2017-18 Charlotte Checkers Roster As of March 4 No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Sh. Hometown Birthdate 7 Aleksi Saarela C 5'11" 198 L Laitila, Finland 1/7/1997 11 Clark Bishop C 6'0" 192 L St. John's, NL 3/29/1996 12 Julien Gauthier RW 6'4" 225 R Pointe-aux-Trembles, QC 10/15/1997 14 Greg McKegg C 6'0" 191 L St. Thomas, ON 6/17/1992 15 Nicolas Roy C 6'4" 208 R Amos, QC 2/5/1997 16 Sergey Tolchinsky LW 5'8" 169 L Moscow, Russia 2/3/1995 17 Warren Foegele LW 6'2" 190 L Markham, ON 4/1/1996 19 Andrew Miller RW 5'10" 181 R Bloomfield Hills, MI 9/18/1988 21 Zack Stortini RW 6'4" 215 R Elliot Lake, ON 9/11/1985 22 Andrew Poturalski C 5'10" 190 R Williamsville, NY 1/14/1994 23 Janne Kuokkanen C 6'1" 188 L Oulunsalo, Finland 5/25/1998 24 Patrick Brown C 6'1" 197 R Bloomfield Hills, MI 5/29/1992 25 Valentin Zykov RW 6'0" 209 R St. Petersburg, Russia 5/15/1995 26 Nick Schilkey F 5'10" 173 R Marysville, MI 5/12/1994 29 Marcus Kruger C 5'11" 172 L Stockholm, Sweden 5/27/1990 33 Mike Ferrantino F 5'8" 178 R Plymouth, MI 1/1/1993 3 Roland McKeown D 6'1" 195 R Listowel, ON 1/20/1996 4 Tyler Ganly D 6'2" 204 R Mississauga, ON 3/22/1995 5 Trevor Carrick D 6'2" 175 L Stouffville, ON 7/4/1994 8 Philip Samuelsson D 6'2" 195 L Leksand, Sweden 7/26/1991 18 Brenden Kichton D 6'0" 190 R Spruce Grove, AB 6/18/1992 20 Dennis Robertson D 6'1" 215 L Fort Saint John, BC 5/24/1991 27 Jake Chelios D 6'2" 185 L Chicago, IL 3/8/1991 34 Josiah Didier D 6'3" 218 R Littleton, CO 4/8/1993 30 Alex Nedeljkovic G 5'11" 190 L Parma, OH 1/7/1996 40 Jeremy Smith G 6'1" 175 L Dearborn, MI 4/13/1989 Head Coach Mike Vellucci Head Athletic Trainer Bryn-Marc Conaway Assistant Coach Peter Andersson Strength & Conditioning Coach Ryan Wysocki Assistant Coach/Video Myles Fee Equipment Managers Steve Latin, Donny White 2017-18 Charlotte Checkers Pronunciation Guide 7 Aleksi Saarela SAW-rel-ah 11 Clark Bishop 12 Julien Gauthier JEW-lee-in GOH-tyay 14 Greg McKegg 15 Nicolas Roy nic-COH-la wah 16 Sergey Tolchinsky SEHR-gay tohl-CHIN-skee 17 Warren Foegele FOH-guhl 19 Andrew Miller 21 Zack Stortini 22 Andrew Poturalski paht-erAHL-skee 23 Janne Kuokkanen YAH-nee KWOH-kuh-nehn 24 Patrick Brown 25 Valentin Zykov VAHL-ehn-teen ZIH-kawv 26 Nick Schilkey SHIHL-kee 29 Marcus Kruger KROO-gur 33 Mike Ferrantino 3 Roland McKeown mih-CUE-ehn 4 Tyler Ganly 5 Trevor Carrick 8 Philip Samuelsson 18 Brenden Kichton KITCH-tuhn 20 Dennis Robertson 27 Jake Chelios 34 Josiah Didier joh-SIGH-uh DIH-dee-ay 30 Alex Nedeljkovic nuh-DEHL-koh-vihch 40 Jeremy Smith Head Coach Mike Vellucci Head Athletic Trainer Bryn-Marc Conaway Assistant Coach Peter Andersson Strength & Conditioning Coach Ryan Wysocki Assistant Coach/Video Myles Fee Equipment Managers Steve Latin, Donny White CHARLOTTE CHECKERS 2017 – 2018 GAME NOTES | March 4, 2018 THE LAST TIME THE CHECKERS… SCORED A POWER PLAY GOAL ALLOWED A POWER PLAY GOAL HOME: FEB 14, 2018 vs HFD – HOME: FEB 9, 2018 vs SPR – st rd (Aleksi Saarela, 6:17, 1 , 3‐2 win) (Thomas Schemitsch, 15:41, 3 , 5‐2 win) AWAY: MAR 3, 2018 at SPR – AWAY: MAR 3, 2018 at SPR – (Aleksi Saarela, 13:21, 1st, 3‐2 win*) (Anthony Greco, 7:34, 2nd, 3‐2 win*) SCORED A SHORTHANDED GOAL ALLOWED A SHORTHANDED GOAL HOME: FEB 10, 2018 vs. SPR – HOME: DEC 20, 2017 vs. HER – (Clark Bishop, 10:41, 7‐0 win) (Colby Williams, 1:57, 1st, 5‐4 win) AWAY: NOV. 15, 2017 at SPR – AWAY: MAR 2, 2018 at PRO – (Warren Foegele, 11:46, 2nd, 5‐3 loss) (Colby Cave, 12:14, 2nd, 6‐3 loss) PLAYER HAD A HAT TRICK ALLOWED A HAT TRICK HOME: DEC 21, 2017 vs HER – HOME: MAR 29, 2015 vs LE – (Aleksi Saarela, 6‐0 win) (Andrew Agozzino, 5‐1 loss) AWAY: NOV 11, 2016 at IA – AWAY: FEB 17, 2017 at MIL – (Matt Tennyson, 4‐1 win) (Vladislav Kamenev, 6‐3 loss) WERE AWARDED A PENALTY SHOT WERE ASSESSED A PENALTY SHOT HOME: JAN 4, 2015 vs TEX – HOME: APR 12, 2015 vs RFD – (Phil Di Giuseppe vs Jack Campbell, No Goal) (Brandon Mashinter vs Rasmus Tirronen, Goal) AWAY: OCT 21, 2017 at TOR – AWAY: FEB 3, 2017 at TUC – (Warren Foegele vs Garret Sparks, No Goal) (Chris Mueller vs Michael Leighton, No Goal) SCORED A PENALTY SHOT GOAL ALLOWED A PENALTY SHOT GOAL HOME: NOV 29, 2014 vs MIL – HOME: APR 12, 2015 vs RFD – (Ben Holmstrom vs Magnus Hellberg) (Brandon Mashinter vs Rasmus Tirronen, Goal) AWAY: NOV 28, 2010 at HER – AWAY: DEC 22, 2016 at CLE – (Jacob Micflikier vs Braden Holtby) (Sonny Milano vs Michael Leighton, Goal) SHUT OUT OPPOSING TEAM WERE SHUT OUT BY OPPOSING TEAM HOME: FEB 18, 2018 vs. SYR – HOME: JAN 17, 2017 vs. MIL – (Alex Nedeljkovic, 23 saves) (Marek Mazanec, 23 saves) AWAY: FEB 18, 2017 at RFD – AWAY: FEB 25, 2018 at BRI – (Alex Nedeljkovic, 32 saves) (Kristers Gudlevskis, 39 saves) WON IN SHOOTOUT LOST IN SHOOTOUT HOME: MAR 25, 2017 vs. CHI – HOME: NOV 26, 2017 vs PRO – (Kris Newbury, Won 3‐2**) (Ryan Fitzgerald, Lost 2‐1**) AWAY: MAR 18, 2016 at MIL – AWAY: FEB 3, 2018 at HER – (Justin Shugg, Won 2‐1**) (Travis Boyd, Lost 6‐5**) WON IN OVERTIME LOST IN OVERTIME HOME: JAN 21, 2018 vs. RCH – HOME: FEB 12, 2016 vs SD – (Valentin Zykov, Won 5‐4*) (Mike Sgarbossa, 1:27, Lost 3‐2*) AWAY: MAR 3, 2018 at SPR – AWAY: APR 15, 2017 at GR – (Valentin Zykov, 1:04, Won 3‐2*) (Eric Tangradi, 1:33, Lost 3‐2*) *Indicates Overtime Decision ** Indicates Shootout Decision Proud Affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes CHARLOTTE CHECKERS 2017 – 2018 GAME NOTES | March 4, 2018 TRANSACTIONS SEPTEMBER 9/28 – (G) Martin Ouellette – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 9/28 – (D) Josiah Didier – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) OCTOBER 10/3 – (F) Steven Lorentz – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 10/3 – (F) Spencer Smallman – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 10/3 – (D) Keegan Kanzig – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 10/3 – (G) Callum Booth – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 10/4 – (F) Mike Ferrantino – Signed PTO with Charlotte (AHL) 10/14 – (D) Trevor Carrick – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 10/19 – (D) Trevor Carrick – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 10/30 – (C) Janne Kuokkanen – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 10/31 – (C) Patrick Brown – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) NOVEMBER 11/1 – (D) Roland McKeown – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 11/2 – (D) Josiah Didier – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 11/9 – (D) Roland McKeown – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 11/9 – (RW) Lee Stempniak – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) on conditioning stint 11/11 – (D) Josiah Didier – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 11/12 – (C) Patrick Brown – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 11/12 – (RW) Lee Stempniak – Recalled from conditioning stint 11/12 – (LW) Phil Di Giuseppe – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 11/20 – (D) Josiah Didier – Recalled by Charlotte (AHL) 11/28 – (D) Tyler Ganly – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) DECEMBER 12/5 – (F) Mike Ferrantino – Signed to AHL deal with Charlotte (AHL) 12/6 – (D) Josh Wesley – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 12/29 – (C) Lucas Wallmark – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 12/29 – (F) Steven Lorentz – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 12/30 – (C) Mitchell Heard – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) JANUARY 1/3 – (C) Mitchell Heard – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 1/3 – (C) Aleksi Saarela – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 1/5 – (C) Aleksi Saarela – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 1/8 – (C) Lucas Wallmark – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 1/10 – (F) Steven Lorentz – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 1/12 – (C) Lucas Wallmark – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 1/13 – (C) Mitchell Heard – Recalled by Charlotte (AHL) 1/14 – (C) Lucas Wallmark – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 1/20 – (D) Roland McKeown – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 1/22 – (C) Mitchell Heard – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 1/22 – (D) Roland McKeown – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 1/25 – (D) Haydn Fleury – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 1/28 – (D) Haydn Fleury – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) FEBRUARY 2/5 – (G) Callum Booth – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 2/9 – (RW) Josh Jooris – Assigned from Carolina (NHL) 2/9 – (C) Marcus Kruger – Assigned from Carolina (NHL) 2/13 – (C) Patrick Brown – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 2/17 – (C) Patrick Brown – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 2/17 – (C) Lucas Wallmark – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 2/19 – (C) Lucas Wallmark – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 2/19 – (F) Spencer Smallman – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 2/19 – (G) Callum Booth – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 2/22 – (RW) Josh Jooris – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 2/23 – (C) Lucas Wallmark – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 2/24 – (D) Tyler Ganly – Recalled by Charlotte (AHL) 2/26 – (C) Greg McKegg – Traded from Pittsburgh (NHL) 2/27 – (C) Lucas Wallmark – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) Proud Affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes CHARLOTTE CHECKERS 2017 – 2018 GAME NOTES | March 4, 2018 CURRENT STREAKS INDIVIDUAL GAMES/PLAYER DATES POINTS GOALS ASSISTS 2 games – Greg McKegg Mar 2 at PRO – Present 0‐2‐2 POINTS 2 games – Greg McKegg Mar 2 at PRO – Present 0‐2‐2 2 games – Sergey Tolchinsky Mar 2 at PRO – Present 1‐1‐2 TEAM GAMES DATES OVERALL WINNING 1 3/2 at PRO – Present LOSING POINTS 1 3/2 at PRO – Present WINLESS TEAM GAMES DATES HOME WINNING LOSING 1 2/19 vs SYR – Present POINTS WINLESS 1 2/19 vs SYR – Present TEAM GAMES DATES ROAD WINNING 1 3/2 at PRO – Present LOSING POINTS 1 3/2 at PRO – Present WINLESS Proud Affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes CHARLOTTE CHECKERS 2017 – 2018 GAME NOTES | March 4, 2018 LONGEST WINNING STREAK 5 2/9 at SPR – 2/17 vs SYR LONGEST POINTS STREAK 6 11/25 vs PRO – 12/9 at BNG LONGEST HOME WINNING STREAK 6 1/21 vs RCH – 2/17 vs SYR LONGEST HOME POINTS STREAK 6 1/21 vs RCH – 2/17 vs SYR LONGEST ROAD WINNING STREAK 5 10/22 at TOR – 11/10 at UTI LONGEST ROAD POINTS STREAK 5 10/22 at TOR – 11/10 at UTI LONGEST LOSING STREAK 4 11/11 at SYR – 11/18 at BRI | 1/6 at HER – 1/13 vs TOR