The Checkers started off their lengthy road trip on the wrong foot in Providence Friday night, stumbling to a 5-1 loss against their division foes. 
The Bruins set the tone in the opening frame and kept on the throttle from there. Cameron Hughes pounced on a shorthanded breakaway opportunity and buried it to open the scoring early, then the Bruins struck twice in the final minute of the period to build a commanding 3-0 advantage through 20 minutes of play.
The home side tacked on two more to stretch the lead to 5-0 before the Checkers were able to make a dent later in the third period, when Alexander True got a piece of a Dennis Cholowski point blast to spoil Providence’s shutout bid. A rally wasn’t in the cards for Charlotte, however, and the visitors skated away at the final buzzer with a 5-1 defeat.
Written by Nicholas Niedzielski
