Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:
The Checkers evened the series up with an overtime win in game two on Sunday night. They improved to 11-2-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game. Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 11 of the 13 shots he faced in game two. He is posting a 1.84 goals-against average, a .918 save percentage, and a shutout.
Abbotsford Canucks News & Notes:
The Canucks return home with the series tied at a game apiece. They are 13-4-3 in the playoffs, averaging 2.9 goals per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game. Arturs Silovs stopped 39 of the 42 shots he faced in game two. He is posting a 1.99 goals-against average, a .930 save percentage, and five shutouts. Nikita Tolopilo, in his lone game, allowed two goals on 23 shots.
Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines
Skoog-Asplund-Leonard
Okuliar-Sourdif-Steeves
Vilmanis-Criscuolo-Entwistle
Lockwood-Chorske-Puljujarvi
Bjornfot-Benning
Kiersted-Hovorka
Carrick-Alscher
Kahkonen
Appleby
Abbotsford Canucks Projected Lines
Di Giuseppe-Sasson-Karlsson
Bains-Mueller-Klimovich
Blais-Khaira-Smith
Nielsen-Wouters-Glover
Brisebois-Mancini
Wolanin-Woo
Hirose-Kudryavtsev
Silovs
Tolopilo
Players To Watch:
Charlotte Checkers
John Leonard leads the team in points and goals with 11 points and seven goals. Jesse Puljujarvi leads in assists with seven. Trevor Carrick leads the team in plus/minus with a +12.
Abbotsford Canucks
Linus Karlsson leads the team in points and goals with 18 points and ten goals. Arshdeep Bains and Sammy Blais lead in assists with 12. Kirill Kudryavtsev leads the team in plus/minus with a +13.
Next Game
Game 4: Thursday, June 19 at Abbotsford Centre
