SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY

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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 W, 3-1

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

W, 5-2 L, 3-5 W, 5-4 OT W, 3-1 L, 1-2 W, 3-1 W, 3-2 OT L, 2-3 OT L, 0-1 W, 3-1 W, 5-0 W, 3-1 L, 3-5

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

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

@ Toledo Walleye @ Toledo Walleye

L, 2-4 W, 2-1 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


vs. Atlanta Gladiators


@ 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

Tuesday, March 6 • 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%

3.00 (18th) 2.18 (1st) 16.6% (17th) 90.7% (1st)

36-12-6-1

2.97 (19th) 3.98 (26th) 18.5% (8th) 77.6% (25th) 20-32-5-1

South Carolina Visits Greenville For Tuesday Night Matchup The South Carolina Stingrays and Greenville Swamp Rabbits meet for the first time in 2018 on Tuesday night at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Having not seen each other since Dec. 23, the two teams have gone in different directions in the standings. While the Rays are on the verge of clinching a spot in the 2018 Kelly Cup Playoffs, the Swamp Rabbits have fallen to the bottom of the South Division, 11 points back of Atlanta and the final spot in the postseason. South Carolina is still five points back of Florida for first place with two games in hand. The Stingrays hold the top spot in the ECHL in both defense and penalty killing, allowing just 2.18 goals per game while killing off 90.7% of their opponents’ power plays. The Swamp Rabbits are eighth-best on the power play at 18.5% and is tied for the league lead with nine wins when trailing after one period. Bindulis Sends Rays Home With Overtime Win Kris Bindulis knocked home a rebound in front of the net to give the South Carolina Stingrays a 2-1 win over the Toledo Walleye in the final minute of overtime on Saturday night at the Huntington Center. Parker Milner saved 25 shots for the Stingrays to earn his 19th victory of the year while Joe Devin scored his team-leading 17th goal of the season on the power play in the first period. Bindulis provided the OT winner for the second time this season, scoring with just 28 seconds remaining in the extra period for his fourth goal of the year. Forward Hampus Gustafsson brought the puck up ice down the right wing after a lead pass by Steven Whitney. Gustafsson got a shot on net that was stopped by Toledo goaltender Pat Nagle, but the rebound came back to the front of the cage for Bindulis, who slammed it home to win the game.

2017-18 ECHL South Division Standings GP xFlorida Everblades 57 South Carolina Stingrays 55 Orlando Solar Bears 59 Atlanta Gladiators 60 Norfolk Admirals 59 Jacksonville Icemen 58 Greenville Swamp Rabbits 58 JACK

SONV

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W 39 36 28 27 23 22 20

L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA 12 2 4 84 0.737 198 141 12 6 1 79 0.718 165 120 25 5 1 62 0.525 172 193 30 1 2 57 0.475 170 190 30 5 1 52 0.441 180 217 29 4 3 51 0.440 169 197 32 5 1 46 0.397 172 231

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Scouting The Swamp Rabbits Greenville has an overall record of 20-32-5-1 with 46 points and are in seventh place in the ECHL’s South Division. The team’s leading scorer this season, Caleb Herbert, is currently with the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda. In his absence, Evan Jasper and Joe Basaraba have led the offense, each scoring 38 points apiece, both with an idential total of 16 goals and 22 assists. Jack Nevins has also chipped in with 20 points on eight goals and 12 assists in addition to 137 penalty minutes. Defenseman Sean Flanagan has played well on the offensive end, accumulating 21 points on two goals and 19 assists. Forward Dawson Leedahl, who earlier this season notched 17 points in 19 games before being recalled by the team’s AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, has been reassigned to the Swamp Rabbits. Goaltender Ty Rimmer has suited up 36 times this season and has a goals-against average of 3.89 along with a save percentage at 0.901 and 1,077 total saves. All-Time History vs. Greenville South Carolina has an overall record of 60-31-9-10 in 110 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 6-1-1 in the first eight of those contests. Bindulis’ Overtime Dramatics Defenseman Kris Bindulis scored his second overtime game-winner of the season on Saturday night to defeat Toledo 2-1. Two of the rookie’s four career goals have come in overtime this season, with his other strike coming in Norfolk on Jan. 19. The Riga, Latvia native has now seen action in 31 ECHL contests this year while on a contract with the Washington Capitals, posting 14 points. Power Play Turning a Corner The Stingrays scored power play goals in three consecutive games during last week’s Central Division road trip to Cincinnati and Toledo, turning around their man-advantage unit which has struggled at times during the 2017-18 season. First, defenseman Paul Geiger scored a power play strike on Wednesday against the Cyclones, while Kelly Zajac added a man-advantage tally in the first minute of Friday’s third period in Toledo and Joe Devin converted during a 5-on-3 opportunity in the first period of Saturday’s win. SC is 17th in the ECHL with a 16.6% conversion rate on the PP and hopes to improve its numbers down the stretch in the final month of the regular season. Devin Notches Team-High 17th Goal Captain Joe Devin scored in both games against Toledo last weekend and now leads the Stingrays in goals (17), assists (28), points (45) and shots on goal (153). All of those numbers are careerhighs for the team’s captain except for his goal total, which is one short of his 18 tallies that came in 2015-16. The Scituate, Mass. native also has five power play goals this year, which is four behind when he had nine in 2014-15.

INSIDE THE SERIES Record vs. GRN..... 60-31-9-10 Last 10 vs. GRN............ 7-2-1-0 Streak vs. GRN.........Won Four Warsofsky vs. GRN....15-3-4-0

First meeting

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

Last meeting

.....Dec. 23, 2017 (W, 3-2 SO)

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

2016-17 2017-18 40-28-3-1 36-12-6-1 30-16-3-1 29-11-4-1 6-4-0-0 6-0-1-0 1-2-0-0 1-1-1-0 3-6-0-0 0-0-0-0 22-12-2-0 20-5-3-0 18-16-1-1 16-7-3-1 11-0-3-1 6-6 1-1 2-1

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

21-5-3-1 15-7-3-0 13-3-1-0 6-6-0-0 17-3-5-1 24-0-3-1 4-10-0-0 8-2-3-0

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

17-8-3-0 19-4-3-1 7-6-4-0 29-6-2-1

One-Goal Games Two-Goal Games OT/Shootout Games

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

17-6-6-1 10-5-0-0 8-0-6-1

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

13-3-2-1 16-5-2-0 7-4-2-0

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

13-4-0-0 7-0-1-0 9-0-0-0 7-8-5-1

Outshooting Opponent Outshot by Opponent Shots are Even

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

21-6-3-0 15-6-3-0 0-0-0-1

Following a win Following a loss

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

23-8-4-0 12-4-2-1

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SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Joey Leach Returns To South Carolina Defenseman Joey Leach has been released from his professional tryout agreement with the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League and has returned to the Stingrays. Leach is expected to dress for Tuesday night’s game in Greenville against the Swamp Rabbits. The native of Wadena, Sask. appeared in five games with Hartford during his AHL stint which began on Feb. 20. He has totaled seven assists in 45 games of AHL experience with four teams during his career including the Wolf Pack, Oklahoma City Barons, Lake Erie Monsters and Hershey Bears. Leach, 26, is in his fifth professional season and has played in 48 games with South Carolina, collecting 18 points on four goals and 14 assists. Milner Time Goaltender Parker Milner had another big week, allowing just three total goals in two games on the road. First, the Pittsburgh, Pa. native took a tough-luck loss on Wednesday in Cincinnati, allowing just two goals while making 17 saves. He then stopped 25 shots and held Toledo to just one tally on Saturday night an overtime victory, his 19th win of the year. Milner is still holding on to the top goalsagainst average in the league this season at 1.93. The netminder is also second in save percentage among active ECHL goaltenders at 0.930. Home-Cookin’ South Carolina has been excellent at home as of late, winning nine of their last 10 contests at the North Charleston Coliseum dating back to the middle of January. The Rays have an overall home mark of 20-5-3, and are already closing in on last year’s home win total of 22 with eight games remaining. SC has scored 35 more goals than their opponents during their 28 home games, out-scoring teams 9762 in North Charleston during the 2017-18 year.

Walleye Use Power Play To Top Stingrays, 4-2 The Toldeo Walleye scored twice on the power play and never surrendered the lead, defeating the South Carolina Stingrays by a score of 4-2 on Friday night at the Huntington Center. Forwards Kelly Zajac and Joe Devin each scored third period goals for the Stingrays in a comeback attempt, while Tad Kozun recorded his first professional point with an assist and Jeff Jakaitis stopped 32 shots in net for South Carolina. Walleye goaltender Pat Nagle stopped 18 shots to earn the victory for Toledo, who outshot South Carolina 3620 in the contest. The Walleye were 2-for-8 on the power play, while the Stingrays finished 1-for-4 on the man-advantage. Stingrays Suffer OT Setback In Cincinnati Brandon McNally scored at 3:11 of overtime to give the Cincinnati Cyclones a 2-1 win over the South Carolina Stingrays in the two teams’ lone meeting of the regular season Wednesday night at U.S. Bank Arena. Defenseman Paul Geiger scored the only goal of the night for South Carolina during a power play in the second period, while goaltender Parker Milner recorded 17 saves in a losing effort. McNally ended the game with a slap shot from just inside the Rays’ blue line that got past Milner to the top right corner of the SC net. Cyclones’ goaltender Jonas Johansson stopped 26 shots for Cincinnati in the game to pick up a victory. The Stingrays outshot the Cyclones 27-19 in the contest.

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 2016-17 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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