2016-17 Charlotte Checkers Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 39-29-7 (SO: 3-1) - 86 points
Finishing 4th in the AHL's Central Division
Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Ulf Samuelsson (39-29-7, 1 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 234,787, Avg. 6,179 in 38 home dates
2016-17 Charlotte Checkers RosterTeam Record: 39-29-7 (SO: 3-1) - 86 points
Finishing 4th in the AHL's Central Division
Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Ulf Samuelsson (39-29-7, 1 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 234,787, Avg. 6,179 in 38 home dates
The Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League ended the 2016-17 season with a record of 39 wins and 29 losses (and 7 overtime losses), with a 3-1 showing in shootouts for 86 points finishing fourth in the AHL's Central Division.
The Checkers scored 212 goals and conceded 208. Lucas Wallmark netted 24 goals for Charlotte, while Andrew Poturalski recorded 33 assists. Tom McCollum and Michael Leighton topped the squad with 11 wins each.
Ulf Samuelsson coached the team. The 2016-17 Charlotte Checkers lost in the Division Semifinal of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Poturalski | C | 74 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 34 | +1 | 6 | 0 | 157 | 12.1 |
| Lucas Wallmark | C | 67 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 28 | +13 | 4 | 2 | 138 | 17.4 |
| Andrew Miller | RW | 55 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 10 | +12 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 12.6 |
| Valentin Zykov | RW | 66 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 57 | +6 | 4 | 0 | 115 | 13.9 |
| Jake Chelios | D | 76 | 4 | 28 | 32 | 54 | +8 | 1 | 0 | 152 | 2.6 |
| Phil DiGiuseppe | LW | 40 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 22 | +3 | 4 | 0 | 141 | 8.5 |
| Patrick Brown | C | 66 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 45 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 11.4 |
| Connor Brickley | LW | 69 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 57 | +8 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 13.6 |
| Patrick Dwyer | R | 58 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 20 | +4 | 2 | 2 | 80 | 17.5 |
| Haydn Fleury | D | 69 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 8 | +16 | 4 | 0 | 144 | 4.9 |
| Sergey Tolchinsky | LW | 59 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 41 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 6.4 |
| Levko Koper | LW | 56 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 9.7 |
| Dennis Robertson | D | 65 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 52 | +7 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 6.4 |
| Trevor Carrick | D | 57 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 45 | +4 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 3.3 |
| Kris Newbury | C | 38 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 14.3 |
| Andrej Nestrasil | RW | 39 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 7.2 |
| Philip Samuelsson | D | 25 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 14 | +9 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 7.7 |
| Derek Ryan | C | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | +4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 17.9 |
| Keegan Lowe | D | 49 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 53 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5.8 |
| Roland McKeown | D | 71 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0.8 |
| Aleksi Saarela | C | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | +7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 35.3 |
| Danny Kristo | RW | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 16.7 |
| Brock McGinn | LW | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | +3 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 14.3 |
| Matt Tennyson | D | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | +7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Erik Karlsson | LW | 42 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Brendan Woods | C | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 41 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Clark Bishop | C | 42 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.5 |
| Bryan Bickell | L | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Kyle Hagel | D | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 48 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Mitchell Heard | C | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 53 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.0 |
| Josh Wesley | D | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Ryan Murphy | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Klas Dahlbeck | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Cason Hohmann | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Greger Hanson | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Tom McCollum | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Ganly | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Raine | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | G | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Leighton | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Lack | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C.J. Motte | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel Altshuller | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1452 | 209 | 352 | 561 | 805 | 68 | 37 | 9 | 2310 | 9.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 25 | 1286:40 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 3.41 | 616 | 543 | .881 | |
| Daniel Altshuller | 15 | 728:46 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.88 | 375 | 340 | .907 | |
| Tom McCollum | 17 | 1029:42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 2.10 | 487 | 451 | .926 | |
| Michael Leighton | 23 | 1325:38 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 2.17 | 611 | 563 | .921 | |
| C.J. Motte | 2 | 79:51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.76 | 42 | 41 | .976 | |
| Eddie Lack | 2 | 119:46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.51 | 62 | 59 | .952 | |
| Empty Net | 32:53 | 0 | 11 | 20.63 | 11 | |||||||
| Totals | 84 | 4598 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 207 | 2.70 | 2215 | 2008 | .907 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Poturalski | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Lucas Wallmark | C | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 |
| Andrew Miller | RW | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 |
| Valentin Zykov | RW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Jake Chelios | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Phil DiGiuseppe | LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Patrick Brown | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Connor Brickley | LW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Patrick Dwyer | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Haydn Fleury | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Sergey Tolchinsky | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Robertson | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Trevor Carrick | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Andrej Nestrasil | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Philip Samuelsson | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Roland McKeown | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Aleksi Saarela | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Danny Kristo | RW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Brendan Woods | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Tom McCollum | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Janne Kuokkanen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Leighton | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 96 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 8.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom McCollum | 5 | 251 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2.87 | 133 | 121 | .910 |
| Michael Leighton | 1 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.15 | 15 | 14 | .933 |
| Totals | 6 | 303 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2.57 | 148 | 135 | .912 |
