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Sergey Tolchinsky (LW)

Charlotte Checkers

Biography

Signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Carolina as an undrafted free agent on 8/22/13.

2015-16: Completed his first full professional season with the Checkers … Ranked fourth on the Checkers and first among rookies with 14 goals and 36 points and tied for fifth on the team with 22 assists … Point total was third-highest by a Checkers rookie in the team’s six AHL seasons (Zac Dalpe, Victor Rask) … Scored the Checkers’ first goal of the season, his first point as a professional, just 4:57 into the team’s opening-night game at IA (10/10) … Picked up an assist as the Checkers erased a 4-1 deficit in the third period and scored on his first career shootout attempt in a 5-4 victory at IA (10/11) … Recorded two assists for his first multi-point game at CHI (10/17), giving him five points (1g, 4a) over a four-game point streak to start his first pro season … Assisted on Trevor Carrick’s goal to end an 11-game scoring drought and posted a season-high, plus-3 rating as the Checkers erased a 3-0 deficit to win 4-3 at SA (11/22) … Scored his second goal of the season vs. ONT (12/6) … Assisted on Drayson Bowman’s eventual game-winning goal vs. IA (12/17) … Opened the scoring and added an assist on Jake Chelios’ game-tying goal with 5:25 remaining in regulation at SJ (12/30) … Recorded points on both Checkers’ goals (1g, 1a), including his first career power-play tally that extended his goal-scoring streak to a season-best three games, in the 2-0 win at ONT (1/3) … Extended his point streak to five games (3g, 5a), three of which were multi-point outings, with a pair of assists at SD (1/9) … Extended his point streak to three games (1g, 2a) with an assist at MB (2/27) … Recorded his third multi-assist game with a pair of helpers vs. RFD (3/12) … Assisted on Derek Ryan’s goal and tied his season high with six shots on goal in the 2-1 shootout loss at RFD (3/20) … Recorded his first multi-goal game as a professional and tied his season-high shots total (six) for the second consecutive game at CHI (3/23) … Scored a goal at MB (3/26) to extend his point streak to three games (3g, 1a) … Earned his first recall to Carolina on 3/30 and picked up an assist on Justin Faulk’s goal in his NHL debut vs. NYR the following day … Returned to Charlotte on 4/1 and recorded two points (1g, 1a) vs. TEX later that day … Scored two goals vs. TEX (4/2), marking his third multi-point outing in his last five games … Scored eight points (6g, 2a) in six games from 3/20-4/2 … Recalled to Carolina on 4/4 and played one NHL game at BOS before returning to Charlotte on 4/6.