Charlotte Checkers (1993–2010)

The Charlotte Checkers were an American ice hockey team in Charlotte, North Carolina, and played in the ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League).

Franchise history
Following a 17-year hiatus from hockey, Charlotte welcomed the Checkers back in 1993. Since their return, the Checkers have made the playoffs ten times, including winning the ECHL Championship in 1996.

The current Checkers franchise was founded in 1993 and played from then until 2005 in Bojangles' Coliseum. In 2005, they moved to Time Warner Cable Arena. The team set their all time attendance record of 12,398 on February 21, 2009 in a 5-2 win against the Florida Everblades. Their previous record was 11,237 in a loss against the Texas Wildcatters in February 2007.

On January 21, 2010, it was reported that negotiations may be in the works for the owner of the Checkers to buy the Albany River Rats, the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes. On February 10, the sale of the River Rats to the Checkers owner was confirmed, with the Rats taking on the Checkers identity starting with the 2010-11 season. As a result of this, the Checkers' ECHL membership was relinquished to the League at the end of the 2009-10 ECHL season, ending the franchise's ECHL history. .

Season-by-season record
Records as of 2009-10 season.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T* = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, PTS = Points, PCT = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes   -T* Includes Overtime and Shootout Losses(Games tied at end of regulation went directly to shootout from 1995–2000) 

Current roster
As of October 21, 2009.

Single season

 * Goals: 48 🇷🇺 Sergei Berdnikov (1993-94)
 * Assists: 61 🇺🇸 Matt Robbins (1994-95), 🇨🇦 Scott King (2000-01), 🇺🇸 Kevin Hilton (2000-01)
 * Points: 101 🇨🇦 Scott King (2000-01)
 * Penalty Minutes: 352 🇨🇦 Eric Boulton (1996-97)
 * GAA: 2.43 🇺🇸 Scott Meyer (2003-04)
 * SV%: .923 🇺🇸 Scott Meyer (2003-04), 🇺🇸 Jeff Jakaitis (2008-09),
 * Wins: 32 🇨🇦 Nick Vitucci (1995-96)
 * Shutouts: 3 🇺🇸 Scott Meyer(2003-04), 🇺🇸 Alex Westlund(2006-07)


 * Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender

Career

 * Career Goals: 174 🇺🇸Darryl Noren
 * Career Assists: 229 🇺🇸 Darryl Noren
 * Career Points: 403 🇺🇸 Darryl Noren
 * Career Penalty Minutes: 213 🇨🇦Steve MacIntyre

Notable players

 * Scott Bailey
 * Eric Boulton
 * Eric Cairns
 * Daniel Girardi
 * Chris Holt
 * Dusty Jamieson
 * Antti Laaksonen
 * Jason LaBarbera
 * Darryl Noren
 * David Oliver
 * Matt Robbins
 * Paxton Schafer
 * Rob Tallas
 * Shawn Wheeler
 * Derek Wilkinson
 * Peter Worrell
 * Joe Zappala

Retired numbers

 * 4 - Kurt Seher