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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 @ Gladiators W, 5-3 Sat • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-2 Friday, November 22 • Estero, FL 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 South Carolina Florida November Sun • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 8-2 GF/G 4.15 (3rd) 3.33 (11th) Fri • 8th @ W, 4-0 Sat • 9th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 SO Fri • 15th vs. W, 4-3 GA/G 2.38 (2nd) 2.27 (1st) Sat • 16th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 6-2 Sun • 17th vs. Norfolk Admirals W, 5-2 PP% 16.4% (17th) 9.3% (25th) Tue • 19th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-5 Fri • 22th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. PK% 86.5% (4th) 87.3% (3rd) Sat • 23rd @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Sat • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. 11-2-0-0 11-4-0-0 December Mon • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Stingrays Ready For Weekend Showdown In Florida Wed • 4th @ 7:05 p.m. Fri • 6th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. The top teams in the South Division will sqaure off for the first time Sat • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. during the 2019-20 season with a two-game weekend series in Estero, Fla. Tue • 10th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Fri • 13th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. beginning on Friday night. South Carolina enters Friday night’s matchup Sat • 14th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. at coming off just their second loss of the season Tuesday Sun • 15th vs. 3:05 p.m. night to Greenville in their 13th game of the year. Both clubs have secured Fri • 20th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Sat • 21th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. 11 wins on the season and each have 22 points in the standings, which Thu • 26th @ Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. ties them at the top of the South Division. The matchup also showcases Fri • 27th @ Atlanta Gladiators 7:35 p.m. the top two defenses in the ECHL. Florida is the No. 1 club in the league Sat • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. on defense, allowing just 2.27 goals per game, while SC is just behind January them in the No. 2 spot with 2.38 goals allowed per contest. Both teams Fri • 3rd vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. Sat • 4th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. are also ranked in the top five in killing, with the Everblades killing Sun • 5th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 3:05 p.m. off 87.3% of power play opportunitites surrendered (3rd) while South Tue • 7th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Fri • 10th vs. Beast 7:05 p.m. Carolina has discarded 86.5% of opponents’ man-advantages (4th). This Sat • 11th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. weekend’s series is the first two of 10 meetings this year between the Sun • 12th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:00 p.m. longtime rivals. Last season the Everblades won five of eight matchups on Wed • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Fri • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. their way to a first place finish in the division. Sat • 18th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 6:05 p.m. Sun • 19th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Fri • 24th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. Helvig Stuns Rays With 48 Saves Sat • 25th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. Despite putting up 50 shots on , the South Carolina Stingrays fell Wed • 29th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 31st vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. short to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits by a score of 5-2 on Tuesday night February at the North Charleston Coliseum. Forwards Andrew Cherniwchan and Sat •1st vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. Mark Cooper scored goals for the Stingrays in the loss, while Thu • 6th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. got the start and turned aside 17 shots. Greenville Fri • 7th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sun • 9th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. netminder Jeremy Helvig came up big for the Swamp Rabbits, making 48 Wed • 12th @ Norfolk Admirals 7:35 p.m. saves. Greenville was 1-for-5 on the power play in the game, while South Fri • 14th vs. 7:05 p.m. Carolina finished 0-for-6. The Rays had a final shots-on-goal edge of 50-22. 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 13 11 2 0 0 22 0.846 54 31 March Sun • 1st @ Mariners 3:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 15 11 4 0 0 22 0.733 50 34 Wed • 4th @ Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Fri • 6th @ 9:10 p.m. Sat • 7th @ Idaho Steelheads 9:10 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 18 10 7 0 1 21 0.583 67 61 Wed • 11th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Atlanta Gladiators 13 6 7 0 0 12 0.462 50 59 Sun • 15th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. Tue • 17th vs. Atlanta Gladiators 7:05 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 14 5 7 1 1 12 0.429 32 40 Sat • 21st vs. Cyclones 6:05 p.m. Sun • 22nd vs. Norfolk Admirals 3:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 14 4 8 2 0 10 0.357 38 53 Tue • 24th vs. 7:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E Fri • 27th vs. Norfolk Admirals 7:05 p.m. Sat • 28th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. Norfolk Admirals 17 3 11 3 0 9 0.265 39 67 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 Everblades Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s South Division with a INSIDE THE SERIES record of 11-4-0. John McCarron is in his fourth season Record vs. FLA...... 90-84-8-4 First meeting with the club and is once again at the forefront of the team’s ...... (7 ties) ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) attack, posting 16 points in 15 games on five goals and 11 assists Last 10 vs. FLA...... 3-6-1-0 so far this season. In his career with Florida over four seasons, Streak vs. FLA...... Won One Last meeting McCarron has 192 points on 84 goals and 108 assists. Forwards Bergin vs. FLA...... 0-0-0-0 ...... Mar. 17, 2019 (W, 6-4) and Blake Winiecki are tied for second on the team with 12 points apiece. Defenseman Logan Roe is back for his fifth season in Florida and leads the team’s blueliners in scoring early SITUATIONAL RECORDS on with 10 points (3g, 7a). In net, and Cam Johnson 2018-19 2019-20 have split time this season, each allowing 16 goals against. Overall Record 35-31-5-1 11-2-0-0 Appleby is 7-1-0 with a goals-against average of 1.90 and a save vs. South Division 27-28-4-1 10-2-0-0 percentage at 0.923. 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. Florida vs. Mountain Division 5-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 South Carolina has a long history against Florida, dating back to Home record 17-17-2-0 4-1-0-0 the 1998-99 year, which was the first season of Everblades hockey Road record 18-14-3-1 7-1-0-0 in the ECHL. Since then, the two teams having played against each 4-5 1-0 other 194 times in the regular season. Last year, Florida had the Shootout 1-1 1-0 better of SC in the regular season on their way to a division title and an appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals, winning Scoring First 22-10-2-1 9-1-0-0 five of the eight contests. In 2017-18, the two squads split six Opponent scores first 13-21-3-0 2-1-0-0 matchups, with South Carolina finishing 3-2-1. The season before Leading after one period 19-5-0-1 6-0-0-0 in 2016-17, the clubs also split 10 meetings, 5-5, before battling for Behind after one period 6-18-2-0 0-1-0-0 the sixth time ever during the postseason. With a 5-game series Tied after one period 10-8-3-0 5-1-0-0 win, the Stingrays won their third consecutive postseason series Leading after two periods 25-2-0-1 8-0-0-0 against the Blades with victories in 2009, 2015 and 2017. Behind after two periods 2-19-3-0 0-1-0-0 Tied after two periods 8-10-2-0 3-1-0-0 Cherny Heating Up Team captain Andrew Cherniwchan has been on the scoresheet in Scoring on the PP 20-11-2-0 6-0-0-0 four straight games, including multi-point outings in each of SC’s Scoreless on the PP 15-20-3-1 5-2-0-0 contests last weekend. The Hinton, Alberta native had two assists Allowing a PPG 14-17-2-0 2-2-0-0 on Friday before posting a goal and an assist on Saturday and then Opponent Scoreless on the PP 21-14-3-1 9-0-0-0 netted two goals on Sunday afternoon. Cherniwchan added another One-Goal Games 16-10-5-1 3-0-0-0 goal in Tuesday’s game vs. Greenville, and is now tied for the team Two-Goal Games 10-12-0-0 3-0-0-0 lead with 14 points this season on seven goals and seven assists. OT/Shootout Games 5-0-5-1 2-0-0-0

Cooper Enjoyng Friendly Coliseum Confines More Penalties than Opponent 11-9-2-1 3-1-0-0 Forward Mark Cooper has been hot as of late, scoring two points Less Penalties than Opponent 19-17-2-0 4-1-0-0 with a goal and an assist in Saturday night’s 6-2 win over Norfolk Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 5-5-1-0 4-0-0-0 before notching his sixth goal of the year on Tuesday against Greenville. The , Ontario native has now scored goals in four Scored three goals 6-8-1-1 2-0-0-0 of the five Stingrays home games this season, and has a total of 13 Scored four goals 10-3-0-0 5-0-0-0 points in 13 games on the year with six goals and seven assists to go Scored five or more goals 13-0-1-0 4-0-0-0 along with a +6 rating. Held to two goals or fewer 6-20-3-0 0-2-0-0 Davidson Picks Up First Professional Point Outshooting Opponent 16-17-0-0 9-2-0-0 Forward Scott Davidson recorded his first point in just his second Outshot by Opponent 19-14-5-1 1-0-0-0 pro game Tuesday night against Greenville, assisting on Mark Shots are Even 0-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 Cooper’s second period goal. After Dan DeSalvo exited the penalty box and immediately ran over a Swamp Rabbit defender, Davidson Following a win 19-12-2-1 9-2-0-0 picked up the puck and quickly slid it over to Cooper, who then Following a loss 16-18-3-0 1-0-0-0 netted his sixth tally of the year. Davidson is in his rookie season out of Quinnipiac University and was with the during their run to the Championship last spring.

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Parisi Signs PTO With SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Defender Tom Parisi signed a professional tryout agreement with the Belleville Senators of the Thursday. TEAM INFORMATION The 26-year-old blueliner has appeared in 13 games with South Location...... North Charleston, S.C. Carolina this season, totaling 12 points with five goals and seven Nickname...... Stingrays assists. Parisi is leading the ECHL in plus-minus with a rating of +14 Colors...... Blue and Red and is one of the top defensive scorers in the league, tied for first in Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum goal scoring and ranking fourth in points. The Commack, N.Y. native Capacity...... 7,250 is also second among defenders with 51 shots on goal. Parisi has League...... ECHL already played 121 AHL games in his career with the President...... Rob Concannon and St. John’s IceCaps. He earned 17 points (four goals, 13 assists) with Laval in 2017-18 and posted nine points (one goal, eight HOCKEY STAFF assists) in 45 contests as a member of St. John’s in 2016-17. Head Coach...... Steve Bergin Assistant Coach...... Ryan Blair Matthew Weis Earns AHL Call-Up From Hershey Athletic Trainer...... Rick Covard The announced the recall of forward Matthew Weis Equipment Manager...... Cameron Parker on Wednesday. The 24-year-old attacker will join Hershey after appearing in 13 games with South Carolina to start the season and FRANCHISE HISTORY recording 11 points on three goals and eight assists along with a First Season...... 1993 +8 rating. Weis signed an AHL contract with the Bears in July after Total Seasons...... 27 skating in 60 games as a rookie during 2018-19 with the AHL’s Wolves and earning 11 points on three goals and eight Overall Record...... 1,053-610-71-132 assists. The Freehold, N.J. native also appeared in 22 playoff games Winning Seasons...... 26 with Chicago last spring on the Wolves’ run to the Calder Cup Finals. Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Division Championships...... 6 Conference Championships...... 5 Milner Returns To South Carolina The Hershey Bears announced the re-assignment of goaltender Kelly Cups...... 3 to South Carolina on Wednesday. The 29-year-old goaltender has had a stellar start to the 2019-20 season and is one HOCKEY INFORMATION of the top netminders in the ECHL with a goals-against average 2018-19 Overall Record...... 35-31-5-1 of 1.38 and a perfect 5-0-0. Milner was recently named the ECHL’s 2018-19 vs. South...... 27-28-4-1 Goaltender of the Week on Oct. 29 after a stretch of back-to-back Returning Players...... 7 games with a shutout, a 1.44 goals-against and a Newcomers...... 18 of 0.930. COMMUNICATIONS Christopoulos Earns Win In Pro Debut To Extend Streak Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. In his first professional start, goaltender Billy Christopoulos went Contact...... Jared Shafran the first 57 minutes of the game without allowing a goal and Email...... [email protected] earned a victory as the Stingrays defeated Norfolk by a score Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 of 5-2 for their eighth straight win on Sunday afternoon at the Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey North Charleston Coliseum. Team captain Andrew Cherniwchan Rays ...... @SCStingrays scored twice in the second period, while defender Tom Parisi had Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey a goal and two assists and forward added two helpers. Christopoulos finished with 34 saves in the game, earning the first star after the contest concluded. Stingrays Stay Hot, Roll Past Admirals 6-2 Goals from six different skaters gave the Stingrays their seventh MEDIA INFORMATION

consecutive win on Hockey Fights Cancer Night Saturday at the Watch:...... ECHL.TV North Charleston Coliseum, a 6-2 defeat of the Norfolk Admirals. Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive SC also had six skaters with multi-point efforts, including four who had a goal and an assist in Max Novak, Mark Cooper, Mitch In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays Vanderlaan and captain Andrew Cherniwchan. Forwards Jonathan Charbonneau and Dan DeSalvo each had a pair of assists in the victory. Logan Thompson got the start in net for the second straight night and picked up his fifth win of the season with 29 saves. South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information /SCStingraysHockey @SCStingrays scstingrayshockey SCStingraysHockey