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SOUTH CAROLINA 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 2021 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE South Carolina vs. Florida (SC Wins, 3-2) Fort Wayne Komets vs. South Carolina Stingrays Game 1 Monday, June 7 W, 3-2 OT Sunday, June 27 • 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 Fort Wayne South Carolina Game 5 Monday, June 14 W, 3-2 GF/G 3.33 (2nd) 3.09 (4th) South Carolina vs. Greenville (SC Wins, 3-1) Game 1 Wednesday, June 16 W, 5-1 GA/G 2.67 (1st) 3.03 (9th) Game 2 Friday, June 18 L, 2-5 Game 3 Saturday, June 19 W, 3-2 PP% 25.9% (1st) 17.1% (6th) Game 4 Monday, June 21 W, 2-1 PK% 86.8% (1st) 83.9% (6th) South Carolina vs. Fort Wayne (FW Leads, 1-0) Game 1 Friday, June 25 L, 2-7 Game 2 Sunday, June 27 6:05 p.m. Stingrays Aim To Even Kelly Cup Finals In Game 2 Sunday Night Game 3 Wednesday, June 30 7:30 p.m. The South Carolina Stingrays are looking for a bounceback performance Game 4 Friday, July 2 8:00 p.m. Sunday after a lopsided 7-2 loss to the Fort Wayne Komets in the opening Game 5 Saturday, July 3 7:30 p.m. game of the 2021 Kelly Cup Finals Friday night. SC is making their ECHL- best sixth appearance in the championship round after capturing the RAYS TEAM LEADERS Eastern Conference and the E.A. “Bud” Gingher Trophy on Monday night Postseason by a 2-1 score in Game 4 against Greenville. Fort Wayne won the Bruce Taylor Trophy as Western Conference champions to secure their first-ever Goals Game-Winning Goals Kelly Cup Finals appearance by defeating the Allen Americans in overtime A. Cherniwchan, 4 Dan DeSalvo, 2 4 tied, 1 on Tuesday for a 3-1 series win. The Komets were the No. 3 seed in the 5 tied, 3 west after finishing the regular season with a .618 points percentage. SC Assists Power Play Goals wrapped up the regular season as one of the hottest teams in the league, Matthew Weis, 7 A. Cherniwchan, 2 winning their last six games to secure a spot in the playoffs. The Rays have Mark Cooper, 6 Brett Supinski, 2 Max Gottlieb, 5 earned a spot in the ECHL’s postseason 27 times in the team’s 28-year Justin Florek, 1 history, finishing 2020-21 with a .579 points percentage. South Carolina Dan DeSalvo, 4 Matthew Weis, 1 Dylan Steman, 4 Max Novak, 1 swept Fort Wayne in three prior meetings during the regular season in Cole Ully, 4 Caleb Herbert, 1 North Charleston, winning by scores of 2-1, 5-1 and 5-2 March 19-21. Points Max Gottlieb, 1 Matthew Weis, 10 Power Play Assists Komets Take Kelly Cup Finals Game 1, 7-2 Mark Cooper, 8 Matthew Weis, 5 The Fort Wayne Komets took Game 1 of the 2021 Kelly Cup Finals Friday Cole Ully, 7 Max Gottlieb, 4 night at the Carolina Ice Palace, defeating the South Carolina Stingray by Plus-Minus Cole Ully, 2 a final score of 7-2 behind a hat trick by forward Brandon Hawkins and 25 Mark Cooper, +6 6 Tied, 1 saves from goaltender Dylan Ferguson. Stingrays goals both came on the Macoy Erkamps, +3 power play from forward Caleb Herbert and defender Max Gottlieb. Fort Dylan Steman, +3 Shots On Net Wayne ended at 1-for-4 on the man-advantage and had a 32-27 edge in Cole Ully, 30 Penalty Minutes Justin Florek, 29 shots on goal in the contest. A. Cherniwchan, 20 Brett Supinski, 27 Justin Florek, 10 Mark Cooper, 26 Mark Cooper, 8 Matthew Weis, 24 Dylan Steman, 8 2021 ECHL KELLY CUP PLAYOFFS 3 2 1 1 0 3 4 4 EASTERN 1 3 1 4 3 4 3 1 0 1 3 2 WESTERN 2 3 2 2 3 1 3 3 SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Scouting The Komets Fort Wayne finished the regular season in third place in the INSIDE THE SERIES ECHL’s Western Conference before defeating Wichita and Allen Record vs. FW ................. 5-1-1-0 First meeting in the Kelly Cup Playoffs on their way to the championship Last 10 vs. FW ................. 5-1-1-0 ..........Mar. 1, 2013 (W, 2-1 SO) round. Fort Wayne’s offensive attack was led by Brandon Hawkins Streak vs. FW ............. Won Four during the regular season, who posted a team-high 23 goals Blair vs. FW ...................... 3-0-0-0 Last meeting and 39 points in 37 games. Rookie defender Randy Gazzola ..............Mar. 21, 2021 (W, 5-2) was also impressive from the blue line, leading the club with * regular season only 29 assists and totaling 33 points. In 10 postseason contests, the Komets have been led by Anthony Nellis who has six goals SITUATIONAL RECORDS and 11 points, as well as Stephen Harper who has totaled seven 2019-20 2020-21 helpers and nine points. In net, Dylan Ferguson has started all 10 Overall Record 44-14-3-1 34-23-10-3 playoff games after appearing in 11 regular season contests and vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 23-23-9-3 earning a 1.96 goals-against average. Ferguson has a 2.90 GAA in vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 postseason play. vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 11-0-1-0 vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Fort Wayne Home record 19-9-0-0 19-12-5-0 South Carolina and Fort Wayne have faced each other just seven Road record 25-5-3-1 15-11-5-3 times in the regular seson since the Komets joined the ECHL in Overtime 4-3 3-10 2012. All of their previous contests have been played in North Shootout 2-1 5-3 Charleston, with the teams splitting a two-game series March 1-2, 2013 as well as a two-game set the following year on March 28- Scoring First 30-4-2-0 21-5-5-0 29. Stingrays’ captain Andrew Cherniwchan scored in the clubs’ Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 13-18-5-3 first-ever meeting, which the Rays won in a shootout by a score of Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 16-5-2-0 2-1. Earlier this season, SC swept a 3-game set and outscored the Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 6-14-2-3 Komets 12-4 with wins by scores of 2-1, 5-1 and 5-2. Overall, the Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 12-4-6-0 Stingrays have a 5-1-1 regular season record against FW. Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 20-1-2-0 Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 4-17-2-3 Weis Is Nice Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 10-5-6-0 Forward Matthew Weis had assists on both Stingrays goals during the team’s Eastern Conference clinching performance on Monday Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 21-9-6-1 and added an assist in Game 1 of the Kelly Cup Finals on Friday. The Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 13-14-4-2 Freehold, N.J. native is second among all ECHL skaters in the playoffs Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 11-12-7-2 with 10 points (3g, 7a) and is on a five-game point scoring streak. Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 23-11-3-1 Weis, who formerly played six games for Fort Wayne in 2018-19, had 28 points in 39 regular season games for SC and produced the One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 17-5-10-3 second-longest point streak in the league by scoring in 12 straight Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 6-10-0-0 games between April 25 and May 21. OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 8-0-10-3 More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 8-4-2-1 Herbert Breaks Through Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 18-16-6-2 Forward Caleb Herbert scored his first goal of the 2021 playoffs for Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 8-3-2-0 South Carolina in the team’s Game 1 loss to Fort Wayne on Friday, converting on a power play during the second period. Herbert Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 8-4-3-1 also added an assist on Max Gottlieb’s late power play strike. The Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 7-0-1-0 veteran forward has an extensive postseason history with the Rays, Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 13-1-1-1 appearing in 27 games during the team’s 2015 run to the Kelly Cup Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 6-18-5-1 Finals and 19 contests the following spring in an Eastern Conference Finals berth. Herbert’s 10 goals in 2016 tied him with Joe Devin for Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 16-8-3-1 the SC lead and were also tied for fifth most in the league.