2017-18 Charlotte Checkers Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 46-26-1 (SO: 0-3) - 96 points
Finishing 3rd in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Mike Vellucci (46-26, 1 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 238,266, Avg. 6,440 in 37 home dates
2017-18 Charlotte Checkers RosterTeam Record: 46-26-1 (SO: 0-3) - 96 points
Finishing 3rd in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Mike Vellucci (46-26, 1 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 238,266, Avg. 6,440 in 37 home dates
The Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League ended the 2017-18 season with a record of 46 wins and 26 losses (and 1 overtime losses), with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 96 points finishing third in the AHL's Atlantic Division.
The Checkers paced the league with 262 goals. Charlotte allowed 212 goals. Valentin Zykov scored 33 goals for the squad, and Lucas Wallmark accounted for 38 assists. Alex Nedeljkovic earned 31 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 2.55 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.
Mike Vellucci coached the team. The 2017-18 Charlotte Checkers lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Wallmark | C | 45 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 16 | +15 | 5 | 0 | 95 | 17.9 |
| Valentin Zykov | RW | 63 | 33 | 21 | 54 | 45 | -13 | 17 | 0 | 112 | 29.5 |
| Andrew Miller | RW | 55 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 20 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 16.7 |
| Andrew Poturalski | C | 76 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 24 | -11 | 9 | 0 | 146 | 15.1 |
| Warren Foegele | C | 73 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 40 | +22 | 0 | 4 | 160 | 17.5 |
| Trevor Carrick | D | 73 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 85 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 167 | 6.6 |
| Aleksi Saarela | C | 69 | 25 | 18 | 43 | 8 | +4 | 11 | 0 | 147 | 17.0 |
| Janne Kuokkanen | C | 60 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 16 | +17 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 10.7 |
| Nicolas Roy | C | 70 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 37 | +3 | 2 | 2 | 134 | 8.2 |
| Clark Bishop | C | 68 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 32 | +13 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 7.4 |
| Patrick Brown | C | 68 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 61 | +18 | 4 | 1 | 117 | 6.0 |
| Sergey Tolchinsky | LW | 43 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 22 | +7 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 14.3 |
| Julien Gauthier | RW | 65 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 14.3 |
| Brenden Kichton | D | 63 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 3.9 |
| Greg McKegg | C | 19 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 4 | +7 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 23.7 |
| Roland McKeown | D | 65 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 36 | +34 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 7.3 |
| Philip Samuelsson | D | 76 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 48 | +44 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 3.9 |
| Jake Chelios | D | 41 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 41 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 |
| Nicholas Schilkey | 48 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 6.8 | |
| Phil DiGiuseppe | LW | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 |
| Josiah Didier | D | 54 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 79 | +10 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6.6 |
| Dennis Robertson | D | 46 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 52 | +12 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.0 |
| Marcus Kruger | C | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | +8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16.7 |
| Mike Ferrantino | F | 21 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Josh Jooris | C | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Haydn Fleury | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Tyler Ganly | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | G | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Zack Stortini | R | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Josh Wesley | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Matt Finn | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Steven Lorentz | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Lee Stempniak | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Zack Kamrass | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Smith | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Callum Booth | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitchell Heard | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1451 | 262 | 438 | 700 | 884 | 187 | 70 | 10 | 2258 | 11.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 49 | 2726:00 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 116 | 2.55 | 1191 | 1075 | .903 | |
| Callum Booth | 4 | 188:00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.60 | 85 | 80 | .941 | |
| Jeremy Smith | 30 | 1618:00 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 2.71 | 746 | 673 | .902 | |
| Totals | 83 | 4532 | 46 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 194 | 2.57 | 2022 | 1828 | .904 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Wallmark | C | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| Valentin Zykov | RW | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 15.4 |
| Andrew Miller | RW | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Andrew Poturalski | C | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Warren Foegele | C | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Carrick | D | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Aleksi Saarela | C | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Janne Kuokkanen | C | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 |
| Nicolas Roy | C | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Clark Bishop | C | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Patrick Brown | C | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Julien Gauthier | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Brenden Kichton | D | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Greg McKegg | C | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Roland McKeown | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Philip Samuelsson | D | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Josiah Didier | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Dennis Robertson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Haydn Fleury | D | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Bean | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Smith | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 153 | 24 | 41 | 65 | 76 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 309 | 7.8 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 8 | 541:00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2.11 | 234 | 215 | .919 |
| Jeremy Smith | 1 | 26:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 9 | 567 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2.01 | 238 | 219 | .920 |
