# 2014–15 Charlotte Checkers season

The 2014–15 Charlotte Checkers season is the American Hockey League franchise's 5th season in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

| # | Western Conference | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1 | y– San Antonio Rampage (FLA) | WT | 76 | 45 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 98 | 248 | 222 |
| 2 | Texas Stars (DAL) | WT | 76 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 94 | 242 | 216 |
| 3 | Oklahoma City Barons (EDM) | WT | 76 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 90 | 224 | 212 |
| 4 | Charlotte Checkers (CAR) | WT | 76 | 31 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 172 | 231 |
| 5 | Iowa Wild (MIN) | WT | 76 | 23 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 172 | 245 |

### Conference standings

| # | Western Conference | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1 | y– Utica Comets (VAN) | NO | 76 | 47 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 103 | 219 | 182 |
| 2 | y– Grand Rapids Griffins (DET) | MW | 76 | 46 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 100 | 249 | 185 |
| 3 | y– San Antonio Rampage (FLA) | WT | 76 | 45 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 98 | 248 | 222 |
| 4 | x– Rockford IceHogs (CHI) | MW | 76 | 46 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 99 | 222 | 180 |
| 5 | x– Texas Stars (DAL) | WT | 76 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 94 | 242 | 216 |
| 6 | x– Oklahoma City Barons (EDM) | WT | 76 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 90 | 224 | 212 |
| 7 | x– Toronto Marlies (TOR) | NO | 76 | 40 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 89 | 207 | 203 |
| 8 | x– Chicago Wolves (STL) | MW | 76 | 40 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 87 | 210 | 198 |
| 9 | e– Lake Erie Monsters (COL) | MW | 76 | 35 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 82 | 211 | 240 |
| 10 | e– Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL) | NO | 76 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 1 | 81 | 201 | 208 |
| 11 | e– Milwaukee Admirals (NSH) | MW | 76 | 33 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 81 | 206 | 218 |
| 12 | e– Adirondack Flames (CGY) | NO | 76 | 35 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 78 | 233 | 240 |
| 13 | e– Charlotte Checkers (CAR) | WT | 76 | 31 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 172 | 231 |
| 14 | e– Rochester Americans (BUF) | NO | 76 | 29 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 209 | 251 |
| 15 | e– Iowa Wild (MIN) | WT | 76 | 23 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 172 | 245 |
y– indicates team has clinched division and a playoff spot  x– indicates team has clinched a playoff spot  e– indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention

## Schedule and results
### Pre-season

2014–15 Preseason Game Log: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0) :

### Regular season

2014–15 Game Log – Regular season :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1-point)
$^*$Score shows Charlotte goals first :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Source:
Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| Justin Shugg | 65 | 21 | 22 | 43 | −20 | 28 |
| Chad LaRose | 64 | 20 | 18 | 38 | −8 | 44 |
| Trevor Carrick$^*$ | 76 | 7 | 25 | 32 | −19 | 94 |
| Brendan Woods | 68 | 13 | 17 | 30 | −10 | 101 |
| Phil Di Giuseppe$^*$ | 76 | 11 | 19 | 30 | −10 | 20 |
| Brock McGinn$^*$ | 73 | 15 | 12 | 27 | −18 | 38 |
| Brody Sutter | 45 | 12 | 13 | 25 | −13 | 17 |
| Zach Boychuk | 39 | 12 | 12 | 24 | −13 | 14 |
| Alex Aleardi | 48 | 12 | 11 | 23 | −3 | 18 |
| Ben Holmstrom | 62 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −16 | 92 |
| Dennis Robertson$^*$ | 57 | 3 | 14 | 17 | +1 | 70 |
| Ryan Murphy | 25 | 0 | 17 | 17 | −7 | 10 |
| Greg Nemisz | 21 | 8 | 6 | 14 | +1 | 6 |
| Danny Biega | 69 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −20 | 89 |
| Jared Staal | 63 | 7 | 4 | 11 | −23 | 27 |
| Michal Jordán | 30 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −12 | 4 |
| Keegan Lowe | 58 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −16 | 106 |
| Rasmus Rissanen | 52 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −7 | 69 |
| Patrick Brown$^*$ | 60 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −11 | 34 |
| Beau Schmitz | 38 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −17 | 26 |
| AJ Jenks | 27 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −7 | 12 |
| Mike Cornell$^†$ | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 76 |
| Andrew Rowe | 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −8 | 8 |
| Carter Sandlak$^*$ | 44 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −10 | 69 |
| Kyle Hagel | 73 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −13 | 154 |
| Mario Lamoureux$^{†*}$ | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Terry | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
| Kyle Jean$^‡$ | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Haydn Fleury$^*$ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Thomas Frazee$^*$ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Roland McKeown$^*$ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 |
| Brett Pesce$^*$ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| Jason Bast$^{†*}$ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Gabriel Desjardins$^*$ | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 4 |
| Austin Levi$^*$ | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 6 |
| Josh Wesley$^*$ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Mike Aviani$^*$ | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrej Nestrašil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Stephane Pattyn$^*$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Mike Little$^‡$ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan Henry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sean Dolan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining team. Stats reflect time with the team only. $^‡$Left the team mid-season $^*$Rookie

### Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV = Saves; SA = Shots against; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes Source
Regular Season :
| Player | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SV | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| John Muse | 29 | 1,611:35 | 10 | 14 | 72 | 2.68 | 788 | 860 | .916 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Drew MacIntyre | 51 | 2,935:22 | 20 | 31 | 139 | 2.84 | 1474 | 1613 | .914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rasmus Tirronen | 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 32 | 35 | .914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | 4,606:57 | 31 | 45 | 214 | 2.79 | 2,294 | 2,508 | .915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
$^‡$Left the team mid-season $^*$Rookie

## Roster

Updated March 3, 2015.
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace | Contract |
| 17 | Alex Aleardi | RW | R | 22 | 2014 | Ft. Wayne, Indiana | Checkers |
| 9 | Danny Biega | D | R | 23 | 2013 | Montreal, Quebec | Hurricanes |
| 24 | Patrick Brown | C | R | 22 | 2014 | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | Hurricanes |
| 5 | Trevor Carrick | D | R | 20 | 2014 | Stouffville, Ontario | Hurricanes |
| 8 | Mike Cornell (PTO) | D | R | 27 | 2015 | Franklin, Massachusetts | Checkers |
| | Sean Dolan (PTO) | C | R | 27 | 2015 | Chesterfield, Missouri | Checkers |
| 28 | Phil Di Giuseppe | C | L | 21 | 2014 | Maple, Ontario | Hurricanes |
| 18 | Kyle Hagel | RW | L | 30 | 2014 | Hamilton, Ontario | Checkers |
| 10 | Ben Holmstrom (A) | C | R | 28 | 2014 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Hurricanes |
| 59 | Chad LaRose (A) | RW | R | 33 | 2014 | Fraser, Michigan | Checkers |
| 32 | Austin Levi | D | L | 23 | 2012 | Aurora, Colorado | Hurricanes |
| 4 | Keegan Lowe | D | L | 22 | 2013 | Edmonton, Alberta | Hurricanes |
| 35 | Drew MacIntyre | G | L | 31 | 2014 | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | Hurricanes |
| 7 | Brock McGinn | LW | L | 21 | 2013 | Fergus, Ontario | Hurricanes |
| 30 | John Muse | G | L | 26 | 2011 | East Falmouth, Massachusetts | Checkers |
| 19 | Greg Nemisz (A) | RW | R | 24 | 2013 | Courtice, Ontario | Hurricanes |
| 20 | Dennis Robertson | D | L | 23 | 2014 | Fort St. John, British Columbia | Hurricanes |
| 26 | Carter Sandlak | LW | L | 21 | 2014 | London, Ontario | Hurricanes |
| 36 | Beau Schmitz | D | R | 24 | 2012 | Howell, Michigan | Hurricanes |
| 14 | Justin Shugg | LW | R | 23 | 2011 | Niagara Falls, Ontario | Hurricanes |
| 22 | Jared Staal | RW | R | 24 | 2010 | Thunder Bay, Ontario | Hurricanes |
| 12 | Brody Sutter | C | R | 23 | 2012 | Viking, Alberta | Hurricanes |
| 21 | Brendan Woods | C | L | 22 | 2013 | Humboldt, Saskatchewan | Hurricanes |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Kyle Hagel | Yanick Dupre Memorial Award | April 11 |