SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY 3300 W. 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) Florida Everblades vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Friday, February 12 • 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 Florida South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 3.90 (1st) 2.83 (7th) 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 2.35 (1st) 2.72 (5th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 19.8% (2nd) 12.9% (9th) Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 90.0% (1st) 85.0% (5th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (1-2-1) 14-5-0-1 9-5-4-0 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT South Carolina Looks to Even Series with Florida Friday Night Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 After the Florida Everblades stole the opener on Wednesday, the South Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades 7:05 p.m. Carolina Stingrays will aim to even the teams’ 3-game series on Friday Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades 6:05 p.m. Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 3:05 p.m. night at the North Charleston Coliseum. The two longtime rivals are set for Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. their fourth contest overall during the 2020-21 season, splitting the first Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. two down in Estero on Jan. 29 and 30 before Florida took Wednesday’s Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. battle by a 4-2 score. SC claimed a 5-1 victory in the opening matchup Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. before the Blades rebounded for a 4-1 decision the following evening. Last March week the Rays defeated Greenville Wednesday at home before falling in Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. overtime on the road in the upstate on Thursday and dropping a contest Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. against Jacksonville at home last Friday. The Everblades took three points Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. from a home series with Orlando last weekend, falling 3-2 in a shootout Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Friday before a 4-1 victory the next night. Florida is in second place in the Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Fri • 19th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 7:05 p.m. ECHL’s Eastern Conference while the Stingrays are in fourth. The Blades are Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets 6:05 p.m. the top team in the league both offensively and defensively, averaging Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets 3:05 p.m. 3.90 goals per game and allowing just 2.35 per contest. Wed • 24th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. Fri • 26th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 6:05 p.m. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 3:05 p.m. Blades Topple Stingrays With Pair of Late Goals Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Although the South Carolina Stingrays erased an early deficit, the Florida April Everblades scored twice in the third period to take the lead back and earn Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. a 4-2 decision at the North Charleston Coliseum on Wednesday night. Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Forwards Graham Knott and Mark Cooper found the back of the net in Sun • 4th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Wed • 7th @ Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. the game for the Rays. Both goals came with assists by Brett Supinski and Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. goaltender Jake Kupsky played well in the crease, stopping 30 Florida Sat • 10th @ Wheeling Nailers 7:10 p.m. shots in a losing effort. Despite outshooting Florida 15-8 in the third Sun • 11th @ Wheeling Nailers 4:10 p.m. Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. period, the Stingrays were outshot overall on the night by one, 34-33. Jake Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Hildebrand stopped 31 shots to pick up the win for the Everblades. 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. @ Orlando Solar Bears 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Fri • 30th 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 20 14 5 0 1 29 0.725 78 47 Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 20 9 4 5 2 25 0.625 61 60 Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 18 9 5 4 0 22 0.611 51 49 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. Orlando Solar Bears 18 9 8 1 0 19 0.528 49 65 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 15 3 8 4 0 10 0.333 41 55 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 Scouting The Everblades Florida is in second place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference with a INSIDE THE SERIES 14-5-0-1 record thru 20 games. The Blades have a powerful Record vs. FLA ........... 95-90-9-4 First meeting offensive attack led by forward Michael Huntebrinker who has .............................................. (7 ties) ...............Oct. 24, 1998 (W, 6-4) totaled 20 points in 20 games on 11 goals and nine assists. Just Last 10 vs. FLA ................ 4-5-1-0 behind him is Blake Winiecki and Alex Kile who each have 17 Streak vs. FLA ..............Lost Two Last meeting points apiece. Team captain John McCarron is in his fifth year Blair vs. FLA ..................... 1-2-0-0 ................ Feb. 10, 2021 (L, 2-4) with the club and is once again at the forefront of the team’s offensive attack, posting 18 points on nine goals and nine assists, including the team’s only overtime winner this season. In his SITUATIONAL RECORDS career with Florida, McCarron has 234 points on 100 goals and 2019-20 2020-21 134 assists. Defender Logan Roe has continued his dominance at Overall Record 44-14-3-1 9-5-4-0 the ECHL level, posting nine points (3g, 6a) as well as a league- vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 7-5-4-0 high +21 rating. In net, Devin Cooley has appeared in nine games vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 while earning a 4-4-0 record with one shutout, a goals-against of vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 2.57 and a 0.912 save percentage. vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 Home record 19-9-0-0 5-2-3-0 All-Time History vs. Florida Road record 25-5-3-1 4-3-1-0 South Carolina has a long history against Florida, dating back to Overtime 4-3 0-4 the 1998-99 year, which was the first season of Everblades hockey Shootout 2-1 2-0 in the ECHL. Since then, the two teams having played against each other 204 times in the regular season. Last year the teams split Scoring First 30-4-2-0 8-1-2-0 eight meetings and SC earned points in five contests with a 4-3-1 Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 1-4-2-0 record. During 2018-19, Florida had the better of the Rays in the Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 5-1-0-0 regular season on their way to a division title and an appearance in Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 0-4-1-0 the Eastern Conference Finals, winning five of the eight contests.