The Charlotte Checkers (1-0-0-0) opened the 2025-26 season with a 4-3 victory over the Springfield Thunderbirds (0-1-0-0) on ...

Many of the prominent figures in the Checkers’ run to the Calder Cup finals last season are gone, but some major pieces remain.

SPRINGFIELD – An early deficit proved insurmountable for the Springfield Thunderbirds in their season opener on Saturday night. In front of a raucous sellout crowd, the Thunderbirds fell to the ...

What does it feel like to win a game in double overtime, only to have it overturned by an officiating call, and then to lose that very same game? The Charlotte Checkers found that out Friday night, ...

Hockey season is back and, on Saturday, the Springfield Thunderbirds will host the Charlotte Checkers in a sellout game to ...

Charlotte, N.C. — The American Hockey League has now reached the finals of the 2025 season, as the Charlotte Checkers and Abbotsford Canucks are looking for a Calder Cup. Last night, June 13, the ...

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Checkers lost to the Abbotsford Canucks on Monday night in Game 6 of the Calder Cup Finals at Bojangles Coliseum. The Checkers were in a must-win scenario to keep playing on ...

Charlotte Checkers goalie Kaapo Kahkonen, taps hands with fans as he leaves the ice prior to action against the Providence Bruins on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. The Providence Bruins defeated the ...

Defenseman Trevor Carrick, right, during the Charlotte Checkers’ conference final series against the Laval Rocket at Bojangles Coliseum. Matthew Laczko For to the Observer Charlotte Checkers coach ...

A new pro women's basketball league, UPSHOT, begins play in 2026, with Charlotte and Greensboro among league's inaugural ...

Championship finals hockey returns to Charlotte on Friday night, when the Charlotte Checkers face the Abbotsford Canucks in Game 1 of the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup finals. The Checkers have ...