2008-09 Charlotte Checkers Statistics
ECHL (ECHL)
Team Record: 34-29-2 (SO: 0-6) - 76 points
in the ECHL's South Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Derek Wilkinson (34-29, 8 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 191,208, Avg. 5,311 in 36 home dates
2008-09 Charlotte Checkers RosterTeam Record: 34-29-2 (SO: 0-6) - 76 points
in the ECHL's South Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Derek Wilkinson (34-29, 8 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 191,208, Avg. 5,311 in 36 home dates
The Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 34 wins and 29 losses (and 2 overtime losses), with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 76 points in the ECHL's South Division.
The Checkers netted 217 goals and surrendered 224. Matthew Ford and Mike Bayrack scored 21 goals for Charlotte each, and Mike Bayrack contributed 39 assists. Jeff Jakaitis earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.73 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Derek Wilkinson coached the team. The 2008-09 Charlotte Checkers lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bayrack | F | 60 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 34 | +5 | 5 | 1 | 169 | 12.4 |
| Jeff Miles | C | 66 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 33 | -20 | 9 | 0 | 173 | 11.6 |
| Matthew Ford | RW | 28 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 25 | +19 | 9 | 2 | 125 | 16.8 |
| Michel Leveille | RW | 40 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 46 | -6 | 6 | 2 | 108 | 13.9 |
| Julien Brouillette | D | 70 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 67 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 113 | 9.7 |
| Chris Capraro | F | 33 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 11.3 |
| Brad Ralph | L | 28 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 22 | +7 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 22.4 |
| David Rutherford | F | 52 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 89 | -7 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 14.9 |
| Ryan Hillier | LW | 66 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 33 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 6.3 |
| Ryan Murphy | RW | 56 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 59 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 7.4 |
| Mike Taylor | C | 39 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 24 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 14.3 |
| Ethan Graham | D | 40 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 39 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 5.6 |
| Peter Tsimikalis | C | 25 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 10 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 16.1 |
| Peter-James Corsi | C | 41 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 79 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 11.1 |
| Lee Falardeau | C | 20 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 38 | +4 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 13.4 |
| Chris Murray | D | 53 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 124 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 2.4 |
| Kenny Smith | D | 71 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 66 | +7 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 1.1 |
| Marty Guerin | RW | 15 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 6.9 |
| Tomas Zaborsky | LW | 28 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 5.6 |
| Michael Busto | D | 54 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 41 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 4.5 |
| Ken Scuderi | D | 59 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 44 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0.0 |
| Matt Schepke | LW | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 11.5 |
| Brian Deeth | D | 35 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 43 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Jared Nightingale | D | 22 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 106 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Andreas Jamtin | F | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | +2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 30.0 |
| Joe Barnes | C | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 34 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| David Urquhart | D | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Joe Zappala | LW | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Steve Ward | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Cedrick Bernier | F | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 108 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Maxime Boisclair | LW | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Maxime Daigneault | G | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Kyrzakos | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Lyon Messier | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tysen Dowzak | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Carroll | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Luke Lucyk | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Jakaitis | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Parker Van Buskirk | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nathan Saunders | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Teddy Monnich | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Dudas | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1254 | 212 | 370 | 582 | 1332 | -69 | 66 | 12 | 2213 | 9.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Jakaitis | 47 | 2811 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 128 | 2.73 | 1652 | 1524 | .923 |
| Maxime Daigneault | 24 | 1372 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 3.28 | 749 | 674 | .900 |
| Parker Van Buskirk | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.50 | 91 | 80 | .879 | |
| Teddy Monnich | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 4303 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 214 | 2.98 | 2492 | 2278 | .914 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bayrack | F | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Miles | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matthew Ford | RW | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michel Leveille | RW | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julien Brouillette | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Capraro | F | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Ralph | L | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Murphy | RW | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ethan Graham | D | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Tsimikalis | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Murray | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Smith | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Guerin | RW | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Scuderi | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Schepke | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Ward | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cedrick Bernier | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maxime Daigneault | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Carroll | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luke Lucyk | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Jakaitis | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 105 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 123 | -30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
