RALEIGH, NC – Ron Francis, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has reassigned defenseman Trevor Carrick and forward Brody Sutter to the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). The Checkers play on Sunday in Rockford, Ill., and currently sit in one of the final positions to qualify for the AHL’s Calder Cup playoffs.
Carrick, 21, has appeared in two NHL games for Carolina this season, and made his NHL debut on Tuesday night against the Washington Capitals.