The 2024-25 Hurricanes Pipeline & Eric Staal Retires
The Carolina Hurricanes have a new minor league pipeline for the 2024-25 season, who are their AHL and ECHL affiliates? Hurricanes legend Eric Staal calls it a career after a one-day contract.
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Hurricanes’ 2024-25 Pipeline: Illinois to Carolina
July 25, 2024 by Zach Martin
What a year can make regarding the ever-changing landscape of hockey affiliations. During the summer of 2023, the Carolina Hurricanes lost their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliation with the Chicago Wolves and entered a working agreement with the Norfolk Admirals. The Admirals were their primary ECHL affiliate team before they switched over to become the official team for the Winnipeg Jets. The Hurricanes spent the 2023-24 season loaning their prospects out around the AHL, and ECHL, and even sending them back to Europe so their players could get playing time. That is a huge blow for teams hoping to see their players get the development they need.
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Eric Staal Signs One-Day Contract To Retire With the Hurricanes
July 30, 2024 by Michael Ostrower
The Carolina Hurricanes have signed Eric Staal to a one-day contract, meaning he will retire as a member of the organization. He was selected second overall by the team in the 2003 NHL Draft and scored 322 goals and 775 points in 909 regular season games across 12 seasons. He went on to play six additional seasons, finishing his career with 455 goals and 1063 points in 1365 games.
