With his parents at the RBC Center, Eric Staal broke out of an eight-game slump with a hat trick in the Canes' 5-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Friday night. It was the Canes third straight win and fourth in six home games.

The Charlotte Checkers just can't seem to solve the South Carolina Stingrays. The Stingrays dropped the Checkers for the fourth time in the past two weeks Wednesday night with a 3-2 victory at Time Warner Cable Arena.

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