Charlotte Checkers
Brotherly Love With Jared Staal
December 30th, 2013 In the world of professional sports bloodlines run deep. Influences can come from a variety of family members ranging from brothers to cousins. At the moment, there are a band of brothers in the National Hockey League that cannot be overlooked Eric, Marc, and Jordan Staal...
Hurricanes Renewed Faith In Zach Boychuk
December 3rd, 2013 Zach Boychuk is arguably one of the most talented forwards in the American Hockey League. The 24-year-old’s AHL resume proves it. He has over 247 regular season games in the AHL to his credit that span over six seasons all with the Hurricanes AHL affiliates, the Albany...
Could Checkers’ Ten-Game Homestand Make-or-Break Jeff Daniels?
November 30th, 2013 Lengthy homestands are a rarity in any sport, and especially so in hockey. But the Charlotte Checkers have been gifted another scheduling oddity, and will play their next ten games at Time Warner Cable Arena. In hockey, home teams can count on winning around 56 percent...
Admirals Crown Checkers 5-2
November 29th, 2013 After securing three points last weekend against the Portland Pirates, the Norfolk Admirals continued their five game home stand against the Charlotte Checkers, the top affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes. Norfolk currently ranks third in the East Division while...
Hershey Bears Notebook: Sunbelt Sweep
November 15th, 2013 The Hershey Bears (5-4-2-2) began a successful three game road swing this week, winning two games in Charlotte on Wednesday and Thursday. They outscored the Checkers (5-8-0-1) 13-4 in the two contests, with those goals accounting for 30.2% (13/43) of their total goals...
Sutter Clears Waivers; Charlotte Checkers Captain Back
November 4th, 2013 Like their parent club, the Charlotte Checkers have been stuck in neutral for most of the year. Though they’re a respectable 5-4-1 on the year, their current 83-point pace would have seen them miss the playoffs a season ago. Because of injuries in Carolina, the...
Charlotte Checkers Finally Ready to Return to Action
October 15th, 2013 Remember the Charlotte Checkers? Yep, they are still playing hockey, though it may not feel like it lately. Saturday marks their third game of the season -- the home opener against the Iowa Wild -- and two weeks since they last played an AHL game. On the same day,...
Manny Malhotra’s Journey Back to NHL Begins in Charlotte
October 3rd, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzevlV1Y-7Y No stranger to beating the odds, Manny Malhotra again has everyone doubting him. After sustaining a serious eye injury during a March 2011 matchup and undergoing multiple surgeries, he was told many times that his career could...
Hurricanes’ Inability to Develop Players Proving Costly
September 30th, 2013 With the Carolina Hurricanes’ trade of Zac Dalpe and Jeremy Welsh to the Vancouver Canucks over the weekend, it was another admission of failure on the part general manager Jim Rutherford. Through multiple training camps and call-ups, Dalpe had yet to stick in Carolina....
Frederik Andersen the One That Got Away
September 28th, 2013 As the Charlotte Checkers dropped the puck on their 2013-14 preseason, a reminder of what could have been tended the net at the opposite end of the rink. Frederik Andersen was a seventh round pick by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, though he played...
AHL Season Preview: Charlotte Checkers
September 25th, 2013 2013-14 American Hockey League Season Previews CHARLOTTE CHECKERS Coaching Staff: Jeff Daniels, head coach; Geordie Kinnear, assistant coach Affiliates: Carolina Hurricanes (NHL), Florida Everblades (ECHL) 2012-2013 RECAP Record: 42-26-4-4 (92...
Hurricanes Head to Traverse City, Talent in Tow
August 29th, 2013 The NHL offseason is finally nearing its end, and winter is coming. Next week, the Carolina Hurricanes will make their fourth appearance at the annual Traverse City Rookie Tournament, giving players their first taste of real hockey against a competing club and kicking off...
Charlotte Checkers: Five Games to Watch in 2013-14
August 22nd, 2013 For the third straight season, the Charlotte Checkers will be playing in the AHL’s Western Conference. They’ve played in divisions labeled for almost every geographical direction: From East to Midwest to South to West, despite being just three hours from the Atlantic...
