Former Charlotte Checkers forward Aleksi Heponiemi has signed a two-year deal in Sweden with HV71, it was announced earlier this week. A 2017 second round pick of the Florida Panthers, Heponiemi spent ...

The Checkers are 5-0 on the road during the playoffs this year. They've outscored their opponents 23-4 throughout this playoff run and outscored the Rocket 10-3 so far. Photo: Laval Rocket/Courtesy of ...

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Sunday in Charlotte. Carrick scored his first goal of the postseason on a power play late in the opening period to give the Checkers a 1-0 lead before forcing a ...

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Checkers are headed back to Charlotte with a two-nothing series lead in the Eastern Conference finals. The Checkers won again tonight, topping the Laval Rockets ...

Game 1 did not go as planned for the Laval Rocket. they lost 5-1 to the Charlotte Checkers in a game where every single mistake they made was punished instantly by their opponent. Perhaps more ...

The Charlotte Checkers are coming back to North Carolina with a chance to win the AHL’s Eastern Conference championship at home. The Checkers followed the same script Thursday night in Game 2 of ...

Charlotte Checkers head coach Geordie Kinnear (center) looks on as his team faces the Hershey Bears in the AHL’s Atlantic Division finals at Bojangles Coliseum. Jonathan Aguallo / For The ...

The Charlotte Checkers’ next stop on a playoff journey to a possible Calder Cup puts them up against the American Hockey League’s winningest team this season. And its most-penalized team.