Cooper Black made 35 saves, but the Charlotte Checkers (28-17-3-0) fell 4-0 to the Syracuse Crunch (30-16-3-1) on Friday night at Upstate Medical University Arena.
Fresh off a snow-covered series against Providence to start the month of February, Mikulas Hovorka was in the midst of preparing for another weekend of patrolling the Charlotte blue line when he got the call that every player dreams of.
Jack Studnicka scored the lone goal in the shootout as the Charlotte Checkers (27-16-3-0) edged the Rochester Americans (24-17-4-3) by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday night at Blue Cross Arena.
It was an eventful weekend for the Checkers, as they navigated a tough loss and a rain postponement but bounced back in a big way to close out their February home stand.
