2013–14 Charlotte Checkers season

2013–14 Charlotte Checkers
Division	4th West Division
Conference	11th Western Conference
2013–14 record	37–36–1–2 (77 pts)
Home record	19–18–1–0
Road record	18–18–0–2
Goals for	228
Goals against	241
Team information
General Manager	Jeff Daniels
Coach	Jeff Daniels
Assistant Coach	Geordie Kinnear
Arena	Time Warner Cable Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Zach Boychuk (36)
Assists	Chris Terry (41)
Points	Zach Boychuk (74)
Penalties in minutes	Matthew Corrente (136)
Plus/minus	(+) Matthew Corrente (+9) (–) Mark Flood (–26)
Wins	John Muse (27)
Goals against average	Allen York (0.94)
< 2012–13 2014–15 >

The 2013–14 Charlotte Checkers season is the franchise's fourth season in the American Hockey League, which began on October 4, 2013.

Off season

Charlotte remained in the same division after an American Hockey League realignment in the summer of 2013, but it was renamed from the South Division to the West Division.^[1] The Checkers unveiled new uniforms for the 2013–14 season, preserving the team's logo and its red, black and white colors, but making several design changes including the removal of a hurricane warning flag strip, new fonts for the letters and numbers, and a greater distinction between the home red and away white uniforms.^[2] Mark Binetti, who had been Charlotte's assistant broadcaster, departed from the team to work for the Central Hockey League's Rapid City Rush.^[3] The Checkers underwent several roster changes in the off season, retaining only two skaters who finished in the team's top ten in scoring from the previous year: forwards Chris Terry and Zach Boychuk. As a result, coach Jeff Daniels said the team would have to focus more on crashing the net and scoring "dirty goals".^[4][5]

Some of the team's departures included forwards Zac Dalpe, Jeremy Welsh,^[6] David Marshall,^[7] Riley Nash,^[5] David Rutherford,^[8] and Tim Wallace;^[9] and defensemen Brett Bellemore, Danny Biega, Ryan Murphy,^[5] and Bobby Sanguinetti.^[10] Former team captain Brett Sutter, Charlotte's second-leading scorer the previous season, was recalled to the Carolina Hurricanes,^[11] although he would be returned to the Checkers by November.^[12] Center Manny Malhotra joined the Checkers roster, marking his return from a one-year absence due to a left eye injury.^[13] Other Charlotte newcomers included forwards Adam Brace,^[14] and Aaron Palushaj;^[15] and defensemen Matt Corrente,^[16] Mark Flood,^[17] and Keegan Lowe.^[18] After starting their training camp on September 23,^[19] Charlotte split a home-and-home preseason series against the Norfolk Admirals on September 27 and 28.^[20][21] Palushaj scored two goals, including the final empty netter in a 4–2 victory in the first game.^[20]

2013–14 Preseason Game Log: 1–1–0–0 (Home: 0–1–0–0; Road: 1–0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record 1 September 27 Norfolk 2–4 Charlotte Peters 1–0–0–0 2 September 28 Charlotte 3–4 Norfolk Murphy 1–1–0–0

Regular season

October

The Checkers had only two home games in October, the lowest to start the season for any team in the league.^[22] But they also went their first five away games without a regulation loss, and never trailed in any of them.^[23] The Checkers started the season with two 3–2 victories against the Oklahoma City Barons on October 4 and 5, scoring the first two goals in both games.^[24][25] Terry scored the Charlotte's first goal of the season just 49 seconds into the season opener.^[24] After a two-week layoff, the Checkers lose two straight home games against the Iowa Wild on October 19 and 20, including a 7–2 loss in the latter game, where the Wild scored within the first 44 seconds.^[4] Charlotte would next play six away games in nine nights, none in consecutive locations, which marked their longest road trip in team history in term of consecutive days out of town.^[26] But they also saw a great deal of turnover in their goaltenders due to Mike Murphy and Justin Peters being recalled by the Carolina Hurricanes to fill in for the injured Cam Ward and Anton Khudobin.^[27][28] The Checkers would end up using five goalies in their first six games of the season.^[27] They signed professional tryout contracts to goaltenders Allen York,^[29] and Rick DiPietro, the 32-year-old veteran the New York Islanders released in July with a compliance buyout. Hurricane general manager Jim Rutherford called DiPietro's signing a "safety net" to provide more goaltending depth in light of their recent injuries.^[30]

John Muse made his first start of the season on October 25, stopping all 30 shots he faced in a 5–0 victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins. Boychuk, Flood and Terry each scored power play goals.^[31] The Checkers maintained a 110-minute shutout streak that ended against the Rockford IceHogs on October 26, which ended in a 2–1 loss after York allowed two of five shootout shots in his Charlotte debut.^[29] The Checkers secured another 5–0 win the next day against the Chicago Wolves, with Muse perfect for in second straight start, earning him the designation of AHL Player of the Week.^[28] Charlotte also scored three power play goals for the second time in three games, this time from Terry, Justin Shugg and Brody Sutter.^[31] The Checkers saw their first away loss in regulation on October 30, falling 5–2 to Grand Rapids, with DiPietro stopping 25 of 29 shots in his team debut.^[23] They defeated Rockford the next day, however, with Rask scoring two goals in a 5–3 victory.^[32] Holm scored at least one point in all nine games of the month, the best point streak of his career.^[33]

November

The Checkers fell into a five-game losing slump, tying a team record for consecutive losses.^[34] It started with a 5–3 loss to the San Antonio Rampage in which Charlotte surrendered a lead after allowing three goals in the third period, marking the first time they lost after leading at the second intermission. DiPietro's 37 saves were the most by a Checkers goalie since Rob Madore's 43 saves against the Texas Stars on April 12, 2013.^[22] Terry, who lead the team in goals for the season with six, in shots with 35,^[35] was recalled on November 6 by the Carolina Hurricanes, who in turn sent down 18-year-old rookie forward Elias Lindholm, the fifth overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.^[26] Charlotte next lost a pair of games each against both the Chicago Wolves and the Hershey Bears,^[34][36] including an 8-1 loss against the Bears on November 14 that Daniels described as "pretty much rock bottom". The seven-goal deficit marked a franchise worst in any regular season. The game marked the Checkers' sixth straight home loss, marking their longest home losing streak in franchise history, and the longest such streak of any team in the league in the season thus far.^[34]

Standings

Divisional standings

	West Division[37]	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA
1	Abbotsford Heat (CAL)^*	21	15	5	0	1	31	72	62
2	Texas Stars (DAL)	19	9	6	2	1	21	63	51
3	San Antonio Rampage (FLA)	17	8	8	0	1	17	47	46
4	Oklahoma City Barons (EDM)	17	7	8	0	2	16	41	52
5	Charlotte Checkers (CAR)	16	5	10	0	1	11	39	53

After games of November 20, 2013

Conference standings

 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

	Western Conference[38]	Div	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA
1	^*y– Texas Stars (DAL)	WT	76	48	18	3	7	106	274	197
2	^*y– Chicago Wolves (STL)	MW	76	45	21	5	5	100	239	191
3	^*y– Toronto Marlies (TOR)	NT	76	45	25	2	4	96	223	202
4	x– Grand Rapids Griffins (DET)	MW	76	46	23	2	5	99	238	187
5	x– Abbotsford Heat (CGY)	WT	76	43	25	5	3	94	237	215
6	x– Milwaukee Admirals (NSH)	MW	76	39	24	6	7	91	215	199
7	x– Rochester Americans (BUF)	NT	76	37	28	6	5	85	216	217
8	x– Oklahoma City Barons (EDM)	WT	76	36	29	2	9	83	239	256
9	e– Rockford IceHogs (CHI)	MW	76	35	32	5	4	79	234	262
10	e– Utica Comets (VAN)	NT	76	35	32	5	4	79	187	216
11	e– Charlotte Checkers (CAR)	WT	76	37	36	1	2	77	228	241
12	e– Lake Erie Monsters (COL)	NT	76	32	33	1	10	75	197	232
13	e– Hamilton Bulldogs (MTL)	NT	76	33	35	1	7	74	182	224
14	e– San Antonio Rampage (FLA)	WT	76	30	37	3	6	69	206	235
15	e– Iowa Wild (MIN)	MW	76	27	36	7	6	67	169	235

* = Division leaders are seeded 1, 2, and 3 in Conference standings.
The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs.

Schedule and results

2013–14 Game Log – Regular season
October: 5–3–0–1 (Home: 0–2–0–0 ; Road: 5–1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Gamesheet 1 October 4 Charlotte 3–2 Oklahoma City Peters 3,008 1–0–0–0 2 Gamesheet 2 October 5 Charlotte 3–2 Oklahoma City Murphy 2,682 2–0–0–0 4 Gamesheet 3 October 19 Iowa 3–1 Charlotte Murphy 9,021 2–1–0–0 4 Gamesheet 4 October 20 Iowa 7–2 Charlotte Murphy 3,687 2–2–0–0 4 Gamesheet 5 October 25 Charlotte 5–0 Grand Rapids Muse 5,494 3–2–0–0 6 Gamesheet 6 October 26 Charlotte 1–2 Rockford SO York 3,124 3–2–0–1 7 Gamesheet 7 October 27 Charlotte 5–0 Chicago Muse 2,932 4–2–0–1 9 Gamesheet 8 October 30 Charlotte 2–5 Grand Rapids DiPietro 2,974 4–3–0–1 9 Gamesheet 9 October 31 Charlotte 5–2 Rockford Muse 5,936 5–3–0–1 11 Gamesheet
November: 2–9–0–0 (Home: 2–5–0–0 ; Road: 0–4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Gamesheet 10 November 2 Charlotte 3–5 San Antonio DiPietro 6,359 5–4–0–1 11 Gamesheet 11 November 7 Chicago 2–1 Charlotte Muse 4,328 5–5–0–1 11 Gamesheet 12 November 9 Chicago 2–1 Charlotte Muse 8,033 5–6–0–1 11 Gamesheet 13 November 13 Hershey 5–3 Charlotte DiPietro 3,878 5–7–0–1 11 Gamesheet 14 November 14 Hershey 8–1 Charlotte Muse 5,451 5–8–0–1 11 Gamesheet 15 November 16 Charlotte 1–4 Toronto Muse 7,699 5–9–0–1 11 Gamesheet 16 November 19 Charlotte 2–3 Toronto Muse 4,402 5–10–0–1 11 Gamesheet 17 November 23 Rockford 2–5 Charlotte Muse 7,672 6–10–0–1 13 Gamesheet 18 November 24 Rockford 4–3 Charlotte DiPietro 4,343 6–11–0–1 13 Gamesheet 19 November 27 Charlotte 2–5 Norfolk Muse 3,016 6–12–0–1 13 Gamesheet 20 November 30 Milwaukee 1–4 Charlotte Muse 6,522 7–12–0–1 15 Gamesheet
December: 7–5–0–0 (Home: 5–4–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Gamesheet 21 December 1 Milwaukee 2–1 Charlotte Madore 3,303 7–13–0–1 15 Gamesheet 22 December 5 Rockford 2–3 Charlotte OT Muse 3,826 8–13–0–1 17 Gamesheet 23 December 7 Rockford 5–3 Charlotte Murphy 7,719 8–14–0–1 17 Gamesheet 24 December 10 San Antonio 1–2 Charlotte Muse 3,393 9–14–0–1 19 Gamesheet 25 December 12 San Antonio 2–3 Charlotte Muse 3,918 10–14–0–1 21 Gamesheet 26 December 15 Norfolk 3–4 Charlotte OT Muse 4,322 11–14–0–1 23 Gamesheet 27 December 19 Norfolk 4–5 Charlotte Muse 6,248 12–14–0–1 25 Gamesheet 28 December 20 Toronto 3–1 Charlotte Murphy 6,816 12–15–0–1 25 Gamesheet 29 December 21 Toronto 5–2 Charlotte Muse 6,217 12–16–0–1 25 Gamesheet 30 December 27 Charlotte 3–2 Milwaukee Muse 7,076 13–16–0–1 27 Gamesheet 31 December 29 Charlotte 3–4 Chicago Khudobin 7,120 13–17–0–1 27 Gamesheet 32 December 30 Charlotte 3–2 Rockford Khudobin 4,599 14–17–0–1 29 Gamesheet
January: 7–3–0–0 (Home: 5–2–0–0 ; Road: 2–1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Gamesheet 33 January 2 Texas 5–3 Charlotte Muse 5,677 14–18–0–1 29 Gamesheet 34 January 3 Texas 3–4 Charlotte Murphy 6,698 15–18–0–1 31 Gamesheet 35 January 10 Charlotte 5–2 Oklahoma City Murphy 2,967 16–18–0–1 33 Gamesheet 36 January 11 Charlotte 2–1 Oklahoma City Muse 3,267 17–18–0–1 35 Gamesheet 37 January 17 Texas 7–1 Charlotte Murphy 8,102 17–19–0–1 35 Gamesheet 38 January 18 Texas 1–6 Charlotte Muse 7,323 18–19–0–1 37 Gamesheet 39 January 19 Norfolk 3–4 Charlotte SO Muse 6,784 19–19–0–1 39 Gamesheet 40 January 23 Oklahoma City 0–4 Charlotte Muse 5,916 20–19–0–1 41 Gamesheet 41 January 24 Oklahoma City 3–9 Charlotte Muse 8,160 21–19–0–1 43 Gamesheet 42 January 31 Charlotte 0–1 Lake Erie Ward 9,215 21–20–0–1 43 Gamesheet
February: 3–6–1–1 (Home: 2–2–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Gamesheet 43 February 1 Charlotte 5–3 Lake Erie Ward 9,679 22–20–0–1 45 Gamesheet 44 February 4 Charlotte 1–7 Abbotsford Muse 1,790 22–21–0–1 45 Gamesheet 45 February 5 Charlotte 3–4 Abbotsford Murphy 1,528 22–22–0–1 45 Gamesheet 46 February 7 Oklahoma City 8–5 Charlotte Muse 8,189 22–23–0–1 45 Gamesheet 47 February 9 Oklahoma City 4–3 Charlotte OT Murphy 8,168 22–23–1–1 46 Gamesheet 48 February 15 Abbotsford 5–1 Charlotte Muse 4,354 22–24–1–1 46 Gamesheet 49 February 16 Abbotsford 4–5 Charlotte OT Murphy 5,525 23–24–1–1 48 Gamesheet 50 February 18 Norfolk 3–4 Charlotte Muse 4,913 24–24–1–1 50 Gamesheet 51 February 21 Charlotte 1–4 Texas Murphy 5,249 24–25–1–1 50 Gamesheet 52 February 22 Charlotte 2–3 Texas SO Peters 6,863 24–25–1–2 51 Gamesheet 53 February 26 Charlotte 2–3 Norfolk Peters 3,066 24–26–1–2 51 Gamesheet
March: 12–4–0–0 (Home: 4–2–0–0 ; Road: 8–2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Gamesheet 54 March 1 Charlotte 4–1 Hershey Peters 9,784 25–26–1–2 53 Gamesheet 55 March 2 Charlotte 6–3 Hershey Peters 9,942 26–26–1–2 55 Gamesheet 56 March 4 Charlotte 3–2 Norfolk Peters 2,526 27–26–1–2 57 Gamesheet 57 March 7 Charlotte 5–4 San Antonio SO Muse 8,473 28–26–1–2 59 Gamesheet 58 March 8 Charlotte 0–3 Texas Murphy 5,469 28–27–1–2 59 Gamesheet 59 March 9 Charlotte 4–3 San Antonio Muse 6,114 29–27–1–2 61 Gamesheet 60 March 12 Charlotte 3–1 Texas Muse 4,910 30–27–1–2 63 Gamesheet 61 March 15 Lake Erie 2–5 Charlotte Muse 8,002 31–27–1–2 65 Gamesheet 62 March 16 Lake Erie 3–2 Charlotte Murphy 7,892 31–28–1–2 65 Gamesheet 63 March 19 Charlotte 3–5 Norfolk Muse 3,072 31–29–1–2 65 Gamesheet 64 March 21 San Antonio 3–4 Charlotte Muse 8,213 32–29–1–2 67 Gamesheet 65 March 23 San Antonio 4–2 Charlotte Murphy 8,118 32–30–1–2 67 Gamesheet 66 March 25 Charlotte 2–1 Iowa Muse 3,902 33–30–1–2 69 Gamesheet 67 March 26 Charlotte 7–0 Iowa Muse 4,675 34–30–1–2 71 Gamesheet 68 March 29 Oklahoma City 2–3 Charlotte SO Muse 8,232 35–30–1–2 73 Gamesheet 69 March 30 Oklahoma City 4–5 Charlotte SO Muse 8,011 36–30–1–2 75 Gamesheet
April: 1–6–0–0 (Home: 1–1–0–0 ; Road: 0–5–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Gamesheet 70 April 4 Charlotte 2–5 San Antonio Muse 8,000 36–31–1–2 75 Gamesheet 71 April 5 Charlotte 0–1 Oklahoma City Muse 3,957 36–32–1–2 75 Gamesheet 72 April 6 Charlotte 4–6 Oklahoma City Muse 3,061 36–33–1–2 75 Gamesheet 73 April 10 Grand Rapids 0–3 Charlotte Muse 6,709 37–33–1–2 77 Gamesheet 74 April 13 Grand Rapids 2–1 Charlotte Muse 8,002 37–34–1–2 77 Gamesheet 75 April 18 Charlotte 1–5 Milwaukee Muse 7,592 37–35–1–2 77 Gamesheet 76 April 19 Charlotte 3–7 Rockford Muse 5,300 37–36–1–2 77 Gamesheet
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1-point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Source:^[39]

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Boychuk, ZachZach Boychuk 69 36 38 74 −7 55 Terry, ChrisChris Terry 70 28 41 69 −13 62 Palushaj, AaronAaron Palushaj 68 22 36 58 −3 80 Sutter, BrettBrett Sutter 62 15 29 44 −13 69 Rask, VictorVictor Rask^* 76 16 23 39 -3 20 Shugg, JustinJustin Shugg 75 16 22 38 -9 26 Flood, MarkMark Flood 74 13 18 31 −26 27 Cornet, PhilippePhilippe Cornet^† 58 13 15 28 -8 16 Sutter, BrodyBrody Sutter 69 8 20 28 0 29 Jordan, MichalMichal Jordan 70 4 21 25 -12 20 Murphy, RyanRyan Murphy^* 22 3 19 22 +7 8 Biega, DanDan Biega^* 65 3 15 18 −6 22 Blanchard, NicolasNicolas Blanchard 65 7 8 15 -7 111 Dolan, SeanSean Dolan 50 5 10 15 −6 27 Marquardt, MattMatt Marquardt 61 6 7 13 −7 64 Lowe, KeeganKeegan Lowe^* 63 2 10 12 -7 86 Pistilli, MatthewMatthew Pistilli^‡ 21 4 7 11 +4 13 Nemisz, GregGreg Nemisz^† 14 3 8 11 +4 4 Corrente, MatthewMatthew Corrente 72 2 9 11 +9 136 Rissanen, RasmusRasmus Rissanen 62 3 7 10 −7 91 Woods, BrendanBrendan Woods^* 42 5 3 8 −7 40 Staal, JaredJared Staal 50 2 5 7 −2 23 Brace, AdamAdam Brace^*‡ 10 2 4 6 +1 2 Schmitz, BeauBeau Schmitz 23 2 4 6 +1 12 Jenks, AJAJ Jenks 24 2 3 5 -3 20 Lindholm, EliasElias Lindholm^* 6 1 2 3 −4 4 Levi, AustinAustin Levi^* 10 1 0 1 -2 0 Di Giuseppe, PhilPhil Di Giuseppe^* 3 0 1 1 0 6 Robertson, DennisDennis Robertson^* 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tolchinsky, SergeySergey Tolchinsky^* 1 0 0 0 -1 0 Bonis, KyleKyle Bonis^‡ 3 0 0 0 −2 0 Malhotra, MannyManny Malhotra^‡ 8 0 0 0 −2 17

^†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^[40]

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SV	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
York, AllenAllen York^‡	1	63:58	0	0	1	0.94	28	29	.966	0	0	0	0
Ward, CamCam Ward	2	118:45	1	1	4	2.02	59	63	.937	0	0	0	0
Madore, RobRob Madore^‡	1	58:32	0	1	2	2.05	25	27	.926	0	0	0	0
Peters, JustinJustin Peters	6	363:51	4	1	13	2.14	177	190	.932	0	0	0	2
Muse, JohnJohn Muse	47	2,656:57	27	18	121	2.73	1,305	1,426	.915	5	0	0	4
Khudobin, AntonAnton Khudobin	2	118:48	1	1	6	3.03	77	83	.928	0	0	0	0
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy	19	931:20	4	11	62	3.99	458	520	.881	0	0	0	0
Deckert, JesseJesse Deckert^*	1	36:33	0	0	3	4.92	10	13	.769	0	0	0	0
DiPietro, RickRick DiPietro	5	220:16	0	4	19	5.18	104	123	.846	0	0	0	2
Totals		4,601:00	37	37	231	3.01	2,243	2,474	.907	5	0	0	8

^‡Left the team mid-season
^*Rookie

Awards and records

Awards

Player	Award	Awarded
John Muse	AHL Player of the Week	October 27, 2013	[28]

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Reached
Jesse Deckert	1st AHL Game	October 20, 2013	[4]
Adam Brace	1st AHL Goal	November 7, 2013	[14]

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External links

• Charlotte Checkers official site