Charlotte Checkers (1993–2010)

Charlotte Checkers
Charlotte Checkers
City	Charlotte, North Carolina
League	ECHL
Operated	1993–2010
Home arena	Time Warner Cable Arena
Colors	Powder blue, navy blue, red, white;
Owner(s)	Michael Kahn
Franchise history
1993–2010	Charlotte Checkers
Championships
Regular season titles	none
Division Championships	none
Conference Championships	none
Kelly Cups	1995–96

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This article is about the ECHL franchise that played from 1993–2010. For the current AHL franchise, see Charlotte Checkers. For the Eastern Hockey League and Southern Hockey League franchise, see Charlotte Checkers (1956–1977).

The Charlotte Checkers were an American ice hockey team in Charlotte, North Carolina, and played in the ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League).

[edit] Franchise history

Following a 17-year hiatus from hockey, Charlotte welcomed the Checkers back in 1993. After their return, the Checkers made the playoffs ten times, including winning the ECHL Championship in 1996.^[1]

The current Checkers franchise was founded in 1993 and played from then until 2005 in Bojangles' Coliseum. In 2005, they moved to Time Warner Cable Arena. The team set their all time attendance record of 12,398 on February 21, 2009 in a 5-2 win against the Florida Everblades. Their previous record was 11,237 in a loss against the Texas Wildcatters in February 2007.

On January 21, 2010, it was reported that negotiations may be in the works for the owner of the Checkers to buy the Albany River Rats, the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes.^[2] On February 10, the sale of the River Rats to the Checkers owner was confirmed, with the Rats taking on the Checkers identity starting with the 2010-11 season. As a result of this, the Checkers' ECHL membership was relinquished to the League at the end of the 2009-10 ECHL season, ending the franchise's ECHL history.^[3]^[4]

[edit] Season-by-season record

Records as of 2009-10 season.^[5]

Season	League	Division	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	PTS	PCT	GF	GA	PIM	Coach(es)	Result
1993–94	ECHL	East	68	39	25	4	1	3	82	0.574	281	271	1519	John Marks	Lost in round 1
1994–95	ECHL	East	68	37	22	9	4	5	83	0.544	274	261	1949	John Marks	Lost in round 1
1995–96	ECHL	East	70	45	21	4	-	4	94	0.643	294	250	2251	John Marks	Won Championship
1996–97	ECHL	East	70	35	28	7	-	7	77	0.550	271	267	1799	John Marks	Lost in round 1
1997–98	ECHL	Southeast	70	35	24	11	-	11	81	0.579	251	237	1662	John Marks	Lost in round 2
1998–99	ECHL	Southeast	70	29	30	11	-	11	69	0.493	221	262	1264	Shawn Wheeler	Out of Playoffs
1999–00	ECHL	Northeast	70	25	38	7	-	7	54	0.357	186	254	1680	Shawn Wheeler Don MacAdam	Out of Playoffs
2000–01	ECHL	Northeast	72	34	26	12	6	6	80	0.556	247	252	1416	Don MacAdam	Lost in round 2
2001–02	ECHL	Northeast	72	41	20	11	3	8	93	0.646	256	207	1599	Don MacAdam	Lost in round 2
2002–03	ECHL	Northeast	72	41	28	3	3	0	85	0.590	262	234	1735	Don MacAdam	Out of Playoffs
2003–04	ECHL	Southern	72	31	32	9	4	5	71	0.493	206	230	1460	Don MacAdam Derek Wilkinson	Out of Playoffs
2004–05	ECHL	East	72	39	26	7	2	5	85	0.590	226	219	1301	Derek Wilkinson	Lost in round 3
2005–06	ECHL	South	72	33	34	5	2	3	71	0.493	232	254	1634	Derek Wilkinson	Lost in round 1
2006–07	ECHL	South	72	42	27	3	1	2	87	0.604	252	220	1546	Derek Wilkinson	Lost in round 2
2007–08	ECHL	South	72	34	31	7	1	6	75	0.472	212	219	1276	Derek Wilkinson	Lost in round 1
2008-09	ECHL	South	71	34	29	8	2	6	76	0.535	217	224	1332	Derek Wilkinson	Lost in round 1
2009-10	ECHL	South	72	43	21	?	4	4	94	0.653	253	223	?	Derek Wilkinson	Lost in round 2

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T* = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, PTS = Points, PCT = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes -T* Includes Overtime and Shootout Losses(Games tied at end of regulation went directly to shootout from 1995–2000)