CHARLOTTE (CAROLINA SPORTS LIVE) — The Charlotte Checkers defeated the Laval Rocket 3-2 Tuesday night to advance to the Calder Cup Finals. Right wing Jesse Puljujärvi scored the game-winning goal with ...

The Charlotte Checkers (17-9-2-0) outlasted the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (15-11-2-2) in a 3-2 overtime finish at PPL Center on ...

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins ended the calendar year with a 6-2 loss to the Charlotte Checkers on Tuesday night at Mohegan Arena.

An unfinished story. That’s how head coach Geordie Kinnear described the Charlotte Checkers’ season after Monday night’s 3-2 loss to Abbotsford ended their Calder Cup finals run two victories short of ...

Goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen saves a ricochet shot against the Laval Rockets in Sunday’s first period. The Charlotte Checkers defeated the Laval Rocket, 5-1. Matthew Laczko For to the Observer Not every ...

The win helped the Bears (31-14-5-0) split their weekend series with the Checkers (28-15-3-2) and concluded their regular-season matchup with a 4-4-0-0 record. The victory also marked Stevenson's ...

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins opened their season with a 4-2 road win against the Charlotte Checkers at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, N.C. on Friday. Goaltender Magnus Hellberg made 26 saves ...

It’s always 90 degrees outside these days. But a local sports team has gotten even hotter than that – the Charlotte Checkers. On Saturday at Bojangles’ Coliseum, the Checkers begin one last best-of-7 ...

Not every skater’s legs were tired as the Charlotte Checkers and Abbotsford Canucks approached the end of a first overtime period Saturday night in British Columbia. “Jesse is a very fit athlete,” ...