Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)

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Charlotte Checkers
founding 1993
resolution 2010
history Charlotte Checkers
1993-2010
Stadion Time Warner Cable Arena
Location Charlotte , North Carolina
Team colors light blue, navy blue, red
league ECHL (1993-2010)
Conference American Conference
division South Division
Head coach Derek Wilkinson
owner Michael Kahn
Cooperations New York Rangers ( NHL )
Hartford Wolf Pack ( AHL )
Riley Cups 1995/96

The Charlotte Checkers were an American ice hockey team from Charlotte, North Carolina that belonged to the ECHL from 1993 to 2010 . A team of the same name has been playing in the American Hockey League since the 2010/11 season .

history

The team was founded in 1993 and played in the cricket arena until 2005 and then in the Time Warner Cable Arena , where the audience record was also achieved. On February 10, 2007, 11,237 spectators followed the home game against the Texas Wildcatters .

Even though the team was only founded in 1993, there was already ice hockey in Charlotte in 1956. The Baltimore Clippers had to look for a new venue after a fire in their arena and found it in North Carolina. The games were played at the Charlotte Coliseum (now the Cricket Arena ) for the remainder of the season. After the season, the team decided to stay in Charlotte and in 1960 they nicknamed themselves Checkers . In 1973 they joined the Southern Hockey League, where they played until the league was closed in 1977.

From 1993 to 1998 John Marks was the head coach behind the gang and qualified with the team five times in a row for the play-offs. After the team failed twice against the Greensboro Monarchs in the first playoff round in the first two seasons after a positive record in the regular season , followed in the 1995/96 season after victories against the Roanoke Express , South Carolina Stingrays , Tallahassee Tiger Sharks and Jacksonville Lizard Kings winning the Riley Cup . Goalkeeper Nick Vitucci was named the Riley Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player for the finals .

On February 10, 2010, the franchise owner Michael Kahn announced that he had successfully acquired the AHL franchise Albany River Rats . With the start of the 2010/11 season , the Checkers took the place of the River Rats in the American Hockey League. The background to the acquisition was that the River Rats do not make a profit with their settlement in the state of New York and the state of North Carolina is considered a more lucrative market for the team in this regard.

Season statistics

Legend: Sp. = Games, S = wins, N = defeats, U = draws, NNV = defeat after extra time, PNL = defeat after penalty shoot-out, pts. = Points, PCT = win rate, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, PIM = Penalty minutes

season league division Sp. S. N U NNV PNL Pt. PCT GF GA PIM Trainer Result
1993-94 ECHL East 68 39 25th 0 4th 0 82 0.574 281 271 1519 John Marks Eliminated in the 1st round
1994-95 ECHL East 68 37 22nd 0 9 0 83 0.544 274 261 1949 John Marks Eliminated in the 1st round
1995-96 ECHL East 70 45 21st 0 4th 0 94 0.643 294 250 2251 John Marks championship
1996-97 ECHL East 70 35 28 7th 0 0 77 0.550 271 267 1799 John Marks Eliminated in the 1st round
1997-98 ECHL Southeast 70 35 24 11 0 0 81 0.579 251 237 1662 John Marks Eliminated in the 2nd round
1998-99 ECHL Southeast 70 29 30th 11 0 0 69 0.493 221 262 1264 Shawn Wheeler Not qualified for the playoffs
1999-00 ECHL Northeast 70 25th 38 0 7th 0 57 0.357 186 254 1680 Shawn Wheeler , Don MacAdam Not qualified for the playoffs
2000-01 ECHL Northeast 72 34 26th 12 0 0 80 0.556 247 252 1416 Don MacAdam Eliminated in the 2nd round
2001-02 ECHL Northeast 72 41 20th 11 0 0 93 0.646 256 207 1599 Don MacAdam Eliminated in the 2nd round
2002-03 ECHL Northeast 72 41 28 3 0 0 85 0.590 262 234 1735 Don MacAdam Not qualified for the playoffs
2003-04 ECHL Southern 72 31 32 9 0 0 71 0.493 206 230 1460 Don MacAdam, Derek Wilkinson Not qualified for the playoffs
2004-05 ECHL East 72 39 26th 7th 0 0 85 0.590 226 219 1301 Derek Wilkinson Eliminated in the 3rd round
2005-06 ECHL South 72 33 34 5 0 0 71 0.493 232 254 1634 Derek Wilkinson Eliminated in the 3rd round
2006-07 ECHL South 72 42 27 - 1 2 87 0.583 252 220 1546 Derek Wilkinson Eliminated in the 2nd round
2007-08 ECHL South 72 34 31 - 1 6th 75 0.472 212 229 1276 Derek Wilkinson Eliminated in the 1st round
2008-09 ECHL South 72 34 29 - 2 6th 76 0.535 217 224 1332 Derek Wilkinson Eliminated in the 1st round
2009-10 ECHL South 72 43 21st - 4th 4th 94 0.653 253 223 1554 Derek Wilkinson Eliminated in the 2nd round
Totals 1 5 1206 617 462 76 32 18th 1360 0.511 4141 4094 27082 4th 13/17 Playoff participation, 1 championship

NHL player

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Records

season

Career

  • Most goals: 174 ( Darryl Noren , 1994-00)
  • Most assists: 229 (Darryl Noren, 1994–00)
  • Most points: 403 (Darryl Noren, 1994-00)
  • Penalty Minutes: 669 ( Steve MacIntyre , 2003-06)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Checkers set record attendance with 11,237 Saturday. OurSports Central, February 12, 2007, accessed March 22, 2012 .