 In 2010, the Albany River Rats, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Hurricanes, relocated to Charlotte and became the Charlotte Checkers, assuming the name from the former ECHL team that had played in the city since 1995.The Charlotte Checkers play their home games at Bojangles' Coliseum in uptown Charlotte.Fayetteville also has an ice hockey team, the Fayetteville Marksmen of the Southern Professional Hockey League.