Game 3: Charlotte Checkers at Hershey Bears
Venue Giant Center
Date: Wednesday, May 21
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports
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Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:
The Checkers lead the series 2-0 and look to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals tonight. They improved to 5-1-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging three goals per game while allowing 1.7 goals per game. Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 17 of the 18 shots he faced in Saturdays overtime win. He is posting a 1.68 goals-against average, a .924 save percentage, and a shutout.
Hershey Bears News & Notes:
Hershey looks to extend their season tonight after dropping the first two games in Charlotte. They are 3-3-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game. Hunter Shepard got the start in game two stopping 27 of the 29 shots he faced. He posts a 2.37 goals-against average, a .901 save percentage, and a shutout. Clay Stevenson stopped 28 of the 32 shots he faced in his lone game.
Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines
Skoog-Asplund-Leonard
Smith-Criscuolo-Sourdif
Steeves-Okuliar-Vilmanis
Lockwood-Chorske-Puljujarvi
Carrick-Benning
Bjornfot-Hovorka
Alscher-Cesana
Kahkonen
Appleby
Hershey Bears Projected Lines
Limoges-Lapierre-Smallman
Vechhione-Sgarbossa-Philp
Trineyev-Rybinski-Dubé
Miroshnichenko-Sutter-Strome
Ness-Iorio
Priskie-Bear
Massie-McDonald
Shepard
Stevenson
Players To Watch:
Charlotte Checkers
Wilmer Skoog and John Leonard lead the team in points with five. Skoog, Ben Steeves, and Rasmus Asplund lead in goals with three each. Leonard and Kyle Criscuolo lead in assists with three. Tobias Bjornfot leads the team in plus/minus with a plus-six.
Hershey Bears
Alex Limoges leads the team in points and assists with six points and five assists. Bogdan Trineyev leads the team in goals and plus/minus with four goals and is a plus-four.
Next Game
Game 4: Thursday, May 22 at Giant Center (If Necessary)
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