CHARLOTTE, NC – Welcoming their final California opponent to town this season, the Checkers’ offense battled through for a 5-3 win over the Ontario Reign.
An extended power play led to the Checkers opening the scoring late in the first period off the stick of Andrew Poturalski, but former Checker T.J. Hensick pulled off a wraparound in the waning seconds to even the score through 20 minutes.
The offensive push carried over into the rest of the game, as the Checkers pumped out a pair of strikes early in the second before seeing their lead erased by the five-minute mark of the third. But with time ticking down in regulation the home squad pulled ahead, with Patrick Dwyer finding Connor Brickley for the second time on the night to lift the Checkers on top. The Reign pushed for the equalizer down the stretch, but Lucas Wallmark buried them with a late empty netter to close out Charlotte’s 5-3 victory.
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