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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. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Sunday, February 14 • 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 Jacksonville South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.12 (14th) 2.70 (9th) 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 2.88 (6th) 2.95 (7th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 16.9% (6th) 14.4% (7th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 JA CKSONVILLE Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 90.0% (1st) 85.7% (6th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (1-4-1) 6-9-1-1 9-7-4-0 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Close Homestand Against Jacksonville Sunday Afternoon Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays go up against the Jacksonville Icemen for Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 a Valentine’s Day contest at the North Charleston Coliseum on Sunday Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. afternoon. The Rays and Icemen have met four times during the 2020- Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. 21 season and South Carolina has claimed wins in three of the previous Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. matchups. Most recently, Jacksonville defeated the Stingrays 4-1 last Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Friday in North Charleston sparked by a two-goal performance from Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. leading scorer Nick Saracino. South Carolina is looking to snap a four- March game losing streak which has seen them drop to fifth place in the Eastern Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Conference standings, while Jacksonville is tied for sixth with a winning Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. percentage of 0.412 after 17 games. The Icemen are the top team in the Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. league on the penalty kill, discarding 90% of opponents man-advantage Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. opportunities. SC ranks sixth in the league on the kill at 85.7%, and have Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 19th vs. 7:05 p.m. recently moved up in the power play rankings to seventh in the ECHL at Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. 14.4%, scoring man-advantage goals in three 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. Florida Surges Past South Carolina Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Despite an aggressive effort at the start, the South Carolina Stingrays Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. came up short to the Florida Everblades in front of a socially distant April sellout crowd on Military Appreciation Night Saturday at the North Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Charleston Coliseum, falling by a final score of 5-1. Forward Dan DeSalvo Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. scored the lone goal of the night for South Carolina, netting a power Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ 7:05 p.m. play tally during the second period. Each team finished with 12 penalty Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. infractions in the contest, totaling 84 minutes. The Rays went 1-for-6 on Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. the man-advantage, while Florida finished 0-for-7 on the power play. The Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Everblades outshot South Carolina 31-28 in the contest, with Hildebrand Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. making 27 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 18 14 3 1 0 29 0.806 60 48 Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Florida Everblades 22 16 5 0 1 33 0.750 88 50 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 21 9 5 5 2 25 0.595 61 65 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 19 10 8 1 0 21 0.553 54 65 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 20 9 7 4 0 22 0.550 54 59 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. Jacksonville Icemen 17 6 9 1 1 14 0.412 36 49 June Wheeling Nailers 17 5 8 4 0 14 0.412 48 60 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 17 games, Jacksonville is in sixth place in the Eastern INSIDE THE SERIES JA CKSONVILLE Conference standings with a record of 6-9-1-1 (.412). Forward Record vs. JAX...... 17-13-0-0 First meeting Nick Saracino leads the club with 16 points in 16 games on six Last 10 vs. JAX...... 8-2-0-0 ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) goals and 10 assists. His goal total leads the team while forwards Streak vs. JAX...... Lost One Ara Nazarian (4g, 5a) and Jared VanWormer (4g, 3a) have Blair vs. JAX...... 3-1-0-0 Last meeting each netted four tallies. Returning forward Wacey Rabbit has ...... Feb. 5, 2021 (L, 1-4) posted seven points in 11 games on two goals and five helpers. Defenseman Jason Binkley leads the teams’ blueliners with four points on a goal and three assists in 16 games. In net, Kyle Keyser SITUATIONAL RECORDS has played nine games and has a goals-against average of 2.58 2019-20 2020-21 along with a save percentage at 0.918. Overall Record 44-14-3-1 9-7-4-0 vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 7-7-4-0 vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 All-Time History vs. Jacksonville vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 Friday’s contest is the fifth matchup of the 2020-21 season vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 between South Carolina and Jacksonville and the 31st meeting Home record 19-9-0-0 5-4-3-0 overall since the Icemen began play in the South Division during Road record 25-5-3-1 4-3-1-0 the 2017-18 season. After seeing each other 10 times in each of 4-3 0-4 Jacksonville’s first two campaigns, the rivals faced-off six times Shootout 2-1 2-0 during the COVID-19 shortened 2019-20 year. The Stingrays were victorious in five of the six matchups, before the final two Scoring First 30-4-2-0 8-1-2-0 meetings were canceled. SC has the edge in the all-time series, Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 1-6-2-0 holding a record of 17-13-0. Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 5-1-0-0 Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-6-1-0 Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 4-0-3-0 Determined DeSalvo Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 5-0-0-0 Forward Dan DeSalvo had a big night on Friday, posting a goal Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 1-7-1-0 and an assist in the second period while leading the Rays with five Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 3-0-3-0 shots on net. The attacker assisted on Cam Askew’s power play goal Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 4-3-3-0 before scoring on the man-advantage himself just 24 seconds later Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 5-4-1-0 with a great individual effort. DeSalvo followed with another power Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 3-4-3-0 play goal on Saturday and now leads the Rays with six tallies on the Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 6-3-1-0 season. DeSalvo has six points in his last five outings and now has 11 points overall this season in 17 games. One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 4-0-4-0 Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 2-2-0-0 OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 2-0-4-0 Malatesta Cements Himself on Defense Defender Zach Malatesta has become a mainstay for the Rays on More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 3-2-1-0 the blue line this season after beginning his pro career as an Atlanta Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 4-4-2-0 Gladiator for three years. Most recently, Malatesta has earned power Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 2-1-1-0 play assists in back-to-back games on goals by Dan DeSalvo. In nine games with SC this season, the Wilmington, Mass. native has a goal Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 2-0-1-0 and five helpers for six points. Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 2-0-1-0 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 Fast Starts Mean Good News The Stingrays have fared well when scoring the first goal this Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 8-2-2-0 season, earning an 8-1-2 record when striking first. SC has found the Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 1-4-2-0 opening goal in 11 of their 18 outings this year which has helped Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 0-1-0-0 them secure 18 of their 22 points in the standings. Following a win 30-10-3-1 5-1-3-0 Following a loss 13-4-0-0 4-6-0-0

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Goaltender Sean Bonar Joins Stingrays SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF The Stingrays agreed to terms with Sean Bonar on Monday. Bonar, 29, appeared in five ECHL contests earlier this TEAM INFORMATION season, his seventh as a pro, with the . The Location...... North Charleston, S.C. Delta, B.C. native spent his previous three years with the Atlanta Nickname...... Stingrays Gladiators, suiting up for 97 games while collecting 45 wins. Colors...... Blue and Red Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum Stingrays Sign Forward Anthony Collins Capacity...... 7,250 SC agreed to terms with forward Anthony Collins last Saturday. The League...... ECHL attacker began his ECHL career with the Rays during 2013 & 2014, President...... Rob Concannon playing 51 games with six assists. Collins set career-highs in assists (11) and points (14) last year with the . In 2020-21, HOCKEY STAFF the Surrey, B.C. native played two ECHL games with the Kansas City Head Coach...... Ryan Blair Mavericks and two SPHL contests with the Birmingham Bulls before Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk rejoining the Stingrays. Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor Supinski Standing Out Forward Brett Supinski assisted on both of South Carolina’s goals FRANCHISE HISTORY Wednesday night, continuing his offensive hot streak which has First Season...... 1993 seen him register points in six of the Rays’ last nine games. In the Total Seasons...... 28 Rays’ last five games, the Collegeville, Pa. native has five points on a Overall Record...... 1,095-630-77-133 goal and four assists. Supinski has also posted points in five straight Winning Seasons...... 27 road games dating back to Jan. 2 and has an overall total of 11 Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 points in 16 games this season on four goals and seven assists. Division Championships...... 6 Conference Championships...... 5 Hillman Gets on the Board Kelly Cups...... 3 Defender Blake Hillman scored his first point as a member of the Stingrays Wednesday night in the team’s loss to Florida. Hillman, a native of Elk River, Minn., assisted on Mark Cooper’s third period tally HOCKEY INFORMATION that tied up the game at 2-2. The blueliner has lent his experience to 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 SC’s blue line this season after posting 13 points in 35 games with 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Toledo last year. Returning Players...... 11 Newcomers...... 16 Stingrays Suffer 5-2 Setback To Florida The Florida Everblades scored goals in each period on their way COMMUNICATIONS to a 5-2 win over the South Carolina Stingrays on Friday night at Address...... 3300 W. Montague Ave. the North Charleston Coliseum. Linemates Dan DeSalvo and Mark Contact...... Jared Shafran Cooper each had multi-point nights in a losing effort for the Rays, Email...... [email protected] with DeSalvo scoring a goal and an assist as Cooper picked up two Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 helpers. Both South Carolina goals came via the power play, which Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey finished 2-for-6 in the contest. The two clubs finished even with 33 Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays shots-on-goal apiece during the game. Devin Cooley turned aside Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey 31 shots to earn his fifth win of the year for Florida, while Sean Bonar stopped 28 of the Everblades’ chances. Blades Topple Stingrays With Pair of Late Goals Although the South Carolina Stingrays erased an early deficit, the Florida Everblades scored twice in the third period to take the lead MEDIA INFORMATION back and earn a 4-2 decision at the North Charleston Coliseum Watch:...... MyTV Charleston | FloHockey on Wednesday night. Forwards Graham Knott and Mark Cooper Listen:...... Mixlr found the back of the net in the game for the Rays. Both goals came Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey

with assists by Brett Supinski and goaltender Jake Kupsky played Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive well in the crease, stopping 30 Florida shots in a losing effort. Despite outshooting Florida 15-8 in the third period, the Stingrays In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays were outshot overall on the night by one, 34-33. Jake Hildebrand stopped 31 shots to pick up the win for the Everblades. 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