The Charlotte Checkers played three road games this weekend and lost them all, generating only three total goals to fall to 20-18-4 on the season.
On Friday, the Checkers were beaten 3-1 by the Springfield Thunderbirds at MassMutual Center. After Jakub Vrana opened the scoring in the first period, Patrick Giles evened it up 2:13 into second from Skyler Brind’Amour. Matthew Peca put the Thunderbids back on top 1:38 later and Mathias Laferriere completed the scoring with empty-netter with 24 seconds left in the third period. Spencer Knight stopped 28 of 30 shots in the loss.
The two teams went at it again on Saturday and this time Springfield crushed Charlotte by a 6-1 count. Patrick Khodorenko lit the lamp 44 seconds into the middle frame, from Giles and Rasmus Asplund, to tie the score, but the Thunderbirds would run off five-straight goals to make it a rout. Ludovic Waeber went the distance in net, surrendering the six goals on 39 shots.
Sunday saw the Checkers get waxed 6-1 again, this time by the Providence Bruins. After a scoreless first period, Charlotte fell behind by two in the second before Wilmer Skoog’s power-play goal, from Asplund and Mike Benning, halved the deficit at 17:41. The weary Checkers gave up four goals in the third and saw their losing streak grow to five games. Knight was beaten five times on 30 shots by the P-Bruins.
Sixth-place Charlotte will get a couple days off before concluding its four-game road trip on Wednesday against the Hartford Wolf Pack.