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Jake Paterson To Make Griffins Debut Against Charlotte Checkers

This afternoon, Griffins radio broadcaster Bob Kaser dropped some exciting news on Twitter.

Jake Paterson will make his 1st AHL start 2nite for the Griffins in Charlotte @CheckersHockey @BojanglesCol pic.twitter.com/tDL0JukdqX

— Bob Kaser (@bkaser1) January 13, 2016

With Tom McCollum sidelined with an ankle injury since December 5th, Jared Coreau has made 14 consecutive starts in net for the Griffins, with Jake Paterson as his backup. It's finally time to give Coreau a little break and give Paterson a taste of the AHL.