AHL: Charlotte Checkers Send Two to Savannah Ghost Pirates

The Charlotte Checkers are coming off a 4-2 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday. They’ve started the season 4-2-0-0, averaging 2.8 goals per game while allowing 2.5 goals per game.

Today forward Kasper Lundell has been loaned to the Savannah Ghost Pirates of the ECHL. Also, defenseman Emil Pieniniemi was assigned by the Florida Panthers to the Savannah Ghost Pirates.

Lundwell played in one game for the Checkers which came on October 4th, but he didn’t record a point and was even in plus/minus. Lundell joined the Checkers after spending last season in Finland played in 38 games with HIFK in Liiga. He had seven points on three goals and four assists; he was a minus-seven.

Pieniniemi didn’t play in any games with Charlotte. He spent last season with the Wheeling Nailers and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. In nine games with the Penguins, he had a goal and two assists. He was a plus-five. In two playoff games he had an assist and was a minus-one. Pieniniemi, in 26 games with the Nailers, he had 11 points on six goals and five assists; he was a plus-two. In 15 playoff games he had a goal and seven assists; he was a plus-one.

The Checkers return on Friday night as they’ll welcome in the Springfield Thunderbirds. Pieniniemi and Lundell could suit up for the Ghost Pirates when they play the South Carolina Stingrays on Friday night.