The Checkers have qualified for the playoffs and will face the Chicago Wolves in the first round!

Bojangles’ Coliseum will host Games 1 and 2 of the best-of-five series on Thursday, April 20, at 7 p.m. and on Friday, April 21, at 7:15 p.m. A full schedule, including dates and times for subsequent games in Chicago, can be found below.
GAME DATE TIME (EDT) LOCATION
1
2
3
4
5
April 20
April 21
April 23
April 25
April 26
7 p.m.
7:15 p.m.
3 p.m.
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
Bojangles' Coliseum, Charlotte
Bojangles' Coliseum, Charlotte
Allstate Arena, Chicago
Allstate Arena, Chicago *
Allstate Arena, Chicago *
* if necessary

"Pay as We Play" packages requiring no money up front and the best savings on tickets for the entire playoffs can be purchased now by contacting the Checkers at (704) 342-4423 or [email protected]. Individual tickets for Games 1 and 2 will go on sale Sunday, April 16, at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster and the Bojangles' Coliseum box office.

Both of the Checkers' first-round home games will feature food and drink specials including $2 hot dogs, $2 popcorn, $1 soda, $2 domestic beer cans, $4 craft beer cans and $4 any draught beer.

Charlotte, which qualified for the playoffs as the fourth seed in the AHL's Central Division, is making its first Calder Cup Playoff appearance since 2013.