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PEORIA, Ill. In an effort to avenge a lopsided loss from last week, the Charlotte Checkers were looking for a fast start Friday night. That's exactly what they got.
Charlotte scored twice during the game's first four minutes and never looked back in a 4-2 win against the Peoria Rivermen. Zac Dalpe, Zach Boychuk, Justin Shugg and Michal Jordan scored for the Checkers, who are seven points ahead of Peoria in the Midwest Division race.
The win provided a welcome turnaround from the Checkers' visit to Peoria last Saturday, a 5-2 loss. In Friday's rematch, John Muse made 26 saves to improve to 9-2-0 on the season.
Charlotte was also looking to reverse its first regulation losing streak in two months. Dalpe set the tone from the outset, scoring just 53 seconds into the game when he found the rebound of a shot by Shugg and put it past goalie Jake Allen from the left side.
Boychuk extended the lead when he came up the left wing and fired a wrist shot from the circle that beat Allen at the far post.
The Checkers immediately head to Chicago for a back-to-back set against the Wolves, who trail them by four points.
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Charlotte |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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4 |
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Peoria |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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2 |
First Period-1, Charlotte, Dalpe 13 (Shugg, Terry), 0:53. 2, Charlotte, Boychuk 14 (Sutter), 3:53. 3, Charlotte, Shugg 2 (Soryal, Jenks), 14:59. Penalties-Sterling Peo (tripping), 9:39; Cracknell Peo (slashing), 10:42.
Second Period- None. Penalties-Roy Cha (tripping), 0:34; served by Sterling Peo (bench minor - too many men), 10:24; Blanchard Cha (tripping), 12:51; Boychuk Cha (tripping), 16:08.
Third Period-4, Peoria, Grachev 3 (Cracknell, Fairchild), 0:32. 5, Charlotte, Jordan 4 (Boychuk, Jenks), 4:45. 6, Peoria, Hensick 19 (Syvret, Nesbitt), 5:03. Penalties-Rissanen Cha (holding), 1:57; Boychuk Cha (diving), 6:34; Cole Peo (interference), 6:34; Syvret Peo (interference), 19:22.
Shots on Goal-Charlotte 12-9-9-30. Peoria 7-8-13-28. Goalies-Charlotte, Muse 8-2-0 (28 shots-26 saves). Peoria, Allen 4-10-1 (30 shots-26 saves). Att.-4,642 (at Peoria, Ill.).
