With nearly the same record as the Texas Stars, the Charlotte Checkers come into town holding the 6th place spot in the Central Division. As previously mentioned in this space, the Checkers are in a ridiculously competitive division right now. The current playoff cutoff line in the division is .595, which is a pretty crazy bar to set. It seems like it's destined to fall from such high heights, and the Checkers are surely gunning to jump over some teams to get there. They've missed the playoffs in each of the past two seasons.
Since falling to Texas on November 20th, the Checkers are 5-3.