A record crowd watched the Charlotte Checkers fall to the Abbotsford Canucks in Game 1 of their best-of-seven AHL Calder Cup Finals series at Bojangles Coliseum.

Siegenthaler does not have the flash of Luke Hughes or the shot of Dougie Hamilton. He is a defenseman who could fly under the radar when everyone is healthy on the blue line. Still, his impact and ...