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STINGRAYS HOCKEY 3300 W. 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) vs. Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ W, 2-1 Saturday, January 30 • 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 (5-1-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 3.42 (3rd) 4.00 (1st) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 GA/G 2.42 (3rd) 2.50 (4th) Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT PP% 13.2% (8th) 22.5% (1st) Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 PK% 84.7% (8th) 89.2% (2nd) Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. 8-1-3-0 11-5-0-0 February Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Stingrays, Everblades Meet Saturday For 2nd Straight Night Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. After a 5-1 win in their first game in 12 days Friday night, the South Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. Carolina Stingrays will aim for a similar performance on Saturday in the Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. conclusion of their two-game set against the Florida Everblades at Hertz Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Arena. The Rays have secured wins in five of their last six games and are Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. holding on to second place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference. Friday’s Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. matchup was the first of the season between the two storied rivals. The Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Blades came into the weekend after a 2-0 shutout victory over Orlando Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Florida’s 11 wins are tied for the most in the league. March Both teams have had success defensively this season, ranking third and Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. fourth in the ECHL. Although they struggled on the power play early this Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. season, the Stingrays have scored goals on the man-advantage in four Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. consecutive games. The Everblades have the top power play percentage Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. in the league, scoring on 22.5% of their opportunities. Fri • 19th vs. 7:05 p.m. Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. Big Offensive Night Powers Rays To 5-1 Win In Florida Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. A dominating performance led the South Carolina Stingrays to a 5-1 win Fri • 26th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. over the Florida Everblades at on Friday night in the first Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. matchup of the year between the two longtime rivals. Four Stingrays Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. skaters had multi-point efforts in the victory, while Jake April Kupsky turned aside 25 shots to earn a win in his first game for South Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Carolina. Forwards Brett Supinski, and Dan DeSalvo each had Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. a and an assist, while Max Novak picked up a pair of helpers. The Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Stingrays outshot Florida 27-26 in the contest and had the only man- advantage tallies of the game, going 2-for-5 on the power play while holding the Everblades to an 0-for-4 mark. Florida goaltender Devin STINGRAYS LEADERS Cooley stopped 22 shots for his team in the loss. Active Roster 2020-21 Season Goals Game-Winning Goals Dylan Steman, 5 Zach Malatesta, 1 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Cole Ully, 5 , 1 2 tied, 3 Max Gottlieb, 1 GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Assists Power Play Goals 13 11 2 0 0 22 0.846 44 34 Max Novak, 10 Dylan Steman, 3 Cole Ully, 6 6 tied, 1 South Carolina Stingrays 12 8 1 3 0 19 0.792 41 29 Justin Florek, 5 Max Gottlieb, 5 Florida Everblades 16 11 5 0 0 22 0.688 64 40 Plus-Minus Power Play Assists Greenville Swamp Rabbits 14 5 3 4 2 16 0.571 44 50 Max Novak, +9 Max Gottlieb, 2 Tariq Hammond, +9 Darien Craighead, 2 Orlando Solar Bears 14 7 6 1 0 15 0.536 39 50 Justin Florek, +8 Brett Supinski, 2 Jacksonville Icemen 13 4 7 1 1 10 0.385 29 43 Minutes Shots On Net Zach Malatesta, 11 Max Gottlieb, 34 Wheeling Nailers 10 2 5 3 0 7 0.350 28 38 3 tied, 8 Cole Ully, 34 Justin Florek, 32 SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Everblades Florida is in third place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference with a INSIDE THE SERIES 11-5 record thru 16 games. The Blades have a powerful offensive Record vs. FLA...... 95-88-9-4 First meeting attack led by Michael Huntebrinker who has totaled 17 ...... (7 ties) ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) points in 16 games on eight goals and nine assists. Just behind Last 10 vs. FLA...... 6-3-1-0 him is Blake Winiecki and Alex Kile who each have 15 points Streak vs. FLA...... Won One Last meeting apiece. Team John McCarron is in his fifth year with the Blair vs. FLA...... 1-0-0-0 ...... Jan. 29, 2021 (W, 5-1) club and is once again at the forefront of the team’s offensive attack, posting 14 points on seven goals and seven assists, including the team’s only winner this season. In his SITUATIONAL RECORDS career with Florida, McCarron has 230 points on 98 goals and 132 2019-20 2020-21 assists. Defender Logan Roe has continued his dominance at the Overall Record 44-14-3-1 8-1-3-0 ECHL level, posting seven points (3g, 4a) as well as a league-high vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 6-1-3-0 +18 rating. In net, Devin Cooley has appeared in eight games vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 while earning a 3-4-0 record with one shutout, a goals-against of vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 2.80 and a 0.903 . vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 Home record 19-9-0-0 4-0-3-0 All-Time History vs. Florida Road record 25-5-3-1 4-1-0-0 South Carolina has a long history against Florida, dating back to Overtime 4-3 0-3 the 1998-99 year, which was the first season of Everblades hockey Shootout 2-1 2-0 in the ECHL. Since then, the two teams having played against each other 203 times in the regular season. Last year the teams split Scoring First 30-4-2-0 7-0-1-0 eight meetings and SC earned points in five contests with a 4-3-1 Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 1-1-2-0 record. During 2018-19, Florida had the better of the Rays in the Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 5-0-0-0 regular season on their way to a division title and an appearance in Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-1-1-0 the Eastern Conference Finals, winning five of the eight contests. Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 3-0-2-0 In 2017-18, the two squads split six matchups, with South Carolina Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 5-0-0-0 finishing 3-2-1. The Stingrays have won three straight postseason Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-1-1-0 series against the Blades with victories in 2009, 2015 and 2017. Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 2-0-2-0 Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 3-0-2-0 Ully Scores In 3rd Straight Road Game Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 5-1-1-0 With a goal and an assist durig Friday night’s win in Florida, forward Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 3-1-2-0 Cole Ully picked up his 10th and 11th points of the season. The Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 5-0-1-0 attacker leads all Stingrays skaters in scoring after his first 10 games of the 2020-21 season. A native of , Alberta, Ully has now One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 4-0-3-0 scored goals in three consecutive road games for SC, dating back to Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 1-1-0-0 a strike on New Year’s Day in Greenville. OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 2-0-3-0

Novak Notches 3 More Assists More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 2-0-0-0 Forward Max Novak assisted on three of South Carolina’s five goals Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-1-2-0 in Friday’s win over Florida, and continues to lead the club in the Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 2-0-1-0 category with 10 helpers in his first 10 games this season. The Oak Ridge, NJ native was tied for the team lead last season with 36 Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-0-0-0 assists in 59 games while eclipsing the 50-point plateau for the Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 2-0-1-0 second time in his ECHL career. After finishing with a +2 rating in Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 3-0-0-0 Friday’s win, Novak is now tied for the team lead with a +9 mark on Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 1-1-2-0 the year. Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 7-0-2-0 Kupsky Shines In Stingrays Debut Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 1-1-1-0 Goaltender Jake Kupsky stopped 25 shots Friday night in his first Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-0-0-0 game with South Carolina to help the Rays earn a victory over Florida. It was the first ECHL appearance of the season for the Following a win 30-10-3-1 5-0-2-0 Waukesha, Wis. native, and the ninth of his career after playing in Following a loss 13-4-0-0 3-1-0-0 eight contests with Idaho and Greenville last season. Kupsky has earned a 5-2-1 record in those outings with a goals-against of 2.01.

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5 Stingrays Join For AHL Training Camp SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Hershey Bears, the (AHL) affiliate of the South Carolina Stingrays, recalled four players ahead of the TEAM INFORMATION team’s training camp, which opened last Saturday. The following Location...... North Charleston, S.C. AHL contracted players reported to Hershey: forwards Caleb Herbert Nickname...... Stingrays and Mason Morelli, as well as defenders Macoy Erkamps and Will Colors...... Blue and Red Graber. In addition, Hershey signed goaltender Alex Dubeau to a Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum professional tryout agreement. Capacity...... 7,250 League...... ECHL Knott, Hillman Join Stingrays Roster President...... Rob Concannon The Stingrays announced two additions to the team’s roster last week, signing forward Graham Knott and defenseman HOCKEY STAFF for the 2020-21 season. The two skaters will be reunited, having Head Coach...... Ryan Blair played together previously in the AHL with the Rockford IceHogs Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk during the 2018-19 season. Knott is in his fourth pro season after Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley spending time in both the AHL and ECHL during his first three Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor campaigns. Hillman begins his third pro year and is also coming off a season with time in both the AHL and ECHL with Grand Rapids, FRANCHISE HISTORY Stockton and Toledo. The defender made his professional debut by skating in four NHL games for the Blackhawks at the end of the First Season...... 1993 2017-18 season. Total Seasons...... 28 Overall Record...... 1,094-624-76-133 Rookies Making Their Mark Winning Seasons...... 27 Four Stingrays rookie skaters were on the scoresheet in their last Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 series against Greenville including three who recorded their first Division Championships...... 6 points of the year. Leading the way was Darien Craighead, who had Conference Championships...... 5 goals in each contest. Rookie defenseman Jesse Lees posted his first Kelly Cups...... 3 point of the year with an assist, while first-year defender Connor Moore earned a helper in the first period of his first pro game. In HOCKEY INFORMATION addition, forward Frédéric Létourneau posted his first career point 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 with an assist on a tally by defender Jordan Klimek. 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Returning Players...... 11 Stingrays Prevail In Saturday Night Shootout Newcomers...... 16 For the fifth time this season, the South Carolina Stingrays and Greenville Swamp Rabbits needed extra time to find a winner. And COMMUNICATIONS just like they did on Dec. 26, the Stingrays prevailed in a shootout, Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. stopping all three Greenville attempts to pick up a 4-3 win on Saturday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. SC forwards Contact...... Jared Shafran Darien Craighead (1g, 1a) and Justin Florek (2a) each had multi- Email...... [email protected] point nights in the victory, while goaltender Alex Dubeau stopped Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 27 shots to pick up the winning decision. South Carolina outshot Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Greenville 45-30 in the game, including a 17-10 shots-on-goal Rays ...... @SCStingrays advantage in the third period. Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Rays Earn 1 Point In Comeback Overtime Loss Despite coming from behind to tie the game in the third period, the South Carolina Stingrays suffered a 5-4 overtime loss to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits on Friday night after a goal by Matt MEDIA INFORMATION Bradley in the extra session at the North Charleston Coliseum. Stingrays forwards Cam Askew and Dylan Steman each had a goal Watch:...... FloHockey and an assist in the contest, while Mark Cooper scored his first Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey tally of the season and Darien Craighead found the back of the net for the second straight game. In the extra session, Greenville Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive goaltender Ryan Bednard stopped a by Zach Malatesta and In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays the rebound bounced to Bradley, who deked around SC netminder Alex Dubueau and put the puck in the net to win the game.

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