SOUTH CAROLINA 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 2021 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE South Carolina vs. Florida (FLA Leads 2-1) South Carolina Stingrays vs. Florida Everblades Game 1 Monday, June 7 W, 3-2 OT Sunday, June 13 • Estero, FL Game 2 Wednesday, June 9 L, 5-4 20-21 Reg. Season Comparison (ECHL Rank) Game 3 Saturday, June 12 L, 5-1 Game 4 Sunday, June 13 6:00 p.m. South Carolina Florida Game 5 Monday, June 14 7:30 p.m. GF/G 3.09 (4th) 3.38 (1st) GA/G 3.03 (9th) 2.80 (4th) RAYS TEAM LEADERS Regular Season PP% 17.1% (6th) 15.4% (12th) Goals Game-Winning Goals PK% 83.9% (6th) 85.0% (4th) Cole Ully, 24 Cole Ully, 4 A. Cherniwchan, 21 Justin Florek, 4 Justin Florek, 19 Mark Cooper, 3 Stingrays Aim To Stay Alive In Must-Win Game 4 Sunday Dan DeSalvo, 16 Caleb Herbert, 3 The Florida Everblades have the South Carolina Stingrays back against the Brett Supinski, 16 Zach Malatesta, 3 wall, leading the best-of-5 Eastern Conference Semifinals series 2-1 after Assists Power Play Goals a 5-1 win in Game 3 on Saturday at Hertz Arena. The Stingrays need to Dan DeSalvo, 38 Dan DeSalvo, 8 prevail in Sunday’s Game 4 to keep their season alive and force a deciding Cole Ully, 36 A. Cherniwchan, 8 Game 5 on Monday night. The teams split the first two games of the Max Novak, 35 Justin Florek, 7 series in North Charleston earlier this week, with a thrilling 3-2 overtime A. Cherniwchan, 27 Cole Ully, 6 victory for SC Monday via Dan DeSalvo’s first career Kelly Cup Playoff Caleb Herbert, 26 3 Tied, 3 goal and the Everblades hung on for a 5-4 decision Wednesday after allowing a big early lead to escape. Florida is the top overall seed in the Plus-Minus Power Play Assists Tariq Hammond, +9 Cole Ully, 15 ECHL’s postseason tournament after capturing the Brabham Cup with an Macoy Erkamps, +4 Dan DeSalvo, 12 overall record of 42-19-5-3 and a points percentage at .667. South Carolina Zach Malatesta, +4 Zach Malatesta, 9 finished the regular season as one of the hottest teams in the league, Justin Florek, +4 Max Gottlieb, 8 winning their last six games to secure themselves a spot in the playoffs. 4 Others, +3 Max Novak, 8 SC has clinched a spot in the postseason 27 times in the team’s 28-year history, finishing 2020-21 with a .579 points percentage. Florida controlled Penalty Minutes Shots On Net the regular season series against the Rays, winning 10 of the 13 meetings. Zach Malatesta, 63 Cole Ully, 176 A. Cherniwchan, 48 Justin Florek, 166 The two teams are meeting in the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the seventh time, Cameron Askew, 47 A. Cherniwchan, 153 with each team winning three of the previous series. Caleb Herbert, 46 Brett Supinski, 152 Macoy Erkamps, 42 Florida Wins Game 3 On Home Ice, Takes 2-1 Series Lead The Florida Everblades scored five unanswered goals, including three by forward Levko Koper to defeat the Stingrays by a score of 5-1 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals Saturday night at Hertz Arena. Justin Florek scored the only Stingrays goal in the contest, opening the scoring with his second strike of the postseason at 2:06 of the first period when he converted off a feed from captain Andrew Cherniwchan to make it 1-0. 2021 ECHL KELLY CUP PLAYOFFS 3 2 1 1 0 1 4 4 EASTERN 1 2 WESTERN 2 3 2 2 2 1 3 3 SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY 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 Last 10 vs. FLA ................ 2-5-1-2 ...............Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) home, the Blades were 25-6-3-2. Their offensive attack is led Streak vs. FLA ....................Lost 2 by captain John McCarron, who totaled 68 points in 66 games Blair vs. FLA ..................... 3-7-1-2 Last meeting on 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) are also a major part of the team’s 2019-20 2020-21 scoring. Defender Logan Roe continued his dominance at the Overall Record 44-14-3-1 34-23-10-3 ECHL level, posting 26 points (6g, 20a) as well as a +28 rating that vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 23-23-9-3 was second-best in the ECHL. In net, Jake Hildebrand was named vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 the ECHL’s Goaltender of the Year after finishing 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. In 2019-20, 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 Steman Showing Out For Rays Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 13-14-4-2 Forward Dylan Steman has stood out as one of the Rays’ best Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 11-12-7-2 forwards in their first three postseason contests. In Game 1 on Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 23-11-3-1 Monday, the Hanover, Minn. native led the team with seven shots on goal. Steman posted a pair of assists in the third period of Game 2, One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 17-5-10-3 helping on Justin Florek’s strike in the opening minute of the frame Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 6-10-0-0 before securing the first assist on defender Tyler Nanne’s first career OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 8-0-10-3 postseason goal. Steman also assisted on SC’s only goal in Game More Penalties than Opponent 16-5-1-1 8-4-2-1 3. In 61 regular season games during 2020-21, Steman totaled 37 Less Penalties than Opponent 17-8-2-0 18-16-6-2 points with 15 goals and 22 assists. Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 11-1-0-0 8-3-2-0 Flo-ing In The Right Direction Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 8-4-3-1 Forward Justin Florek is settling in during his first career ECHL Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 7-0-1-0 postseason, scoring goals in back-to-back playoff contests for South Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 13-1-1-1 Carolina. The Marquette, Mich. native started a third-period run for Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 6-18-5-1 the Rays in Game 2 with a tally 52 seconds into the final frame and also scored SC’s lone strike of Game 3 to open the scoring 2:06 into Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 16-8-3-1 the first period. Florek finished the regular season with 19 goals and Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 16-13-7-1 41 points which ranked third and fifth on the team respectively. Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 2-2-0-1 Shorthanded Success Following a win 30-10-3-1 18-9-6-0 Dating back to May 3, SC has successfully killed 47 of their Following a loss 13-4-0-0 15-15-3-3 opponents’ last 53 power play opportunities, a rate of 88.6%.