2024-25 Charlotte Checkers Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 44-22-3 (SO: 0-3) - 94 points
Finishing 2nd in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
2024-25 Charlotte Checkers RosterTeam Record: 44-22-3 (SO: 0-3) - 94 points
Finishing 2nd in the AHL's Atlantic Division
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
The Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League ended the 2024-25 season with a record of 44 wins and 22 losses (and 3 overtime losses), with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 94 points finishing second in the AHL's Atlantic Division.
The Checkers scored 234 goals and yielded 185. John Leonard netted 36 goals for Charlotte, and Trevor Carrick accounted for 37 assists. Ken Appleby topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 1.96 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Leonard | C | 72 | 36 | 25 | 61 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 252 | 14.3 |
| Trevor Carrick | D | 67 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 52 | -3 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 8.4 |
| Rasmus Asplund | C | 63 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 15.6 |
| Oliver Okuliar | LW | 69 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 119 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 133 | 14.3 |
| Kyle Criscuolo | C | 70 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 128 | 14.8 |
| Justin Sourdif | C | 43 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 58 | -1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 13.0 |
| Michael Benning | D | 54 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 34 | -1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 8.3 |
| Matthew Kiersted | D | 64 | 1 | 28 | 29 | 40 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 0.8 |
| Ben Steeves | F | 60 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 58 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 8.3 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | LW | 61 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 12 | -5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 11.4 |
| Wilmer Skoog | F | 72 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 63 | -10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 159 | 5.7 |
| CJ Smith | F | 33 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 8.1 |
| William Lockwood | F | 52 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 9.9 |
| Tobias Bjornfot | D | 50 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 5.3 |
| Aidan McDonough | LW | 16 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 25.0 |
| Jaycob Megna | D | 64 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 3.0 |
| Ryan McAllister | F | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 24.1 |
| Jesse Puljujarvi | RW | 22 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | -4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 9.4 |
| Mikulas Hovorka | D | 60 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Marek Alscher | D | 53 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 36 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 4.3 |
| Riley Hughes | F | 31 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Patrick Giles | C | 39 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 10.0 |
| Riese Gaber | RW | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Riley Bezeau | LW | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Liam McLinskey | F | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Brett Chorske | F | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 33.3 |
| Nicholas Zabaneh | F | 31 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Matt Luff | RW | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Zac Dalpe | C | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| MacKenzie Entwistle | RW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Eamon Powell | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Dennis Cesana | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Mitchell Vande Sompel | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jack Devine | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Colton Huard | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Cooper Black | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Driedger | G | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Appleby | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Davies | C | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Liam Arnsby | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kaapo Kahkonen | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kai Schwindt | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1368 | 232 | 373 | 605 | 840 | 125 | 57 | 109 | 16 | 11 | 42 | 2289 | 10.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaapo Kahkonen | 12 | 705:24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2.30 | 287 | 260 | .906 | |
| Ken Appleby | 24 | 1440:20 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 1.96 | 525 | 478 | .910 | |
| Cooper Black | 17 | 969:05 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 1.98 | 354 | 322 | .910 | |
| Chris Driedger | 20 | 1213:03 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 2.97 | 492 | 432 | .878 | |
| Empty Net | 42 | 44:23 | 0 | 16 | 21.63 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 115 | 4371 | 44 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 182 | 2.50 | 1674 | 1492 | .891 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Leonard | C | 18 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 13.8 |
| Trevor Carrick | D | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Rasmus Asplund | C | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 12.8 |
| Oliver Okuliar | LW | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 10.3 |
| Kyle Criscuolo | C | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 |
| Justin Sourdif | C | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 6.7 |
| Michael Benning | D | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 15.2 |
| Matthew Kiersted | D | 13 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Ben Steeves | F | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | LW | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Wilmer Skoog | F | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 11.4 |
| CJ Smith | F | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| William Lockwood | F | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 13.5 |
| Tobias Bjornfot | D | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Jesse Puljujarvi | RW | 18 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Mikulas Hovorka | D | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Marek Alscher | D | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Riley Bezeau | LW | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75.0 |
| Brett Chorske | F | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 |
| MacKenzie Entwistle | RW | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Eamon Powell | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dennis Cesana | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jack Devine | F | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Kaapo Kahkonen | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 342 | 60 | 86 | 146 | 321 | 104 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 586 | 10.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaapo Kahkonen | 18 | 1128:07 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 2.18 | 434 | 393 | .906 |
| Empty Net | 12 | 11:59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.01 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 30 | 1139 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2.21 | 435 | 393 | .903 |
