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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 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

South Carolina Stingrays vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits

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

Thursday, December 21 • Greenville, SC

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

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% 16-5-3-1

3.16 (14th) 2.48 (2nd) 15.1% (19th) 89.8% (2nd)

3.96 (1st) 3.96 (25th) 20.3% (5th) 73.5% (27th) 15-10-2-0

Stingrays Go Up Against Greenville For 7th Time Thursday The South Carolina Stingrays travel to the Bon Secours Wellness Arena Thursday night to face the Greenville Swamp Rabbits for the seventh time during the 2017-18 season. The Rays have fared well this year against Greenville, posting a 4-1-1 record in the first six meetings including wins in the last two contests between the two. The Swamp Rabbits have recent wins over Atlanta and Jacksonville, as well as a split at home against the Manchester Monarchs. South Carolina is four points ahead of Greenville in the ECHL’s South Division standings with 36 points through 25 games, while the Swamp Rabbits have played in 27 contests. Greenville is the top offensive team in the league, averaging just under four goals per game to go along with the fifth-best power play at 20.3%. While South Carolina boasts the second-best defensive unit in the ECHL, allowing just 2.48 goals per game to go along with the second-best penalty kill at 89.8%. Jakaitis Shuts Out Florida, Rays Take Series Paul Geiger scored the only goal of the night shorthanded in the third period and Jeff Jakaitis stopped all 18 shots that came his way as the South Carolina Stingrays defeated the Florida Everblades 1-0 at Germain Arena on Saturday night. With the victory, the Stingrays took the threegame series this week on the road by a score of two games to one. After a penalty to defenseman Frankie Simonelli for slashing at 9:13 of the third, Patrick Gaul got out on the rush and moved into the offensive zone. The forward pulled a spin move at the side of the net and fed the puck in front to Geiger, who was charging down the ice at full speed. Geiger hit the back of the net with a quick release and scored his third goal of the season and his second in as many nights.

2017-18 ECHL South Division Standings

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GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Florida Everblades 27 20 4 1 2 43 0.796 90 66 South Carolina Stingrays 25 16 5 3 1 36 0.720 79 62 Greenville Swamp Rabbits 27 15 10 2 0 32 0.593 107 107 Atlanta Gladiators 28 12 14 1 1 26 0.464 76 92 Orlando Solar Bears 28 11 13 4 0 26 0.464 89 104 Norfolk Admirals 27 9 17 1 0 19 0.352 82 112 Jacksonville Icemen 24 5 15 2 2 14 0.292 70 89

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Scouting The Swamp Rabbits Greenville split with Manchester at home and defeated Jacksonville on the road last week, playing three games in as many days. The Swamp Rabbits have an overall mark of 15-10-2-0 and are in third place in the ECHL’s South Division behind the Stingrays and ahead of the Gladiators and Solar Bears. The team’s top ranked offense has taken some hits as of late, losing leading scorer Caleb Herbert to their AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, as well as Allan McPherson, who signed a contract overseas this week. Forward Branden Troock, who is still at the top of the ECHL league leaders with 33 points in 26 games, will be expected to pick up the slack along with forward Joe Basaraba who has 21 points on six goals and 15 assists this year. Defenseman Joe Houk, who has been a thorn in the Stingrays’ side, leads the team’s blueliners with 21 points on seven goals and 14 assists while rookie defenseman Sergey Zborovskiy has 15 points on five goals and 10 assists. Second-year goaltender Brandon Halverson has made 16 appearances, while Ty Rimmer has suited up 15 times and has the better numbers of the two with a GAA of 3.54 and a save percentage at 0.908. All-Time History vs. Greenville South Carolina has an overall record of 58-31-9-10 in 108 all-time regular season meetings with the Swamp Rabbits, and are 4-2 against their in-state rival in the playoffs after the teams’ met for the first time with a 6-game series last spring. Last year during the 201617 season, the divisional opponents met 14 times with the Stingrays and first-year head coach Ryan Warsofsky finishing 9-2-3-0. This season the two squads match up 12 total times. Thus far Rays are 4-1-1 in the first six of those contests. Cammarata Coming Into His Own Rookie forward Taylor Cammarata’s 9-game point streak came to an end Saturday night in Florida. It was the first time he had been held off the scoresheet since Nov. 19 and only the second game he hasn’t had a point in this season. The Plymouth, Minn. native has been very effective at the offensive end since being inserted into the lineup last month, scoring points in 11 of his first 13 professional games and collecting a total of 15 points on seven goals and eight assists. Cammarata is also tops among all active skaters with a 28% shooting percentage. Leach Expands His Offensive Role Stingrays’ defenseman Joey Leach has stepped up the offensive side of his game as of late, posting seven points in his last four games. The Wadena, Sask. native scored his first goal of the year last Sunday in Atlanta, blasting a shot by goaltender Dan Vladar in the first period. He followed up the performance with another first period goal to get SC on the board during Wednesday night’s win in Florida. Then when the Everblades pulled goaltender Callum Booth for an extra attacker, Leach was able to hit the empty net from his own goal line to seal the win. Now in his fifth professional season, Leach has 12 total points (3g, 9a) and was on the scoresheet in each of the Rays’ games in Florida last week.

INSIDE THE SERIES Record vs. GRN..... 58-31-9-10 Last 10 vs. GRN............ 6-1-3-0 Streak vs. GRN..........Won Two Warsofsky vs. GRN....13-3-4-0

First meeting

............ Oct 24, 2010 (W, 4-2)

Last meeting

............. Dec. 7, 2017 (W, 4-2)

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 16-5-3-1 30-16-3-1 14-5-3-1 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 7-1-3-0 18-16-1-1 9-4-0-1 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

10-4-2-1 6-1-1-0 6-2-1-0 4-2-0-0 6-1-2-1 9-0-1-1 2-3-0-0 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

5-5-2-0 11-0-1-1 5-2-3-0 11-3-0-1

One-Goal Games Two-Goal Games Overtime Games

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

9-3-3-1 4-1-0-0 3-0-3-1

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

6-1-2-1 7-1-0-0 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

4-1-0-0 6-0-1-0 3-0-0-0 3-4-2-1

Outshooting Opponent Outshot by Opponent Shots are Even

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

9-2-1-0 7-3-2-0 0-0-0-1

Following a win Following a loss

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

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

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SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Hughes Returns To South Carolina The Hershey Bears announced Tuesday that defenseman Tommy Hughes has been returned on loan to the South Carolina Stingrays. The blueliner suited up in four games with the Bears after being recalled on Nov. 21 and registered two penalty minutes. Hughes is in his fifth pro season after spending his first four years in the AHL with the Hartford Wolf Pack. He began the year with the Rays and played in six games, posting one assist and a +1 rating. The 6-foot2, 225-pound defenseman has appeared in 230 career AHL games, registering 30 points (five goals, 25 assists). Hughes skated in 53 games with Hartford in 2016-17, tallying five assists. The native of London, Ontario played for his hometown London Knights of the OHL for parts of four seasons before signing with the New York Rangers as an undrafted free agent in 2013.

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



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

‘Tis The Season The Stingrays have been enjoying the holiday season, having secured points in seven of their nine games during December. South FRANCHISE HISTORY Carolina has also gotten points in five of their last six games away First Season.................................................1993 from home, helping improve their road record to 9-4-0-1 this year.

Jakaitis Shuts Down The Everblades Goaltender Jeff Jakaitis recorded his first shutout of the season on Saturday, making 18 saves in a 1-0 victory over Florida. It was his 24th career ECHL shutout. The veteran netminder has lowered his goals against average to 2.51 and his save percentage is up to 0.905 through 12 games. Having played in 718 total minutes, Jakaitis owns a record of 8-3-1. Kirkpatrick Scores Late To Push Blades Past Rays Forward Michael Kirkpatrick scored with just 2:20 left in the third period to break a 3-3 tie and give the Florida Everblades a 4-3 win over the South Carolina Stingrays at Germain Arena on Friday night. The Stingrays were led by three skaters that recorded two points as Paul Geiger picked up a goal and an assist and both Andrew Cherniwchan and Joey Leach added two helpers apiece. Goaltender Parker Milner made the start for South Carolina and turned aside 27 saves in a losing effort. The Everblades outshot South Carolina 31-22 in the contest, while the Stingrays finished 1-for-2 on the power play and Florida was unsuccessful on the man advantage, going 0-for4. Martin Ouellette stopped 19 shots to pick up his 11th win of the season for the Everblades. Gaul Scores Winner In 300th Game To Top Florida In his 300th career ECHL game, all coming with the South Carolina Stingrays, Patrick Gaul scored a late goal in the third period to give his team a 4-2 victory over the Florida Everblades at Germain Arena on Wednesday night. Defenseman Joey Leach also scored twice in the game for the Stingrays, while Parker Milner stopped 25 shots to record the win over Florida, who had the best overall record in the ECHL at the start of the night. The Everblades outshot South Carolina 27-21 in the contest, while both teams were unsuccessful on the power play. Florida was 0-for-3 and the Stingrays finished 0-for-4 on the man-advantage. Goaltender Callum Booth made 17 saves in a losing effort for the Everblades.

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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