ECHL Charlotte Checkers

Checkers 5-1-1 under new Head Coach Derek Wilkinson

Published on February 11, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL)
Charlotte Checkers News Release


(Charlotte, NC - Wednesday, February 11) - The Checkers continue to let the rest of the ECHL's Southern Division that they are in the hunt for a playoff berth for the long haul. The Checkers won three of four games last week to help them close in on the leaders in the Southern Division. As of today, the Checkers trail fourth place South Carolina by only two points, and are just three points behind third place Florida and five points behind second place Greensboro. The top four teams in the Southern Division make the playoffs.

OVERALL 24-19-6 = 54 POINTS
HOME 10-9-4 = 24 POINTS
ROAD 14-10-2 = 30 POINTS
STREAK 2-0-0
LAST 10 6-3-1
STANDINGS FIFTH PLACE IN THE SOUTHERN DIVISION OF THE EASTERN CONFERENCE

THIS WEEK:

Fri., Feb 13 @ South Carolina 7:30 .p.m.
INTERNET - www.gocheckers.com
TELEPHONE - TEAMLINE (800) 847-4600, Code # 2820

Sat., Feb 14 (H) South Carolina (H) 7:30 p.m. NO BROADCAST

Sun., Feb 15 (H) Roanoke (H)3:00 p.m. NO BROADCAST

FRIDAY'S & SATURDAY'S PREVIEW: The Checkers will close out the seven-game season series with the Stingrays with two games this week, one away and one at home. Charlotte snapped a three-game losing steak in the series in their last game against the Rays on Tuesday, February 3, with a 6-1 win at Cricket Arena. The Stingrays are all alone in fourth place in the Southern Division with a record of 27-16-2. The Rays have multiple games in hand on every other team in the division. South Carolina is 6-3-1 in their last ten games and is 14-9-0 at home and 13-7-2 on the road. Offensively the team is ranked 19th averaging 2.89 goals per game. The Rays power play is ranked 11th in the league at 18.5%.

2003-04 VS. SOUTH CAROLINA - SEVEN-GAME SEASON SERIES
OVERALL - 2-3-0
HOME - 1-2-0 (1-4 loss on Nov 28) (1-3 loss Jan 27) (6-1 win on Feb 3)
AWAY - 1-1-0 (3-2 win on Nov 8) (1-2 loss on Dec 16)
LIFETIME VS. SOUTH CAROLINA: 30-33-7

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SUNDAY'S PREVIEW: The Checkers will close out their three-game week Sunday afternoon against Roanoke at Cricket Arena. In the last meeting the Checkers shut out the Express 3-0 last Saturday night at home. The Express is currently in the midst of its longest road trip of the season. The 10-game trip began on January 28 and concludes on February 15. Roanoke is 1-3-3 on the road trip so far. The Express enters this week ranked 14th on the power play (17.1%) and ranked 15th on the penalty kill (83.7%). Today Roanoke traded defenseman Tim OConnell to the Florida Everblades for forward Carl Mallette and defenseman Kevin Holdridge.

2003-04 VS. ROANOKE - SIX-GAME SEASON SERIES OVERALL - 1-2-0
HOME - 0-0-0 (3-0 win on Feb 7)
AWAY - 0-1-0 (0-2 Loss on Nov 2) (1-2 loss On Dec 26)
LIFETIME VS. ROANOKE: 32-33-9

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CHECKERS RECENT MOVES AND TRANSACTIONS:

Fri Jan 30 Hartford recalled right wing Brandon Cullen
Fri Jan 30 Hartford recalled center Ryan Cuthbert
Fri. Jan 30 Checkers signed right wing Mike Hartman
Thur. Feb 5 Hartford assigned right wing Brandon Cullen to Charlotte
Thur. Feb 5 Hartford assigned center Ryan Cuthbert to Charlotte
Thur. Feb 5 Hartford assigned defenseman Jeff State to Charlotte
Thur. Feb 5 Hartford assigned left wing Lucas Lawson to Charlotte
Thur. Feb 5 Hartford recalled LW/D Steve MacIntyre and assigned him to Jacksonville (WHA2)
Thur. Feb 5 Charlotte traded center Daisuke Obara to Augusta for future considerations

NEWS AND NOTES:

• Checkers went 3-1-0 last week.

• The Checkers are 5-1-1 under new Head Coach Derek Wilkinson since he took over Jan 29

• Charlotte is 6-3-1 in its last 10 games.

• Rookie right Mike Wirll had his ECHL-leading six-game goal scoring streak (eight goals) snapped in Sunday afternoon's 4-1 win over Augusta. Wirll does have a seven-game point scoring streak alive 7g, 3a = 10 pts in that span.

• Center Richard Keyes has a six-game point streak alive going 4g, 9a, = 14 points in that span.

• Goalie Scott Meyer has won his last four starts with a 1.00GAA and a .963 save percentage.

• Charlotte is in fifth place in the ECHL's Southern Division of the Eastern Conference, just two points behind fourth place South Carolina for the fourth and final playoff spot in the division. The Checkers are only three points behind second place Greensboro and Florida.

• The Checkers are 25th on the power play at 14.9% while 5th on the penalty kill at 87.0%.

TEAM LEADERS:

POINTS ALLAN EGELAND (35)
GOALS ALLAN EGELAND, DUSTY JAMIESON , DOUG CHRISTIANSEN (13)
ASSISTS ALLAN EGELAND (22)
PLUS / MINUS DAVE INMAN (+14)
PENALTY MINUTES STEVE MACINTYRE (153)

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS:

Tuesday, February 3 South Carolina (H) W 3-0
Thursday, February 5 @ Gwinnett L 4-5
Saturday, February 7 Roanoke (H) W 3-0
Sunday, February 8 Augusta (H) W 4-1

Checkers went 3-1-0 last week.

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UPCOMING PROMOTIONS:

Sun., Feb. 15th 3:00 p.m. vs. Roanoke Exchange Day
Opportunity to take your unused Season Tickets to exchange them for a free ticket and bring your friends along for a fun night out!

Tues., Feb. 17 - 7:00 p.m. vs. Greenville Two-for-Tuesday
Every Tuesday will have a different 2-for-1 special deal. This Tuesday: SELECT CHECKERS MERCHANDISE is 2-for-1!

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TICKET INFO: All individual game tickets are on sale and may be purchased at the Cricket Arena Box Office, the Charlotte Coliseum Box Office, and all Ticketmaster locations. Tickets may also be purchased by phone by using a credit card and calling Ticketmaster at (704) 522-6500, and through the Internet at www.ticketmaster.com.

Individual game tickets for the 2003-04 season are priced at $7.00 for balcony seats, $10.00 for end mezzanine seats, $12.00 for side mezzanine seats, $15.00 for circle seats, and $20.00 for box seats.

Season Tickets, mini plans and group tickets remain on sale through the Checkers office. Further information can be obtained by calling the Checkers office at (704) 342-4423.

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