The Checkers faced a grueling stretch of games on home ice over the last week, seeing an up-and-down slate of results.
Week in Review
Team Statistics
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Overall record
19-15-2-0
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Home record
10-8-2-0
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Road record
9-7-0-0
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Last week's record
2-2-0-0
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Last 10 games
6-4-0-0
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Division Standings
5th
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Conference Standings
9th
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League Standings
16th
Checkers 2, Springfield 4
After a back-and-forth battle left the Checkers with a 2-1 advantage early in the third period, the Thunderbirds came roaring back with three unanswered tallies to hand Charlotte a tough defeat on home ice.
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Checkers 4, Springfield 2
It was the Checkers who rattled off a string of goals in the rematch against Springfield, erasing an early deficit with four unanswered tallies to avenge themselves with a 4-2 victory.
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Checkers 4, Phantoms 1
The Charlotte offense kept rolling in Saturday’s tilt against the Phantoms, racking up four goals in the third period alone to claim a lopsided 4-1 win as North Carolina native Billy Christopoulos made 28 saves to earn his second straight victory.
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Checkers 2, Phantoms 5
Despite jumping out to a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes of play, the Checkers ran out of gas in their home-stand finale against the Phantoms, as the visitors piled on four straight goals from there to sink the Checkers 5-2.
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Three Stars Of The Week
3rd Star
Chase Priskie
0g, 3a
2nd Star
Billy Christopoulos
2-1-0, 2.36 GAA, .922 SV%
1st Star
Max McCormick
2g, 3a
NOTABLES
WELCOME BACK MAX
Max McCormick rejoined the Checkers earlier this week after his most recent NHL stint and immediately made a positive impact. The forward put up five points (2g, 3a) over the last three games, running his current AHL point streak to four games. McCormick has been a near point-per-game player while wearing a Charlotte sweater this season, standing with 15 points (8g, 7a) in 18 games.
BILLY'S BIG WEEK
After signing a PTO with the Checkers, North Carolina native Billy Christopoulos became the second Charlotte goalie this season to start three consecutive games, and joins Joey Daccord as the only Charlotte netminders to earn wins in back-to-back games.
SHORTHANDED SUCCESS
The Checkers have racked up three shorthanded goals over their last three games. Two came in Thursday’s win over Springfield, marking the second time this season that the Checkers have scored two shorthanded goals in a single game. Charlotte is currently tied for the league lead with eight shorthanded goals this season.
THE CAPTAIN COMES UP BIG
Zac Dalpe continues to fill up the net, claiming the team goals lead with 13 markers thus far this season. The veteran forward has logged seven goals over the last 10 games - including two two-goal efforts in the last six contests - and is tied for sixth in the AHL with six power-play tallies.
AVOIDING THE SKID
The Checkers have remained above the .500 mark since the start of January, going 11-6-0-0 over that stretch. Earlier in the home stand they dropped back-to-back games for the fourth time this season and the first time since Nov. 27 and 28, but the Checkers have not registered more than two regulation losses in a row at all this season.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
The Cardiac Checkers strike again with a huge third period to beat the Phantoms on Saturday!
RANKS
- Cole Schwindt is tied for fourth in the AHL and leads all rookies in plus-minus (+16)
- Kole Lind is tied for sixth in the AHL in penalty minutes (68)
- Zac Dalpe is tied for sixth in the AHL in power-play goals (6)
- Max McCormick is tied for eighth in the AHL in game-winning goals (3)
- Logan Hutsko is tied for 10th among AHL rookies in points (23)
- Logan Hutsko ranks ninth among AHL rookies in scoring (22)
- Joey Daccord ranks fifth in the AHL in both goals-against average (2.18) and save percentage (.925)
INJURIES
- Henry Bowlby - Out since 1/23
- Ryan Lohin - Out since 1/22
- Luke Henamn - Out sicne 1/18
- Grigori Denisenko - Out since 1/15
- Gustav Olofsson - Out since 1/12
- Max Gildon - Out since 12/19
- Chris Gibson - Out since 12/3
- John Ludvig - Out since 11/12
Transactions
Incoming
- Jan. 22 - Evan Fitzpatrick - Assigned from Florida (NHL)
- Jan. 21 - Alexander True - Assigned from Seattle (NHL)
- Jan. 19 - Billy Christopoulos - Signed to PTO
- Jan. 18 - Max McCormick - Assigned from Seattle (NHL)
- Jan. 18 - Spencer Asuchak - Signed to PTO
Outgoing
- Jan. 22 - Angus Redmond - Released from PTO
- Jan. 22 - Chase Priskie - Recalled by Florida (NHL)
- Jan. 19 - Matt Kiersted - Recalled by Florida (NHL)
- Jan. 19 - Devan Dubnyk - Released from PTO
- Jan. 18 - Joey Daccord - Recalled by Seattle (NHL)
- Jan. 18 - Owen Tippett - Recalled by Florida (NHL)
- Jan. 18 - Aleksi Heponiemi - Recalled by Florida (NHL)
Coming Up
By the Numbers
CATEGORY |
RECORD |
AHL RANK |
Power play |
20.3% |
t-9th |
Penalty kill |
81.7% |
t-12th |
Goals per game |
3.39 |
t-5th |
Shots per game |
28.83 |
20th |
Goals allowed per game |
3.00 |
13th |
Shots allowed per game |
28.75 |
10th |
Penalty minutes per game |
10.86 |
28th |
LEADERS
CATEGORY |
LEADER(S) |
Points |
Logan Hutsko (23), Kole Lind (22), Cole Schwindt (21) |
Goals |
Zac Dalpe (13), Kole Lind, Scott Wilson (11) |
Assists |
Logan Hutsko (16), Chase Priskie (14), Connor Carrick (13) |
Power play goals |
Zac Dalpe (6), Kole Lind (5), Three tied (3) |
Shorthanded goals |
Cole Schwindt (2), Six tied (1) |
Game-winning goals |
Max McCormick, Grigori Denisenko (3), Scott Wilson, Carson Twarynski (2) |
Shots on goal |
Zac Dalpe (97), Connor Carrick (80), Scott Wilson (70) |
Penalty minutes |
Kole Lind (68), Connor Carrick (39), Max McCormick (26) |
Plus/minus |
Cole Schwindt (+16), Lucas Carlsson, Chase Priskie (+9) |
Wins |
Joey Daccord (8) |
Goals-against average |
Joey Daccord (2.18) |
Save percentage |
Joey Daccord (.925) |