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Checkers release 2004-05 schedule

May 25, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Charlotte Checkers News Release


Charlotte, NC – Tuesday, May 25, 2004: The Charlotte Checkers today release their 2004-05 season schedule. The announcement is made by Checkers President Jeff Longo and Head Coach / General Manager Derek Wilkinson. Once again, the 2004-05 season schedule features 72 games, 36 at home and 36 on the road. All Checkers home games will be played at Cricket Arena. This fall Charlotte will begin its' 12th season in the 30 team, coast-to-coast ECHL.

The Checkers home schedule features 23 home games on Friday and Saturday nights, two Sundays, five Tuesdays, five Wednesdays and one Thursday. Starting times for home games Monday through Saturday will be 7:00 p.m. The start times for the two Sunday home games have not yet been determined. The Checkers will play three road games to start the season before staging their home opener on Saturday, October 30 at 7:00 p.m. against the Columbia Inferno at Cricket Arena.

Checkers President Jeff Longo commented on Charlotte's 2004-05 schedule. "The ECHL did a good job of creating a competitive schedule. It's very balanced and gives us a chance to be competitive on and off the ice. The 23 Friday and Saturday home-game schedule will give our fans prime plenty of dates to come and see the Checkers play. The majority of those Friday and Saturday home games are after January 1 which is prime time to watch hockey. Our fans will also get to see three new teams this season, one (Texas) which they have never seen before and two (Pensacola and Mississippi) that have not been here in four seasons."

Charlotte will get a healthy dose of games with many of their traditional rivals in the Carolinas. They include eight games (4 home and 4 away) against the Greenville Grrrowl, Columbia Inferno, South Carolina Stingrays, Greensboro Generals and Pee Dee Pride. In addition, the Checkers will play regional rivals the Roanoke Express (7 games, 4 home, 3 away) and the Augusta Lynx (6 games, 3 home, 3 away).

The 2004-05 slate also features one new team that will visit Charlotte for the very first time, and two teams who haven't made a Cricket Arena appearance since the 1998-99 season. The Checkers will host the second-year Wildcatters on Wednesday, November 11 and Saturday, January 15. The Pensacola Ice Pilots and Mississippi Sea Wolves will also invade Cricket Arena this season for single contests on Tuesday, March 8 and Saturday, February 19. The Checkers will also play three games against Kelly Cup Finalist and Eastern Division Champion Florida, including a home game against the Everblades on Sunday, March 20.

Charlotte will also make its' first journey to the Southwest since the 1998-99 season with two road trips. Games down south include contests with the Louisiana IceGators (Lafayette), Mississippi Sea Wolves (Biloxi), Pensacola Ice Pilots and Texas Wildcatters (Beaumont).

Checkers Head Coach / General Manager Derek Wilkinson also offered his take on the 2004-05 slate. "I'm pleased that we are playing the majority of our games against teams in the south which will likely be in our division. We have solid rivalries with all the teams in the Carolinas (Greenville, Columbia, Greensboro, Pee Dee, and South Carolina) as well as regional rivalries Augusta and Roanoke, and we play each of those teams quite a few times." The ECHL will have 30 teams in 17 states and British Columbia playing 1,080 games in 2004-05. The league, which added nine new markets in 2003-04, welcomes its first team in Canada in 2004-05 with the addition of Victoria, British Columbia. Beginning on October 22 and concluding on April 9, 2005, each of the teams will play a 72-game schedule comprised of 36 home and 36 road games.

The ECHL will open at a later date as a result of the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League, which are scheduled to open later because of the World Cup of Hockey. The Premier "AA" Hockey League, the ECHL had affiliation agreements with 21 of the 30 teams in the NHL and 21 of the 28 teams in the AHL in 2003-04.

Division and conference alignments and the format of the 2005 Kelly Cup Playoffs will be announced at a later date.

CHECKERS 2004-05 SEASON SCHEDULE


OCTOBER: (4 games, 1 home, 3 road)
Fri, Oct 22, 2004 Charlotte at Greenville
Sat, Oct 23, 2004 Charlotte at South Carolina
Fri, Oct 29, 2004 Charlotte at Columbia
Sat, Oct 30, 2004 Columbia at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.

NOVEMBER (12 games, 7 home, 5 road)
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 Greensboro at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 6, 2004 South Carolina at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 Texas at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 Charlotte at Augusta
Sat, Nov 13, 2004 Charlotte at Greenville
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 Pee Dee at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 Charlotte at Gwinnett
Sat, Nov 20, 2004 Greenville at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 Augusta at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 Charlotte at Greensboro
Fri, Nov 26, 2004 Columbia at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Nov 27, 2004 Charlotte at Roanoke

DECEMBER (14 games, 4 home, 10 road)
Fri, Dec 3, 2004 Charlotte at Pee Dee
Sat, Dec 4, 2004 Augusta at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Dec 8, 2004 Louisiana at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Dec 10, 2004 Charlotte at Gwinnett
Sat, Dec 11, 2004 Charlotte at Augusta
Fri, Dec 17, 2004 Charlotte at Pensacola
Sat, Dec 18, 2004 Charlotte at Texas
Sun, Dec 19, 2004 Charlotte at Texas
Tue, Dec 21, 2004 Charlotte at Louisiana
Wed, Dec 22, 2004 Charlotte at Mississippi
Sun, Dec 26, 2004 Greenville at Charlotte - TBA
Tue, Dec 28, 2004 Columbia at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Thu, Dec 30, 2004 Charlotte at Pensacola
Fri, Dec 31, 2004 Charlotte at Florida

JANUARY (12 games, 8 home, 4 road)
Sat, Jan 1, 2005 Charlotte at Florida
Thu, Jan 6, 2005 Charlotte at Greensboro
Fri, Jan 7, 2005 Roanoke at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Jan 8, 2005 Roanoke at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Jan 12, 2005 Augusta at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Jan 14, 2005 Greenville at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Jan 15, 2005 Texas at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Thu, Jan 20, 2005 South Carolina at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Jan 21, 2005 Charlotte at Greenville
Fri, Jan 28, 2005 Pee Dee at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Jan 29, 2005 Columbia at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Jan 30, 2005 Charlotte at Roanoke

FEBRUARY (15 games, 7 home, 8 road)
Tue, Feb 1, 2005 Charlotte at Columbia
Fri, Feb 4, 2005 Pee Dee at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Feb 5, 2005 Roanoke at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Tue, Feb 8, 2005 Charlotte at Columbia
Wed, Feb 9, 2005 Louisiana at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Feb 11, 2005 Greensboro at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Feb 12, 2005 Charlotte at Pee Dee
Sun, Feb 13, 2005 Charlotte at Augusta
Tue, Feb 15, 2005 Roanoke at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Wed, Feb 16, 2005 Charlotte at Roanoke
Fri, Feb 18, 2005 Greensboro at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Feb 19, 2005 Mississippi at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Feb 25, 2005 Charlotte at Greenville
Sat, Feb 26, 2005 Charlotte at South Carolina
Sun, Feb 27, 2005 Charlotte at Pee Dee

MARCH (12 games, 7 home, 5 road)
Sat, Mar 5, 2005 South Carolina at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Tue, Mar 8, 2005 Pensacola at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Mar 11, 2005 Greenville at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Mar 12, 2005 Pee Dee at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Tue, Mar 15, 2005 Trenton at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Fri, Mar 18, 2005 Charlotte at Pee Dee
Sat, Mar 19, 2005 Gwinnett at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sun, Mar 20, 2005 Florida at Charlotte - TBA
Thu, Mar 24, 2005 Charlotte at Greensboro
Fri, Mar 25, 2005 Charlotte at Columbia
Sat, Mar 26, 2005 Charlotte at South Carolina
Tue, Mar 29, 2005 Charlotte at South Carolina

APRIL (3 games, 2 home, 1 road)
Sat, Apr 2, 2005 Charlotte at Greensboro
Fri, Apr 8, 2005 Greensboro at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.
Sat, Apr 9, 2005 South Carolina at Charlotte - 7:00 p.m.


TEAM BREAKDOWN:

Augusta Lynx - ( 6 games, 3 home, 3 away)
Columbia Inferno - ( 8 games, 4 home, 4 away)
Florida Everblades - ( 3 games, 1 home, 2 away)
Greenville Grrrowl - ( 8 games, 4 home, 4 away)
Greensboro Generals - ( 8 games, 4 home, 4 away)
Gwinnett Gladiators - ( 3 games, 1 home, 2 away)
Mississippi Sea Wolves( 2 games, 1 home, 1 away)
Louisiana IceGators - ( 3 games, 2 home, 1 away)
Pee Dee Pride - ( 8 games, 4 home, 4 away)
Pensacola Ice Pilots ( 3 games, 1 home, 2 away)
Roanoke Express - ( 7 games, 4 home, 3 away)
S. Carolina Stingrays - ( 8 games, 4 home, 4 away)
Texas Wildcatters - ( 4 games, 2 home, 2 away)
Trenton Titans ( 1 game, 1 home, 0 away)

SEASON TICKET HOLDER JERSEYS – Renew your Checkers season tickets with a $25.00 deposit and receive a special Checkers "Season Ticket Holder Only" jersey. This offer applies to purchases of plans of 12-Game plans or higher. Fans will receive one jersey for each seat purchased! For current season ticket holders, your deposit will guarantee your seat locations for next season. For new season ticket holders, your deposit will give you priority for any available seat location.

CHECKERS SEASON TICKETS: Checkers season tickets for the 2004-2005 season are now on sale. Fans may call the Checkers office ay (704) 342-4423 for more information.

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