Snowfall in Charlotte forces AHL's Checkers to host game without fans

Hockey players are at home on ice, however, the same can't always be said of hockey fans. The AHL's Charlotte Checkers played host Wednesday to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at an empty Bojangles' Coliseum thanks to inclement weather in the area. "It was a little different, but give [Bridgeport] credit, because they came out flying and outshot us 14-4 in the first period," Checkers coach Mike Vellucci said after Charlotte's 4-3 win.