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2018 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE South Carolina vs. Orlando Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Thursday, April 12 Saturday, April 14 Thursday, April 19 Saturday, April 21 Sunday, April 22 Tuesday, April 24 Wednesday, April 25
L, 0-2 7:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m.
RAYS TEAM LEADERS Regular Season Goals
Game-Winning Goals
Kelly Zajac, 20 Joe Devin, 20 Steven Whitney, 18 Dylan Margonari, 14 Tim McGauley, 13
Kelly Zajac, 6 Paul Geiger, 5 Steven Whitney, 4 Taylor Cammarata, 4 Dylan Margonari, 3
Assists
Power Play Goals
Kelly Zajac, 36 Steven Whitney, 36 Joe Devin, 31 Tim McGauley, 23 Paul Geiger, 23
Kelly Zajac, 8 Joe Devin, 7 Tim McGauley, 5 J. Charbonneau, 4 Paul Geiger, 4 Steven Whitney, 4
Plus-Minus
Power Play Assists
Danny Federico, +21 Joey Leach, +18 Steven Whitney, +15 Patrick Gaul, +11 Joe Devin, +10
Kelly Zajac, 14 Steven Whitney, 10 Frankie Simonelli, 9 Paul Geiger, 8 Dylan Margonari, 7
Penalty Minutes Marcus Perrier, 219 Trevor Gillies, 71 Joey Leach, 71 Steven Whitney, 58 Dylan Margonari, 56
Orlando Solar Bears vs. South Carolina Stingrays Game 2: Saturday, April 14 • North Charleston, SC
17-18 Reg. Season Comparison (ECHL Rank) Orlando South Carolina
GF/G GA/G PP% PK%
2.94 (18th) 3.17 (13th) 16.0% (17th) 82.8% (18th)
2.97 (16th) 2.13 (1st) 17.8% (11th) 90.5% (1st)
Stingrays Aim To Even Series With Orlando In Game 2 Saturday South Carolina will look to rebound after dropping Game 1 of the South Division Semifinals to the Orlando Solar Bears on Thursday night when the two teams face-off for Game 2 on Saturday in North Charleston. The squads are meeting for the first time in the postseason since Orlando came into the ECHL six seasons ago. The Stingrays and Solar Bears just saw each other at the end of the regular season last Saturday night, a 2-1 victory for the Rays with a late game-winner by defenseman Paul Geiger with less than two minutes to play. South Carolina finished second in the division during the regular season with 48 wins and 104 points, while Orlando was third-best in the South with 33 wins and 75 points. SC won the 11-game regular season series with a 7-3-1 record.
Heeter Holds Stingrays Scoreless In Game 1 Hunter Fejes scored a shorthanded goal in the second period that stood up for the Orlando Solar Bears, who used 36 saves from goaltender Cal Heeter to defeat the South Carolina Stingrays 2-0 in Game 1 of the South Shots On Net Division Semifinals Thursday night at the North Charleston Coliseum to take a 1-0 series lead. Stingrays’ goaltender Parker Milner made 20 saves Joe Devin, 189 Steven Whitney, 165 in the loss while his team outshot the Solar Bears 36-20 in the contest. Dylan Margonari, 127 Although South Carolina held the Solar Bears off the board on the power Kelly Zajac, 125 play (0-for-4), the Rays also came up short, finishing 0-for-6 in the game. Nick Roberto, 111
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SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Scouting The Solar Bears Orlando finished in third place in the ECHL’s South Division with a record of 33-30-6-3 and 75 points during the 2017-18 regular season. Forward Max Novak led the way offensively with 57 points on 21 goals and 36 assists while playing in 66 of the team’s contests. Forward Hunter Fejes has also made a major impact to the team’s offense since coming over in a midseason trade with Wheeling. He has totaled 59 points on 30 goals and 29 assists in 67 games with the two teams this year, and earned some time in the AHL at the end of the regular season, signing a PTO with the team’s affiliate, the Toronto Marlies. Rookie forward J.J. Piccinich was fourth on the team in scoring during the regular season with 43 points on 18 goals and 25 assists. Goaltender Cal Heeter appeared in 43 games, playing 2,368 minutes made more starts than any other Solar Bears’ netminder, appearing in 42 games with a goals-against average of 2.75 and a save percentage at 0.914. All-Time History vs. Orlando South Carolina has an all-time record of 35-12-4-5 vs. the Solar Bears, with the two teams having faced each other 56 times over the last six regular seasons. A year ago, SC and Orlando split their eight matchups evenly with each side winning four apiece. In 11 regular season contests during the 2017-18 season the Stingrays had the edge witha record of 7-3-1. South Carolina won the last seven after dropping the first four earlier in the year. This playoff series is the first ever time that the two franchises have faced-off in the postseason. Milner Named ECHL Goaltender of the Year Parker Milner was announced as the recipient of the Warrior Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Year award for 2017-18 on Thursday. Milner went 28-7-3 with three shutouts in 38 appearances for the Rays, finishing tied for third in the ECHL in wins. He led the league with a 1.86 goals-against average, which ranks as the fourth best in a single season in league history, while finishing third with a .929 save percentage. The Stingrays have had a goaltender win the award in four of the past six seasons with Jeff Jakaitis claiming it in 2013-14 and 2014-15 as well as Ryan Zapolski in 2012-13. Three is the Key With an excellent defense that allowed an average of just 2.13 goals per game during the regular season, the South Carolina Stingrays didn’t have to put up high offensive numbers to secure 48 wins. SC has put together a record of 38-4-2 when they’ve scored three goals or more in a game. A win has been almost guaranteed when the Rays put up four or more goals, with the team securing 24 victories in 25 games when they’ve had four or more tallies on the scoresheet. Playoff Pressure South Carolina has qualified for the ECHL’s postseason in 11 consecutive seasons and 24 times in 25 years as a franchise. They have an overall playoff record of 122-112 and last season joined the Cincinnati Cyclones (2008-10) as the only teams in the league’s 29year history that have reached at least the Eastern Conference Finals in three straight campaigns.
INSIDE THE SERIES Record vs. ORL.........35-12-4-5 Last 10 vs. ORL............. 7-3-0-0 Streak vs. ORL.......Won Seven Warsofsky vs. ORL.....11-7-0-1 *regular season only
First meeting
.............Oct. 25, 2012 (L, 3-5)
Last meeting
..............Apr. 7, 2018 (W, 2-1)
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 48-16-7-1 30-16-3-1 40-13-5-1 6-4-0-0 6-0-1-0 1-2-0-0 2-1-1-0 3-6-0-0 0-2-0-0 22-12-2-0 24-8-4-0 18-16-1-1 24-8-3-1 11-0-3-1 7-7 1-1 5-1
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 30-6-3-1 16-13-3-0 18-10-4-0 17-8-1-0 23-3-1-0 5-10-1-0 8-7-1-0 18-10-1-1 17-6-5-1 20-3-1-1 30-0-4-1 5-20-1-0 7-13-0-0 15-5-1-0 11-3-3-0
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
25-9-4-0 23-7-3-1 12-7-4-0 36-9-3-1
One-Goal Games Two-Goal Games OT/Shootout Games
19-11-3-1 7-6-0-0 11-0-3-1
23-8-7-1 11-5-0-0 12-0-6-1
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
17-5-2-1 22-7-3-0 9-4-2-0
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
16-4-1-0 10-0-1-0 12-0-0-0 10-12-5-1
Outshooting Opponent Outshot by Opponent Shots are Even
26-14-1-0 10-9-2-1 4-5-0-0
30-8-3-0 18-7-4-0 0-1-0-1
Following a win Following a loss
21-16-1-1 32-11-4-0 19-12-1-0 15-5-3-1
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SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS HOCKEY Leaders Against Orlando Kelly Zajac led the team against Orlando during the regular season with eight points on four goals and four assists. Steven Whitney also fared well when facing the Solar Bears and has posted six points on a goal and five assists in nine contests. Joe Devin, Paul Geiger, Nick Roberto and Jake Kamrass were next on the list of active Rays with five points each. Goaltender Parker Milner was 5-0-0 in his five appearances against Orlando with a 1.16 GAA and a 0.955 save percentage, while Jeff Jakaitis also opposed the Solar Bears five times and has a 2.03 goals against average with a save percentage at 0.916. Rays Complete Record-Breaking Regular Season With three victories in three of their final four games last week, the South Carolina Stingrays completed the 2017-18 season as the winningest team in franchise history with an overall record of 4816-7-1. The team also broke several other ECHL records, becoming the best defensive team in the history of the league. South Carolina had the least goals allowed in a regular season (153), the lowest team goals-against average (2.13) and the fewest power play goals allowed (27). In addition, goaltender Parker Milner’s league-best 1.86 goals-against average ranks fourth-best in ECHL history. Career Years The Stingrays had a total of eight skaters who set new career-highs in scoring with South Carolina during the 2017-18 regular season. Led by Kelly Zajac, who finished with a team-leading 56 points in 60 games while also recording a career-best 20 goals, the Rays also got impressive performances from captain Joe Devin (51 points), forwards Tim McGauley (36 points) and Dylan Margonari (31 points), as well as defensemen Paul Geiger (35 points), Joey Leach (26 points), Danny Federico (15 points) and Tommy Hughes (10 points). Amateur Signings Providing a Boost During the second half of the season the Stingrays signed a total of 12 players who began their year playing in amateur leagues. Five of those additions have been chosen for the team’s postseason roster after performing well down the stretch. The selections included forwards Tad Kozun, Jake Kamrass and Jonathan Charbonneau who have played a big role up front, as well as defensemen J.C. Brassard and Evan Fiala who showed their versatility on the back end. Geiger Nets Late Winner In Regular Season Finale Paul Geiger’s goal with 1:25 to play in the third period broke a deadlock and gave the South Carolina Stingrays a franchise record 48 wins with a 2-1 victory over the Orlando Solar Bears in a playoff preview to close the 2017-18 regular season on Saturday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. Jonathan Charbonneau also scored in the first period for South Carolina, while goaltender Jeff Jakaitis saved 28 Orlando shots to pick up his 18th win of the season. Jakaitis finishes the campaign with a 2.13 goals against average that is third-best in the ECHL along with a 0.922 save percentage.
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................. 1,007-577-66-131 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
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