Their biggest hurdle has been offensively, having failed to score more than two goals in each of their first eight games this season before a four-goal outburst against the Penguins. The Phantoms sit in the cellar of the Atlantic Division, having earned their first regulation victory in their last contest. The Checkers will be looking to take advantage of a weekend matchup against a Lehigh Valley squad that has struggled out of the gates this season. The Checkers now return to Bojangles Coliseum, where they have claimed three of four possible points this season and have not posted a regulation loss. The early part of Charlotte’s season has been heavy on road games, which have made up five of its first seven games. They’ll look to keep that momentum going against a Lehigh Valley team that is coming off a 25-save shutout of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in their last game, but surrendered 12 total tallies over the three games prior.
The Checkers are averaging three goals a game so far this season – tying them for 11th in the league – and have hit that mark exactly in each of their last three games, with eight of those nine goals coming at even strength. Saturday saw him notch the first multi-point game of his career, and the following night he notched not only the first shorthanded goal of his pro career, but the first by a Checker this season. The high mark for the first 10 games of a season by a rookie is 10, set by Victor Rask in 2013-14 and matched by Andrew Poturalski in 2016-17.Ĭole Schwindt had a big weekend offensively, recording points in both Saturday and Sunday’s games. Hutsko is tied for seventh among AHL rookies in points and tied for sixth in assists, and his seven points are the second-highest total by a rookie through the first seven games of a season. The rookie has been Charlotte’s most consistent scorer, finding the scoresheet in six of the team’s seven contests thus far. It hasn’t taken Logan Hutsko long to adjust to the pro level. The Checkers are back after a busy road trip looking to use the electric atmosphere in Bojangles Coliseum to string together wins over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
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