Check Out "Hockey In Charlotte"

February 14, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL)
Charlotte Checkers News Release

The history of professional hockey in Charlotte, including the Checkers of the ECHL, has been chronicled by Jim Mancuso with assistance from ECHL Commissioner Emeritus Patrick Kelly in the newly-released "Hockey in Charlotte".

Considered by many to be the birthplace of professional hockey in the South, Charlotte is also one of the most successful hockey towns in the South with six playoff championships, including 1996 when the Checkers won the ECHL title.

Featuring more than 200 rare photographs from Kelly's personal collection and the Hockey Hall of Fame, "Hockey in Charlotte" is available online at Arcadia Publishing..

ECHL Stories from February 14, 2006

• Ice Dogs drop Roadrunners 3-1 - Phoenix RoadRunners
• Lynx win Valentine's Day thriller over Gwinnett - Augusta Lynx
• Utah Grizzlies acquire all-star defenseman - Utah Grizzlies
• Checkers survive late charge by Ice Pilots - Charlotte Checkers
• Gladiators fall to Lynx, 6-5 - Atlanta Gladiators
• Everblades three-game winning streak snapped, fall 5-2 to Greenville - Florida Everblades
• Bombers lose a tight one 3-2 - Dayton Bombers
• Mather named In Glas Co ECHL Player of the Week - Fresno Falcons
• Basiuk to Utah via Columbia - Bakersfield Condors
• Team USA Olympic Jerseys this Friday, Dora The Explorer on Saturday - Bakersfield Condors
• Bertoli runner-up for ECHL player of the week - Trenton Devils
• Beckford-Tseu named Reebok Hockey ECHL Saver of the Week - Alaska Aces
• ECHL Transactions - ECHL
• Falcons' Mather Named In Glas Co ECHL Player Of The Week - ECHL
• Aces' Beckford-Tseu Named Rbk Hockey ECHL Goaltender Of The Week - ECHL
• Wheeling's Patrick Suspended Three Games, Fined - ECHL
• Ice Dogs Weekly - Long Beach Ice Dogs
• Leading Scorer Returns to Nailers - Wheeling Nailers
• Eight Olympians Former Utah Grizzlies - Utah Grizzlies
• 'Blades see roster shake up before Greenville series - Florida Everblades
• Konsorada and Szwez return - Dayton Bombers
• Milam and Eberly return to Gwinnett from AHL - Atlanta Gladiators
• ECHL's Kelly Co-Authors "Hockey In Charlotte" - ECHL
• Daigneault Heads to Hershey - South Carolina Stingrays
• Check Out "Hockey In Charlotte" - Charlotte Checkers
• ECHL Today - ECHL

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