period 10-8-3-0 9-2-2-0 Thompson Takes Over Leading after two periods 25-2-0-1 19-0-2-1 Rookie goaltender Logan Thompson has lowered his goals against Behind after two periods 2-19-3-0 0-2-0-0 average to 2.01 which ranks second in the ECHL this season behind Tied after two periods 8-10-2-0 6-2-1-0 teammate Parker Milner (2.00). Thompson’s save percentage of 0.932 in 17 appearances also leads the league. The , Alberta Scoring on the PP 20-11-2-0 10-1-2-0 native allowed just one goal to Florida last Friday before earning Scoreless on the PP 15-20-3-1 15-3-1-1 his 12th and 13th wins of the season with a sweep of Atlanta while Allowing a PPG 14-17-2-0 5-3-2-1 making 34 saves on Sunday and 37 on Tuesday. Thompson has Opponent Scoreless on the PP 21-14-3-1 20-1-1-0 allowed one goal or less in five consecuive starts and is 8-1-1 in his One-Goal Games 16-10-5-1 8-1-3-1 last 10 outings. Two-Goal Games 10-12-0-0 8-1-0-0 OT/Shootout Games 5-0-5-1 2-0-3-1 Charbonneau Steps Up Second year forward Jonathan Charbonneau continued his hot More Penalties than Opponent 11-9-2-1 9-1-1-1 play by earning assists on Saturday and Sunday last week and Less Penalties than Opponent 19-17-2-0 10-3-2-0 then netted his fifth goal of the season in a victory over Atlanta on Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 5-5-1-0 6-0-0-0 Tuesday. The St-Colombant, Quebec native now has points in seven of his last eight games and has totaled 13 points overall this season. Scored three goals 6-8-1-1 8-1-1-1 Scored four goals 10-3-0-0 6-0-1-0 Askew Comes Alive Scored five or more goals 13-0-1-0 7-0-0-0 Forward Cam Askew registered two assists Saturday against Florida, Held to two goals or fewer 6-20-3-0 4-3-1-0 his first multi-point game since he had a goal and an assist against Norfolk on Nov. 17. The second-year attacker picked up primary Outshooting Opponent 16-17-0-0 17-2-1-0 helpers on both a first period power play goal by Max Novak as well Outshot by Opponent 19-14-5-1 6-2-2-0 as a second period strike by Mitch Vanderlaan. Askew then followed Shots are Even 0-0-0-0 2-0-0-1 that performance with a first-period goal on Sunday afternoon, as well as an assist on a goal by Jonathan Charbonneau Tuesay night. Following a win 19-12-2-1 17-3-3-1 The , Mass. native is now in double figures in scoring this Following a loss 16-18-3-0 7-1-0-0 season with 11 points on five goals and six assists in 27 games along with a +4 rating. Last year as a rookie, Askew earned 27 points in 47 games on 17 goals and 10 assists.

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Top-Ranked Penalty Kill SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF South Carolina currently has the best penalty killing percentage in the ECHL, discarding 89.1% of their opponents power play TEAM INFORMATION opportunities during the 2019-20 season. In 129 times shorthanded Location...... North Charleston, S.C. so far this year, the Rays have allowed just 14 power play goals. Nickname...... Stingrays SC has been particularly good on the penalty kill in their 14 home Colors...... Blue and Red contests, allowing just four goals during 53 power play chances to Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum give themselves a 92.5% success rate which also leads the league. Capacity...... 7,250 On the road, South Carolina has killed off 86.8% of their 76 penalties. League...... ECHL President...... Rob Concannon Captain Cherny Nearing Major Milestone Stingrays captain Andrew Cherniwchan, who is in his 8th season HOCKEY STAFF with the club, is one point away from his 200th career ECHL point. Head Coach...... Steve Bergin Friday’s contest will be the forward’s 250th game with South Assistant Coach...... Ryan Blair Carolina, which is 14th most in the team’s history. Most recently, Athletic Trainer...... Rick Covard Cherniwchan had a goal and an assist in SC’s 5-1 win over Atlanta Equipment Manager...... Cameron Parker on Tuesday. The Hinton, Alberta native has totaled 29 points in 33 games during 2019-20 on a team-leading 15 goals and 14 assists. FRANCHISE HISTORY The captain also leads all Rays skaters with a +21 rating this year. First Season...... 1993 Total Seasons...... 27 Hammond Turning Heads Overall Record...... 1,067-612-74-133 Consistency has been key for defenseman Tariq Hammond, who has Winning Seasons...... 26 only had a negative plus-minus rating one time during the 2019-20 Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 season. The lone occurrence came in the club’s second game of the year on Oct. 18. Since then, he has gone 27 straight games with an Division Championships...... 6 even or better rating, which has allowed the Calgary, Alberta native Conference Championships...... 5 to compile a +19 mark for the year that is second-highest among Kelly Cups...... 3 all ECHL defensemen. The blueliner has totaled eight points in 28 games this season on a goal and seven assists. HOCKEY INFORMATION 2018-19 Overall Record...... 35-31-5-1 Rays Score Early, Shut Down Late Atlanta Comeback 2018-19 vs. South...... 27-28-4-1 A third period goal by Tim Harrison kept the South Carolina Returning Players...... 7 Stingrays ahead of the Atlanta Gladiators for good in a 3-2 win Newcomers...... 18 at the North Charleston Coliseum Sunday afternoon. Goaltender Logan Thompson stopped 34 shots for the Stingrays to earn his COMMUNICATIONS 12th win of the season, while Mark Cooper and Cam Askew each Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. also netted goals in the victory. South Carolina held the Gladiators Contact...... Jared Shafran to a 1-for-8 mark on the man-advantage in the game, while Email...... [email protected] finishing 0-for-4 on the power play themselves. Atlanta outshot the Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Rays 36-28 in the contest. Goaltender Chris Nell came up with 25 Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey saves for the Glads in a losing effort. Rays ...... @SCStingrays Everblades Sneak By Stingrays In Third Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Zach Magwood’s second goal of the game broke a late deadlock and gave the Florida Everblades a 5-3 win over the South Carolina Stingrays on Marvel Super Hero Night at the North Charleston Coliseum on Saturday evening. Dylan Zink, Max Novak and Mitch MEDIA INFORMATION Vanderlaan each scored for South Carolina in the loss, while forward Watch:...... ECHL.TV Cam Askew picked up two assists in the contest. Goaltender Listen:...... Mixlr Parker Milner turned aside many grade-A chances from the Blades Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey throughout the game and finished with 34 saves. The Everblades outshot South Carolina 39-34 in the game. Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays

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