The Checkers are proud to announce that Ben Steeves has been named the team’s winner of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year award for his outstanding contributions to the Charlotte community during the 2025-26 season.
The Checkers split their penultimate regular-season series over the weekend, earning lopsided revenge on the Hershey Bears courtesy of a historic performance from Sandis Vilmanis.
The Checkers returned home with a tightly contested battle against Hershey Saturday afternoon, but couldn’t quite muster up a rally before time expired on a 2-1 defeat.
