2018-19 Charlotte Checkers Roster As of March 29 No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Sh. Hometown Birthdate Pronunciation 7 Aleksi Saarela C 5'11" 198 L Rauma, Finland 1/7/1997 SAW-rel-ah 9 Tomas Jurco RW 6'1" 200 L Kosice, Slovakia 12/28/1992 tow-MAHSH YUHR-coh 10 Steven Lorentz C 6'4" 201 L Kitchener, ON 4/13/1996 luh-RENTS 11 Clark Bishop C 6'0" 192 L St. John's, NL 3/29/1996 12 Julien Gauthier RW 6'4" 225 R Montreal, QC 10/15/1997 JEW-lee-in GOH-tyay 15 Nicolas Roy C 6'4" 208 R Amos, QC 2/5/1997 nih-COH-la wah 16 Stelio Mattheos RW 6'1" 196 R Winnipeg, MB 6/14/1999 STELL-ee-oh muh-THAY-os 18 Spencer Smallman RW 6'0" 200 R New Maryland, NB 9/9/1996 19 Morgan Geekie C 6'2" 178 R Strathclair, MB 7/20/1998 21 Zack Stortini RW 6'4" 215 R Sudbury, ON 9/11/1985 22 Andrew Poturalski C 5'10" 190 R Buffalo, NY 1/14/1994 paht-er-AHL-skee 23 Janne Kuokkanen C 6'1" 188 L Oulu, Finland 5/25/1998 YAH-nee KWOH-kuh-nehn 24 Patrick Brown C 6'1" 210 R Bloomfield Hills, MI 5/29/1992 26 Zach Nastasiuk RW 6'2" 202 R Barrie, ON 3/30/1995 nas-TAYZ-ee-uhk 37 Nick Schilkey RW 5'10" 173 R Smiths Creek, MI 5/12/1994 SHIHL-kee 88 Martin Necas C 6'1" 167 R Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE 1/15/1999 MAHR-tihn NAY-chas 2 Jake Bean D 6'1" 187 L Calgary, AB 6/9/1998 3 Roland McKeown D 6'1" 195 R Listowel, ON 1/20/1996 mih-CUE-ehn 4 Josiah Didier D 6'3" 218 R Littleton, CO 4/8/1993 joh-SIGH-uh DIH-dee-ay 5 Trevor Carrick D 6'2" 175 L Stouffville, ON 7/4/1994 6 Bobby Sanguinetti D 6'3" 188 R Trenton, NJ 2/29/1988 20 Dennis Robertson D 6'1" 215 L Fort Saint John, BC 5/24/1991 27 Haydn Fleury D 6'3" 208 L Carlyle, SK 7/8/1996 28 Dan Renouf D 6'2" 205 L Pickering, ON 6/1/1994 reh-NUF 30 Alex Nedeljkovic G 5'11" 190 L Parma, OH 1/7/1996 nuh-DEHL-koh-vihch 35 Scott Darling G 6'5" 226 L Newport News, VA 12/22/1988 40 Dustin Tokarski G 6'0" 198 L Watson, SK 9/16/1989 Head Coach Mike Vellucci Head Athletic Trainer Bryn-Marc Conaway Assistant Coach Ryan Warsofsky Strength & Conditioning Coach Ryan Wysocki Assistant Coach/Video Myles Fee Equipment Managers Steve Latin & Donny White CHARLOTTE CHECKERS 2018 – 2019 GAME NOTES | March 29, 2019 THE LAST TIME THE CHECKERS… SCORED A POWER PLAY GOAL ALLOWED A POWER PLAY GOAL HOME: MAR 23, 2019 vs HFD – HOME: MAR 15, 2019 vs ROC – nd rd (Julien Gauthier, 13:30, 2 , 3‐1 win) (Rasmus Asplund, 18:48, 3 , 4‐1 win) AWAY: MAR 27, 2019 at BRI – AWAY: MAR 8, 2019 at LV – (Patrick Brown, 5:33, 1st, 4‐0 win) (Mike Vecchione, 11:48, 2nd, 3‐2 loss) SCORED A SHORTHANDED GOAL ALLOWED A SHORTHANDED GOAL HOME: NOV 3, 2018 vs PRO – HOME: MAR 1, 2019 vs. BNG – (Michal Cajkovsky, 14:00, 1st, 3‐2 win) (Brett Seney, 5:44, 3rd, 4‐2 win) AWAY: DEC 31, 2018 at TOR – AWAY: MAR 8, 2019 at LV – (Saku Maenalanen, 15:00, 1st, 5‐4 loss*) (Mike Vecchione, 16:47, 2nd, 3‐2 loss) PLAYER HAD A HAT TRICK ALLOWED A HAT TRICK HOME: APR 7, 2018 vs HER – HOME: MAR 29, 2015 vs LE – (Janne Kuokkanen, 7‐3 win) (Andrew Agozzino, 5‐1 loss) AWAY: NOV 11, 2016 at IA – AWAY: FEB 17, 2019 at BRI – (Matt Tennyson, 4‐1 win) (Josh Ho‐Sang, 7‐3 loss) WERE AWARDED A PENALTY SHOT WERE ASSESSED A PENALTY SHOT HOME: JAN 16, 2019 vs BRI – HOME: NOV 3, 2018 vs PRO – (Andrew Poturalski vs Christopher Gibson, No Goal) (Ryan Donato vs Alex Nedeljkovic, No Goal) AWAY: FEB 16, 2019 at PRO – AWAY: JAN 6, 2019 at TOR – (Aleksi Saarela vs Dan Vladar, No Goal) (Dmytro Timashov vs Alex Nedeljkovic, No Goal) SCORED A PENALTY SHOT GOAL ALLOWED A PENALTY SHOT GOAL HOME: JAN 16, 2019 vs BRI – HOME: APR 12, 2015 vs RFD – (Andrew Poturalski vs Christopher Gibson, No Goal) (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: JAN 15, 2019 vs. BRI – HOME: FEB 2, 2019 vs. PRO – (Alex Nedeljkovic, 20 saves) (Dan Vladar, 37 saves) AWAY: MAR 27, 2019 at BRI – AWAY: FEB 25, 2018 at BRI – (Alex Nedeljkovic, 23 saves) (Kristers Gudlevskis, 39 saves) WON IN SHOOTOUT LOST IN SHOOTOUT HOME: OCT 19, 2018 vs HER – HOME: NOV 26, 2017 vs PRO – (Morgan Geekie, Won 4‐3**) (Ryan Fitzgerald, Lost 2‐1**) AWAY: MAR 18, 2016 at MIL – AWAY: FEB 9, 2019 at HER – (Justin Shugg, Won 2‐1**) (Nathan Walker, Lost 3‐2**) WON IN OVERTIME LOST IN OVERTIME HOME: DEC 16, 2018 vs. UTI – HOME: MAR 19, 2019 vs SYR – (Aleksi Saarela, Won 2‐1*) (Alex Barre‐Boulet, 1:59, Lost 2‐1*) AWAY: DEC 29, 2018 at LAV – AWAY: DEC 31, 2018 at TOR – (Andrew Poturalski, 1:08, Won 5‐4*) (Chris Mueller, 2:04, Lost 5‐4*) *Indicates Overtime Decision ** Indicates Shootout Decision Proud Affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes CHARLOTTE CHECKERS 2018 – 2019 GAME NOTES | March 29, 2019 TRANSACTIONS OCTOBER 12/22 – (C) Clark Bishop – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 10/3 – (F) Steven Lorentz – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 12/22 – (LW) Janne Kuokkanen – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 10/3 – (D) Josh Wesley – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 12/23 – (C) Clark Bishop – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 10/3 – (G) Jeremy Helvig – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 12/23 – (LW) Janne Kuokkanen – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 10/10 – (LW) Nick Schilkey – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 12/26 – (C) Clark Bishop – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 10/15 – (LW) Nick Schilkey – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 12/26 – (LW) Janne Kuokkanen – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 10/17 – (C) Clark Bishop – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 12/28 – (D) Derek Sheppard – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 10/17 – (C) Martin Necas – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 12/28 – (F) Zach Nastasiuk – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 10/17 – (D) Haydn Fleury – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 12/28 – (D) Michal Cajkovsky – Placed on unconditional waivers 10/19 – (D) Michael Fora – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) JANUARY 10/22 – (G) Scott Darling – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) for conditioning stint 1/1 – (D) Bobby Sanguinetti – Signed to AHL deal 10/23 – (C) Clark Bishop – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 1/1 – (LW) Janne Kuokkanen – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 10/23 – (C) Nicolas Roy – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 1/1 – (RW) Saku Maenalanen – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 10/25 – (G) Scott Darling – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) from conditioning stint 1/1 – (D) Josh Wesley – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 10/31 – (D) Haydn Fleury – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 1/4 – (C) Martin Necas – Returned from World Junior Championships NOVEMBER 1/4 – (C) Greg McKegg – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 11/2 – (LW) Phil Di Giuseppe – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 1/4 – (D) Haydn Fleury – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 11/7 – (C) Clark Bishop – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 1/8 – (D) Dan Renouf – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 11/7 – (LW) Phil Di Giuseppe – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 1/9 – (D) Dan Renouf – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 11/7 – (C) Nicolas Roy – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 1/15 – (D) Derek Sheppard – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 11/11 – (C) Steven Lorentz – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 1/17 – (G) Alex Nedeljkovic – Recalled by Carolina (NHL 11/13 – (LW) Valentin Zykov – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) on conditioning 1/17 – (G) Callum Booth – Recalled from Reading (ECHL) stint 1/18 – (C) Clark Bishop – Assigned from Carolina (NHL) 11/21 – (C) Clark Bishop – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 1/20 – (D) Haydn Fleury – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 11/21 – (C) Steven Lorentz – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 1/24 – (G) Alex Nedeljkovic – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 11/23 – (D) Trevor Carrick – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 1/24 – (D) Haydn Fleury – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 11/24 – (D) Josh Wesley – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 1/31 – (D) Haydn Fleury – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 11/25 – (D) Trevor Carrick – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 1/31 – (G) Callum Booth – Assigned to Reading (ECHL) 11/25 – (RW) Valentin Zykov – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) from conditioning FEBRUARY stint 2/4 – (D) Haydn Fleury – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 11/25 – (D) Jake Bean – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 2/6 – (C) Steven Lorentz – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 11/30 – (RW) Valentin Zykov – Claimed off waivers by Edmonton (NHL) 2/9 – (G) Callum Booth – Recalled by Charlotte (AHL) 11/30 – (G) Scott Darling – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 2/8 – (D) Haydn Fleury – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) DECEMBER 2/9 – (C) Steven Lorentz – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 12/1 – (D) Jake Bean – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 2/9 – (RW) Cliff Pu – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 12/1 – (G) Callum Booth – Assigned to Reading (ECHL) 2/11 – (C) Patrick Brown – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 12/6 – (C) Steven Lorentz – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 2/12 – (C) Patrick Brown – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 12/6 – (RW) Zach Nastasiuk – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 2/22 – (RW) Cliff Pu – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 12/6 – (RW) Saku Maenalanen – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 2/25 – (RW) Cliff Pu – Traded to Florida (NHL) 12/7 – (G) Alex Nedeljkovic – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 2/25 – (RW) Tomas Jurco – Acquired from Springfield (AHL) 12/7 – (G) Jeremy Helvig – Recalled from Florida (ECHL) 2/27 – (D) Haydn Fleury – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 12/8 – (G) Alex Nedeljkovic – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 2/27 – (D) Jake Bean – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 12/8 – (RW) Saku Maenalanen – Assigned to Charlotte (AHL) 2/28 – (D) Derek Sheppard – Recalled by Charlotte (AHL) 12/9 – (G) Scott Darling – Recalled by Carolina (NHL) 2/28 – (D) Josh Wesley – Loaned to Hartford (AHL) 12/11 – (G) Jeremy Helvig – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) 2/28 – (G) Dustin Tokarski – Loaned from Hartford (AHL) 12/11 – (F) Zach Nastasiuk – Assigned to Florida (ECHL) MARCH 12/11 – (G) Callum Booth – Recalled from Reading (ECHL) 3/1 – (D) Jake Bean – Assigned to Charlotte