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 (SC Leads 1-0) Florida Everblades vs. South Carolina Stingrays Game 1 Monday, June 7 W, 3-2 OT Wednesday, June 9 • 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 South Carolina Looks To Extend Series Lead In Game 2 Wednesday Dan DeSalvo, 16 Caleb Herbert, 3 After a thrilling overtime victory on Dan DeSalvo’s first career Kelly Brett Supinski, 16 Zach Malatesta, 3 Cup Playoffs goal Monday night, the South Carolina Stingrays aim to Assists Power Play Goals extend their Eastern Conference Semifinal series lead against the Florida Dan DeSalvo, 38 Dan DeSalvo, 8 Everblades Wednesday in North Charleston at the Carolina Ice Palace. The Cole Ully, 36 A. Cherniwchan, 8 Everblades are the top overall seed in the league’s postseason tournament Max Novak, 35 Justin Florek, 7 after capturing the Brabham Cup on Saturday, wrapping up the 2020-21 A. Cherniwchan, 27 Cole Ully, 6 season with an overall record of 42-19-5-3 and a points percentage at .667. Caleb Herbert, 26 3 Tied, 3 South Carolina finished the regular season as one of the hottest teams in the ECHL, winning their last six games to secure themselves a spot in the Plus-Minus Power Play Assists Tariq Hammond, +9 Cole Ully, 15 playoffs. The Rays were a league-best 8-2-0 in their final 10 games. SC has Macoy Erkamps, +4 Dan DeSalvo, 12 clinched a spot in the postseason 27 times in the team’s 28-year history, Zach Malatesta, +4 Zach Malatesta, 9 finishing 2020-21 with a .579 points percentage. Florida controlled the Justin Florek, +4 Max Gottlieb, 8 regular season series against the Rays, winning 10 of the 13 meetings, 4 Others, +3 Max Novak, 8 while SC claimed points in six of the contests with a record of 3-7-1-2. 10 of the 13 contests were played in Estero at Hertz Arena. The two teams Penalty Minutes Shots On Net are meeting in the Kelly Cup Playoffs for the seventh time, with each team Zach Malatesta, 63 Cole Ully, 176 A. Cherniwchan, 48 Justin Florek, 166 winning three of the previous series. Cameron Askew, 47 A. Cherniwchan, 153 Caleb Herbert, 46 Brett Supinski, 152 DeSalvo Delivers In Overtime Thriller Macoy Erkamps, 42 Dan DeSalvo netted a beautiful backhander to lift the South Carolina Stingrays over the Florida Everblades in a 3-2 overtime win to kick off the ECHL’s Kelly Cup Playoffs Monday night at the Carolina Ice Palace. Forward Matthew Weis was the shining light offensively on the night for the Stingrays with two goals while goaltender Hunter Shepard stopped 28 shots in an intense game one performance between the pipes for South Carolina. 2021 ECHL KELLY CUP PLAYOFFS 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 4 EASTERN WESTERN 0 1 2 2 1 0 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 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 captain 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 Stays Hot In First Pro Postseason Start Scoreless on the PP 22-8-1-1 13-14-4-2 Goaltender Hunter Shepard got a win to begin his pro postseason Allowing a PPG 11-9-2-1 11-12-7-2 career with 28 saves in Game 1 vs. Florida. Shepard is no stranger Opponent Scoreless on the PP 33-5-1-0 23-11-3-1 to playoff competition, as he was in net for two straight National Championship runs for the University of Minnesota-Duluth during One-Goal Games 15-4-3-1 17-5-10-3 2018 and 2019. The netminder closed out the regular season with Two-Goal Games 12-4-0-0 6-10-0-0 wins in his last five games, posting a goals-against average of just OT/Shootout Games 6-0-3-1 8-0-10-3 1.40 and a save percentage at 0.950 in 300 minutes of action. 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 made the most of his first career ECHL playoff game, scoring 3:25 into overtime to give the Stingrays a 3-2 victory Scored three goals 11-2-1-1 8-4-3-1 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The 6th-year pro Scored four goals 14-0-1-0 7-0-1-0 had two goals and five points in his only other pro postseason Scored five or more goals 13-1-0-0 13-1-1-1 action during eight contests with the Cleveland Monsters in the Held to two goals or fewer 6-11-1-0 6-18-5-1 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs. DeSalvo finished the regular season by scoring 10 points in his final eight games for SC. Overall, he set a Outshooting Opponent 26-4-1-0 16-8-3-1 new career-high with 54 points in 60 contests. Outshot by Opponent 15-10-2-0 16-13-7-1 Shots are Even 3-0-0-1 2-2-0-1 Weis Pots Two In Game 1 Forward Matthew Weis scored both Stingrays goals in regulation to Following a win 30-10-3-1 18-9-6-0 force overtime in Game 1 against Florida. The contest was his first Following a loss 13-4-0-0 15-15-3-3 career Kelly Cup Playoffs appearance, but the Freehold, N.J.