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CANTLON’S CORNER: THE HUMBOLDT TRAGEDY

CANTLON'S CORNER: The Humboldt Tragedy BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The eyes of the hockey world are now focused on Humboldt, Saskatchewan, whose population of 6,000 was stunned by…

CHECKERS GET THE JUMP ON PENGUINS

  VERSUS   CHECKERS TAKE 1-0 SERIES LEAD OVER TOP-SEEDED PENGUINS Jon Matsumoto scored a pair of goals as the Checkers take Game 1 win WILKES-BARRE, P.A.—Jon Matsumoto scored two…

HELMER NAMED HUNT MEMORIAL WINNER

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that defenseman Bryan Helmer of the Oklahoma City Barons has been named the 2010-11 winner of the Fred T. Hunt Memorial…

CRUNCHED

VERSUS   PALMIERI'S HAT TRICK TOO MUCH FOR CHECKERS Charlotte 2-1-0 on current four-game trip SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Paced by Kyle Palmieri’s second hat trick of the season and four straight…

POGGE LEADS CHECKERS OVER DEVILS

VERSUS POGGE’S EIGHTH STRAIGHT ROAD WIN LIFTS CHECKERS OVER DEVILS Samson becomes first AHL player to 20 goals this season ALBANY, N.Y. - The Charlotte Checkers benefitted from another solid…

CHECKERS RED HOT

VERSUS     CHECKERS JUMP ADMIRALS WITH LATE COMEBACK Bowman scores 25 seconds into overtime; Charlotte 9-1-0 in last 10 road games NORFOLK, Va. - Drayson Bowman scored his fourth of the…

CHECKERS SHOT-OUT BY BEARS

VERSUS CHECKERS EDGED, 2-1, BY BEARS IN SHOOTOUT THRILLER Pogge stops 48; Terry extends point streak to six games CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Charlotte Checkers goaltender Justin Pogge made 48 saves…

CHECKERS MELT CHOCOLATE-TOWN BEARS

VERSUS RED HOT CHECKERS DOWN HERSHEY, 5-2 Charlotte wins fifth straight road game; 10-2-2 in November HERSHEY, Pa. - The Charlotte Checkers used four unanswered goals to come from behind…

CHECKERS TAKE EARLY LEAD, HANG ON TO TAME SOUND TIGERS

VERSUS     Hot streak continues; one regulation loss in last 10 games For the second straight night, the Charlotte Checkers’ offense exploded for six goals as they knocked off the Bridgeport…

A NIGHT OF FIRSTS

      VERSUS         AND THEY’RE OFF… The Howard Baldwin era in Hartford hockey has resumed and the infusion of new faces and new energy had a big payoff Saturday night…