ECHL Charlotte Checkers

Checkers drop two on the road

February 27, 2006 - ECHL (ECHL)
Charlotte Checkers News Release


CHARLOTTE, NC - The Charlotte Checkers lost two games on the road last week. One bright spot for the Checkers was the play of rookie center Bruce Graham who scored three goals. The Checkers will wrap up a three game road trip on Saturday at Florida in their only game of the week. The Checkers will return home on Friday, March 10th.

LAST WEEK

0-2-0, 0 pts

Friday, February 24, 2006 @ Greenville, L, 2-5 The Greenville Grrrowl jumped on the Checkers with four first-period goals and skated away with 5-2 victory Friday night at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville. The Grrrowl got two goals from Brock Rudunske, and single goals from Brad Bonello, Tim Sestito, and John Snowden. Greenville goalie Cam Ellsworth turned aside 20 Charlotte shots to earn his 11th win of the season. Checkers goalie Jeff Glass deserved a better fate, taking the loss with 24 saves. A deflection, a power-play goal and little support from his teammates blurred what really was an excellent performance by the rookie goalie. Charlotte got its two goals from Mike Bayrack and Bruce Graham.

Sunday, February 26, 2006 @ South Carolina, L, 2-3 The Charlotte Checkers had beaten the South Carolina Stingrays eight consecutive times this season. Sunday afternoon the Stingrays finally broke the string and notched their first win over Charlotte in 2005-06 with a 3-2 victory at the North Charleston Coliseum. Matt Reid's goal with just three minutes to go in the game proved to be the game winner for South Carolina, as the Stingrays are now 1-8 versus the Checkers in the 11-game season series. The win allowed South Carolina to capture five of a possible six points in their three games in three days weekend. Stingray's goalie Davis Parley made 26 saves in earning the win.

GAMES THIS WEEK Saturday, March 4, 2006 @ Florida, 7:30 pm ET

PRACTICES THIS WEEK

Monday: 11:45 am - 1:15 pm at Pineville Ice House

Tuesday: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm at Pineville Ice House

Wednesday: 8:15 - 9:45 am at Pineville Ice House

Thursday: 12:00 - 1:30 pm at Pineville Ice House

*Friday: 10:30 - 11:30 am in Fort Meyers

*Practice in Fort Meyers

CHECKERS NEWS

- Steve MacIntyre is 5th in the league in penalty minutes with 211.

- Dusty Jamieson is tied for first in the league with 7 shorthanded points.

- Charlotte is 3rd in the league in attendance with an average of 5,839.

- Rory Rawlyk is tied for 2nd in the league in power play goals by a defenseman with 8.

- The Checkers lead the league in shorthanded goals with 17.

CHECKERS LEADERS

Goals: Jamieson, Dusty (26)

Assists: Jamieson, Dusty (28)

Points: Jamieson, Dusty (54)

Plus/Minus: Gillies, Nathan (+11)

PIM: MacIntyre, Steve (211)

Wins: Glass, Jeff (14)

GAA: Glass, Jeff (3.19)

Save Pct.: Glass, Jeff (0.905)

CHECKERS BROADCAST INFO

Tune into all Charlotte Checkers away games as they broadcast on TEAMLINE. Fans can click the TEAMLINE logo on the Checkers website, www.gocheckers.com, or listen on the phone at 800-846-4700, code 2820. Fans can also watch several games this season on the B2 Network. Click the B2 Network logo on the Checkers website to view a list of available games as well as watch the game live. On the web or on the phone, listen as the voice of the Checkers, Tim Donelli, brings you all of the Checkers action.

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