Checkers Drop Two Close Ones
Published on October 11, 2003 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Charlotte Checkers News Release
Greenville, SC - Saturday, October 11, 2003) - The Charlotte Checkers were competitive but dropped a pair of one-goal decisions in their two 4 v. 4 scrimmages on "Hockey Day" Saturday at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville. In the opener, the Checkers lost 4-3 to the Greenville Grrrowl and fell in their second scrimmage of the day to the Greensboro Generals 3-2. "We didn't get off to a particularly fast start in either scrimmage", remarked Checkers Head Coach Don MacAdam. "We played well at times but I'm still looking for more consistency. Allan Egeland has a had a strong preseason start and has been our best player shift in and shift out." The Checkers will continue their preseason schedule Monday night at Cricket Arena when they'll host the Columbia Inferno at 7:00 p.m.
In the opener Saturday, the Grrrowl jumped out to a 3-0 lead on goals by Scott Kirton, Jason Jozsa and Ryan Hughes. Charlotte bounced back with two straight goals by Egeland and Dusty Jamieson to cut the Grrrowl lead to 3-2 after two periods. Chris Lynch made it 4-2 Greenville midway through the third period before Charlotte's Marc St. Jean scored to cut the Grrrowl lead again to one goal. Charlotte pulled goaltender David St.Germain for an extra attacker in the final 1:04 but was unable to get the equalizer. St, Germain finished the scrimmage with 15 saves. The Checkers outshot Greenville 29-19.
In the second scrimmage against the Generals, Greensboro took a 1-0 first period lead on a power-play goal by Mike Bayrack. The Checkers tied the score in the second period on an Egeland goal, and assumed their first lead of the game early in the third period on a Jeff State tally. However, midway through the third period Bayrack scored again for the Generals to tie the match at 2-2. David Delmonte's power-play goal with five minutes left in the game proved to be the game winner for Greensboro. Three goalies played the second scrimmage for the Checkers, with St. Germain playing the first period, Chris Winner the second and Geoff Derouin the third. Charlotte outshot the Generals 34-28, and which included holding Greensboro to zero shots in the second period.
In one full preseason game and two scrimmages, Egeland leads the Checkers in scoring with three goals and three assists for six points, scoring a goal and assist in each game.
NEXT PRESEASON GAME: All tickets for the Checkers / Columbia Inferno home preseason game at Cricket Arena on Monday, October 13 at 7:00 p.m. are reserved and priced at $5.00. Checkers full season ticket holders will receive their tickets for free. Parking for the preseason game at Cricket Arena will be FREE for ALL fans on October 13.
TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE
DAY DATE TIME LOCATION
Sunday October 12 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Cricket Arena
Monday October 13 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Cricket Arena
*** Times subject to change
CHECKERS TICKETS: All regular season individual game tickets and preseason game tickets are on sale. Tickets 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) 922-6500, 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. Season tickets start as low as $245.00. Further information can be obtained by calling the Checkers office at (704) 342-4423.
The Checkers will begin their 11th season in the ECHL with the regular season and home opener Saturday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. hosting the Gwinnett (GA) Gladiators at Cricket Arena.
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