The Checkers played a staggering four games this week, splitting a pair of weekday matchups with San Jose before sweeping the Iowa Wild over the weekend. They have now won four of their last five contests, making this their best stretch of the season so far.
The Checkers split their weekend trip to the Lone Star state, stumbling against the Stars to run their losing streak to three before getting things back on track with a thrilling, come from behind victory over the Rampage.
Anyone watching the Checkers practice this week would have noticed an extra coach on the ice working with the goalies, and specifically spending lots of time talking to rookie netminder Rasmus Tirronen. That would be David Marcoux, the Hurricanes’ goaltending coach, who periodically travels to Charlotte to give the goalies one-on-one attention.
