The Charlotte Checkers have entered their Shawn Lynch era. Why it matters: Lynch, appointed team president in June, has risen ...

The Charlotte Checkers have recalled goaltender Keith Kinkaid from the ECHL's Savannah Ghost Pirates, it was announced Thursday.. Kinkaid, a product of Farmingville, N.Y., has spent the entire ...

Wheeler, who once coached the Charlotte Checkers and also starred for the team in the 1990s, recently earned a berth in the ECHL Hall of Fame.

The Charlotte Checkers have signed goaltender Michael Simpson to a one-year deal, it was announced Thursday.

After a 17-year break, the Checkers returned to Charlotte in 1993 as a part of the East Coast Hockey League. Within the ECHL, the team made the playoffs 10 times and won the Riley Cup in 1996.

Savannah spent the previous two seasons as the ECHL affiliate of the Las Vegas Golden Knights and Henderson Silver Knights, both more than 2,000 miles away from the hostess city. Charlotte and Sunrise ...

The ECHL champion Florida Everblades will go for a repeat with prospects from a new but old NHL affiliate. The Blades and Florida Panthers announced on Wednesday they entered into a multi-year ...

Four seasons after the Carolina Hurricanes relocated their AHL affiliate from Albany, New York, to Charlotte, North Carolina, the decision has proved to be an enormous success in every regard. The ...

CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Zawyer Sports & Entertainment, the current ownership group for the Gastonia Baseball Club, acquired a “controlling interest” in the Charlotte Checkers, the team ...

An ownership group that sources have said will own Greensboro's new hockey team is slated to be on hand for a big announcement Friday at Greensboro's First Horizon Coliseum. Coincidence?