TRUST: SWAMP RABBITS ALIGN WITH NHL PANTHERS, STAY WITH AHL CHECKERS
BY: Matt Trust, Greenville Swamp Rabbits Greenville, SC – The Greenville Swamp Rabbits are proud to announce an affiliation agreement with the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers for the 2020-21 season. Greenville will continue its current…
CHECKERS JUMP TO TV
TIME WARNER CABLE TO BROADCAST CHECKERS GAMES BEGINNING TONIGHT Select games available live on Channel 520 throughout Carolinas CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte Checkers announced today that they have entered into a three-year partnership with Time…
CHECKERS CHANGES BLOWIN IN THE WIND
Okay, we admit it…it’s our first lame Hurricanes reference…you can bet that there will be plenty more of them. The good news from this Checkers’ report is that longtime coach and GM o the Checkers, Derek Wilkinson is remaining on and will have a…
IT’S ALL PERSPECTIVE
It was a good news, bad news day for the Charlotte Checkers all depending upon your point-of-view. For Mike Bartlett, it was a good news day as he was given word by Derek Wilkinson that he’d been recalled by the Milwaukee Admirals who trail in their…
OH WHAT A NIGHT!
VERSUS Playing with a consistency, passion and sense of desperation like they’ve only found sporadically all season long, the Hartford Wolf Pack put on a first class performance as they dominated all over the ice Saturday Night at the…
CHECKERS MAKE MOVES
The Charlotte Checkers, currently the New York Rangers ECHL affiliate, made a pair of moves with former Rangers General Manager and current owner of the Johnstown Chiefs, Neil Smith and acquired defenseman Trevor Hendrikx and forward Mike Bartlett in…
GRAHAM LOANED TO TEXAS
GRAHAM LOANED TO TEXAS Defenseman Returns From Milwaukee, Heads To Lonestar State Charlotte Checkers general manager and head coach Derek Wilkinson announced today that defenseman Ethan Graham has been loaned to the Texas Stars of the American Hockey…
WILKINSON TO COACH ECHL ALL-STARS
There’s an old saying that goes, “It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.” It’s a great saying because it can be used both as a compliment and as an insult. Well, in this case the saying is a complement as one of the truly “nice guys” in all of professional…
LOTS OF MOVEMENT
You had to expect some moves were going to be made after the Pack have been on such a difficult run these past few games. The move they’ve made first is to recall Andrew Carroll from the ECHL Charlotte Checkers. Derek Wilkinson, GM and head coach of the…
WHERE ARE THE HANSONS WHEN YOU NEED THEM?
VERSUS The Charlotte Checkers used a three goal third period, hard physical play and simply outworked the Johnstown Chiefs en route to a 7-4 victory in front of 5,899 at the Times Warner Cable Arena Friday night. Matt Schepke was a force to be…