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Charlotte Checkers
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City Charlotte, North Carolina
League ECHL
Conference American Conference
Division South Division
Founded 1960
Home arena Time Warner Cable Arena
Colors Powder blue, navy blue, red, white
                   
Owner(s) Michael Kahn
General manager Derek Wilkinson
Head coach Derek Wilkinson
Affiliates New York Rangers (NHL), Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) Colorado Avalanche (NHL), Lake Erie Monsters (AHL)
Franchise history
1993 to Present Charlotte Checkers
Championships
Regular season titles none
Division Championships none
Conference Championships none
Kelly Cups 1995–96

The Charlotte Checkers are an American ice hockey team in Charlotte, North Carolina, playing in the ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League).

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Franchise history

Charlotte, N.C., is recognized as the first southern city to embrace minor-league hockey, but it did so quite by accident. On Jan. 23, 1956, Carlin's Iceland in Balitmore burned down forcing the Eastern Hockey League's Baltimore Clippers to move to Charlotte.[1] The team played six games in the Charlotte Coliseum (now Bojangles' Coliseum) during the balance of the season, drawing 10,363 fans who sang Dixie before the first game against the New Haven Blades. The team decide to officially move to Charlotte for the 1956-57 season, adopting the Checkers nickname in 1960.

As the Clippers, the team won the EHL's Atlantic City Boardwalk Trophy in 1956-57 and back-to-back Walker Cup regular season titles the first two seasons in Charlotte. [2] The Checkers would win the EHL title again in the 1970-71 and 1971-72 seasons, before leaving that league to be part of the formation of the Southern Hockey League in 1973, along with the Macon Whoopees, Greensboro Generals, Roanoke Valley Rebels, Suncoast Suns and Winston-Salem Polar Twins. Charlotte would win SHL titles in 1974-75 and 1975-76 before that league's demise in 1977.

Following a 17-year hiatus from hockey, Charlotte welcomed the Checkers back in 1993. Since their return, the Checkers have made the playoffs nine times, including winning the ECHL Championship in 1996.[3]

The current Checkers franchise was founded in 1993 and played from then until 2005 in Bojangles' Coliseum. In 2005, they moved to Charlotte Bobcats Arena. The team set their all time attendance record of 12,398 on February 21, 2009 in a 5-2 win against the Florida Everblades. Their previous record was 11,237 in a loss against the Texas Wildcatters in February of 2007.

Season-by-season record

Records as of 2007-08 season.[4]

Season League Division GP W L T OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA PIM Coach(es) Result
1993–94 ECHL East 68 39 25 4 1 3 82 0.574 281 271 1519 John Marks Lost in round 1
1994–95 ECHL East 68 37 22 9 4 5 83 0.544 274 261 1949 John Marks Lost in round 1
1995–96 ECHL East 70 45 21 4 - 4 94 0.643 294 250 2251 John Marks Won Championship
1996–97 ECHL East 70 35 28 7 - 7 77 0.550 271 267 1799 John Marks Lost in round 1
1997–98 ECHL Southeast 70 35 24 11 - 11 81 0.579 251 237 1662 John Marks Lost in round 2
1998–99 ECHL Southeast 70 29 30 11 - 11 69 0.493 221 262 1264 Shawn Wheeler

Out of Playoffs
1999–00 ECHL Northeast 70 25 38 7 - 7 54 0.357 186 254 1680 Shawn Wheeler
Don MacAdam		 Out of Playoffs
2000–01 ECHL Northeast 72 34 26 12 6 6 80 0.556 247 252 1416 Don MacAdam Lost in round 2
2001–02 ECHL Northeast 72 41 20 11 3 8 93 0.646 256 207 1599 Don MacAdam Lost in round 2
2002–03 ECHL Northeast 72 41 28 3 3 0 85 0.590 262 234 1735 Don MacAdam Out of Playoffs
2003–04 ECHL Southern 72 31 32 9 4 5 71 0.493 206 230 1460 Don MacAdam
Derek Wilkinson		 Out of Playoffs
2004–05 ECHL East 72 39 26 7 2 5 85 0.590 226 219 1301 Derek Wilkinson Lost in round 3
2005–06 ECHL South 72 33 34 5 2 3 71 0.493 232 254 1634 Derek Wilkinson Lost in round 3
2006–07 ECHL South 72 42 27 3 1 2 87 0.604 252 220 1546 Derek Wilkinson Lost in round 2
2007–08 ECHL South 72 34 31 7 1 6 75 0.472 212 219 1276 Derek Wilkinson Lost in round 1
2008-09 ECHL South 71 34 29 8 2 6 76 0.535 217 224 1332 Derek Wilkinson Lost in round 1

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T* = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, PTS = Points, PCT = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes -T* Includes Overtime and Shootout Losses(Games tied at end of regulation went directly to shootout from 1995-2000)

Current roster

As of October 21, 2009.[5]

GOALTENDERS
# Player Catches Date of birth Place of birth
1 Canada Ryan Munce L April 16, 1985 Mississauga, ON, Canada
31 United States Billy Sauer L January 6, 1988 Rochester, NY, USA
DEFENSEMEN
# Player Shoots Date of birth Place of birth
2 United States Ethan Graham L August 1, 1982 Xenia, OH, USA
3 Canada Trevor Glass L January 22, 1988 Cochrane, AB, Canada
6 Canada Mike Berube L May 20, 1988 Edmonton, AB, Canada
15 Canada Julien Brouillette L December 5, 1986 St. Esprit, QC, Canada
26 Canada Steve Ward R February 13, 1986 Scarborough, ON, Canada
27 United States Jared Nightingale R October 3, 1982 Jackson, MI, USA
44 Canada T.J. Reynolds R March 26, 1981 Kitchener, ON, Canada
FORWARDS
# Player Position Shoots Date of birth Place of birth
7 United States Mike Taylor C L February 12, 1986 Maple Grove, MN, USA
9 Canada Derek Couture RW R April 24, 1984 Calgary, AB, Canada
11 Canada Michel Leveille C L April 3, 1981 Levis, QC, Canada
12 United States Andrew Carroll LW L May 7, 1985 Shoreview, MN, USA
14 Canada Jean-Philipp Chabot C L March 31, 1988 Quebec, QC, Canada
16 United States Kenny Roche LW L January 2, 1984 South Boston, MA, USA
17 Canada Chris Chappell LW L March 21, 1988 Pickering, ON, Canada
18 United States Matthew Ford RW R October 9, 1984 West Hills, CA, USA
19 United States Aaron Slattengren RW L December 28, 1981 Duluth, MN, USA
20 Canada Tyler Doig LW L February 15, 1986 Seaforth, ON, Canada
21 Canada Ryan Garlock C L April 24, 1986 Iroquios Falls, ON, Canada
24 United States Matt Schepke LW L January 3, 1985 Warren, MI, USA
Staff
Title STAFF MEMBER
Head Coach Derek Wilkinson
Assistant Coach Jason Dawe
Head Athletic Trainer Terri LaSalle
Head Equipment Manager Donny White
Assistant Equipment Manager Thomas Anderson

Team records

Single season

Goals: 48 Russia Sergei Berdnikov (1993-94)
Assists: 61 United States Matt Robbins (1994-95), Canada Scott King (2000-01), United States Kevin Hilton (2000-01)
Points: 101 Canada Scott King (2000-01)
Penalty Minutes: 352 Canada Eric Boulton (1996-97)
GAA: 2.43 United States Scott Meyer (2003-04)
SV%: .923 United States Scott Meyer (2003-04), United States Jeff Jakaitis (2008-09),
Wins: 32 Canada Nick Vitucci (1995-96)
Shutouts: 3 United States Scott Meyer(2003-04), United States Alex Westlund(2006-07)
  • Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender

Career

Career Goals: 174 United StatesDarryl Noren
Career Assists: 229 United States Darryl Noren
Career Points: 403 United States Darryl Noren
Career Penalty Minutes: 213 CanadaSteve MacIntyre

Notable players

Retired numbers

  • 4 - Kurt Seher

References

  1. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=eQALBnDckHUC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=Charlotte+Checkers+EHL&source=bl&ots=ul3ICSNIAZ&sig=Kv-rht6Y-89Wk2FZNz8v-L8TRaI&hl=en&ei=nohfSvCvLZDCNcO0gcAC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6
  2. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=eQALBnDckHUC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=Charlotte+Checkers+EHL&source=bl&ots=ul3ICSNIAZ&sig=Kv-rht6Y-89Wk2FZNz8v-L8TRaI&hl=en&ei=nohfSvCvLZDCNcO0gcAC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6
  3. ^ http://www.gocheckers.com/udp.php?id=121
  4. ^ "Season-by-season record". hockeydb.com. 2008-12-01. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_standings.php?tmi=5177. Retrieved 2008-12-01.  
  5. ^ [1]

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