SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY 3300 W. Montague Ave. Suite A-200 - North Charleston, SC 29418

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2017-18 SCHEDULE

October

Fri • 20th Sat • 21st Fri • 27th Sat • 28th

vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits

Fri • 3rd Sun • 5th Tue • 7th Wed • 8th Fri • 10th Sat • 11th Tue • 14th Sat • 18th Sun • 19th Thu • 23rd Sat • 25th Sun • 26th

@ Greenville Swamp Rabbits

Sat • 2nd Sun • 3rd Tue • 5th Thu • 7th Sat • 9th Sun • 10th Wed • 13th Fri • 15th Sat • 16th Thu • 21st Fri • 22nd Sat • 23rd Fri • 29th Sat • 30th

vs. Orlando Solar Bears

@ Atlanta Gladiators vs. Atlanta Gladiators

L, 2-4 L, 4-5 OT W, 8-2 W, 4-2 W, 3-1 W, 4-1 W, 4-2 L, 3-4 W, 1-0 W, 3-1 L, 3-4 W, 3-2 SO L, 2-4 7:05 p.m.

Fri • 5th Sat • 6th Tue • 9th Fri • 12th Sat • 13th Sun • 14th Fri • 19th Sat • 20th Wed • 24th Fri • 26th Sat • 27th Sun • 28th Tue • 30th

vs. Florida Everblades vs. Florida Everblades vs. Norfolk Admirals vs. Atlanta Gladiators vs. Orlando Solar Bears vs. Jacksonville Icemen @ Norfolk Admirals @ Norfolk Admirals @Jacksonville Icemen vs. Orlando Solar Bears vs. Orlando Solar Bears vs. Norfolk Admirals vs. Norfolk Admirals

7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m.

Fri • 2nd Sat • 3rd Fri • 9th Sat • 10th Sun • 11th Fri • 16th Tue • 20th Fri • 23rd Sat • 24th Wed • 28th

vs. Orlando Solar Bears @ Jacksonville Icemen @ Worcester Railers @ Manchester Monarchs @ Manchester Monarchs vs. Jacksonville Icemen vs. Norfolk Admirals vs. Brampton Beast vs. Brampton Beast @ Cincinnati Cyclones

7:05 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:35 p.m.

@ Toledo Walleye @ Toledo Walleye

7:15 p.m. 7:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

November

December

January

February

March

Fri • 2nd Sat • 3rd Tue • 6th Fri • 9th Sat • 10th Sun • 11th Thu • 15th Fri • 16th Mon • 19th Wed • 21st Fri • 23rd Sun • 25th Tue • 27th Fri • 30th Sat • 31st

@ Jacksonville Icemen @ Norfolk Admirals @ Norfolk Admirals

vs. Jacksonville Icemen vs. Reading Royals vs. Reading Royals vs. Atlanta Gladiators vs. Atlanta Gladiators @ Jacksonville Icemen

vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits

@ Atlanta Gladiators @ Atlanta Gladiators @ Orlando Solar Bears @ Orlando Solar Bears

vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits

vs. Atlanta Gladiators @ Atlanta Gladiators @ Florida Everblades @ Florida Everblades @ Florida Everblades

@ Greenville Swamp Rabbits

vs. Atlanta Gladiators

@ Greenville Swamp Rabbits

@ Greenville Swamp Rabbits vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits

vs. Atlanta Gladiators vs. Jacksonville Icemen vs. Idaho Steelheads vs. Idaho Steelheads @ Atlanta Gladiators @ Orlando Solar Bears @ Orlando Solar Bears @ Orlando Solar Bears vs. Kalamazoo Wings @ Jacksonville Icemen @ Jacksonville Icemen

April

Tue • 3rd Thu • 5th Fri • 6th Sun • 8th

vs. Florida Everblades

@ Greenville Swamp Rabbits @ Greenville Swamp Rabbits

vs. Orlando Solar Bears

Atlanta Gladiators vs. South Carolina Stingrays

W, 4-3 W, 3-2 W, 5-4 W, 5-2

Saturday, December 30 • North Charleston, SC

2017-18 Team Comparison (ECHL Rank) Atlanta South Carolina

L, 2-3 W, 3-1 W, 4-3 OT W, 2-1 L, 2-3 OT L, 1-2 OT L, 2-5 W, 4-3 OT W, 3-2 OT W, 2-1 L, 2-3 L, 2-3 SO

7:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:05 p.m.



GF/G GA/G PP% PK% 14-16-1-1

2.72 (24th) 3.28 (16th) 15.8% (18th) 82.1% (17th)

3.10 (15th) 2.52 (2nd) 14.3% (22nd) 90.1% (1st) 18-7-3-1

Stingrays Attempt To End 2017 With Revenge Against Atlanta The South Carolina Stingrays and Atlanta Gladiators end the 2017 calendar year Saturday night with a matchup at the North Charleston Coliseum to end a weekend home-and-home series. Atlanta knocked off South Carolina 4-2 on Friday night in Duluth, Ga. to even the season series between the two teams at four games apiece. SC is sitting in second place in the South Division standings, securing 40 points in their first 29 games. Atlanta is currently in fifth place, one point behind the Orlando Solar Bears for the fourth and final playoff spot in the division. South Carolina boasts the top penalty killing unit in the ECHL, discarding 90.1% of opponents’ power play opportunities this season. The Stingrays are also one of the best defensive teams in the league, allowing just 2.52 goals per game and 27.90 shots on goal per game which are both second-best in the ECHL. The Gladiators have been a good team when not playing Florida this season, going 0-7 vs. the Everblades and 14-9-1-1 against all other opponents. Gladiators Hold Off Stingrays, 4-2 The Atlanta Gladiators scored all four of their goals during the second period, getting the offense the needed to defeat the South Carolina Stingrays by a final score of 4-2 on Friday night in the first of a weekend home-and-home series between the two teams at the Infinite Energy Center. South Carolina got help from forwards Steven Whitney and Tim McGauley, who each scored a goal and an assist for the Rays in the loss. Atlanta had a slim edge in shots on goal at 29-28 in the contest, while neither team was able to score on the man-advantage with The Gladiators finishing 0-for-2 and South Carolina going 0-for-4.

2017-18 ECHL South Division Standings

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GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Florida Everblades 29 21 5 1 2 45 0.776 97 71 South Carolina Stingrays 29 18 7 3 1 40 0.690 90 73 Greenville Swamp Rabbits 32 16 13 2 1 35 0.547 116 123 Orlando Solar Bears 32 13 14 4 1 31 0.484 100 115 Atlanta Gladiators 32 14 16 1 1 30 0.469 87 105 Norfolk Admirals 30 11 17 2 0 24 0.400 90 118 Jacksonville Icemen 28 8 15 3 2 21 0.375 84 99

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Scouting The Gladiators Atlanta is in fifth place in the ECHL’s South Division with 30 points thru 32 games during the 2017-18 year. Forward Brady Vail has 26 points on the season, 16 of them coming with Atlanta in 17 games with the squad after being acquired in a trade with Norfolk. Forward Phil Lane has picked up where he left off before a 3-game AHL call-up from the Milwaukee Admirals earlier in the month and now has 25 points on 15 goals and 10 assists in 28 games. Lindsay Sparks has also made a major impact offensively with 26 points this season, including 23 assists. Defenseman Ben Danford is leading the team’s offense from the blue line with 20 points on seven goals and 13 assists. Goaltender Dan Vladar has picked up the slack in goal this season with a 7-8-1 record through 17 games that includes a 3.06 goals against average and a 0.907 save percentage. Sean Bonar has also pitched in and defeated SC on Friday by making 26 saves. In seven games he is 5-1 with a 2.30 GAA and a 0.925 save percentage. All-Time History vs. Atlanta Since the Gladiators joined the ECHL for the 2003-04 season, the two teams have met a total of 177 times, with South Carolina carrying an overall record of 101-60-8-5 (with three ties) against the Glads. Last year during the 2016-17 season South Carolina went 9-2-0-0 against Atlanta in 11 meetings, including winning the last six of their head-to-head contests. This season there are 12 games between the two teams on the ECHL schedule. The Stingrays have gone 4-2-2 in the first seven with one more coming Saturday before the calendar flips to 2018. McGauley Finding Success Forward Tim McGauley had two big games on the road against Greenville last week. He first posted two assists on goals by Kelly Zajac in a 3-1 victory last Thursday. Next, the Wilcox, Sask. native scored twice for his second career 2-goal game before adding a tally in the shootout during SC’s 3-2 win last Saturday. McGauley had another multi-point game Friday in Atlanta with a goal and assist for South Carolina. He has now matched his point total from last season in 25 games this year with 17 points on five goals and 12 assists. Whitney Doesn’t Miss A Beat Since returning from an injury that kept him out almost a month, forward Steven Whitney has picked up where he left off before being sidelined, recording points in three of his four games. In those three contests, Whitney has two goals and three assists. The Reading, Mass. native is fifth on the team in scoring with 16 points this season on eight goals and eight assists. Penalty Killing Success Continues South Carolina’s penalty killing unit has been near the top of the league rankings all season long and continued its dominance on Friday night in Atlanta, going 2-for-2. Through 29 games, the Stingrays have killed 109 chances and allowed just 12 goals for a rate of 90.1%, which is the best percentage in the ECHL. SC has also done incredibly well away from home, killing 96.7% of opponents opportunities on the road this season.

INSIDE THE SERIES Record vs. ATL...... 101-60-8-5 ........................................ (3 ties) Last 10 vs. ATL............. 6-2-2-0 Streak vs. ATL............ Lost Two Warsofsky vs. ATL......13-4-2-0

First meeting

............ Nov. 14, 2003 (L, 1-3)

Last meeting

............ Dec. 29, 2017 (L, 2-4)

SITUATIONAL RECORDS Overall Record vs. South Division vs. North Division vs. Central Division vs. Mountain Division Home record Road record Overtime

2016-17 2017-18 40-28-3-1 18-7-3-1 30-16-3-1 16-7-3-1 6-4-0-0 2-0-0-0 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-6-0-0 0-0-0-0 22-12-2-0 7-2-3-0 18-16-1-1 11-5-0-1 11-0-3-1 3-3

Scoring First Opponent scores first Leading after one period Behind after one period Tied after one period Leading after two periods Behind after two periods Tied after two periods

24-15-0-1 16-13-3-0 17-8-1-0 5-10-1-0 18-10-1-1 20-3-1-1 5-20-1-0 15-5-1-0

11-4-2-1 7-3-1-0 6-2-1-0 5-3-0-0 7-2-2-1 10-0-1-1 3-5-0-0 5-2-2-0

Scoring on the PP Scoreless on the PP Allowing a PPG Opponent Scoreless on the PP

18-13-1-0 22-15-2-1 12-16-2-0 27-13-1-1

6-5-2-0 12-2-1-1 5-2-3-0 13-5-0-1

One-Goal Games Two-Goal Games Overtime Games

19-11-3-1 7-6-0-0 11-0-3-1

10-4-3-1 5-2-0-0 4-0-3-1

More Penalties than Opponent 18-16-2-1 Less Penalties than Opponent 15-7-1-0 Same Amount of Penalties as Opp. 7-5-0-0

7-2-2-1 8-2-0-0 3-3-1-0

Scored three goals Scored four goals Scored five or more goals Held to two goals or fewer

11-3-2-1 7-4-0-0 16-1-0-0 6-20-1-0

6-2-0-0 6-0-1-0 3-0-0-0 3-5-2-1

Outshooting Opponent Outshot by Opponent Shots are Even

26-14-1-0 10-9-2-1 4-5-0-0

11-3-1-0 7-4-2-0 0-0-0-1

Following a win Following a loss

21-16-1-1 19-12-1-0

12-5-1-0 5-2-2-1

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SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Cherniwchan Earns AHL Call-Up With Utica The Stingrays announced Friday that forward Andrew Cherniwchan has signed a professional tryout agreement with the AHL’s Utica Comets. Cherniwchan, 28, is in his sixth professional season and is no stranger to the AHL, having played 134 career games with the Providence Bruins and Springfield Falcons during parts of three seasons from 2013-16. The Hinton, Alta native has a total of 36 points with the two squads on 17 goals and 19 assists. So far this year Cherniwchan has been the leading goal scorer for South Carolina, striking 10 times to go along with nine assists for 19 points in 25 contests. The Rays have been the forward’s only ECHL team during his pro career, accounting for 103 points (47 goals, 56 assists) during 144 total games with the club. Leaders Against Atlanta Patrick Gaul leads South Carolina against Atlanta this season with eight points in the eight matchups on three goals and five assists. Steven Whitney has six points on three goals and three assists in six games. Joe Devin has put up two goals and three assists and Kelly Zajac has also posted five helpers in the eight meetings. Playing It Close The Stingrays have done well in close games this season, posting a record of 10-4-3-1 in 1-goal contests. SC has found a way to secure points in 14 of those 18 close games, helping themselves stay near the top of the South Division standings. Stingrays Persevere With Dramatic Shootout Win The South Carolina Stingrays defeated the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in dramatic fashion Saturday night at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, winning a shootout in the third round and picking up two points with a 3-2 victory. Initially the Rays had been declared a winner after goaltender Jeff Jakaitis stopped Branden Troock in the top of the third round during the skills competition. But after further discussion, the call was changed to a goal and South Carolina, who had left the ice, had to come back out to complete the game. Defenseman Frankie Simonelli was the next shooter for the Stingrays and left no doubts, beating Greenville goaltender Ty Rimmer with a wrist shot to seal the win. Forward Tim McGauley had both regulation goals for South Carolina and also scored in the shootout, while Jakaitis stopped 30 shots to earn his 10th win of the season. Glads Use Fast Start To Hold Off Rays Phil Lane scored twice and Brady Vail added three assists for the Atlanta Gladiators, who held off a third period comeback attempt by the South Carolina Stingrays for a 4-3 decision at the North Charleston Coliseum last Friday night. Steven Whitney had a goal and an assist for South Carolina while Patrick Gaul picked up two helpers in a losing effort. Goaltender Parker Milner got the start and made a total of 18 saves for the Stingrays. In a late desperation effort, South Carolina cut Atlanta’s lead down to a one-goal game with 18 seconds to go on a deflection in front by forward Andrew Cherniwchan. Rays’ captain Joe Devin took a shot from the left point with traffic in front and the team’s leading goal scorer got his 10th of the year on the re-direct.

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...........................Ryan Warsofsky Assistant Coach......................... Steve Bergin Athletic Trainer............................ Rick Covard Equipment Manager.........Cameron Parker

FRANCHISE HISTORY First Season.................................................1993 Total Seasons..................................................25 Overall Record.....................959-561-59-130 Winning Seasons...........................................24 Regular Season Titles...................1, 1996-97 Division Championships............................... 6 Conference Championships........................ 5 Kelly Cups........................................................... 3 HOCKEY INFORMATION 2016-17 Overall Record................ 40-28-3-1 2015-16 vs. South........................... 30-16-3-1 Returning Players..........................................15 Newcomers......................................................11 Captain...............................................Joe Devin Alternate Captain.......................Patrick Gaul Alternate Captain.....................Trevor Gillies COMMUNICATIONS Address...................3300 W. Montague Ave. Contact....................................... Jared Shafran [email protected] Office Phone.............................843-744-2248 Rays Facebook............ /SCStingraysHockey Rays Twitter............................... @SCStingrays Rays Instagram............@scstingrayshockey



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