Game 1: Charlotte Checkers at Laval Rocket
Venue Place Bell
Date: Wednesday, May 28
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: FLO Sports
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:
The Checkers beat the Bruins in five games before sweeping the Hershey Bears to reach the Conference Finals. They enter tonight 6-1-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.4 goals per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game. Kaapo Kahkonen is posting a 1.85 goals-against average, a .918 save percentage, and a shutout. The two teams didn’t meet in the regular season.
Laval Rocket News & Notes:
The Rocket went four games with the Monsters before facing the Americans in which they beat in five games to reach the Eastern Conference Finals. They are 6-3-0 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.3 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game. Cayden Primeau is posting a 2.03 goals-against average a .924 save percentage, and a shutout. Jacob Fowler is posting a 2.46 goals-against average, a .903 save percentage, and a shutout.
Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines
Skoog-Asplund-Leonard
Smith-Criscuolo-Lockwood
Okuliar-Sourdif-Steeves
Vilmanis-Chorske-Puljujarvi
Carrick-Benning
Bjornfot-Hovorka
Alscher-Cesana
Kahkonen
Appleby
Laval Rocket Projected Lines
Gignac-Dauphin-Barre-Boulet
Farrell-Kapanen-Roy
Harvey-Pinard-Condotta-Simoneau
Davidson-Xhekaj-Beck
Hayes-Reinbacher
Hofenmayer-Mailloux
Engstrom-Lindstrom
Primeau
Fowler
Players To Watch:
Charlotte Checkers
Rasmus Asplund and John Leonard lead the team in points with six. Rasmus Asplund lead in goals with four. Jesse Puljujarvi and Kyle Criscuolo lead in assists with four. Tobias Bjornfot leads the team in plus/minus with a plus-eight.
Laval Rocket
Alex Barre-Boulet leads the team in points with ten. Laurent Dauphin leads in goals with five. Barre-Boulet leads in assists with seven. Adam Engstrom leads in plus/minus with a plus-six.
Next Game
Game 2: Thursday, May 29 at the Place Bell Centre.
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