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Charlotte Checkers 
City Charlotte, North Carolina League American Hockey League Conference Western Conference Division Midwest [1] Founded 2010–11 Home arena Time Warner Cable Arena Colors Red, Black, White and Silver
Owner(s) MAK Hockey, LLC (Michael Kahn, president/CEO) General manager Jeff Daniels Head coach Jeff Daniels Affiliates Florida Everblades (ECHL) Franchise history 1990–1993 Capital District Islanders 1993–2010 Albany River Rats 2010–present Charlotte Checkers Championships Regular season titles 2 1994–95, 1995–96 Division Championships 4 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 Calder Cups 1 1994–95 The Charlotte Checkers are a minor-league professional ice hockey team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. They are members of the Midwest Division of the Western Conference of the American Hockey League (AHL), and are the AHL affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Checkers play their home games at Time Warner Cable Arena in Uptown Charlotte, also home to the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats. The current organization is the third team by this name; it succeeded a Checkers franchise which played in the ECHL from 1993 until the end of the 2009-10 ECHL season. The original Checkers team played in the city from 1956 to 1977, originally in the Eastern Hockey League and then in the Southern Hockey League. The franchise is one of four teams which share a name with a predecessor from a lower-tier league; the other three are the Norfolk Admirals, Rockford IceHogs, and Peoria Rivermen.
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History
The franchise was originally the Capital District Islanders from 1990–1993. They then became the Albany River Rats from 1993–2010, until the River Rats were sold to MAK Hockey, LLC, led by Michael Kahn.[2] The new ownership relocated the team to Charlotte for the 2010–11 season, renaming the franchise the "Charlotte Checkers", and relinquished the ECHL franchise to the league. The Checkers' first home game was played on October 15, 2010, in front of 12,512 spectators which set an attendance record for a hockey game in Charlotte. On February 26, 2011, the attendance record was broken as 12,933 fans watched the Charlotte Checkers defeat the Connecticut Whale 1-0.[3][4]
Season-by-season results
Season GP W L OTL SOL PTS Goals
forGoals
againstStanding 2010–11 80 44 27 2 7 97 265 243 3rd, East Playoffs
Season 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Finals 2010–11 W, 4-2, HER W, 4-2, WBS L, 0-4, BIN — Current roster
Updated November 2, 2011.[5]
References
- ^ "Alignment, playoff format set for 2011-12". American Hockey League. 2011-07-05. http://theahl.com/alignment-playoff-format-set-for-2011-12-p171563. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "Capital District Sports announce River Rats sale". Albany River Rats. 2010-02-10. http://www.albanyriverrats.com/news/latest/index.html?article_id=2034. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ "AHL Hockey coming to Charlotte in 2010-11". Charlotte Checkers. 2010-02-10. http://gocheckers.com/news/checkers/index.html?article_id=137. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- ^ "Charlotte added to AHL for 2010-11". American Hockey League. 2010-02-10. http://theahl.com/charlotte-added-to-ahl-for-2010-11-p140651. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- ^ "Charlotte Checkers Team Roster". Charlotte Checkers. http://www.gocheckers.com/team/roster/. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
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