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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 2020-21 SCHEDULE December (3-0-2) vs. Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ W, 2-1 Tuesday, May 11 • North Charleston, SC 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 Indy South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.96 (8th) 3.00 (5th) Sat • 2nd @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 3-2 Fri • 8th vs. W, 4-2 Sat • 9th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 6-3 GA/G 2.95 (7th) 3.23 (13th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 19.7% (3rd) 16.3% (8th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 79.0% (13th) 83.4% (6th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 30-20-5-0 24-20-10-3 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Return Home To Host Fuel Tuesday Night Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays are back home at the North Charleston Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 Coliseum for two games this week against the Indy Fuel beginning Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 Tuesday night. The two clubs have only met once previously during the Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT 2020-21 season, with the Fuel claiming a 2-1 decision in last Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT month on April 7. SC recently played their last seven on the road, claiming Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO four wins and a record of 4-2-1 overall on the trip. Indy is coming off a Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO road series split with the , bouncing back from a 5-2 March (7-6-0) loss Friday with a 5-4 win on Saturday. The Stingrays’ offense came alive Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO during their recent trip to Florida, scoring 25 goals for an average of 4.1 Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 per outing. With the offensive outburst, SC has now brought their season Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 average to three goals per game which ranks fifth in the ECHL. The Fuel Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 are in third place in the Eastern Conference standings with a points Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 2-1 percentage at .591 but have struggled lately, going just 3-5-2 in their last Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 10 outings. Indy ranks third in the ECHL on the power play with a success Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-2 rate of 19.7%. South Carolina sits in sixth place in the Eastern Conference Fri • 26th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-6 Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-3 with a points percentage of .535 while the team’s penalty kill ranks sixth Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-3 overall in the league at 83.4%. Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-5 April (5-4-3-1) 40 Shots Not Enough For SC In 3-2 Loss To Blades Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 SO Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 The Florida Everblades scored the only goal of the third period which was Wed • 7th @ Indy Fuel L, 1-2 OT enough to get past the South Carolina Stingrays, who had a 40-26 edge Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers W, 3-2 SO Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 6-7 in shots on goal, by a final score of 3-2 at on Saturday night. Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-5 Stingrays’ goals came from forwards Mark Cooper and Dan DeSalvo, while Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT Matt Jurusik made 23 saves and Matthew Weis extended his Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Wed • 21st vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT point streak to seven games with an assist. SC had the advantage on Fri • 23rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-4 special teams, scoring the only power play goal of the night (1-for-6). Sat • 24th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 Sun • 25th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 OT Fri • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-2 May (2-2-1) Sun • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 7-4 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Mon • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 2-3 Wed • 5th @ Florida Everblades W, 3-2 OT GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 OT Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-3 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Florida Everblades 56 35 17 2 2 74 0.661 192 152 Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 60 29 17 11 3 72 0.600 172 178 Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Wed • 19th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Indy Fuel 55 30 20 5 0 65 0.591 163 162 Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 58 30 22 5 1 66 0.569 174 184 Wed • 26th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 56 28 22 3 3 62 0.554 165 164 Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. J A C K S O N V I L L E June South Carolina Stingrays 57 24 20 10 3 61 0.535 171 184 Tue • 1st vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Thu • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Wheeling Nailers 54 18 30 5 1 42 0.389 162 198 Sat • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Fuel Indy has a 30-20-5-0 record after completing 55 games of their INSIDE THE SERIES 2020-21 season. The Fuel have been led offensively by Record vs. IND...... 3-2-1-1 First meeting Matt Marcinew who has posted 41 points in 45 games on 20 Last 10 vs. IND...... 3-2-1-1 ...... Jan. 17, 2015 (L, 1-2 SO) goals and 21 assists. Forward Nic Pierog is tied for the club Streak vs. IND...... Lost One lead with 20 goals and is second in scoring with 37 points in 47 Blair vs. IND...... 0-0-1-0 Last meeting games. Defenseman Willie Raskob leads the team in scoring by ...... Apr. 7, 2021 (L, 1-2 OT) defenders with 31 points from the blue line on 11 goals and 20 assists. In goal, Dan Bakala has played 33 games during his second season in Indy, going 17-11-4 with a 2.87 goals-against SITUATIONAL RECORDS average and a .907 save percentage. 2019-20 2020-21 Overall Record 44-14-3-1 24-20-10-3 All-Time History vs. Indy vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 18-20-9-3 Since the Fuel joined the ECHL for the 2014-15 season, they’ve vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 faced-off with the Rays a total of seven times and SC carries an vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 6-0-1-0 all-time record of 3-2-1-1 against Indy into this week’s series. Prior vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 to their game last month on April 7, the clubs saw each other Home record 19-9-0-0 12-12-5-0 just once last season when the Fuel came into North Charleston Road record 25-5-3-1 12-8-5-3 in November and suffered a 4-3 loss to the Rays. Current SC Overtime 4-3 2-10 Andrew Cherniwchan had two assists in the contest, while Shootout 2-1 5-3 defender Jordan Klimek scored the game-winning goal with less than two minutes remaining. Tuesday and Wednesday’s battles are Scoring First 30-4-2-0 16-5-5-0 the final scheduled meetings between the two teams for 2020-21. Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 8-15-5-3 Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 13-5-2-0 Supinski Finds His Stride Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 4-12-2-3 Forward Brett Supinski posted points in all three of South Carolina’s Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 7-3-6-0 games in Estero last week, recording a goal and an assist in the Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 12-1-2-0 first two contests before adding a helper on a goal by Dan DeSalvo Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 3-15-2-3 Saturday night. His recent run includes three multi-point outings in Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 9-4-6-0 his last six games overall. In total, Supinski has reached the 30-point plateau for the second straight season by posting 11 goals and 19 Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 14-8-6-1 assists in 52 games during his sophomore professional season. Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 10-12-4-2 Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 8-11-7-2 Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 16-9-3-1 Cherniwchan Continues Hot Play Stingrays captain Andrew Cherniwchan kept his recent hot streak One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 13-3-10-3 going last week, totaling a season-high three points on Friday with Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 3-9-0-0 two goals and an assist. The leader is third on the team in scoring OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 7-0-10-3 with 37 total points this season in 55 contests. In his last 15 games, the Hinton, Alberta native has scored 19 points (8g, 11a) and has a More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 7-4-2-1 streak of assists in six straight home games that remains active as Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 12-13-6-2 the longest current run in the league. Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 5-3-2-0

Weis’ Run Reaches 7 Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 5-4-3-1 Forward Matthew Weis has picked up points in seven straight games Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 5-0-1-0 for South Carolina, scoring 10 points during the run on a goal and Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 9-1-1-1 nine assists. In 25 ECHL games with the Rays this year, Weis, who is Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 5-15-5-1 playing on an AHL contract with the , has accounted for 16 points on five goals and 11 assists. Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 11-7-3-1 Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 13-11-7-1 Road Warriors Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-2-0-1 The Rays have been a tough out as a visitor so far this season, earning points from 20 of their 28 games on the road with a record Following a win 30-10-3-1 12-6-6-0 of 12-8-5-3. In tight road contests that have been tied after two Following a loss 13-4-0-0 12-14-3-3 periods, SC holds a 4-2-2 record. They’ve also fared well in 1-goal games away from home, going 9-2-5-3.

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Shorthanded Success SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF South Carolina held Florida’s power play off the board during their three-game series at Hertz Arena last week, going a combined TEAM INFORMATION 9-for-9 on the penalty kill. Dating back to May 3, the Rays have Location...... North Charleston, S.C. successfully killed their last 12 penalties. On their recent 7-game Nickname...... Stingrays road trip, SC went 16-for-18, finishing at an 89% rate. Overall this Colors...... Blue and Red season, the team ranks second in the ECHL in road penalty kill Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum percentage at 86%, allowing a league-low 15 power play goals in Capacity...... 7,250 games played away from home. League...... ECHL President...... Rob Concannon Consistent Play Continues From Florek Forward is on another run for the Rays, scoring points HOCKEY STAFF in four of his last six contests, including all three games during the Head Coach...... Ryan Blair Rays’ time in Orlando earlier this month. The Marquette, Mich. native Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk has now been on the scoresheet in 10 of his last 13 appearances, Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley dating back to April 14. Florek netted his 13th goal of the year last Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Friday before posting a pair of assists on Sunday and an additional helper Monday and Wednesday nights. At home, the attacker has scored points in seven straight games, the longest current run in the FRANCHISE HISTORY ECHL. In total, the veteran ranks fifth on the team with 31 points this First Season...... 1993 season (13g, 18a). Total Seasons...... 28 Overall Record...... 1,110-643-83-136 Nanne Nets 4th Goal Friday Winning Seasons...... 27 Rookie defender Tyler Nanne is becoming a factor on the offensive Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 end for South Carolina, scoring points in four of his last seven games Division Championships...... 6 including a game-tying goal late in the third period Friday night. The Conference Championships...... 5 Edina, Minn. native has five points in his first 21 career ECHL games Kelly Cups...... 3 on four goals and an assist and leads all league defensemen with a 14.8 percent shooting percentage. Nanne has also posted an even HOCKEY INFORMATION or better rating in his last seven games, earning a +2 mark for the 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 season. 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Returning Players...... 11 Florida Stuns Stingrays In Overtime The Florida Everblades came out on top 6-5 in overtime Friday Newcomers...... 16 night at Hertz Arena, defeating the South Carolina Stingrays on a breakaway goal by their captain John McCarron at 1:08 of the extra COMMUNICATIONS session after a wild end to regulation that saw both teams score in Address...... 5050 Etna St., Suite B the final minute of play. Stingrays’ captain Andrew Cherniwchan led Contact...... Jared Shafran his team in defeat, scoring twice and adding an assist, while Brett Email...... [email protected] Supinski had a goal and an assist for the second straight game and Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 Mark Cooper picked up two helpers. Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey Rays ...... @SCStingrays Hillman Strikes Twice To Give Stingrays OT Win Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey scored twice, including the game-winner exactly four minutes into overtime, to give the South Carolina Stingrays a 3-2 win over the Florida Everblades Wednesday night in the opening match of a 3-game set this week at Hertz Arena. Forward Brett Supinski also picked up a goal in the second period and an assist on MEDIA INFORMATION Hillman’s overtime strike, while Matthew Weis had two assists and goaltender Alex Dubeau stopped 32 total shots including multiple Watch:...... FloHockey crucial saves late in the game to earn his 13th win of the year. Listen:...... Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey

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