Suite A-200 - North Charleston, SC 29418. Stingrays Open 25th Anniversary Season vs. Greenville Friday Night. The South
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
7:05 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:35 p.m. 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
Greenville Swamp Rabbits vs. South Carolina Stingrays
7:05 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Friday, October 20 • North Charleston, SC
2016-17 Team Comparison (ECHL Rank) Greenville South Carolina
7:00 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 10:30 a.m. 7:05 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m.
7:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 3:05 p.m.
GF/G GA/G PP% PK% 0-1-1-0
3.49 (11th) 3.50 (18th) 16.1% (19th) 82.1% (16th)
3.15 (17th) 2.93 (7th) 17.3% (12th) 84.9% (3rd) 0-0-0-0
Stingrays Open 25th Anniversary Season vs. Greenville Friday Night The South Carolina Stingrays open their 25th season in the Lowcountry on Friday night against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits. South Carolina ended the 2016-17 season of their in-state rival in the opening round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs back in April in six games, coming back from two games down to win four straight and advance to the South Division Finals. The Rays eventually extended their run all the way to the Kelly Cup Finals, but were downed by the Colorado Eagles in the league’s championship series. Greenville began its 2017-18 year last weekend with two home battles against Wheeling and secured just one point from the matchups, losing 5-4 on Friday before a 7-6 overtime defeat on Saturday. South Carolina opens the season against Greenville at home for the second consecutive campaign. The Rays will head to Jacksonville on Saturday night for their first ever matchup against the newest South Division member. New Season, Old Faces Despite a large amount of roster turnover in the ECHL, South Carolina has a similar look for 2017-18 with a total of 11 returning members to the group. All three captains are back with forward Joe Devin leading the squad for the second consecutive year along with assistants Patrick Gaul and Trevor Gillies. Defenseman Marcus Perrier has signed on for a fourth season in South Carolina, while other returning blueliners include Joey Leach and Danny Federico. Andrew Cherniwchan, Dylan Margonari, Kelly Zajac, Tim McGauley and Patrick Megannety round out the returning forwards. In addition, goaltender Jeff Jakaitis is back in the fold after a two-year stint overseas in Norway and defenseman Frankie Simonelli has returned after being part of a Kelly Cup Finals run in 2015.
2017-18 ECHL South Division Standings
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GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Florida Everblades 2 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 7 4 Norfolk Admirals 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.667 12 10 Orlando Solar Bears 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.000 5 4 Jacksonville Icemen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.500 4 5 Greenville Swamp Rabbits 2 0 1 1 0 1 0.250 10 12 South Carolina Stingrays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 Atlanta Gladiators 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.000 4 7
SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Scouting The Swamp Rabbits Greenville began their season a week ago with two losses to Wheeling, one in regulation (5-4) and the other in overtime (76). The team’s offense has gotten off on the right foot led by forward Adam Chapie who had five points (one goal, four assists) on opening weekend. Former Stingray Caleb Herbert also made a big impact in his first weekend with the team, posting a goal and three assists. Forward Branden Troock had two tallies, while returning scorer Allan McPherson picked up a goal and two assists. However, the Swamp Rabbits struggled defensively, allowing a total of 12 goals and an average of 48 shots on goal per game. Second-year goaltender Brandon Halverson started both games in between the pipes. Ty Rimmer has served as the backup and played 10 minutes on the weekend, allowing three goals. All-Time History vs. Greenville South Carolina has an overall record of 54-30-8-10 in 102 all-time regular season meetings with the Swamp Rabbits, and are 4-2 against their in-state rival in the playoffs, with all of their postseason matchups coming in the 6-game series last spring. Last year during the 2016-17 season, the divisional opponents met 14 times with the Stingrays and first-year head coach Ryan Warsofsky finishing 7-12-0. This season the two squads match up 12 times with the next occurance coming in Greenville on Nov. 3. Returning Scoring For SC The Stingrays return three of their top six scorers from the 2016-17 season in forwards Kelly Zajac, Patrick Gaul and Joe Devin. Zajac and Gaul posted career-highs with 52 and 37 points respectively. Devin finished with 33 points, despite playing in just 48 games due to two different AHL call-up opportunities. In addition, forward Andrew Cherniwchan scored 29 points in 36 games during an injury . Morin Joins Stingrays With NHL Experience Forward Jeremy Morin signed with the Stingrays last week and is expected to add a high-scoring presence to the team’s lineup. A former 2nd round NHL Draft Pick of the Atlanta Thrashers in 2009 (45th overall), Morin comes to South Carolina with 82 games of NHL experience in his career with the Chicago Blackhawks and Columbus Blue Jackets. Morin put up a total of 22 points during his time in the NHL on 10 goals and 12 assists. He also has 330 games of experience at the AHL level, piling up 230 points on 113 goals and 117 assists with five different teams. In parts of six seasons with the Rockford IceHogs from 2010-16, Morin had 90 goals and 90 assists in 236 games. Simonelli Welcomed Back To The Rays Defenseman Frankie Simonelli, a native of Bensenville, Ill. is reunited with South Carolina for his fourth professional season after being part of a run to the Kelly Cup Finals with the Rays during his rookie year in 2015. Simonelli, 24, spent last season with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors and ECHL’s Norfolk Admirals. The blueliner also appeared in 58 total games with the AHL’s Providence Bruins over the course of three seasons from 2014-16, posting three goals and eight assists for 11 points.
INSIDE THE SERIES Record vs. GRN..... 54-30-8-10 Last 10 vs. GRN............ 7-1-2-0 Streak vs. GRN.......... Lost One Warsofsky vs. GRN...... 9-2-3-0
First meeting
........... Oct. 24, 2010 (W, 4-2)
Last meeting
...... Mar. 28, 2017 (L, 3-4 OT)
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 0-0-0-0 30-16-3-1 0-0-0-0 6-4-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 3-6-0-0 0-0-0-0 22-12-2-0 0-0-0-0 18-16-1-1 0-0-0-0 11-0-3-1 0-0-0-0
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
0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
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
0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
One-Goal Games Two-Goal Games Overtime Games
19-11-3-1 7-6-0-0 11-0-3-1
0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
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
0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
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
0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Outshooting Opponent Outshot by Opponent Shots are Even
26-14-1-0 10-9-2-1 4-5-0-0
0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Following a win Following a loss
21-16-1-1 19-12-1-0
0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
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