CHARLOTTE, NC – In front of a sellout crowd, the Checkers rolled over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3-0 to put an end to their losing streak.
Alex Nedeljkovic was peppered with 25 shots during the game, including 11 during Bridgeport’s third-period push alone, but was up to the task on all 25, notching his second shutout of the season and his 15th victory.
After a period and a half of stalemate hockey, the Checkers started the scoring off thanks to an eye-popping individual effort by Warren Foegele that saw him follow up on the rebound of his own shot. The forward then sparked another Checkers’ goal minutes later, firing an initial shot that was knocked home by Nicolas Roy to give Charlotte a 2-0 lead through 40 minutes of play.
The Checkers buckled down in the third to keep the Sound Tigers’ rally attempt at bay until Foegele burst out and tallied an empty netter in the final minute of play to clinch Charlotte’s decisive win.
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