SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY2019-20 SCHEDULE2019-20 SCHEDULE

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South Carolina Begins Final Quarter of 2019-20 Sunday vs. Worcester Fresh off their sixth straight victory on Saturday night in a shootout against Atlanta, the South Carolina Stingrays look to continue their march toward the postseason when they host the Worcester Railers on Sunday afternoon at the North Charleston Coliseum. The matchup is the first of two meetings between the two teams this season, with the second coming in Worcester at the DCU Center this coming Saturday night. The Stingrays continue to hold first place in the South Division standings with a record of 40-10-3-1 and 84 points, while the Railers are on the outside looking in at a playoff spot in the North Division with 39 points. SC comes into the matchup allowing a league-low 2.26 goals per game while boasting the top penalty kill in the ECHL at 89.3%. Worcester is 16th in the league on the penalty kill discarding 81% of their opponents’ power play opportunities, but the Railers have struggled offensively and score an average of just 2.59 goals per game. SC can clinch a spot in the 2020 Kelly Cup Playoffs Sunday with a win and a Greenville loss in regulation.

Stingrays Slip Past Glads In ShootoutAn overturned call in a shootout pushed the South Carolina Stingrays past the Atlanta Gladiators for the seventh time this season and gave the club their 40th win of the 2019-20 year in front of 8,291 fans during Star Wars Night at the North Charleston Coliseum on Saturday. Andrew Cherniwchan had the winner in the shootout and also scored in regulation for the seventh consecutive game while Cam Askew picked up three assists and Parker Milner stopped 40 shots, including a penalty shot in overtime to earn his 19th win. Atlanta had the edge in shots on goal by a single attempt, finishing with 44 chances while SC had 43 shots on net.

18-33-3-0 40-10-3-1

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@ Orlando Solar Bears@ Atlanta Gladiators vs. Orlando Solar Bears @ Norfolk Admirals @ Norfolk Admirals@ Norfolk Admirals

W, 4-2 W, 5-3 W, 4-2 L, 2-5W, 4-3 OTW, 3-0

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@ Orlando Solar Bears@ Greenville Swamp Rabbits @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits vs. Indy Fuel vs. Norfolk Admiralsvs. Norfolk Admiralsvs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits@ Florida Everblades@ Florida Everblades@ Orlando Solar Bears

W, 8-2W, 4-0W, 3-2 SOW, 4-3 W, 6-2W, 5-2 L, 2-5W, 3-2W, 3-0W, 2-0

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@ Orlando Solar Bears @ Atlanta Gladiators @ Florida Everblades@ Florida Everblades vs. Orlando Solar Bears@ Norfolk Admiralsvs. Greenville Swamp Rabbitsvs. Jacksonville Icemenvs. Orlando Solar Bears@ Jacksonville Icemen@ Atlanta Gladiators@ Atlanta Gladiatorsvs. Orlando Solar Bears

L, 3-4 OTW, 5-3W, 2-0L, 2-3 OT W, 2-1L, 4-5 OTW, 3-0W, 2-1W, 6-4W, 4-3L, 3-4 SOW, 3-1W, 3-0

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vs. Florida Everbladesvs. Florida Everbladesvs. Atlanta Gladiatorsvs. Atlanta Gladiatorsvs. Brampton Beastvs. Florida Everblades@ Greenville Swamp Rabbits@ Jacksonville Icemenvs. Jacksonville Icemenvs. Atlanta Gladiatorsvs. Orlando Solar Bears@ Norfolk Admirals@ Norfolk Admirals@ Greenville Swamp Rabbitsvs. Norfolk Admirals

L, 0-1L, 3-5W, 3-2W, 5-1L, 1-3W, 4-1W, 2-1W, 4-0W, 4-1W, 4-2L, 1-2W, 4-1W, 3-0L, 2-6L, 6-8

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vs. Florida Everblades@ Orlando Solar Bears@ Orlando Solar Bearsvs. Jacksonville Icemen@ Norfolk Admiralsvs. Adirondack Thundervs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits@ Jacksonville Icemenvs. Greenville Swamp Rabbitsvs. Atlanta Gladiatorsvs. Worcester Railersvs. Atlanta Gladiators@ Worcester Railers

L, 2-5W, 4-0W, 2-1L, 3-6W, 9-1W, 4-3 OT W, 4-3 OTW, 3-1W, 6-2W, 5-4 SO3:05 p.m.10:30 a.m.7:05 p.m.

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@ Maine Mariners@ Idaho Steelheads@ Idaho Steelheads@ Idaho Steelheads@ Orlando Solar Bears@ Jacksonville Icemenvs. Jacksonville Icemenvs. Atlanta Gladiatorsvs. Cincinnati Cyclonesvs. Norfolk Admiralsvs. Cincinnati Cyclonesvs. Norfolk Admiralsvs. Florida Everbladesvs. Florida Everblades

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Wed • 1st @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits 7:05 p.m.

October (5-1)

November (9-1)

December (9-0-3-1)

January (9-6)

February

March

April

2019-20 ECHL South Division Standings GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA South Carolina Stingrays 54 40 10 3 1 84 0.778 192 122 Florida Everblades 55 37 13 3 2 79 0.718 202 145 Greenville Swamp Rabbits 56 25 27 3 1 54 0.482 184 202 Orlando Solar Bears 54 24 24 5 1 54 0.500 149 152 Atlanta Gladiators 54 23 28 1 2 49 0.454 171 216 Jacksonville Icemen 51 20 25 5 1 46 0.451 147 171 Norfolk Admirals 52 13 33 6 0 32 0.308 129 208

GF/G 2.59 (25th) 3.56 (7th)GA/G 3.78 (22nd) 2.26 (1st)PP% 11.9% (26th) 16.4% (15th)PK% 81.0% (16th) 89.3% (1st)

Worcester Railers vs. South Carolina Stingrays Sunday, February 23 • North Charleston, SC

2019-20 Team Comparison (ECHL Rank) Worcester South Carolina

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SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEYSOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEYScouting The RailersWorcester comes into Sunday’s game in sixth place in the NorthDivision, 24 points behind Brampton for fourth place. The Railers have been led offensively by forward Nic Pierog, who has picked up 34 points in 47 games this season on a team-leading 21 goals and 13 assists. Forward Barry Almeida is once again at the forefront of the team’s offensive attack this season, posting 33 points on 14 goals and 19 assists in 46 games with Worcester. Almeida has been with the Railers in all three of their ECHL seasons, totaling 146 points in 186 games. Blueliner Ryan MacKinnon leads Worcester in scoring from the back end with 13 points (2g, 11a) in 41 outings. In net, Evan Buitenhuis has carried the load and made 36 appearances which leads the team.

All-Time History vs. Worcester Sunday’s meeting is the fourth-ever contest between South Carolina and Worcester, with the Railers in their third ECHL season. The Stingrays have come away with wins in all three of the two teams’ previous matchups with a pair of 4-1 wins on Feb. 9, 2018 and Jan. 4, 2019 before a 2-0 shutout victory on Mar. 10, 2019. Sunday’s game is the second battle to occur in North Charleston. The two teams will meet again on Saturday in Massachusetts at the DCU Center for their final meeting of the 2019-20 season.

Cherniwchan Riding 7-Game Goal Scoring Streak Team captain Andrew Cherniwchan is on a 7-game goal streak after scoring in all four of SC’s contests last week and netting power play goals in both of the team’s games this week on Tuesday and Saturday. The run is the longest active goal-scoring streak in the league and his 27 total goals this season are second-most in the ECHL. Cherniwchan also ranks third in shots on goal with 187, second with four shorthanded goals, and seventh with a +26 rating.

Weis Washes Away The Competition South Carolina forward Matthew Weis was named last week’s ECHL Player of the Week after scoring 11 points in four games on three goals and eight assists, which was the most of any player in the league. His best game came in the team’s 9-1 win in Norfolk last Wednesday when he notched six points on two goals and four assists along with a +6 rating. The 6-point game is tied for the second-highest scoring output from an ECHL player this season. Weis has now posted assists in seven consecutive games and has totaled 37 points this season in 35 games on 10 goals and 27 assists.

Ully’s Impressive Run Forward Cole Ully is on a 7-game point streak for South Carolina that includes three multi-point outings. The Calgary, Alberta native has collected 44 points in 45 games overall this season on 11 goals and 33 assists. This week, Ully had a goal and an assist in a win at Jacksonville on Sunday before picking up another helper in the team’s 6-2 win over Greenville on Tuesday night. He then scored his 11th goal of the season on Saturday in a shootout win over Atlanta. Ully has had a plus-minus rating of even or above in every game so far during the month of February and at least three shots on goal in each of his last five contests.

Record vs. WOR ............. 3-0-0-0Last 10 vs. WOR ............. 3-0-0-0Streak vs. WOR ........ Won Three Bergin vs. WOR .............. 0-0-0-0

2018-19 2019-20Overall Record 35-31-5-1 40-10-3-1vs. South Division 27-28-4-1 38-9-3-1 vs. North Division 3-1-1-0 1-1-0-0vs. Central Division 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0vs. Mountain Division 5-1-0-0 0-0-0-0Home record 17-17-2-0 18-8-0-0Road record 18-14-3-1 22-2-3-1Overtime 4-5 3-3Shootout 1-1 2-1

Scoring First 22-10-2-1 29-2-2-0Opponent scores first 13-21-3-0 11-8-1-1Leading after one period 19-5-0-1 20-2-1-0Behind after one period 6-18-2-0 6-5-0-1Tied after one period 10-8-3-0 14-3-2-0Leading after two periods 25-2-0-1 29-1-2-1Behind after two periods 2-19-3-0 1-7-0-0Tied after two periods 8-10-2-0 10-2-1-0

Scoring on the PP 20-11-2-0 20-5-2-0Scoreless on the PP 15-20-3-1 20-5-1-1Allowing a PPG 14-17-2-0 8-6-2-1Opponent Scoreless on the PP 21-14-3-1 32-4-1-0

One-Goal Games 16-10-5-1 13-2-3-1Two-Goal Games 10-12-0-0 10-3-0-0OT/Shootout Games 5-0-5-1 5-0-3-1

More Penalties than Opponent 11-9-2-1 13-3-1-1Less Penalties than Opponent 19-17-2-0 17-6-2-0Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 5-5-1-0 10-1-0-0

Scored three goals 6-8-1-1 10-2-1-1Scored four goals 10-3-0-0 14-0-1-0Scored five or more goals 13-0-1-0 10-1-0-0Held to two goals or fewer 6-20-3-0 6-7-1-0

Outshooting Opponent 16-17-0-0 24-3-1-0Outshot by Opponent 19-14-5-1 13-7-2-0Shots are Even 0-0-0-0 3-0-0-1

Following a win 19-12-2-1 28-7-3-1Following a loss 16-18-3-0 11-3-0-0

First meeting .................Feb. 9, 2018 (W, 4-1)

Last meeting .............. Mar. 10, 2019 (W, 2-0)

INSIDE THE SERIES

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SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEYDeSalvo Loaned To Chicago Wolves The Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League announced Sunday that they’ve signed forward Dan DeSalvo to a professional tryout agreement. The 27-year-old attacker has been excellent for South Carolina this season, scoring 47 points in 45 games on 19 goals and 28 assists. It’s his second AHL opportunity during 2019-20, previously joining the Cleveland Monsters for three games from Dec. 29 until Jan. 16 and recorded two assists. DeSalvo, who is in his fifth professional season, will get his first opportunity to play for the Wolves who are located minutes away from his hometown of Rolling Meadows, Illinois. He previously spent the 2018-19 season on an AHL deal with Cleveland and appeared in 50 games while scoring 16 points on five goals and 11 assists.

Milner Continues His Excellent Play Stingrays goaltender Parker Milner leads the ECHL with a goals-against average of 2.07 after 26 games played this season. He is also 4th-best in the league with a save percentage of 0.926. After going 3-0-0 last week, Milner’s overall record on the year is 19-3-2-1 and the Pittsburgh native leads the league with seven shutouts.

Steve Whitney Re-assigned To Stingrays The Hershey Bears announced the reassignment of forward Steve Whitney to SC on Friday. The 29-year-old attacker is in his second consecutive year on an AHL contract with the Bears and has played in 14 AHL games this season, scoring four points on two goals and two assists. Whitney has recently been sidelined with an injury and prior to Saturday’s game had not appeared in any action since Nov. 16. The forward is returning to SC for the first time since spending 2017-18 with the Rays and posting 54 points with 18 goals and 36 assists in 59 games. A native of Boston, Mass., Whitney is in his seventh professional season. With Hershey in 2018-19, the 5-foot-7, 168-pound forward had 16 points (9g, 7a) in 60 games.

4-Goal Second Sends Stingrays Past Swamp RabbitsThe South Carolina Stingrays used a 4-goal second period to blow past the Greenville Swamp Rabbits on their way to a fifth straight win on Tuesday night by a score of 6-2 at the North Charleston Coliseum. Six different skaters found the back of the net for South Carolina and four had multi-point efforts led by Eddie Wittchow and Mark Cooper who each had a goal and an assist in the victory. Goaltender Logan Thompson made the start and turned aside 26 shots to earn his 20th win of the season for the Stingrays. The two teams have one matchup left to take place in Greenville which will close out the Stingrays’ regular season on April 1.

Rays Complete Perfect Week With 3-1 Win Over IcemenGoals from Andrew Cherniwchan, Matthew Weis and Cole Ully were enough to get the South Carolina Stingrays their fourth win in five days on Sunday in a 3-1 defeat of the Jacksonville Icemen at the Veterans Memorial Arena. Rays’ goaltender Parker Milner made the start for the second straight day and earned the first star of the game with 16 saves to pick up his fourth straight win and 18th victory overall during the 2019-20 season. Weis (1g, 1a), Ully (1g, 1a) and Dan DeSalvo (2a) each registered two points for SC. The Stingrays outshot Jacksonville 24-17 in the contest and had the only man-advantage goal in the game.

SOUTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF TEAM INFORMATION Location ....................North Charleston, S.C. Nickname .......................................... Stingrays Colors .......................................... Blue and Red Home Rink ..... North Charleston Coliseum Capacity .....................................................7,250 League ........................................................ECHL President .............................. Rob Concannon

HOCKEY STAFF Head Coach ............................... Steve Bergin Assistant Coach ..............................Ryan Blair Athletic Trainer ........................... Rick Covard Equipment Manager ........Cameron Parker FRANCHISE HISTORY First Season ................................................1993 Total Seasons .................................................27 Overall Record ................ 1,082-618-74-133 Winning Seasons ..........................................26 Regular Season Titles ..................1, 1996-97 Division Championships .............................. 6 Conference Championships ....................... 5 Kelly Cups .......................................................... 3 HOCKEY INFORMATION 2018-19 Overall Record ............... 35-31-5-1 2018-19 vs. South .......................... 27-28-4-1 Returning Players ........................................... 7 Newcomers .....................................................18 COMMUNICATIONS Address ..................3300 W. Montague Ave. Contact ...................................... Jared Shafran Email ......... jshafran@stingrayshockey.com Office Phone ............................843-744-2248 Rays Facebook ........... /SCStingraysHockey Rays Twitter .............................. @SCStingrays Rays Instagram ...........@scstingrayshockey

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