With just six games remaining on their schedule, the Checkers have released center Sean Dolan from his PTO.
Dolan, 27, joined a shorthanded Checkers team on March 3 and logged 12 games with the club. Despite not recording a point during his AHL stint, Dolan filled an important fourth-line role for Charlotte.
Sean Dolan, who played 142 games for the club over three seasons between 2012 and 2014, is back on Charlotte on a professional tryout contract. He joins from the ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays, which was also true of his initial signing with Charlotte back on Jan. 6, 2012.
The South Carolina Stingrays, celebrating 22 seasons of hockey in the Lowcountry, have signed forward Sean Dolan, Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations Spencer Carbery announced today.
Center Sean Dolan and defenseman Beau Schmitz are rejoining the team in Charlotte for Friday’s home game against the Oklahoma City Barons, which marks the team’s annual Pink in the Rink event at Time Warner Cable Arena. Both players were with Charlotte until recently, with Schmitz assigned to Florida on Jan. 25 and Dolan heading down on Jan. 31.
The Checkers assigned Dolan, who has missed the last 21 games since suffering an injury on Nov. 30, to their ECHL affiliate on Friday. The Everblades are scheduled to play home games against Greenville on Friday and Saturday, two of three games they will play over the course of the Checkers’ current four-game road trip.
Dolan, a 25-year-old who initially joined the team on a professional tryout contract in January of 2012, returns for this third season with Charlotte and third on an AHL deal. With the likes of Riley Nash, Brett Sutter and Jeremy Welsh hoping to move on to full-time roles in Carolina after playing the majority of last season in Charlotte, Dolan’s return will add important depth at the center position.
South Carolina Stingrays forward Sean Dolan has signed a standard player contract with the American Hockey League’s Charlotte Checkers.
Dolan, who was called up to Charlotte on Jan. 6, had played 21 games with the Checkers under a player tryout contact before signing his new deal. Dolan will remain with the Checkers for the rest of the regular season.
