The Charlotte Checkers (14-8-2-0) held off a late push from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (19-7-1-0), securing a 2-1 win at Mohegan Enviornment on Tuesday evening.
Kai Schwindt opened Tuesday evening’s scoring together with his second aim of the season at 18:02 of the primary interval. Hunter St. Martin and Marek Alscher recorded the assists. Cooper Black was robust within the opening interval, stopping all 10 photographs from the Penguins.
The Checkers continued their strong play into the second interval, the place Nolan Foote buried his third aim of the season off a hard-working shift. Penguins goaltender Joel Blomqvist fanned on a move in between his personal circles, permitting Foote to select off the feed. Foote rapidly fired it into the open web, lighting the lamp for the primary time since November 2.
Philip Tomasino broke by for the Penguins within the third interval, however that was the lone aim the house mustered up in opposition to Cooper Black. Black made 23 saves in his eleventh win of the 2025-26 season.
NOTES
St. Martin posted some extent in back-to-back video games in opposition to WBS, registering an help every recreation this week … Black improved to 8-1 in his final 9 begins … The Checkers went 0-for-3 on the facility play, however extinguished all 5 Penguins energy performs … Charlotte killed off a 95-second 5-on-3 within the second interval … Ludvig Jansson, Mitch Vande Sompel, Liam McLinskey, Colton Huard, Nate Smith, MacKenzie Entwistle, Riese Gaber, Tyler Motte and Louis Domingue have been the scratches for Charlotte.
Written by Cristiano Simonetta
