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GAME RECAP: Checkers Run Win Streak to Record Seven Games

March 25, 2017 - American Hockey League (AHL) - Charlotte Checkers News Release


CHARLOTTE, NC - Facing one of the division's toughest opponents, the Checkers clawed their way to their seventh straight win, setting a new franchise record and furthering their playoff push. Thirty saves in regulation and two more in the shootout gave Tom McCollum his sixth consecutive win with the Checkers, while Kris Newbury added to his prestigious career with goal in regulation and another in the shootout to send Charlotte to their 23rd home victory of the year, a new franchise record.

The Wolves pushed hard out of the gates and broke the ice early on the first after a bouncing puck in front handcuffed netminder Tom McCollum. The Checkers responded in the middle frame, however, as Kris Newbury turned and wired a puck from the slot to the back of the net, evening the score through 40 minutes of play.

Charlotte kept that momentum rolling into the third period, pulling ahead one Bryan Bickell's first goal as a Checker, a quick wrister off the draw that was initially stopped by Wolves' netminder Jordan Binnington but proceeded to careen up and over him into the net. That lead wouldn't last, though, as the AHL's leading goal scorer Wade Megan redirecting a point shot in the waning moments of the third to send the game to overtime.

The Checkers created some chances during the first half of the extra frame, but a tripping call put them shorthanded for the remainder of the overtime. Fortunately for Charlotte, the penalty killers stepped up to the challenge, keeping the Wolves off the board and further extending the game into a shootout.

The shootout saw McCollum stand tall, turning aside two of the three attempts he faced, while a fancy Sergey Tolchinsky conversion put the game on the stick of Charlotte's third shooter, Newbury. The veteran forward ripped a wrister with no hesitation, beating Binnington and securing the Checkers a 3-2 victory.


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