Apr 25, 2018 - 104 points, while Orlando was third-best in the South with 33 wins and 75 points. SC won .... is the firs
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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
7:05 p.m. 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
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 1: Thursday, April 12 • 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 Open South Division Semifinals vs. Orlando Thursday The South Carolina Stingrays and Orlando Solar Bears will open the 2018 ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs as the first series to get underway on Thursday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. The matchup is part of the first ever playoff series between the two South Division clubs that comes in Orlando’s sixth ECHL season. Stingrays and Solar Bears just saw each other at the end of the regular season on Saturday night, a 2-1 win with a late game-winner from defenseman Paul Geiger with less than two minutes to play. South Carolina finished second in the division 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.
Leaders Against Orlando Kelly Zajac leads the team against Orlando this season with eight points on four goals and four assists. Steven Whitney has 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 Shots On Net and Jake Kamrass are next on the list of active Rays with five points each. Goaltender Parker Milner is 5-0-0 in his five appearances against Orlando Joe Devin, 189 Steven Whitney, 165 this year with a 1.16 GAA and a 0.955 save percentage, while Jeff Jakaitis Dylan Margonari, 127 has also opposed the Solar Bears five times this season and has a 2.03 Kelly Zajac, 125 goals against average with a save percentage at 0.916. Nick Roberto, 111 Kelly Zajac, 14 Steven Whitney, 10 Frankie Simonelli, 9 Paul Geiger, 8 Dylan Margonari, 7
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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. Zajac Keeps Producing Forward Kelly Zajac continued his point streak on Friday night in Greenville with another power play assist on a goal by defenseman J.C. Brassard. Thursday, Zajac also assisted on Andrew DeBrincat’s first pro goal in the second period. Zajac led the team in scoring during the regular season with 55 points on 20 goals and 35 assists. He ended the campaign on a seven-game point streak, his highest run of the season, and totaled a goal and 10 assists for 11 points. The Winnipeg, Man. native also led the team with eight power play goals. Zajac’s 55 point surpassed his scoring total from the 2016-17 year and is a new career-high during his sixth professional year. 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 put together a record of 38-4-2 when they’ve scored three goals or more in a contest. 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 122-111 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 Stingrays Announce 2018 Kelly Cup Playoff Roster The Stingrays announced their 2018 Kelly Cup Playoff Roster, which consists of 23 players, including 10 forwards, seven defensemen, two goaltenders, two players on reserve and two players on the Playoff Eligible List. In order to meet the playoff roster qualifications, the Stingrays made multiple roster transactions at the end of the ECHL’s regular season. Forward Tim McGauley was re-assigned to South Carolina from Hershey by the Capitals. McGauley has been with the Bears since Feb. 28, playing in 14 games while assisting on three goals. Skaters Taylor Cammarata, Travis Walsh and Trevor Gillies were not included on the roster due to injury concerns. Trevor Olson and Andrew DeBrincat were released from their standard professional contracts. ECHL Playoff Rosters consist of a maximum of 23 Players – a 20-man active roster and a three-man reserve list. 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 both played a big role up front, as well as defensemen J.C. Brassard and Evan Fiala who have 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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