When Rod Brind’Amour took over as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes in May, one of the first questions posed to him at his press conference was who would serve as captain in the 2018–19 season. Speculation quickly descended on Justin Williams, who had won a Stanley Cup in 2006 with Brind’Amour as his captain, and the seemingly inevitable came to pass today as Williams was named the Canes’ eighth permanent captain since the team moved to North Carolina.
Williams, 36, is entering his sixth season as a member of the Hurricanes.