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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, February 24 • 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 2.70 (8th) 3.92 (1st) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 3.09 (10th) 2.20 (1st) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 14.5% (8th) 17.7% (7th) Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 82.5% (10th) 89.0% (1st) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (1-5-3) 9-8-6-0 19-5-0-1 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Open 3-Game Set Against Rival Everblades Wednesday Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 Coming off a pair of losses in Jacksonville last weekend, the Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 South Carolina Stingrays are down in Estero, Florida to begin a 3-game Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 series against the Everblades Wednesday night at . The Rays Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT are looking for revenge after Florida came away with three straight wins Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT in the last series between the two in North Charleston earlier this month. Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. The Everblades have been the hottest team in the ECHL, winning seven Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. consecutive games and securing points in nine straight. Their last loss March came at home to SC on Jan. 29. Florida holds second place in the Eastern Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Conference standings with a points percentage of .780. The Rays are Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. looking to make up ground in the standings and are currently tied with Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Orlando for fourth place in the east (0.522). The Everblades have the Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. league’s top offense and best defense, scoring just under four goals per Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 19th vs. 7:05 p.m. game while allowing only 2.20 tallies per contest. SC ranks eighth in the Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. league on the power play with a 14.5% conversion rate. Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. SC Comes Up Short In OT After 3- Third Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. A three-goal third period comeback by the South Carolina Stingrays Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. forced overtime, but a tally 1:10 into the extra session by Brendan Warren April pushed the Jacksonville Icemen on top for good by a final score of 4-3 Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. on Saturday night at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena. Stingrays defender Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Zach Malatesta led the comeback with two straight tallies in the third, Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. while Dan DeSalvo picked up a pair of assists as SC fell in extra Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. time for the second straight night. Kyle Keyser stopped 32 shots in the Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. victory for Jacksonville, while Jake Kupsky finished with 19 saves in a Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. losing effort for the Rays. The Icemen had the only man-advantage tally of Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. the night and finished 1-for-3 on the power play. 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 23 18 4 1 0 37 0.804 81 54 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 25 19 5 0 1 39 0.780 98 55 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 25 10 8 5 2 27 0.540 66 80 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 23 11 10 2 0 24 0.522 63 76 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 23 9 8 6 0 24 0.522 62 71 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 20 9 9 1 1 20 0.500 48 57 June Wheeling Nailers 21 5 12 4 0 14 0.333 54 80 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 25 games with a 19-5-0-1 record. The Blades have earned points Record vs. FLA...... 95-92-9-4 First meeting in nine straight games and are 10-2-0-1 at home this season...... (7 ties) ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) Their top offensive attack is led by John McCarron, who Last 10 vs. FLA...... 2-7-1-0 has totaled 24 points in 25 games on 13 goals and 11 assists. Just Streak vs. FLA...... Lost Four Last meeting behind him is forward Michael Huntebrinker, who has earned Blair vs. FLA...... 1-4-0-0 ...... Feb. 13, 2021 (L, 1-5) 23 points with a team-leading 14 goals along with nine assists. Forward Alex Kile has also reached the 20-point mark (8g, 12a), while attacker Blake Winiecki has 18 points (8g, 10a). Defender SITUATIONAL RECORDS Logan Roe has continued his dominance at the ECHL level, 2019-20 2020-21 posting nine points (3g, 6a) as well as a league-high +27 rating. Overall Record 44-14-3-1 9-8-6-0 In net, Devin Cooley has appeared in 12 games while earning vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 7-8-6-0 a 7-4-0 record with one shutout, a goals-against of 2.32 and a vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 0.923 . 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. Florirda Home record 19-9-0-0 5-5-3-0 South Carolina has a long history against Florida which dates back Road record 25-5-3-1 4-3-3-0 to the first season of Everblades hockey in the ECHL during the Overtime 4-3 0-6 1998-99 year. Since then, the two teams having played against Shootout 2-1 2-0 each other 207 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 8-1-3-0 a 4-3-1 record. During 2018-19, Florida had the better of the Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 1-7-3-0 Rays in the regular season on their way to a division title and an Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 5-1-0-0 appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals, winning five of the Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-7-2-0 eight contests. In 2017-18, the two squads split six matchups, Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 4-0-4-0 with South Carolina finishing 3-2-1. The Stingrays have won three Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 5-0-0-0 straight postseason series against the Blades with victories in 2009, Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-8-2-0 2015 and 2017. Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 3-0-4-0 DeSalvo Stays Hot Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 4-4-4-0 Forward Dan DeSalvo had assists in both games last weekend in Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 5-4-2-0 Jacksonville, running his current point streak to five straight during Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 3-5-5-0 which he has scored seven points with two goals and five assists. Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 6-3-1-0 On Friday, DeSalvo assisted on Cole Ully’s third period power play goal. He then picked up two helpers Saturday, factoring in on both One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 4-0-6-0 of Zach Malatesta’s third period tallies. The Bowling Green State Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 2-3-0-0 University graduate has totaled 10 points in his last eight outings OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 2-0-6-0 and his 15 total points (6g, 9a) are tied for the most on the team so More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 3-2-2-0 far this season. Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-5-3-0 Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 2-1-1-0 Ully Returns With A Bang After missing eight games with an injury, forward Cole Ully scored Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-1-2-0 both of South Carolina’s goals Friday night in his return to the lineup. Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 2-0-1-0 The Calgary, Alberta native followed that up with a primary assist on Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 3-0-0-0 Zach Malatesta’s second goal of the third period Saturday. Ully has Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 2-7-3-0 now posted multi-point games in four of his last seven contests and leads the team with seven tallies this season. Overall, the attacker Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 8-3-3-0 has 14 points (7g, 7a) in 13 contests this year along with a +5 rating. Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 1-4-3-0 Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-1-0-0 Rays Securing Points in Tight Games South Carolina has earned points in all 10 of their one-goal games Following a win 30-10-3-1 5-1-3-0 this season, holding a record of 4-0-6. Almost half of their nine wins Following a loss 13-4-0-0 4-7-2-0 have been one-goal games, while four of their six overtime losses have come at the hands of Greenville.

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Leaders Against Florida SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forwards Brett Supinski and Mark Cooper are tied for the team lead, each having secured five points against the Everblades this season. TEAM INFORMATION Supinski has suited up for all five contests and has two goals and Location...... North Charleston, S.C. three assists, while Cooper has totaled a goal and four helpers in just Nickname...... Stingrays four games. Dan DeSalvo has a team-leading three tallies against Colors...... Blue and Red Florida, suiting up in all five games between the two clubs. Max Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum Novak has posted four assists in the five contests. Jake Kupsky has Capacity...... 7,250 played in four of the games between the pipes and has a goals- League...... ECHL against of 3.53 and a 0.890 save percentage. President...... Rob Concannon SC Adds Defenders Johnson, Rhodes To Lineup HOCKEY STAFF The Stingrays announced Tuesday that they club agreed to terms Head Coach...... Ryan Blair with defensemen Casey Johnson and Kyle Rhodes. Johnson, 24, has Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk played 14 games with the SPHL’s Macon Mayhem to begin his rookie Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley season, posting six assists and a +8 rating. The native of Grand Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Forks, North Dakota played collegiately for his hometown team, the University of North Dakota for four seasons from 2016-2020. FRANCHISE HISTORY Rhodes, 23, has seen time in 17 contests with the SPHL’s Huntsville First Season...... 1993 Havoc in his second pro year, posting nine points on three goals and Total Seasons...... 28 six assists with a +7 rating. The Ashburn, Virginia native previously spent time in the ECHL with the during 2018-19, Overall Record...... 1,095-631-79-133 appearing in 50 games while earning 16 points (11g, 5a) and a +8 Winning Seasons...... 27 rating. Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Division Championships...... 6 Rays Drop First of Two to Icemen in OT Conference Championships...... 5 The South Carolina Stingrays never trailed during regulation, Kelly Cups...... 3 but a power play goal in overtime from Nick Saracino gave the Jacksonville Icemen the upper hand at the end of Friday night’s HOCKEY INFORMATION series opener at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena by a score of 3-2. 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 Forward Cole Ully made his return to the lineup and scored both 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 goals for South Carolina, while netminder Sean Bonar stopped Returning Players...... 11 23 shots in a losing effort. Kyle Keyser turned aside Newcomers...... 16 21 shots in the victory for the Icemen. Both teams converted once on the power play in the clash, with SC finishing 1-for-2 and COMMUNICATIONS Jacksonville ending at 1-for-3 on the man-advantage. The Icemen Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. outshot the Stingrays 26-23 in the contest. Contact...... Jared Shafran Email...... [email protected] Rays Comeback Falls Short Sunday Afternoon The South Carolina Stingrays were unable to overcome an early Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 deficit and fell to the Jacksonville Icemen by a score of 5-3 on Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Sunday afternoon at the North Charleston Coliseum. Defender Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays Zach Malatesta made a big impact offensively for South Carolina, Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey assisting on two of the team’s goals, while goaltender Jake Kupsky came on in relief and stopped 22 shots as his team attempted a comeback. South Carolina outshot Jacksonville 39-29 on the afternoon. The Icemen netted three of their goals on the man- advantage, finishing 3-for-7 on the day, while the Stingrays ended MEDIA INFORMATION at 1-for-8. Keyser totaled 36 saves to earn the win, while Kupsky stopped 22 shots for SC in relief of Bonar who made just two saves. Watch:...... FloHockey Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey

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