2015–16 Charlotte Checkers season

2015–16 Charlotte Checkers
2015–16 record	6–5–0–0
Home record	0–1–0–0
Road record	6–4–0–0
Goals for	37
Goals against	36
Team information
Coach	Mark Morris
Assistant Coach	Geordie Kinnear
Alternate captains	Kyle Hagel T. J. Hensick Keegan Lowe
Arena	Bojangles' Coliseum
Team leaders
Goals	Derek Ryan (6)
Assists	Jaccob Slavin (6) Phil Di Guiseppe
Points	Phil Di Guiseppe (10)
Penalties in minutes	Kyle Hagel (13)
Plus/minus	(+): Jaccob Slavin (+7) (-): Erik Karlsson (-4)
Wins	Drew MacIntyre (5)
Goals against average	Drew MacIntyre (3.05)
< 2014–15

The 2015–16 Charlotte Checkers season was the franchise's 6th season in the American Hockey League.

Off-season

The Carolina Hurricanes, NHL affiliate of the Checkers, decided not to renew the contract of coach Jeff Daniels.^[1] Mark Morris was hired to coach the Checkers this season.^[2] The Checkers will play home games at Bojangles' Coliseum this season instead of Time Warner Cable Arena.^[3] AHL realignment places the Checkers in the Central Division starting this season.^[4]

Regular Season

The Checkers opened the season on October 10, 2015 with a 4–1 victory over the Iowa Wild in Des Moines, Iowa.^[5] After the first three games, the Checkers were undefeated which was the best start in franchise history.^[6]

Standings

Divisional standings

Updated as of November 8, 2015^[7]

Central Division	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	Pts%	GF	GA
Chicago Wolves (STL)	9	7	1	0	1	15	.833	36	24
Lake Erie Monsters (CBJ)	10	6	2	0	2	14	.700	27	24
Rockford IceHogs (CHI)	12	7	3	1	1	16	.667	32	34
Charlotte Checkers (CAR)	12	7	5	0	0	14	.583	40	38
Milwaukee Admirals (NSH)	10	5	4	1	0	11	.550	25	30
Iowa Wild (MIN)	14	3	8	1	2	9	.321	22	42
Manitoba Moose (WPG)	11	2	7	1	1	6	.273	16	28
Grand Rapids Griffins (DET)	8	1	7	0	0	2	.125	11	28

Schedule and results

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log – Regular season
October: 6–4–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 6–4–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Pts% Recap 1 October 10 @ Iowa Wild 4–1 MacIntyre 8,309 1–0–0–0 2 1.000 Report 2 October 11 @ Iowa Wild 5–4 SO Tirronen 3,444 2–0–0–0 4 1.000 Report 3 October 16 @ Milwaukee Admirals 7–2 MacIntyre 5,695 3–0–0–0 6 1.000 Report 4 October 17 @ Chicago Wolves 5–9 MacIntyre 3,531 3–1–0–0 6 .750 Report 5 October 21 @ Grand Rapids Griffins 3–4 MacIntyre 4,125 3–2–0–0 6 .600 Report 6 October 23 @ Grand Rapids Griffins 3–1 MacIntyre 5,369 4–2–0–0 8 .667 Report 7 October 25 @ Chicago Wolves 0–3 MacIntyre 8,117 4–3–0–0 8 .571 Report 8 October 27 @ Rockford IceHogs 2–1 SO MacIntyre 6,017 5–3–0–0 10 .625 Report 9 October 29 @ Lake Erie Monsters 2–3 MacIntyre 3,659 5–4–0–0 10 .556 Report 10 October 31 @ Lake Erie Monsters 6–5 SO MacIntyre 5,123 6–4–0–0 12 .600 Report
November: 1–1–0–0 (Home: 1–1–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Pts% Recap 11 November 7 Manitoba Moose 0–3 MacIntyre 8,317 6–5–0–0 12 .545 Report 12 November 8 Manitoba Moose 3–2 Tirronen 3,514 7–5–0–0 14 .583 Report November 13 Milwaukee Admirals 0–0–0–0 November 14 Milwaukee Admirals 0–0–0–0 November 20 @ Texas Stars 0–0–0–0 November 22 @ San Antonio Rampage 0–0–0–0 November 24 San Jose Barracuda 0–0–0–0 November 25 San Jose Barracuda 0–0–0–0 November 28 Iowa Wild 0–0–0–0 November 29 Iowa Wild 0–0–0–0
December: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Pts% Recap December 5 Ontario Reign 0–0–0–0 December 6 Ontario Reign 0–0–0–0 December 9 @ San Antonio Rampage 0–0–0–0 December 11 @ Texas Stars 0–0–0–0 December 15 Iowa Wild 0–0–0–0 December 17 Iowa Wild 0–0–0–0 December 19 Lake Erie Monsters 0–0–0–0 December 20 Lake Erie Monsters 0–0–0–0 December 28 @ San Jose Barracuda 0–0–0–0 December 30 @ San Jose Brracuda 0–0–0–0
January: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Pts% Recap January 2 @ Ontario Reign 0–0–0–0 January 3 @ Ontario Reign 0–0–0–0 January 8 @ San Diego Gulls 0–0–0–0 January 9 @ San Diego Gulls 0–0–0–0 January 12 Grand Rapids Griffins 0–0–0–0 January 13 Grand Rapids Griffins 0–0–0–0 January 16 Manitoba Moose 0–0–0–0 January 17 Manitoba Moose 0–0–0–0 January 22 Chicago Wolves 0–0–0–0 January 23 Chicago Wolves 0–0–0–0 January 27 @ Rockford IceHogs 0–0–0–0 January 29 @ Iowa Wild 0–0–0–0 January 30 @ Iowa Wild 0–0–0–0
February: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Pts% Recap February 5 Lake Erie Monsters 0–0–0–0 February 6 Lake Erie Monsters 0–0–0–0 February 8 San Antonio Rampage 0–0–0–0 February 10 San Antonio Rampage 0–0–0–0 February 12 San Diego Gulls 0–0–0–0 February 13 San Diego Gulls 0–0–0–0 February 16 @ Milwaukee Admirals 0–0–0–0 February 19 @ Grand Rapids Griffins 0–0–0–0 February 20 @ Grand Rapids Griffins 0–0–0–0 February 21 @ Chicago Wolves 0–0–0–0 February 27 @ Manitoba Moose 0–0–0–0 February 28 @ Manitoba Moose 0–0–0–0
March: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Pts% Recap March 4 Grand Rapids Griffins 0–0–0–0 March 5 Grand Rapids Grffins 0–0–0–0 March 8 Chicago Wolves 0–0–0–0 March 10 Chicago Wolves 0–0–0–0 March 12 Rockford IceHogs 0–0–0–0 March 13 Rockford IceHogs 0–0–0–0 March 15 @ Rockford IceHogs 0–0–0–0 March 18 @ Milwaukee Admirals 0–0–0–0 March 19 @ Milwaukee Admirals 0–0–0–0 March 20 @ Rockford IceHogs 0–0–0–0 March 23 @ Chicago Wolves 0–0–0–0 March 26 @ Manitoba Moose 0–0–0–0 March 28 @ Manitoba Moose 0–0–0–0
April: 0–0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Pts% Recap April 1 Texas Stars 0–0–0–0 April 2 Texas Stars 0–0–0–0 April 5 Rockford IceHogs 0–0–0–0 April 6 Rockford IceHogs 0–0–0–0 April 9 Milwaukee Admirals 0–0–0–0 April 10 Milwaukee Admirals 0–0–0–0 April 14 @ Lake Erie Monsters 0–0–0–0 April 15 @ Lake Erie Monsters 0–0–0–0
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1-point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Updated as of November 8, 2015^[8]

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Di Guiseppe, PhilPhil Di Guiseppe 12 4 6 10 -2 8 Ryan, DerekDerek Ryan 12 7 2 9 -3 4 Carrick, TrevorTrevor Carrick 12 4 3 7 -3 15 Chelios, JakeJake Chelios 9 2 5 7 -4 6 Hensick, T. J.T. J. Hensick 12 1 6 7 -1 4 Slavin, JaccobJaccob Slavin^* 12 0 7 7 +7 0 Sutter, BrodyBrody Sutter 12 3 3 6 +3 6 Biega, DannyDanny Biega 9 2 4 6 +1 6 Boychuk, ZachZach Boychuk 12 0 6 6 -3 10 Shugg, JustinJustin Shugg 5 1 4 5 -2 0 Tolchinsky, SergeySergey Tolchinsky^* 12 1 4 5 -2 2 Woods, BrendanBrendan Woods 12 3 1 4 +5 17 Wohlberg, DavidDavid Wohlberg 12 2 2 4 -1 10 Rissanen, RasmusRasmus Rissanen 11 0 4 4 -1 16 Brown, PatrickPatrick Brown 12 2 1 3 -2 4 Pesce, BrettBrett Pesce^* 3 1 2 3 -3 0 McGinn, BrockBrock McGinn 2 2 0 2 0 0 Lowe, KeeganKeegan Lowe 11 0 2 2 -1 11 Nordström, JoakimJoakim Nordström 2 1 0 1 -2 0 Karlsson, ErikErik Karlsson^* 7 1 0 1 -4 2 Ganly, TylerTyler Ganly^* 3 0 1 1 0 2 Bowman, DraysonDrayson Bowman 5 0 1 1 +1 4 Agosta, JustinJustin Agosta 1 0 0 0 -1 0 Sandlak, CarterCarter Sandlak 5 0 0 0 +2 2 Hagel, KyleKyle Hagel 11 0 0 0 -1 34

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining team. Stats reflect time with the team only.
^‡Left the team mid-season
^*Rookie

Goaltenders

Updated as of November 8, 2015^[9]

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SV	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Tirronen, RasmusRasmus Tirronen^*	3	118:52	2	0	6	3.03	37	43	.860	0	0	0	0
MacIntyre, DrewDrew MacIntyre	11	608:59	5	5	31	3.05	248	279	.889	0	0	0	0
Totals		727:51	7	5	37	3.05	285	322	.885	0	0	0	0

^‡Left the team mid-season
^*Rookie

Roster

Updated December 6, 2015.^[10][11][12]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
9		Biega, DannyDanny Biega	D	R	24	2013	Montreal, Quebec	Hurricanes
25		Bowman, DraysonDrayson Bowman	LW	L	26	2015	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Checkers
11		Boychuk, ZachZach Boychuk	C	L	26	2010	Airdrie, Alberta	Hurricanes
24		Brown, PatrickPatrick Brown	C	R	23	2014	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	Hurricanes
5		Carrick, TrevorTrevor Carrick	D	R	21	2014	Stouffville, Ontario	Hurricanes
27		Chelios, JakeJake Chelios	D	L	24	2015	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	Checkers
36		Cornell, MikeMike Cornell	D	R	27	2015	Franklin, Massachusetts	Checkers
18		Hagel, KyleKyle Hagel (A)	RW	L	30	2014	Hamilton, Ontario	Checkers
15		Hensick, T. J.T. J. Hensick (A)	RW	R	30	2015	Howell, Michigan	Hurricanes
17		Ganly, TylerTyler Ganly	D	R	20	2015	Milton, Ontario	Hurricanes
33		Karlsson, ErikErik Karlsson	LW	L	21	2015	Lerum, Sweden	Hurricanes
4		Lowe, KeeganKeegan Lowe (A)	D	L	22	2013	Edmonton, Alberta	Hurricanes
22		MacIntyre, DrewDrew MacIntyre	G	L	32	2014	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	Hurricanes
7		McGinn, BrockBrock McGinn	LW	L	21	2013	Fergus, Ontario	Hurricanes
6		Murphy, RyanRyan Murphy	D	R	22	2013	Aurora, Ontario	Hurricanes
2		Rissanen, RasmusRasmus Rissanen	D	L	24	2011	Spokane, Washington	Hurricanes
10		Ryan, DerekDerek Ryan (C)	C	R	29	2015	Kuopio, Finland	Hurricanes
26		Sandlak, CarterCarter Sandlak	LW	L	22	2014	London, Ontario	Hurricanes
14		Shugg, JustinJustin Shugg	LW	R	24	2011	Niagara Falls, Ontario	Hurricanes
12		Sutter, BrodyBrody Sutter	C	R	24	2012	Viking, Alberta	Hurricanes
1		Tirronen, RasmusRasmus Tirronen	G	L	25	2014	Espoo, Finland	Hurricanes
16		Tolchinsky, SergeySergey Tolchinsky	LW	L	20	2015	Moscow, Russia	Hurricanes
38		Wohlberg, DavidDavid Wohlberg	C	L	25	2015	South Lyon, Michigan	Checkers
21		Woods, BrendanBrendan Woods	C	L	23	2013	Humboldt, Saskatchewan	Hurricanes

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
September 11, 2015	To Chicago Blackhawks Dennis Robertson	[13]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Ref
July 2, 2015	Ben Holmstrom	New York Islanders	[14]
July 14, 2015	Alex Aleardi	Rögle BK	[15]
July 15, 2015	Austin Levi	Fort Wayne Komets	[16]
August 4, 2015	John Muse	Texas Stars	[17][18]

Retirement

Player	Ref
Greg Nemisz	[19]

References

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2. Alexander, Chip (July 3, 2015). "Canes hire Mark Morris to coach Charlotte Checkers". The News & Observer. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
3. Burbeck, Tony (December 8, 2014). "City Council approves $16M for Bojangles Coliseum upgrades". WCNC. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
4. Blockus, Gary (May 12, 2015). "AHL announces realignment for 2015-16 season". The Morning Call. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
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7. "Standings 2015-16 Regular Season - Central Division". theahl.com. November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
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11. "Eliteprospects.com Charlotte Checkers". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
12. "Game Summary 431". American Hockey League. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
13. Alexander, Chip (September 11, 2015). "Canes trade for Versteeg, Nordstrom". The News & Observer. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
14. Paisley, Joe (July 2, 2015). "Three with area ties sign NHL/AHL contracts". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
15. Rooth, Daniel (July 14, 2015). "Två forwards klara – en back på ingång". www.hd.se (in Swedish). Retrieved August 9, 2015.
16. "Komets add seven to preseason roster". Fort Wayne Komets. July 15, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
17. "Texas signs Evans, Muse to AHL deals". AHL. August 4, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
18. Malcone, Rich (August 7, 2015). "John Muse Signs Deal With AHL's Texas Stars". Cape News. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
19. Parker, Jim (July 15, 2015). "Former Spitfire Greg Nemisz retires to coach with Oshawa Generals". Windsor Star. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

External links

• Official Website of the AHL