The Charlotte Checkers picked up right where they left off from their first round playoff series: winning. The Checkers are now on a four-game win streak after capturing Game 1 and 2 from the Hershey Bears. Charlotte continues to be dominant at Bojangles Coliseum, winning every game there so far in the playoffs. Through the course of their four-game win streak, Charlotte’s margin of victory has been at least three goals in each appearance.
In Game 1, Charlotte didn’t seem to mind much that starting goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic wasn’t present, but was instead in Raleigh backing up Curtis McElhinney.