Charlotte Checkers | |
City: | Charlotte, North Carolina |
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League: | American Hockey League |
Conference: | Eastern Conference |
Division: | Atlantic Division |
Founded: | 1990 |
Operated: | 2010–present |
Home Arena: | Bojangles Coliseum |
Colors: | Red, Black, Silver, White |
Owner(s): | MAK Hockey, LLC (Michael Kahn, president/CEO) |
Head Coach: | Ulf Samuelsson |
Media: | Fox Sports Carolinas 610 The Fan |
Affiliates: | Carolina Hurricanes (NHL) Florida Everblades (ECHL) |
Franchise history | |
1990–1993: | Capital District Islanders |
1993–2010: | Albany River Rats |
2010–present: | Charlotte Checkers |
Championships | |
Regular Season Titles: | 1 |
Division Championships: | 1 |
Conference Championships: | 1 |
Calder Cups: | 1 |
The Charlotte Checkers are a minor-league professional ice hockey team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. They are members of the West Division of the Western Conference of the American Hockey League (AHL), and are the AHL affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Checkers play their home games at Bojangles' Coliseum. The current organization is the third team by this name; it succeeded a Checkers franchise which played in the ECHL from 1993 until the end of the 2009–10 ECHL season. The original Checkers team played in the city from 1956 to 1977, originally in the Eastern Hockey League and then in the Southern Hockey League. The franchise is one of five teams to directly replace and share a name with a predecessor from a lower-tier league; the others are the Bakersfield Condors, Ontario Reign, Rockford IceHogs, and San Diego Gulls.
History[]
The franchise was originally the Capital District Islanders from 1990–1993. They then became the Albany River Rats from 1993–2010, until the River Rats were sold to MAK Hockey, LLC, led by Michael Kahn.[1] The new ownership relocated the team to Charlotte for the 2010–11 season, renaming the franchise the "Charlotte Checkers", and relinquished the ECHL franchise to the league. The Checkers' first home game was played on October 15, 2010, in front of 12,512 spectators which set an attendance record for a hockey game in Charlotte. On February 26, 2011, the attendance record was broken as 12,933 fans watched the Charlotte Checkers defeat the Connecticut Whale 1-0.[2][3] Almost a year later, on February 25, 2012, the attendance record was broken yet again as 13,102 fans watched the Checkers fall to the Oklahoma City Barons, 3-2. On April 11, 2015, the attendance record was broken a third time as 13,219 fans watched one of the few remaining hockey games at Time Warner Cable Arena, a 2-0 to the Rockford Icehogs.
On late 2014, the Checkers announced they would return in the following season to the Bojangles' Coliseum, stadium of the previous Checkers teams until 2005.[4] As Kahn detailed, the move would reconnect with said team legacy, and having a dedicated arena allowed for "greater control over every aspect of our business, including scheduling, amenities, game presentation and sponsorship inventory." To make sure the Coliseum is up to AHL standards, the Charlotte City Council arranged to provide $16 million to fund renovations.[5][6]
Season-by-season results[]
Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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Season | G | W | L | OL | SL | Pts | PCT | GF | GA | Standing | Year | 1st round |
2nd round |
3rd round |
Finals |
2010–11 | 80 | 44 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 97 | .606 | 265 | 243 | 3rd, East | 2011 | W, 4-2, HER | W, 4-2, WBS | L, 0-4, BNG | — |
2011–12 | 76 | 38 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 85 | .559 | 209 | 214 | 3rd, Midwest | 2012 | Out of playoffs | |||
2012–13 | 76 | 42 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 92 | .605 | 226 | 202 | 2nd, South | 2013 | L, 2-3, OKC | — | — | — |
2013–14 | 76 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 77 | .507 | 228 | 241 | 4th, West | 2014 | Out of playoffs | |||
2014–15 | 76 | 31 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 69 | .454 | 172 | 231 | 4th, West | 2015 | Out of playoffs | |||
2015–16 | 76 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 80 | .526 | 214 | 229 | 5th, Central | 2016 | Out of playoffs | |||
2016–17 | 76 | 39 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 86 | .566 | 212 | 208 | T-4th, Central | 2017 | L, 2-3, CHI | — | — | — |
2017–18 | 76 | 46 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 96 | .632 | 264 | 213 | 3rd, Atlantic | 2018 | W, 3-0, WBS | L, 1-4 LHV | — | — |
2018–19 | 76 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 110 | .724 | 255 | 189 | 1st, Atlantic | 2019 | W, 3-1, PRO | W, 4-0 HER | W, 4-2 TOR | W, 4-1 CHI |
2019–20 | 61 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 73 | .598 | 202 | 172 | 3rd, Atlantic | 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2020–21 | Did not participate due to the COVID-19 pandemic | 2021 | Did not participate |
Players[]
Team Captains[]
- Bryan Rodney, 2010–2011
- Brett Sutter, 2011–2014
- Michal Jordán, 2014-2015
- Derek Ryan, 2015-2016
- Patrick Brown, 2016-2019
References[]
- ↑ Capital District Sports announce River Rats sale. Albany River Rats (2010-02-10). Retrieved on 2010-06-16.
- ↑ AHL Hockey coming to Charlotte in 2010-11. Charlotte Checkers (2010-02-10). Retrieved on 2010-02-10.
- ↑ Charlotte added to AHL for 2010-11. American Hockey League (2010-02-10). Retrieved on 2010-02-10.
- ↑ The Charlotte Checkers would like to move back to Bojangles’ Coliseum
- ↑ Checkers Make Return to Bojangles' Coliseum Official
- ↑ [1]
External links[]
Carolina Hurricanes | |
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Hurricanes | Franchise • Hartford Whalers • Players • Coaches • GMs • Seasons • Records • Draft picks |
Championships | Stanley Cups: 2006 • Eastern Conference Championships: 2002, 2006 • Southeast Division Championships: 1999, 2002, 2006 |
Arenas | Greensboro Coliseum • RBC Center |
Affiliates | Albany River Rats (AHL)1 • Charlotte Checkers (AHL)2 • Florida Everblades (ECHL) |
Retired numbers | 2 • 3 • 9 • 10 • 17 |
1The Albany River Rats are the Hurricanes' current American Hockey League affiliate. 2For the 2010-11 season, the River Rats will move to Charlotte, North Carolina and be known as the Charlotte Checkers. |
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