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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 Saturday, May 29 • 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 Wheeling South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.94 (8th) 2.98 (6th) 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 3.56 (14th) 3.12 (10th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 13.7% (14th) 16.7% (8th) Fri • 29th @ W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 77.6% (14th) 83.7% (6th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 21-35-6-1 30-23-10-3 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays Face-Off With Wheeling Saturday Night in North Charleston Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 After securing back-to-back wins to start the week, the South Carolina Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 Stingrays continue a four-game homestand Saturday night with the Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 second matchup of a 3-game series against the Wheeling Nailers at the Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT North Charleston Coliseum. SC returned home Wednesday and recorded Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT a 3-2 win over the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in the final meeting of the Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO regular season between the two teams. The Rays then earned their second Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO shutout win of the season 1-0 on Friday in the opener against the Nailers. March (7-6-0) SC has won all four of the previous matchups against Wheeling with a Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO sweep Jan. 8-9 and a shootout win on April 9 before Friday’s triumph. Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 Prior to this series, Wheeling had won two straight, defeating Greenville Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 in the back-end of a 3-game series last week before trouncing Indy on Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 Wednesday, 5-1. The Rays have four games remaining on their regular Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. W, 2-1 season schedule and are now tied for the fourth and final playoff spot in Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 the Eastern Conference with the Orlando Solar Bears. Wheeling is out of Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-2 playoff contention at the bottom of the standings and is looking to build a Fri • 26th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-6 Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-3 winner for the future with new bench boss Derek Army. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-3 Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-5 Shepard Shuts Down Nailers In 1-0 SC Win April (5-4-3-1) stopped 34 shots to record his first career Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 SO Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 ECHL shutout in a 1-0 win for the South Carolina Stingrays over the Wed • 7th @ L, 1-2 OT Wheeling Nailers on Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers W, 3-2 SO Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 6-7 Brett Supinski scored the only of the night for the Rays in Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-5 the final minute of the second period, pushing a rebound past goaltender Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT Tommy Nappier after an initial breakaway chance for Caleb Herbert went Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Wed • 21st vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT off the left post. Herbert had the lone assist on Supinski’s 13th tally of the Fri • 23rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-4 season, which came at 19:11 of the middle frame. 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 (8-5-1) 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 W, 3-1 xFlorida Everblades 64 40 18 3 3 86 0.672 220 178 Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel W, 5-4 OT Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 xGreenville Swamp Rabbits 68 35 19 11 3 84 0.618 201 197 Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 4-2 Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 2-3 Indy Fuel 64 33 23 8 0 74 0.578 185 187 Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears W, 5-4 Sun • 23rd @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-3 Orlando Solar Bears 66 33 26 6 1 73 0.553 200 209 Wed • 26th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 3-2 Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers W, 1-0 Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 66 30 23 10 3 73 0.553 197 206 June Jacksonville Icemen 67 33 28 3 3 72 0.537 195 201 J A C K S O N V I L L E Tue • 1st vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Thu • 3rd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Wheeling Nailers 63 21 35 6 1 49 0.389 185 224 Sat • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. x = Clinched Playoff Position SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Scouting The Nailers Wheeling has a record of 21-35-6-1 in 63 games this season with INSIDE THE SERIES 36 of their contests coming against the other two teams playing Record vs. WHL...... 16-11-1-0 First meeting from the Central Division, the Fort Wayne Komets and Indy Last 10 vs. WHL...... 7-3-0-0 ...... Feb. 4, 1994 (L, 6-10) Fuel. A heavy offensive attack has been led by former Stingray Streak vs. WHL...... Won Four forwards Cody Sylvester (24g, 22a) and (23g, 12a), Blair vs. WHL...... 4-0-0-0 Last meeting as well as Patrick Watling who has 41 points (14g, 27a) in 46 ...... May 28, 2021 (W, 1-0) contests. Rookie attacker Matt Alfaro has also made a big impact, ranking third on the club with 36 points (12g, 24a). On the blue line, Patrick McNally has posted 35 points (7g, 28a), while SITUATIONAL RECORDS Aaron Thow has earned 19 points (4g, 15a) and rookie Matt 2019-20 2020-21 Miller has 15 points (5g, 10a). In net, goaltender Shane Starrett Overall Record 44-14-3-1 30-23-10-3 has earned a 0.892 save percentage in 23 games and rookie vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 21-23-9-3 newcomer Tommy Napier has played well since being assigned vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 to the team by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins with a 2-2-0 vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 9-0-1-0 record and a 2.27 goals-against average. vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 Home record 19-9-0-0 16-12-5-0 All-Time History vs. Wheeling Road record 25-5-3-1 14-11-5-3 South Carolina and Wheeling are two of the longest tenured teams 4-3 3-10 in the ECHL but have played each other just 28 times in the last 28 Shootout 2-1 5-3 seasons. The Rays have an all-time record of 16-11-1 in those meetings. A two-game series in January represented their Scoring First 30-4-2-0 19-5-5-0 first regular season meetings since November of 2018. South Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 12-17-5-3 Carolina has faced Wheeling in three different postseason series’, Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 14-5-2-0 but have been unable to get by the Nailers in the playoffs, falling in Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 6-14-2-3 2011, 2014 and most recently in seven games in the 2016 Eastern Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 10-4-6-0 Conference Finals. Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 16-1-2-0 Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 4-17-2-3 DeSalvo Ties Career-High With 3-Assist Performance Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 10-5-6-0 Forward Dan DeSalvo had assists on all three Stingrays goals during Wednesday’s 3-2 win over Greenville to bring his season scoring Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 18-9-6-1 total to 51 points which ties a career-high he set as a rookie with Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 12-14-4-2 Tulsa in 2015-16. This season’s 16 goals and 35 helpers are identical Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 10-12-7-2 to his rookie season, which consisted of 55 ECHL games. The veteran Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 20-11-3-1 attacker has earned 19 of his points on the power play this year with One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 17-5-10-3 eight goals and 11 assists coming via the man-advantage. Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 5-10-0-0 OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 8-0-10-3 Cooper Hits Double-Digits With 10th Goal Forward Mark Cooper scored to open the scoring in the second More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 8-4-2-1 period of Wednesday night’s win, banking his 10th tally of the year Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 15-16-6-2 off a Swamp Rabbit defender in front of the net to give the Rays a Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 7-3-2-0 lead. The , Ontario native has now reached double-digits in goal scoring during all five of his professional seasons. Cooper is just Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 7-4-3-1 three points away from 200 in his ECHL career, currently sitting at Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 6-0-1-0 197 in 248 games on 79 goals and 118 assistss. Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 11-1-1-1 Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 6-18-5-1 Shorthanded Success Dating back to May 3, SC has successfully killed 32 of their Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 13-8-3-1 opponents’ last 35 power play ppportunities, a rate of 91%. Overall Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 16-13-7-1 during 2020-21, the club ranks second in the ECHL with a road Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 1-2-0-1 penalty kill percentage of 86% while allowing a league low 17 power play goals in games played away from home. In addition, the Following a win 30-10-3-1 14-9-6-0 Rays have scored shorthanded goals in two of their last four games Following a loss 13-4-0-0 15-15-3-3 with Dan DeSalvo finding the back of the net last Saturday and Dylan Steman producing an unassisted marker during a penalty kill Sunday.

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Leaders Against Wheeling SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Stingrays defender Zach Malatesta has scored a team-leading six points against Wheeling in four games, recording a goal and TEAM INFORMATION five assists along with a +3 rating. In addition, Caleb Herbert has Location...... North Charleston, S.C. posted five points in the Rays’ previous four victories against the Nickname...... Stingrays Nailers, while Dan DeSalvo and Dylan Steman each have four points. Colors...... Blue and Red Goaltender Alex Dubeau had the first two wins in January for SC, Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum earning a goals-against of 2.50 and a .914 save percentage. Capacity...... 7,250 League...... ECHL Ully Standing Out on the Power Play President...... Rob Concannon The Rays scored twice on the power play during last Saturday’s win in Orlando, with forward earning the first assist on HOCKEY STAFF both of the strikes. Ully leads SC this season with 20 points on the Head Coach...... Ryan Blair man-advantage, scoring five times and assisting on 15 others. The Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk , Alberta native’s power play assist total is tied for third most Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley in the ECHL, while his power play point total is fourth in the league. Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor

Nanne Helps Out On Offensive End FRANCHISE HISTORY Rookie defender Tyler Nanne has become a key factor on the offensive end for South Carolina, scoring all five of his goals down First Season...... 1993 the stretch to help his team late in the season. Since his first strike at Total Seasons...... 28 home on April 17, Nanne has scored four additional times while on Overall Record...... 1,115-646-83-136 the road to boost the Rays. The Edina, Minn. native has nine points Winning Seasons...... 27 in his first 30 career ECHL games and is near the top among league Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 defenders with a 11.4% shooting percentage. Division Championships...... 6 Conference Championships...... 5 Steman Steps Up Kelly Cups...... 3 Forward Dylan Steman scored goals in back-to-back games for South Carolina in Orlando on Saturday and Sunday last week. The HOCKEY INFORMATION second-year attacker now ranks seventh among all SC skaters in 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 scoring with 32 points this year on 15 goals and 17 assists. The 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Hanover, Minn. native’s goal on Sunday came shorthanded, the third Returning Players...... 11 time he’s found the back of the net while his team has been down a man this season, which is tied for the team lead with Dan DeSalvo. Newcomers...... 16

COMMUNICATIONS Windsor Makes 43 Saves To Lead Orlando Past SC The Orlando Solar Bears scored twice in the first period and Address...... 5050 Etna St., Suite B goaltender Clint Windsor made 43 saves to keep his team in front Contact...... Jared Shafran the rest of the way in a 3-1 defeat of the South Carolina Stingrays on Email...... [email protected] Sunday afternoon at the . Forward Dylan Steman had Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 the lone goal for the Rays while his team was shorthanded in the Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey third period and goaltender Jake Kupsky turned aside 36 Orlando Rays ...... @SCStingrays shots in a losing effort. SC finished with a 44-39 edge in shots-on- Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey goal for the game but was unable to capitalize on any of their man- advantage opportunities, going 0-for-5 while holding the Solar Bears to an 0-for-2 mark on the power play. Stingrays Hop Past Greenville On Late Florek Strike MEDIA INFORMATION broke a deadlock late in the third period with his 16th goal of the season and the South Carolina Stingrays secured a 3-2 Watch:...... FloHockey win over the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in the final meeting of Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 & Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey the regular season between the two in-state rivals on Wednesday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Dan DeSalvo assisted on Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive all three of South Carolina’s goals in the game, while goaltender In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays Hunter Shepard stopped 29 shots and Caleb Herbert registered two helpers in the victory.

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