It took a little longer than normal, but the Checkers strung together their first consecutive wins of the season by topping the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in a shootout.
The goalies took center stage in the shootout, with both Anton Forsberg and Alex Lyon denying each of the first six shooters. After Forsberg stoned T.J. Brennan in the top half of the seventh round, Kyle Wood swooped into the zone, slowed his speed and launched a low shot into the back of the net to clinch the two points for Charlotte.
The back-and-forth contest started with a shorthanded strike from the red-hot Chase Priskie, but the Phantoms evened the score before the first intermission. Wood, who fired a game-high five shots on net throughout the night, wired one from the point late in the second to push the Checkers back ahead, but Lehigh Valley would once again respond and send things to overtime.
The extra frame featured plenty of action for both sides but no winner, so it moved on to Charlotte’s first shootout of the season.
Forsberg didn’t see a ton of action between the pipes but stood tall when called upon, stopping 24 shots and going flawless in the shootout to remain perfect in a Checkers sweater.
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