Jakaitis brilliant shutting out Florida, 4-0
Published on February 17, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL)
Charlotte Checkers News Release
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Despite being heavily outshot at home, the Checkers leaned on their goaltender Jeff Jakaitis for another brilliant performance and he wouldn't disappoint stopping 50 shots helping Charlotte to a 4-0 victory.
After a scoreless first period, the Checkers scored two goals in the middle stanza. The first was by forward Mike Bayrack when he snuck inside the Everblades zone on the right wing and beat Everblades netminder David Leggio under the left pad at 1:16. The Checkers went up 2-0 when David Rutherford carried the puck inside the Florida zone on a two-on-one. Rutherford decided to shoot and he was rewarded with a goal at 14:40.
During the third period, Chris Capraro took a nice pass from Ryan Murphy and wristed a shot low on the blocker side of Leggio for a 3-0 lead at 9:58. The Checkers received one more goal from Jeff Miles at 11:17 giving them all they needed for a 4-0 win against Florida.
Notes: In his last two games, Jakaitis has stopped 104 of 106 shots...Leggio turned aside 18 of 22 shots...Jeff Miles has goals in his past three games...Ralph is on a 14 game point streak...The Checkers play the Everblades twice more this week.
The Checkers are playing their 16th season of play as a member of the ECHL. The next home game takes place on Feb. 19th against the Florida Everblades at 7 P.M. start. In the team's 15-year history, the Checkers have made the playoffs 11 times including four consecutive playoff appearances to date. The Checkers are in their fourth season of play at Time Warner Cable Arena. Season tickets are on sale now with full-season packages starting at just $396. For season ticket information, please call 704-342-4-ICE or visit www.gocheckers.com.
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