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RALEIGH, N.C - Doug Warf, President of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced the team’s ...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Eric Tulsky, General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has assigned forwards Skyler Brind’Amour and Bradly Nadeau as well as ...