Charlotte Checkers (1993–2010)

The Charlotte Checkers were an American ice hockey team in Charlotte, North Carolina, and played in the ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League).
==Franchise history==
Following a 17-year hiatus from hockey, Charlotte welcomed the Checkers back in 1993. Since their return, the Checkers have made the playoffs ten times, including winning the ECHL Championship in 1996.http://www.gocheckers.com/udp.php?id=121
The current Checkers franchise was founded in 1993 and played from then until 2005 in Bojangles' Coliseum. In 2005, they moved to Time Warner Cable Arena. The team set their all time attendance record of 12,398 on February 21, 2009 in a 5-2 win against the Florida Everblades. Their previous record was 11,237 in a loss against the Texas Wildcatters in February 2007.
On January 21, 2010, it was reported that negotiations may be in the works for the owner of the Checkers to buy the Albany River Rats, the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes.http://www.canescountry.com/2010/1/22/1265397/ahl-to-charlotte-closer-to On February 10, the sale of the River Rats to the Checkers owner was confirmed, with the Rats taking on the Checkers identity starting with the 2010-11 season. As a result of this, the Checkers' ECHL membership was relinquished to the League at the end of the 2009-10 ECHL season, ending the franchise's ECHL history. "CAPITAL DISTRICT SPORTS ANNOUNCES RIVER RATS SALE" - AlbanyRiverRats.com[http://www.echl.com/cgi-bin/mpublic.cgi?action=show_news&id=21388 "ECHL Concludes Mid-Season
Board of Governors Meeting" - ECHL.com[.
==Season-by-season record==
Records as of 2009-10 season.
Season 	League	Division 	GP	W 	L 	T 	OTL	SOL	PTS	PCT 	GF 	GA 	PIM 	Coach(es) 	Result
1993–94	ECHL 	East 	68	39	25	4 	1 	3 	82 	0.574	281	271	1519	John Marks 	Lost in round 1
1994–95	ECHL 	East 	68	37	22	9 	4 	5 	83 	0.544	274	261	1949	John Marks 	Lost in round 1
1995–96	ECHL 	East 	70	45	21	4 	- 	4 	94 	0.643	294	250	2251	John Marks 	Won Championship
1996–97	ECHL 	East 	70	35	28	7 	- 	7 	77 	0.550	271	267	1799	John Marks 	Lost in round 1
1997–98	ECHL 	Southeast	70	35	24	11	- 	11 	81 	0.579	251	237	1662	John Marks 	Lost in round 2
1998–99	ECHL 	Southeast	70	29	30	11	- 	11 	69 	0.493	221	262	1264	Shawn Wheeler 	Out of Playoffs
1999–00	ECHL 	Northeast	70	25	38	7 	- 	7 	54 	0.357	186	254	1680	Shawn Wheeler Don MacAdam 	Out of Playoffs
2000–01	ECHL 	Northeast	72	34	26	12	6 	6 	80 	0.556	247	252	1416	Don MacAdam 	Lost in round 2
2001–02	ECHL 	Northeast	72	41	20	11	3 	8 	93 	0.646	256	207	1599	Don MacAdam 	Lost in round 2
2002–03	ECHL 	Northeast	72	41	28	3 	3 	0 	85 	0.590	262	234	1735	Don MacAdam 	Out of Playoffs
2003–04	ECHL 	Southern 	72	31	32	9 	4 	5 	71 	0.493	206	230	1460	Don MacAdamDerek Wilkinson	Out of Playoffs
2004–05	ECHL 	East 	72	39	26	7 	2 	5 	85 	0.590	226	219	1301	Derek Wilkinson 	Lost in round 3
2005–06	ECHL 	South 	72	33	34	5 	2 	3 	71 	0.493	232	254	1634	Derek Wilkinson 	Lost in round 3
2006–07	ECHL 	South 	72	42	27	3 	1 	2 	87 	0.604	252	220	1546	Derek Wilkinson 	Lost in round 2
2007–08	ECHL 	South 	72	34	31	7 	1 	6 	75 	0.472	212	219	1276	Derek Wilkinson 	Lost in round 1
2008-09	ECHL 	South 	71	34	29	8 	2 	6 	76 	0.535	217	224	1332	Derek Wilkinson 	Lost in round 1
2009-10	ECHL 	South 	72	43	21	? 	4 	4 	94 	0.653	253	223	? 	Derek Wilkinson 	Lost in round 2
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T* = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, PTS = Points, PCT = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes -T* Includes Overtime and Shootout Losses (Games tied at end of regulation went directly to shootout from 1995–2000)
==Current roster==
As of October 21, 2009.
GOALTENDERS	GOALTENDERS	GOALTENDERS	GOALTENDERS	GOALTENDERS 	GOALTENDERS
# 	 	Player 	Catches 	Date of birth 	Place of birth
1 	 	Ryan Munce 	L 	April 16, 1985 	Mississauga, ON, Canada
31 	 	Billy Sauer	L 	January 6, 1988	Rochester, NY, USA
DEFENSEMEN	DEFENSEMEN	DEFENSEMEN 	DEFENSEMEN	DEFENSEMEN 	DEFENSEMEN
# 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Date of birth 	Place of birth
2 	 	Ethan Graham 	L 	August 1, 1982 	Xenia, OH, USA
3 	 	Trevor Glass 	L 	January 22, 1988 	Cochrane, AB, Canada
6 	 	Mike Berube 	L 	May 20, 1988 	Edmonton, AB, Canada
15 	 	Julien Brouillette	L 	December 5, 1986 	St. Esprit, QC, Canada
26 	 	Steve Ward 	R 	February 13, 1986	Scarborough, ON, Canada
27 	 	Jared Nightingale 	R 	October 3, 1982 	Jackson, MI, USA
44 	 	T.J. Reynolds 	R 	March 26, 1981 	Kitchener, ON, Canada
FORWARDS	FORWARDS	FORWARDS 	FORWARDS	FORWARDS	FORWARDS 	FORWARDS
# 	 	Player 	Position	Shoots 	Date of birth 	Place of birth
7 	 	Mike Taylor 	C 	L 	February 12, 1986	Maple Grove, MN, USA
9 	 	Derek Couture 	RW 	R 	April 24, 1984 	Calgary, AB, Canada
11 	 	Michel Leveille 	C 	L 	April 3, 1981 	Levis, QC, Canada
12 	 	Andrew Carroll 	LW 	L 	May 7, 1985 	Shoreview, MN, USA
14 	 	Jean-Philipp Chabot	C 	L 	March 31, 1988 	Quebec, QC, Canada
16 	 	Kenny Roche 	LW 	L 	January 2, 1984 	South Boston, MA, USA
17 	 	Chris Chappell 	LW 	L 	March 21, 1988 	Pickering, ON, Canada
18 	 	Matthew Ford 	RW 	R 	October 9, 1984 	West Hills, CA, USA
19 	 	Aaron Slattengren 	RW 	L 	December 28, 1981	Duluth, MN, USA
20 	 	Tyler Doig 	LW 	L 	February 15, 1986	Seaforth, ON, Canada
21 	 	Ryan Garlock 	C 	L 	April 24, 1986 	Iroquios Falls, ON, Canada
24 	 	Matt Schepke 	LW 	L 	January 3, 1985 	Warren, MI, USA
Staff 	Staff 	Staff	Staff	Staff	Staff	Staff
Title 	STAFF MEMBER 	 	 	 	 	
Head Coach 	Derek Wilkinson	 	 	 	 	
Assistant Coach 	Jason Dawe 	 	 	 	 	
Head Athletic Trainer 	Terri LaSalle 	 	 	 	 	
Head Equipment Manager 	Donny White 	 	 	 	 	
Assistant Equipment Manager	Thomas Anderson	 	 	 	 	
==Team records==
===Single season===
:Goals: 48 Sergei Berdnikov (1993-94)
:Assists: 61 Matt Robbins (1994-95), Scott King (2000-01), Kevin Hilton (2000-01)
:Points: 101 Scott King (2000-01)
:Penalty Minutes: 352 Eric Boulton (1996-97)
:GAA: 2.43 Scott Meyer (2003-04)
:SV%: .923 Scott Meyer (2003-04), Jeff Jakaitis (2008-09)
:Wins: 32 Nick Vitucci (1995-96)
:Shutouts: 3 Scott Meyer(2003-04), Alex Westlund(2006-07)
*Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender
===Career===
:Career Goals: 174 Darryl Noren
:Career Assists: 229 Darryl Noren
:Career Points: 403 Darryl Noren
:Career Penalty Minutes: 213 Steve MacIntyre
==Notable players==
*Scott Bailey
*Eric Boulton
*Eric Cairns
*Daniel Girardi
*Chris Holt
*Dusty Jamieson
*Antti Laaksonen
*Jason LaBarbera
*Darryl Noren
*David Oliver
*Matt Robbins
*Paxton Schafer
*Rob Tallas
*Shawn Wheeler
*Derek Wilkinson
*Peter Worrell
*Joe Zappala
==Retired numbers==
*4 - Kurt Seher
==References==
==External links==
* Charlotte Checkers Official Website
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:ECHL team
Category:New York Rangers
Category:Established in 1993
Category:Disestablished in 2010
Category:Defunct ECHL teams