In fact, just this afternoon General manager Ron Francis announced the call-up of forward Patrick Brown from the Charlotte Checkers. He is the only player on the Checkers’ roster who has played in all 66 games this season, and he ranks fourth on the team with 13 goals.
He’s a player with good size at 6’1″ and 210 pounds and played college hockey at Boston College before Canes rookie defenseman Noah Hanifin ever got there. He played seven games with the Hurricanes last season but really didn’t make an impression with zero goals and assists, 4 shots, 4 penalty minutes and a minus-4 rating.