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SOUTH CAROLINA 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) South Carolina Stingrays vs. Jacksonville Icemen Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 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. Wheeling Nailers 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 @ Florida Everblades 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. penalty 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. Fort Wayne Komets 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 goaltender Jake Kupsky came on in relief and stopped 22 shots Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ Indy Fuel 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. @ Orlando Solar Bears 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Fri • 30th 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 Scouting The Icemen 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). Forward 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 goal 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 Wacey Rabbit 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 save percentage 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 Overtime 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.