CHARLOTTE, NC – The Checkers’ record-breaking string of seven consecutive wins was finally snapped Sunday afternoon, as they dropped their rematch with the Chicago 
Wolves 3-1 to split the weekend series.
Charlotte’s offense couldn’t get much going on the night, and when they did create some chances they were shut down by Chicago’s rookie netminder Ville Husso, who turned in a stellar performance between the pipes. His counterpart across the ice, Tom McCollum, was similarly strong in net, but the Wolves’ high-end scorers found a way to pull out the low-scoring affair.
The Wolves again struck first, breaking through just as a four-on-four situation turned into a power play for them.
The visitors continued to press the Checkers from there, doubling up their lead on a slick cross-crease feed to rookie forward Samuel Blais in the second and then tacking on another early in the third to build a commanding three-goal lead.
Charlotte finally broke through in the third period on their fifth man advantage, with Haydn Fleury ripping a slap shot from the point that found the back of the net and cut into the deficit. The Checkers couldn’t build any more offense off of that strike, however, even skating with an extra attacker for nearly four minutes, and fell by a final score of 3-1.
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