Calder Cup Game 3 Preview: Charlotte Checkers at Abbotsford Canucks with Line Combinations 6/17/2025

Calder Cup Game 3 Preview: Charlotte Checkers at Abbotsford Canucks with Line Combinations 6/17/2025
Abbotsford: Rick Crossman - Inside The Rink Charlotte: Marisa Filice - Inside The Rink

Game 3: Charlotte Checkers at Abbotsford Canucks

Venue Abbotsford Centre
Date: Tuesday, June 17
Time: 7:00 pm PDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:

The Checkers evened the series up with an overtime win in game two on Sunday night. They improved to 11-2-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game. Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 11 of the 13 shots he faced in game two. He is posting a 1.84 goals-against average, a .918 save percentage, and a shutout. 

Abbotsford Canucks News & Notes:

The Canucks return home with the series tied at a game apiece. They are 13-4-3 in the playoffs, averaging 2.9 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game. Arturs Silovs stopped 39 of the 42 shots he faced in game two. He is posting a 1.99 goals-against average, a .930 save percentage, and five shutouts. Nikita Tolopilo, in his lone game, allowed two goals on 23 shots.

Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines

Skoog-Asplund-Leonard
Okuliar-Sourdif-Steeves
Vilmanis-Criscuolo-Entwistle
Lockwood-Chorske-Puljujarvi

Bjornfot-Benning
Kiersted-Hovorka
Carrick-Alscher

Kahkonen
Appleby

Abbotsford Canucks Projected Lines

Di Giuseppe-Sasson-Karlsson 
Bains-Mueller-Klimovich 
Blais-Khaira-Smith 
Nielsen-Wouters-Glover

Brisebois-Mancini
Wolanin-Woo
Hirose-Kudryavtsev

Silovs
Tolopilo

Players To Watch:

Charlotte Checkers

John Leonard leads the team in points and goals with 11 points and seven goals. Jesse Puljujarvi leads in assists with seven. Trevor Carrick leads the team in plus/minus with a +12.

Abbotsford Canucks

Linus Karlsson leads the team in points and goals with 18 points and ten goals. Arshdeep Bains and Sammy Blais lead in assists with 12. Kirill Kudryavtsev leads the team in plus/minus with a +13. 

Next Game

Game 4: Thursday, June 19 at Abbotsford Centre

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