2002-03 Charlotte Checkers Statistics
East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
Team Record: 41-28 (SO: 0-3) - 85 points
in the ECHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Don MacAdam (41-28, 3 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 159,741, Avg. 4,437 in 36 home dates
2002-03 Charlotte Checkers RosterTeam Record: 41-28 (SO: 0-3) - 85 points
in the ECHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Don MacAdam (41-28, 3 OTL)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Attendance: 159,741, Avg. 4,437 in 36 home dates
The Charlotte Checkers of the East Coast Hockey League ended the 2002-03 season with a record of 41 wins and 28 losses, with a 0-3 showing in shootouts for 85 points in the ECHL's Northeast Division.
The Checkers scored 262 goals and surrendered 234. Kevin Caulfield and Dusty Jamieson netted 27 goals for Charlotte each, and Eduard Pershin accounted for 48 assists. Scott Meyer topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.61 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Don MacAdam coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eduard Pershin | RW | 70 | 17 | 48 | 65 | 91 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 173 | 9.8 |
| Allan Egeland | C | 72 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 191 | -5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 13.1 |
| Kevin Caulfield | RW | 70 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 138 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 262 | 10.3 |
| Takahito Suzuki | RW | 72 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 44 | -2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 199 | 12.1 |
| Dusty Jamieson | LW | 50 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 181 | 14.9 |
| Nicholas Bilotto | D | 50 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 116 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 179 | 7.3 |
| Kurt Seher | D | 71 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 56 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 5.4 |
| David Inman | C | 45 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 166 | 11.4 |
| David Evans | LW | 67 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 97 | 19.6 |
| Konrad McKay | F | 51 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 209 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 13.0 |
| Brandon Cullen | RW | 58 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 202 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 15.1 |
| Vince Malts | RW | 49 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 134 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 13.9 |
| Chad Wilchynski | D | 42 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 68 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 12.3 |
| Dan Preston | D | 48 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 3.1 |
| Kenton Smith | D | 48 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
| Walker McDonald | RW | 38 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 37 | -7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 18.6 |
| Doug Christiansen | LW | 17 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 25.0 |
| Craig Weller | R | 48 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 84 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 3.3 |
| Bench | 72 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Patrick Aufiero | D | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Ryan Murray | D | 37 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Brendan Yarema | C | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 18.5 |
| Curtis Valentine | LW | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Mike Hartman | L | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Jeff State | D | 29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Wes Jarvis | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 61 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Andrew McPherson | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Richard Scott | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Scott Meyer | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Niklas Sundberg | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Kopischke | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Paul Traynor | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Steve Burgess | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Colin Zulianello | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geoff Derouin | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryce Wandler | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derek Wilkinson | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Copley | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Salajko | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johan Holmqvist | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Powell | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Chad McIver | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1278 | 262 | 434 | 696 | 1735 | 91 | 74 | 11 | 35 | 2437 | 10.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Sundberg | 16 | 790 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 3.27 | 391 | 348 | .890 |
| Colin Zulianello | 12 | 675 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 2.67 | 359 | 329 | .916 |
| Jeff Salajko | 18 | 933 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 3.67 | 469 | 412 | .878 |
| Scott Meyer | 27 | 1494 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 2.61 | 782 | 717 | .917 |
| Johan Holmqvist | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 45 | 43 | .956 |
| Geoff Derouin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Bryce Wandler | 8 | 392 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4.74 | 172 | 141 | .820 |
| Totals | 87 | 4345 | 42 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 228 | 3.15 | 2218 | 1990 | .897 |
