SOMETHING BRUIN IN PROVIDENCE

VERSUS THREE UNANSWERED GOALS LIFT BRUINS OVER CHECKERS Whitfield’s two tallies lead Providence to 4-2 victory PROVIDENCE, R.I. - After falling behind 2-1 in the second period, the Providence Bruins…

FROM THE CREASE with Bruce Berlet

By Bruce Berlet With their top four centers missing and their leading scorer and No. 1 offensive defenseman injured before the game was 25 minutes old, the Connecticut Whale desperately…

NO MORE STAALING IN FLORIDA

CHECKERS SWAP FORWARDS WITH ECHL AFFILIATE Staal recalled from Everblades; McKenzie re-assigned  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Charlotte Checkers general manager and head coach Jeff Daniels announced today that forward Jared Staal…

JUST NOT ENOUGH

VERSUS Goaltender Mike Murphy stopped all 28 Connecticut Whale shots on goal and Matthew Pistilli scored the first goal of the game for the second consecutive game meting with the…

CHECKERS COME BACK SHOT OUT

VERSUS HUGE CHECKERS COMEBACK FALLS SHORT Pogge makes 45 saves; Charlotte 5-0-1 in Norfolk this season NORFOLK, Va. - Despite a three-goal third-period comeback and a 45-save performance from Justin…

BRUTAL

VERSUS Top to bottom the Whale’s visit to Charlotte for the first time against the team that for 17 years was their ECHL affiliate ended as badly as it started…

CHECKERS CHARITY WORK

CHECKERS LAUNCH FACEBOOK FANDEMONIUM 2 Program's goal to raise $25,000 for Zach Bennett CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Charlotte Checkers today announced “Facebook Fandemonium 2,” an online fundraising initiative with the goal…

CHECKERS CRUNCHED

SYRACUSE SHOOTS-OUT CHECKERS Charlotte goes 2-1-0-1 on four-game trip SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Rookie forward Kyle Palmieri`s power-play goal with less than six minutes to play tied the game and the…

WHALE WEEKLY: February 21-27, 2011

The Whale (28-22-2-6, 64 pts.) are coming off of an eventful week, which included the historic Harvest-Properties.com Whale Bowl outdoor game at Rentschler Field Saturday night.  That game ended in…

CHECKERS HIBERNATE BEARS

VERSUS     MURPHY, DEFENSE PERFECT AS CHECKERS DOWN BEARS, 5-0 Rookie netminder stops 20 for sixth straight win HERSHEY, Pa. - Mike Murphy made 20 saves for his first shutout of…