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Charlotte Checkers: Top 5 Checkers Playoff Moments

By Tony Trotmann

ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS - JUNE 08: Members of the Charlotte Checkers wait their turn to hoist the Calder Cup after game Five of the Calder Cup Finals at Allstate Arena on June 08, 2019 in Rosemont, Illinois. The Checkers defeated the Wolves 5-3 to win the Calder Cup. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS - JUNE 08: Members of the Charlotte Checkers wait their turn to hoist the Calder Cup after game Five of the Calder Cup Finals at Allstate Arena on June 08, 2019 in Rosemont, Illinois. The Checkers defeated the Wolves 5-3 to win the Calder Cup. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) /
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CHARLOTTE, NC – JUNE 01: The bench high fives Charlotte Checkers defenseman Roland McKeown (3) after his goal during game one of the Calder Cup finals between the Chicago Wolves and the Charlotte Checkers on June 01, 2019 at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte,NC.(Photo by Dannie Walls/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC – JUNE 01: The bench high fives Charlotte Checkers defenseman Roland McKeown (3) after his goal during game one of the Calder Cup finals between the Chicago Wolves and the Charlotte Checkers on June 01, 2019 at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte,NC.(Photo by Dannie Walls/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

3. Checkers Comeback vs. Marlies in Game 2

In the first period, Jeremy Bracco and Colin Greening scored for the Toronto Marlies to give an early lead. Early in the second period, Adam Brooks gave the Marlies a 3-0 lead. By this point, it’s over, right? Nah.

Tomas Jurco would strike late in the second period to give the Checkers life. Maybe something was said in the lockerroom during intermission, but the break had the gears rolling.

Nicolas Roy, from Jurco, cutting the deficit to one early in the third period. Jesper Sellgren tying the game in the third. With little time left, Poturalski with the game-winning goal. For insurance purposes (not the State Farm kind), Patrick Brown scored the empty-netter to put the cherry on top.

With the Marlies taking Game 1 in Charlotte, if the Checkers lost Game 2 as well, they may just never clicked and lost this series, maybe even get swept. Instead, with such a big win like this, how do you lose? The Checkers end up… well, that’s next.

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