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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) vs. Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Friday, February 19 • Jacksonville, 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 Jacksonville January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.71 (9th) 2.28 (12th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 3.05 (9th) 2.89 (6th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 14.3% (7th) 19.2% (4th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 JA CKSONVILLE Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 83.7% (7th) 89.7% (1st) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (1-5-1) 9-8-4-0 7-9-1-1 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT South Carolina Begins Weekend Series in Jacksonville Friday Night Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays are set to open a two-game weekend series Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 on the road in Jacksonville against the Icemen on Friday night, the second Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 consecutive meeting for each team against each other. Their last outing, Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. the fifth of the season between the two clubs, came on Sunday afternoon Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. and saw the Icemen come away with a 5-3 victory in North Charleston on Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Valentine’s Day. South Carolina claimed wins in the first three matchups Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. earlier this season. The Rays are looking to snap a five-game losing March streak which has seen them drop to fifth place in the Eastern Conference Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. standings, while Jacksonville is tied for sixth with a winning percentage Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. of 0.444 after 18 games. The Icemen are the top team in the league on the Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. kill, discarding 89.7% of opponents man-advantage opportunities. Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. SC ranks seventh in the league on the kill at 83.7%, and have recently Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 19th vs. 7:05 p.m. moved up in the ECHL’s power play rankings to seventh at 14.3%, scoring Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. man-advantage goals in four straight games. 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. Rays Comeback Falls Short Sunday Afternoon Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. The South Carolina Stingrays were unable to overcome an early deficit Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. and fell to the Jacksonville Icemen by a score of 5-3 on Sunday afternoon April at the North Charleston Coliseum. Defender Zach Malatesta made a big Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. impact offensively for South Carolina, assisting on two of the team’s goals, Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. while Jake Kupsky came on in relief and stopped 22 shots Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. as his team attempted a comeback. South Carolina outshot Jacksonville Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. 39-29 on the afternoon. The Icemen netted three of their goals on the Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. man-advantage, finishing 3-for-7 on the day, while the Stingrays ended at Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. 1-for-8. Keyser totaled 36 saves to earn the win, while Kupsky stopped 22 Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. shots for SC in relief of Bonar who made just two saves. 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 20 16 3 1 0 33 0.825 70 50 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 23 17 5 0 1 35 0.761 91 52 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 22 9 6 5 2 25 0.568 62 69 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 21 11 9 1 0 23 0.548 62 69 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 21 9 8 4 0 22 0.524 57 64 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 18 7 9 1 1 16 0.444 41 52 June Wheeling Nailers 18 5 9 4 0 14 0.389 49 66 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

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Through 18 games, Jacksonville is in sixth place in the Eastern INSIDE THE SERIES JA CKSONVILLE Conference standings with a record of 7-9-1-1 (.444). Record vs. JAX...... 17-14-0-0 First meeting Nick Saracino leads the club with 17 points in 17 games on six Last 10 vs. JAX...... 7-3-0-0 ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) goals and 11 assists. His total leads the team while forward Streak vs. JAX...... Lost Two Ara Nazarian has five tallies and attacker Jared VanWormer has Blair vs. JAX...... 3-2-0-0 Last meeting posted four. Returning forward has registered ...... Feb. 14, 2021 (L, 3-5) eight points in 12 games on two goals and six helpers. Defenseman Kevin McKernan leads the teams’ blueliners in scoring with five assists in 16 games. In net, Kyle Keyser has SITUATIONAL RECORDS played 10 games and has a goals-against average of 2.63 along 2019-20 2020-21 with a at 0.919. Overall Record 44-14-3-1 9-8-4-0 vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 7-8-4-0 All-Time History vs. Jacksonville vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 Friday’s contest is the sixth matchup of the 2020-21 season vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 between South Carolina and Jacksonville and the 32nd meeting vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 overall since the Icemen began play in the South Division during Home record 19-9-0-0 5-5-3-0 the 2017-18 season. After seeing each other 10 times in each of Road record 25-5-3-1 4-3-1-0 Jacksonville’s first two campaigns, the rivals faced-off six times 4-3 0-4 during the COVID-19 shortened 2019-20 year. The Stingrays Shootout 2-1 2-0 were victorious in five of the six matchups, before the final two meetings were canceled. SC has the edge in the all-time series, Scoring First 30-4-2-0 8-1-2-0 holding a record of 17-14-0. Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 1-7-2-0 Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 5-1-0-0 Determined DeSalvo Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-7-1-0 Forward Dan DeSalvo had a big night last Friday, posting a goal Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 4-0-3-0 and an assist in the second period while leading the Rays with five Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 5-0-0-0 shots on net. The attacker assisted on Cam Askew’s power play goal Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-8-1-0 before scoring on the man-advantage himself just 24 seconds later Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 3-0-3-0 with a great individual effort. DeSalvo followed with another power play goal on Saturday and an assist in Sunday’s contest. The Bowling Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 4-4-3-0 Green State University graduate now leads the Rays with six tallies Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 5-4-1-0 on the season and has totaled seven points in his last six outings. His Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 3-5-3-0 12 total points (6g, 6a) are second-most on the team this season. Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 6-3-1-0 One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 4-0-4-0 Malatesta Cements Himself on Defense Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 2-3-0-0 Defender Zach Malatesta has become a mainstay for the Rays on OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 2-0-4-0 the blue line this season after beginning his pro career as an Atlanta Gladiator for three years. Most recently, Malatesta has earned More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 3-2-1-0 power play assists in three straight games. The first two set up Dan Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-5-2-0 DeSalvo for goals, while his Sunday man-advantage helper came Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 2-1-1-0 on Darien Craighead’s strike. Malatesta also had an assist on Max Novak’s third period goal Sunday. In 10 games with SC this season, Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-1-1-0 the Wilmington, Mass. native has a goal and seven helpers for eight Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 2-0-1-0 points. Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 3-0-0-0 Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 2-7-2-0 Craighead Continues Offensive Contributions Rookie forward Darien Craighead netted his fourth goal of the Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 8-3-2-0 season Sunday, which has him tied for fifth on the team in goal Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 1-4-2-0 scoring. The tally came on the power play and served as his fourth Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-1-0-0 man-advantage point of the year, which is tied with Dan DeSalvo for most on the club. In addition, Craighead is now 4th among all ECHL Following a win 30-10-3-1 5-1-3-0 rookies with a shooting percentage of 22.2% this season. Following a loss 13-4-0-0 4-7-0-0

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Leaders Against Jacksonville SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forward Max Novak leads the Stingrays with five points this season on a goal and four assists in five games along with a +4 rating. Cole TEAM INFORMATION Ully is just behind Novak with four points against the Icemen on two Location...... North Charleston, S.C. goals and two assists in three contests, but leads SC with a +5 rating. Nickname...... Stingrays Brett Supinski has a team-high three tallies against Jacksonville, Colors...... Blue and Red suiting up in all five games between the two clubs. The Rays have Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum trotted out six different netminders against the Icemen this season. Capacity...... 7,250 Jake Kupsky leads the active goalies with a 2.55 goals-against League...... ECHL average and a 0.917 save percentage. President...... Rob Concannon Supinski Standing Out HOCKEY STAFF Forward Brett Supinski scored his fifth goal of the season Sunday, Head Coach...... Ryan Blair deflecting a by Dylan Steman into the Jacksonville net. The Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk Collegeville, Pa. native has now scored three of his five goals this Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley season against the Icemen. His recent hot streak has seen him Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor register points in seven of the Rays’ last 10 games. In the Rays’ last six games, Supinski has six points on two goals and four assists. FRANCHISE HISTORY The Union College alum has also posted points in five straight road First Season...... 1993 games dating back to Jan. 2. Total Seasons...... 28 Overall Record...... 1,095-631-77-133 Rays Securing Points in Tight Games Winning Seasons...... 27 South Carolina has earned points in all eight of their one-goal Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 games this season, holding a record of 4-0-4. Almost half of their nine wins have been one-goal games, while all four of their overtime Division Championships...... 6 losses have come at the hands of Greenville. Conference Championships...... 5 Kelly Cups...... 3 Florida Surges Past South Carolina Despite an aggressive effort at the start, the South Carolina HOCKEY INFORMATION Stingrays came up short to the Florida Everblades in front of 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 a socially distant sellout crowd on Military Appreciation Night 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Saturday at the North Charleston Coliseum, falling by a final score Returning Players...... 11 of 5-1. Forward Dan DeSalvo scored the lone goal of the night for Newcomers...... 16 South Carolina, netting a power play tally during the second period. Each team finished with 12 penalty infractions in the contest, COMMUNICATIONS totaling 84 minutes. The Rays went 1-for-6 on the man-advantage, Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. while Florida finished 0-for-7 on the power play. The Everblades Contact...... Jared Shafran outshot South Carolina 31-28 in the contest, with Hildebrand Email...... [email protected] making 27 saves. Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Stingrays Suffer 5-2 Setback To Florida Rays ...... @SCStingrays The Florida Everblades scored goals in each period on their way Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey to a 5-2 win over the South Carolina Stingrays on Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Linemates Dan DeSalvo and Mark Cooper each had multi-point nights in a losing effort for the Rays, with DeSalvo scoring a goal and an assist as Cooper picked up two helpers. Both South Carolina goals came via the power play, which finished 2-for-6 in the contest. The two clubs finished even with 33 MEDIA INFORMATION shots-on-goal apiece during the game. Devin Cooley turned aside 31 shots to earn his fifth win of the year for Florida, while Sean Watch:...... FloHockey Bonar stopped 28 of the Everblades’ chances. Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran

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