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Loveland

Charlotte Checkers beat Colorado Eagles 6-3 as Gracyn Sawchyn puts them ahead for good

·Loveland·Larimer County

Colorado scored in the opening minute, but Charlotte answered short-handed and pulled away in the third. Jack Devine scored twice, including into an empty net, before Matt DiMarsico answered for the Eagles.

The Charlotte Checkers scored three straight goals after a second-period tie and beat the Colorado Eagles 6-3 on Tuesday at Blue Federal Credit Union Arena in Loveland. Colorado led early, but Charlotte carried a one-goal advantage into the third and added two more before the Eagles could answer.

Adam Beckman gave Colorado a 1-0 lead at 0:54 of the first period, and Will Bitten tied it for Charlotte with a short-handed goal. Jack Devine put the Checkers ahead on a power play in the second, only for Christian Wolanin to answer with a power-play goal that made it 2-2. At 19:45 of the second, Sawchyn scored unassisted to give Charlotte a 3-2 lead heading into the third.

Charlotte pulled away from there. Robert Mastrosimone scored early in the third, and Devine put his second goal into an empty net at 16:49 of the period to make it 5-2. Those goals extended the run that began with Sawchyn’s go-ahead goal; Colorado had not scored since Wolanin tied the game.

The Eagles answered when Matt DiMarsico scored shortly after Devine, cutting Charlotte’s lead to 5-3. Nate Smith restored the three-goal margin with a power-play goal into an empty net. Tyler Muszelik finished with 22 saves on 25 shots for Charlotte. The Eagles host the Checkers on Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Final
Team123T
Charlotte Checkers1236
Colorado Eagles1113

ScoringScore after each, CLT-COL

  1. 1st 0:54Adam Beckman, assisted by Tristen Nielsen and Gavin Brindley0-1
  2. 1st 13:28Will Bitten, assisted by Brian Pinho (SH)1-1
  3. 2nd 14:18Jack Devine, assisted by Sam Lafferty and Nate Smith (PP)2-1
  4. 2nd 16:32Christian Wolanin, assisted by Taylor Makar and Sean Behrens (PP)2-2
  5. 2nd 19:45Gracyn Sawchyn, unassisted3-2
  6. 3rd 1:55Robert Mastrosimone, assisted by Brett Chorske and Gracyn Sawchyn (GWG)4-2
  7. 3rd 16:49Jack Devine, assisted by Will Bitten and Alex Petrovic (EN)5-2
  8. 3rd 16:59Matt DiMarsico, assisted by Gustav Stjernberg5-3
  9. 3rd 19:10Nate Smith, assisted by Angus Crookshank (PP, EN)6-3

Shots on goal

Team1st2nd3rdT
Charlotte Checkers813728
Colorado Eagles117725

Goaltenders

  • Tyler Muszelik, 22 saves on 25 shots
Penalties 19
  1. 1st 8:11Tristen Nielsen, Roughing, 2 minutes
  2. 1st 8:11Kai Schwindt, Roughing, 2 minutes
  3. 1st 11:48Marek Alscher, Holding the stick, 2 minutes
  4. 2nd 7:23Domenick Fensore, Tripping, 2 minutes
  5. 2nd 11:13Ludvig Jansson, Holding, 2 minutes
  6. 2nd 13:40Taylor Makar, Tripping, 2 minutes
  7. 2nd 14:55Riese Gaber, Hooking, 2 minutes
  8. 2nd 16:46Matt DiMarsico, Hooking, 2 minutes
  9. 3rd 4:44Alex Petrovic, Delay of game, 2 minutes
  10. 3rd 7:41Matvei Shuravin, Roughing, 2 minutes
  11. 3rd 7:41Tristen Nielsen, Roughing, 2 minutes
  12. 3rd 7:41Tristen Nielsen, Boarding, 2 minutes
  13. 3rd 10:48Taylor Makar, Roughing, 2 minutes
  14. 3rd 10:48Nate Smith, Roughing, 2 minutes
  15. 3rd 11:50Casey Fitzgerald, Interference, 2 minutes
  16. 3rd 17:36Nikita Prishchepov, Hooking, 2 minutes
  17. 3rd 19:47Yanick Turcotte, Roughing, 2 minutes
  18. 3rd 19:47Gustav Stjernberg, Misconduct - Unsportsmanlike conduct, 10 minutes
  19. 3rd 19:47Yanick Turcotte, Misconduct - Unsportsmanlike conduct, 10 minutes

Blue Federal Credit Union Arena, Loveland, CO. Attendance 5,089.

Every score that day

Play-by-play as the American Hockey League publishes it. Clock times are time elapsed in the period.