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) Orlando Solar Bears vs. South Carolina Stingrays Fri • 11th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 OT Fri • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 Wednesday, April 14 • 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 Orlando South Carolina January (5-3-1) Fri • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 1-3 GF/G 2.89 (9th) 2.88 (10th) 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 3.00 (9th) 3.14 (11th) Fri • 15th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 4-5 OT Sat • 16th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 SO PP% 13.9% (10th) 15.8% (9th) Fri • 29th @ Florida Everblades W, 5-1 Sat • 30th @ Florida Everblades L, 1-4 PK% 87.8% (1st) 84.6% (5th) Sun • 31st @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 February (2-5-3-2) 24-18-3-1 19-14-7-3 Wed • 3rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 2-0 Thu • 4th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-4 OT Stingrays, Solar Bears Meet Wednesday Night In North Charleston Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 1-4 Wed • 10th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-4 The South Carolina Stingrays open up a three-game homestand Fri • 12th vs. Florida Everblades L, 2-5 Wednesday night at the North Charleston Coliseum when they host the Sat • 13th vs. Florida Everblades L, 1-5 Sun • 14th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-5 Orlando Solar Bears for the first of two meetings this week. Already having Fri • 19th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-3 OT seen each other for five contests this year, SC and Orlando will face off Sat • 20th @ Jacksonville Icemen L, 3-4 OT nine more times in the final eight weeks of the 2020-21 regular season. Wed • 24th @ Florida Everblades L, 3-4 SO Fri • 26th @ Florida Everblades L, 5-6 SO The Solar Bears won the first three matchups, but the Rays secured wins Sat • 27th @ Florida Everblades W, 4-3 SO in the most recent pair at home on March 27-28. Last week South Carolina March (7-6-0) fell 2-1 to Indy in overtime before earning a 3-2 shootout win in Wheeling Wed • 3rd vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 2-1 SO on Friday. Orlando is coming off a big week themselves, taking three of Fri • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen W, 5-3 four from the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, and is currently sitting in fourth Sat • 6th vs. Jacksonville Icemen L, 2-4 Tue • 9th @ Orlando Solar Bears L, 1-4 place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference standings (.565). South Carolina Wed • 10th @ Florida Everblades L, 2-4 is currently just behind them in fifth place with a points percentage of Fri • 12th @ Florida Everblades L, 0-4 Fri • 19th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 2-1 .558. The Solar Bears rank first in the league on the penalty kill, discarding Sat • 20th vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-1 87.8% of opponents’ power play opportunities this season. SC has moved Sun • 21st vs. Fort Wayne Komets W, 5-2 up in the PK rankings themselves, holding an 84.6% success rate when Fri • 26th vs. Orlando Solar Bears L, 3-6 Sat • 27th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 6-3 down a man. Sun • 28th vs. Orlando Solar Bears W, 4-3 Wed • 31st vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 3-5 Jurusik Makes 40 Saves In Pro Debut, Leads Rays To Shootout Win April (2-0-1-1) In his first professional start, which came over a year since his last game Fri • 2nd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits L, 2-3 SO Sat • 3rd @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits W, 4-3 action, goaltender Matt Jurusik stopped 40 shots and then turned Wed • 7th @ Indy Fuel L, 1-2 OT aside two shootout attempts to lead the Stingrays to a 3-2 win over the Fri • 9th @ Wheeling Nailers W, 3-2 SO Wed • 14th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. Wheeling Nailers at WesBanco Arena on Friday night. Jurusik saved all 15 Fri • 16th vs. Orlando Solar Bears 7:05 p.m. shots he saw in the first period as well as a shorthanded breakaway stop Sat • 17th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. in the second and six more in overtime during a Wheeling power play to Sun • 18th @ Jacksonville Icemen 3:00 p.m. Wed • 21st vs. Jacksonville Icemen 7:05 p.m. earn his first career win in impressive fashion. Stingrays’ goals came from Fri • 23rd vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Dan DeSalvo, who also tallied in the shootout, as well as Dylan Steman. Sat • 24th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 6:05 p.m. Sun • 25th @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 3:05 p.m. Fri • 30th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. May Sat • 1st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. 2020-21 ECHL Eastern Conference Standings Sun • 2nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 3:00 p.m. Wed • 5th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Fri • 7th @ Florida Everblades 7:30 p.m. Sat • 8th @ Florida Everblades 7:00 p.m. Tue • 11th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Florida Everblades 48 32 14 0 2 66 0.688 170 125 Wed • 12th vs. Indy Fuel 7:05 p.m. Fri • 14th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Indy Fuel 46 27 15 4 0 58 0.630 138 129 Sat • 15th @ Jacksonville Icemen 7:00 p.m. Wed • 19th @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 47 21 14 9 3 54 0.574 138 145 Fri • 21st @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Sat • 22nd @ Orlando Solar Bears 7:00 p.m. Orlando Solar Bears 46 24 18 3 1 52 0.565 133 138 Wed • 26th vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m. Fri • 28th vs. Wheeling Nailers 7:05 p.m. Sat • 29th vs. Wheeling Nailers 6:05 p.m. South Carolina Stingrays 43 19 14 7 3 48 0.558 124 135 June Jacksonville Icemen 43 19 18 3 3 44 0.512 114 126 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 43 14 23 5 1 34 0.395 128 150 Sat • 5th vs. Jacksonville Icemen 6:05 p.m. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Scouting The Solar Bears Orlando is in third place in the ECHL’s Eastern Conference with INSIDE THE SERIES a 24-18-3-1 record after 47 games. The Solar Bears have been led Record vs. ORL .......... 52-22-5-5 First meeting by forward Aaron Luchuk who has totaled 45 points on 15 goals Last 10 vs. ORL ............... 5-5-0-0 ................ Oct. 25, 2012 (L, 3-5) and 30 assists. Defender Mark Auk has earned 18 assists and 23 Streak vs. ORL ............. Won Two points in 38 games with Orlando after recording five helpers at Blair vs. ORL .................... 2-3-0-0 Last meeting the start of the season with Rapid City. In addition, returning ..............Mar. 28, 2021 (W, 4-3) forward Tristin Langan has picked up 36 points (14g, 22a). Tyler Bird has been hot as of late and has now totaled 19 points on 11 goals and eight assists in 39 games. Goaltender Clint Windsor SITUATIONAL RECORDS is having another solid season for Orlando and was recently 2019-20 2020-21 named the ECHL’s Goaltender of the Week. This season, Windsor Overall Record 44-14-3-1 19-14-7-3 has posted a 2.54 goals-against average along with a .928 save vs. South Division 38-11-3-1 13-14-6-3 percentage and two shutouts. vs. North Division 4-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 vs. Central Division 1-0-0-0 6-0-1-0 All-Time History vs. Orlando vs. Mountain Division 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 South Carolina has an all-time regular season record of 52-22-5-5 Home record 19-9-0-0 12-8-3-0 vs. the Solar Bears, with the two teams facing each other 84 times Road record 25-5-3-1 7-6-4-3 over the last eight campaigns. Last season, SC secured wins in nine Overtime 4-3 0-7 of 12 meetings with a 9-2-1 record. In 11 contests during 2018-19, Shootout 2-1 5-3 the Stingrays had the edge with a record of 6-5. The clubs met in the first round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs in back-to-back seasons Scoring First 30-4-2-0 13-3-4-0 during 2018 and 2019, with Orlando advancing in both years. Opponent scores first 14-10-1-1 6-11-3-3 Leading after one period 21-3-1-0 9-2-0-0 Jurusik Shines In Pro Debut Behind after one period 8-6-0-1 3-9-2-3 Rookie goaltender Matt Jurusik signed with South Carolina last Tied after one period 15-5-2-0 7-3-5-0 week and made his first pro start on Friday in Wheeling, earning a Leading after two periods 30-1-2-1 10-0-1-0 shootout win by stopping 40 shots in regulation and going a perfect Behind after two periods 2-10-0-0 3-13-2-3 2-for-2 in the skill session.