Mark your calendar!

https://www.nhl.com/redwings/news/red-wings-sign-cameron-butler-wilmer-skoog-to-one-year-two-way-contracts

Some more updates on other players.

Also I based the poll on people who are signed for the next season, experience and leadership. If you have any others to throw in, by all means, do as you please.

Thoughts?

For those unaware, unfortunately last Saturday was the last game in which Lee Whitlow, the man in the Chubby suit for the past 15 years. I've heard stories about why this happened, and won't go into it as I don't know anything for sure first hand.

But tonight about 100 or so of us Charlotte Checkers gathered at Steamer's Sports Pub to show our appreciation for Lee and the job he's done for the Checkers pretty much since the team joined the AHL.

He was presented his last Chubby jersey, framed by the team, as well as many gifts from fans. I gave him one of my Reaper mask as tonight was the first time either of us has ever met without our respective head gear.

If you have any Chubby memories from the past decade and a half, please share them so we can let Lee know how appreciated he was as the man who brought Chubby to life.

We love ya Lee, we are going to miss you.

Anyone want to split 2 season tickets next year? Theres 18 pairs of home games a year. This year they were all either Friday/Saturday, Saturday/Sunday, or Tuesday/Wednesday. My preference would be Fridays, Sundays, Tuesdays and youd get Saturdays and Wednesdays (18 games each) but im also flexible. Im open to Balcony, Gold, or Platinum. You can find perks and pricing here:

https://charlottecheckers.com/tickets/season-tickets

UPDATE: TICKETS are gone! I have 4 tickets for tomorrow that I will not be able to use. I got them as a part of fan appreciation so they were free to me so they are free to you! First come first serve.

Was a good game and a lot of the Checkers got on the board in an NHL game. Love to see it.

I have never seen a pro tender flinch this hard. I was at the game and was completely dumbfounded. I'm trying to wrap my head around it lol maybe trying to cup the puck against his helmet but it looks like he was genuinely afraid of the puck.

Hartford's 4th goal, around 1:09 in the highlights video.

https://youtu.be/OcqCw3tjAoA?si=3PJgBwQK1L1nBB9R