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 2021 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE South Carolina vs. Florida (Best-of-5) Florida Everblades vs. South Carolina Stingrays Game 1 Monday, June 7 7:05 p.m. Monday, June 7 • North Charleston, SC Game 2 Wednesday, June 9 7:05 p.m. 20-21 Reg. Season Comparison (ECHL Rank) Game 3 Saturday, June 12 7:00 p.m. Game 4 Sunday, June 13 6:00 p.m. Florida South Carolina Game 5 Monday, June 14 7:30 p.m. GF/G 3.38 (1st) 3.09 (4th) GA/G 2.80 (4th) 3.03 (9th) RAYS TEAM LEADERS Regular Season PP% 15.4% (12th) 17.1% (6th) Goals Game-Winning Goals PK% 85.0% (4th) 83.9% (6th) Cole Ully, 24 Cole Ully, 4 A. Cherniwchan, 21 Justin Florek, 4 Justin Florek, 19 Mark Cooper, 3 SC, Florida Open Eastern Conference Semifinal Series Monday Dan DeSalvo, 16 Caleb Herbert, 3 The South Carolina Stingrays and Florida Everblades will become the first Brett Supinski, 16 Zach Malatesta, 3 ECHL teams to play in the 2021 Kelly Cup Playoffs Monday night when Assists Power Play Goals they open their Eastern Conference Semifinal series in North Charleston Dan DeSalvo, 38 Dan DeSalvo, 8 at the Carolina Ice Palace. The Everblades are the top overall seed in Cole Ully, 36 A. Cherniwchan, 8 the league’s postseason tournament after capturing the Brabham Cup Max Novak, 35 Justin Florek, 7 on Saturday, wrapping up the 2020-21 season with an overall record of A. Cherniwchan, 27 Cole Ully, 6 42-19-5-3 and a points percentage at .667. South Carolina finished the Caleb Herbert, 26 3 Tied, 3 regular season as one of the hottest teams in the ECHL, winning their last six games to secure themselves a spot in the playoffs. The Rays were Plus-Minus Power Play Assists Tariq Hammond, +9 Cole Ully, 15 a league-best 8-2-0 in their final 10 games. SC has clinched a spot in the Macoy Erkamps, +4 Dan DeSalvo, 12 postseason 27 times in the team’s 28-year history, finishing with a .579 Zach Malatesta, +4 Zach Malatesta, 9 points percentage. Florida controlled the regular season series against Justin Florek, +4 Max Gottlieb, 8 the Rays, winning 10 of the 13 meetings, while SC claimed points in six of 4 Others, +3 Max Novak, 8 the contests with a record of 3-7-1-2. 10 of the 13 contests were played in Estero at Hertz Arena. Most recently, the Stingrays went 1-1-1 in a 3-game Minutes Shots On Net series at Florida May 5-8. All three were one- games and two were Zach Malatesta, 63 Cole Ully, 176 A. Cherniwchan, 48 Justin Florek, 166 settled in overtime. Cameron Askew, 47 A. Cherniwchan, 153 Caleb Herbert, 46 Brett Supinski, 152 Stingrays Salute Fans With 4-1 Victory Macoy Erkamps, 42 The South Carolina Stingrays treated a season-high 7,375 fans to a 4-1 victory over the Jacksonville Icemen to close out the regular season on Fan Appreciation Night Saturday at the North Charleston Coliseum. Justin Florek led the way offensively with a goal and an assist, while goaltender Jake Kupsky turned aside 23 shots in an impressive performance between the pipes for South Carolina. The Stingrays closed the regular season on a 6-game winning streak, their longest run of the year.

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Scouting The Everblades Florida was the ECHL’s top team during the regular season, INSIDE THE SERIES finishing with an overall record of 42-19-5-3 and a points Record vs. FLA...... 97-95-10-6 First meeting percentage at .667 to claim the league’s Brabham Cup. At home, Last 10 vs. FLA...... 2-5-1-2 ...... Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) the Blades were 25-6-3-2. Their offensive attack was led by Streak vs. FLA...... Lost 2 John McCarron, who totaled 68 points in 66 games on Blair vs. FLA...... 3-7-1-2 Last meeting a league-leading 31 goals and 37 assists. His +29 rating also ...... May 8, 2021 (L, 2-3) led the league, as did his 43 minor penalties. Alex Kile finished * regular season only second on the team with 51 points in 69 games on 25 goals and 26 assists. Forwards Joe Pendenza (18g, 30a) and Michael SITUATIONAL RECORDS Huntebrinker (24g, 22a) have also both been a major part of the 2019-20 2020-21 team’s scoring. Defender Logan Roe continued his dominance Overall Record 44-14-3-1 34-23-10-3 at the ECHL level, posting 26 points (6g, 20a) as well as a +28 vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 23-23-9-3 rating that was second-best in the ECHL. In net, Jake Hildebrand vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 was named to the All-ECHL First Team and finished fourth with a vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 11-0-1-0 2.40 goals-against average and third with a .923 save percentage vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 while leading the league with 23 wins. Home record 19-9-0-0 19-12-5-0 Road record 25-5-3-1 15-11-5-3 All-Time History vs. Florida Overtime 4-3 3-10 South Carolina has a long history against Florida which dates back Shootout 2-1 5-3 to the first season of Everblades hockey in the ECHL during the 1998-99 year. Since then, the two teams have played against Scoring First 30-4-2-0 21-5-5-0 each other 215 times in the regular season. Last year the teams Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 13-18-5-3 split eight meetings and SC earned points in five contests with Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 16-5-2-0 a 4-3-1 record. During 2018-19, Florida had the better of the Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 6-14-2-3 Rays on their way to a division title and an appearance in the Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 12-4-6-0 Eastern Conference Finals, winning five of the eight contests. In Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 20-1-2-0 2017-18, the two squads split six matchups, with South Carolina Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 4-17-2-3 finishing 3-2-1. The Stingrays have won three straight postseason Tied after two periods 12-3-1-0 10-5-6-0 series against the Blades with victories in 2009, 2015 and 2017. Scoring on the PP 22-6-2-0 21-9-6-1 Shepard Settles In Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 13-14-4-2 Goaltender Hunter Shepard was in net for five of South Carolina’s Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 11-12-7-2 last six wins, posting a goals-against average of just 1.40 and a Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 23-11-3-1 save percentage at 0.950 in his last 300 minutes of action. The rookie netminder earned his first ECHL shutout in a 1-0 victory over One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 17-5-10-3 Wheeling on May 28 with 34 saves. Overall, Shepard made 21 ECHL Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 6-10-0-0 appearances this season for SC and has a 2.55 goals-against with a OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 8-0-10-3 .922 save percentage. More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 8-4-2-1 Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 18-16-6-2 DeSalvo Sets A New High Mark Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 8-3-2-0 Forward Dan DeSalvo finished the regular season by scoring 10 points in his final eight games for the Rays. Overall, the Bowling Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 8-4-3-1 Green State University alum set a new career-high with 54 points in Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 7-0-1-0 60 contests. DeSalvo’s point total ranked second on the team, while Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 13-1-1-1 his 38 assists were tops among all SC skaters. In addition, his scoring Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 6-18-5-1 total tied for 12th-best in the ECHL. Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 16-8-3-1 Weis Heating Back Up Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 16-13-7-1 After his 12-game point streak was halted last month, Stingrays Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 2-2-0-1 forward Matthew Weis was held off the scoresheet in four straight. But recently the center recorded back-to-back multi-point games, Following a win 30-10-3-1 18-9-6-0 scoring a goal and an assist in consecutive wins over Wheeling. Following a loss 13-4-0-0 15-15-3-3 Weis opened the scoring on Tuesday and later recorded an assist on Mark Cooper’s second period tally before being named the game’s number one star. Overall, Weis had 28 points in 39 ECHL games this season with 10 goals and 18 assists. South Carolina Stingrays Hockey - #RaysUpSC - Visit stingrayshockey.com for more information /SCStingraysHockey @SCStingrays scstingrayshockey SCStingraysHockey SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

Leaders Against Florida SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF Forward Brett Supinski led the Rays in scoring against the Everblades during 2020-21 with 12 points in 13 games on five goals TEAM INFORMATION and seven assists. Dan DeSalvo also reached double-digits with Location...... North Charleston, S.C. 11 points on five goals and six helpers, while Max Novak was third Nickname...... Stingrays with nine points on a goal and eight assists. Cole Ully also made Colors...... Blue and Red an impact with eight points on five goals and three assists. Home Rink...... North Charleston Coliseum Goaltender Alex Dubeau helped SC earn points in each of his four Capacity...... 7,250 appearances against the Blades, going 2-0-2 with a 3.49 goals League...... ECHL against and a .895 save percentage. President...... Rob Concannon Herbert Dishing Out Helpers HOCKEY STAFF Stingrays forward Caleb Herbert finished the regular season with Head Coach...... Ryan Blair assists in five of his last six games. Overall, Herbert appeared in 48 Assistant Coach...... Brenden Kotyk games during the regular season and ranked eighth on the roster in Athletic Trainer...... Max Finley scoring with 34 points on eight goals and 26 helpers. Equipment Manager...... Nick Lazor

No Stopping Nanne FRANCHISE HISTORY Defender Tyler Nanne had his first career two-goal game last Saturday night, striking twice in a 6-2 win over Wheeling. The Edina, First Season...... 1993 Minn. native had 12 points for South Carolina in 34 games during Total Seasons...... 28 2020-21 with seven goals and five assists. Nanne finished fourth in Overall Record...... 1,119-646-83-136 shooting percentage among all ECHL defensemen at 12.5% and his Winning Seasons...... 27 seven goals were also tied for third-most among rookie blueliners. Regular Season Titles...... 1, 1996-97 Division Championships...... 6 Supinski Streaking At The Right Time Conference Championships...... 5 Forward Brett Supinski closed out the regular season with goals in Kelly Cups...... 3 four of his last five games for SC. Three of his tallies was the Rays’ first goal of the game that night. The attacker also had a +7 rating during HOCKEY INFORMATION that final run. Supinski ranked sixth among all SC skaters in scoring 2019-20 Overall Record...... 44-14-3-1 this season with 37 points in 65 games on 16 goals and 21 assists. 2019-20 vs. South...... 38-11-3-1 Returning Players...... 11 Shorthanded Success Newcomers...... 16 Dating back to May 3, SC has successfully killed 39 of their opponents’ last 43 power play opportunities, a rate of 90%. Overall COMMUNICATIONS during 2020-21, the club finished second in the ECHL with a road penalty kill percentage of 86.2% while allowing a league low 17 Address...... 5050 Etna St., Suite B power play goals in games played away from home. Contact...... Jared Shafran Email...... [email protected] Rays Streak Past Solar Bears In 6-2 Rout Office Phone...... 843-744-2248 The Stingrays got out in front with a 3-goal first period and added Rays Facebook...... /SCStingraysHockey to their offensive total in both the second and third on their way Rays Twitter...... @SCStingrays to a 6-2 victory over Orlando on Thursday at the Amway Center. Rays Instagram...... @scstingrayshockey Captain Andrew Cherniwchan led the way with three points for SC, scoring a goal and adding two assists, while Cole Ully and Justin Florek both scored twice in the win. Hunter Shepard made 23 saves to earn his fifth straight victory. SC put a total of 47 shots on goal, out-shooting Orlando by 22 in a final margin of 47-25. MEDIA INFORMATION

Stingrays Sweep Up Nailers With 3-1 Victory Watch:...... FloHockey Forwards Matthew Weis and Mark Cooper each registered a goal Listen:...... Caps Radio 24/7 & Mixlr Play-By-Play: Jared Shafran | Color: Nick Harvey and an assist and Hunter Shepard stopped 29 shots to help the Stingrays secure a 3-1 win over Wheeling on Tuesday night at the Live Stats Link:...... bit.ly/ECHLlive North Charleston Coliseum. The Rays denied any late chances In-game Updates:...... @SCStingrays Wheeling put towards the net in the closing minutes, with Shepard completing a perfect third period after stopping 13 shots on goal.

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