SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Thunderbirds, the proud American Hockey League affiliate of the St. Louis Blues, will open ...

The Charlotte Checkers jumped out to a 2-0 lead against Abbotsford, but ended up losing 3-2 Monday night as the Canucks won the Calder Cup.

The game will pit the T-Birds against former Springfield coach Geordie Kinnear and the Checkers, who are coming off a championship in the Eastern Conference last season.

An unfinished story. That’s how head coach Geordie Kinnear described the Charlotte Checkers’ season after Monday night’s 3-2 loss to Abbotsford ended their Calder Cup finals run two ...

An unfinished story. That’s how head coach Geordie Kinnear described the Charlotte Checkers’ season after Monday night’s 3-2 loss to Abbotsford ended their Calder Cup finals run two ...

Kinnear said the Checkers “still have a lot of work to do” in trying to win the Calder Cup and noted that both teams will face the grind of long trips back to Charlotte for Game 6.

A record crowd saw Mike Benning’s power-play goal in overtime lift the Checkers to a 3-2 win against the Abbotsford Canucks in their AHL Calder Cup Finals series at Bojangles Coliseum.

While he made it abundantly clear he didn’t agree with the overturned goal that looked momentarily like it had given his Charlotte Checkers a victory, head coach Geordie Kinnear wasn’t ...

The Charlotte Checkers’ 10-game road win streak finally came to an end on Tuesday in game 3 of the Calder Cup Finals.