Checkers Soar In First-Ever Meeting With Eagles

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Written by Nicholas Niedzielski
The Checkers took care of business in their first visit to Colorado, doubling up the Eagles 6-3 on Tuesday night.

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The first-ever meeting between the two clubs was a back-and-forth battle to start, with Charlotte’s special teams converting a power-play and shorthanded goal only to have the Eagles even the score late in the second period.

Gracyn Sawchyn would reclaim the visitor’s lead before that buzzer sounded, though - picking an Eagles skater’s pocket in the defensive zone and carrying it all the way down the ice before flinging a backhander that just snuck across the goal line.

With their lead back intact, the Checkers received some insurance in the final frame. Robert Mastrosimone lit the lamp less than two minutes in to extend Charlotte’s advantage and - despite the Eagles tacking on one more tally down the stretch - the Checkers found the vacated net on two occasions to balloon their lead to the 6-3 final score.

NOTES

This was Charlotte’s first game against the Eagles and the first time in franchise history that the Eagles have hosted an Eastern Conference opponent … The Checkers have won five of their last six games … Tyler Muszelik earned his first AHL win … This was the first time since Oct. 10 that the Checkers have allowed more than two goals in a game … The Checkers scored a power-play goal, a shorthanded goal, an even strength goal and an empty-net goal … Devine has points in four straight games and his six goals are tied for sixth in the AHL overall … Johnny Beecher, Nate Bastian, Karsen Dorwart, MacKenzie Entwistle, Mitch Vande Sompel, Mikulas Hovorka and Tobias Bjornfot were the scratches for Charlotte