Good afternoon, the Checkers will look to extend their
winning-streak to a season-high five games with a victory in Lake Erie tonight.
Veteran goaltender Cam Ward (with the Checkers on a conditioning assignment),
or the "new guy" as his locker reads, should get the start in net.
Ward has not played in a game since being injured on Dec.
31. He has gone 6-7-5 in 19 appearances this season with the Hurricanes.
Lake Erie and Charlotte have not played each other yet this
season. Their two-game set will conclude on Saturday.
Puck Drop: 7:30 p.m. ET
Records: Checkers 21-19-1, Monsters 18-20-4
Projected Checkers lineup:
Chris Terry-Brett Sutter-Zach Boychuk
Greg Nemisz-Brody Sutter-Aaron Palushaj
Philippe Cornet-Victor Rask-Justin Shugg
Matt Marquardt-A.J. Jenks-Matthew Pistilli
Michal Jordan-Danny Biega
Rasmus Rissanen-Ryan Murphy
Mark Flood-Matt Corrente
Cam Ward
John Muse
Mike Murphy
Healthy scratches: Keegan Lowe, Brendan Woods
Injured: Nicolas Blanchard (Out since Jan. 17 with upper
body injury), Jared Staal (out since Jan. 3 with unspecified injury).
* Sean Dolan (out since Nov. 30 with an upper-body injury)
has been assigned to the ECHL's Florida Everblades for a conditioning stint.
Storylines: With Ward and defenseman Ryan Murphy joining the
team, the Checkers have a bit more star-power than usual... Things have not
gone well for Lake Erie as of late. The Monsters are 1-7-1 over their last nine
games and barely defeated last-place Utica on Tuesday, 3-2, in a shootout. The
Checkers can relate to the Monsters struggles, as Lake Erie and Charlotte are the
only two teams in the AHL this season to drop seven consecutive contests...
Lake Erie Rookie Joey Hishon -- a 2010 first-round draft pick who missed nearly
two seasons with concussion problems -- has had a nice bounce-back season with
18 points in 30 games... Aaron Palushaj has points in each of his last seven
games (Jan. 10-24: 6g, 5a), while Greg Nemisz has points in each of his last
six games (Jan. 3-24: 3g, 5a) and goals in each of his last three (Jan. 19-24:
3g, 1a).
Western Conference standings update:
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| source: www.theahl.com |
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