Asplund scores OT winner, Checkers go up 2-0
Rasmus Asplund scored his second goal of the night 3:09 into overtime to give Charlotte a 2-1 victory in Game 2 of the Atlantic Division Finals at Bojangles Coliseum on Saturday night.
Rasmus Asplund scored his second goal of the night 3:09 into overtime to give Charlotte a 2-1 victory in Game 2 of the Atlantic Division Finals at Bojangles Coliseum on Saturday night.
Charlotte continued to flex its defensive muscle on Friday night, opening the Atlantic Division Finals with a 3-2 win over Hershey at Bojangles Coliseum.
Charlotte and Florida are one of two NHL-AHL partners still alive this postseason. The next step for the Checkers begins tonight when they welcome the back-to-back Calder Cup champion Hershey Bears to Bojangles Coliseum.
The Charlotte Checkers allowed just eight shots on goal and advanced to the Atlantic Division Finals with a 5-2 win over the Providence Bruins on Sunday afternoon.
Former Checkers captain Patrick Brown scored 7:08 into overtime to lift the Bruins to a 3-2 win over Charlotte on Friday, squaring their Atlantic Division semifinal series at two games apiece.
Michael DiPietro made 38 saves and Tyler Pitlick scored the go-ahead goal with 4:44 gone in the third period as Providence got in the win column in its Atlantic Division semifinal series with a 3-2 win in Charlotte on Wednesday night.
Kaapo Kähkönen made 32 saves as Charlotte shut out Providence, 2-0, in Game 2 of their Atlantic Division semifinal on Sunday evening.
The AHL’s top penalty-killing team in 2024-25 went right back to work in their first playoff contest, as Charlotte scored two shorthanded goals on the same penalty early in the first period and rode to a 5-1 win over Providence.
Charlotte Checkers forward Oliver Okuliar has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending April 20, 2025.
The American Hockey League announced today the 2024-25 AHL First and Second All-Star Teams, as voted by AHL coaches, players and media representing each of the league’s 32 member cities.