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 Ryan Murphy to the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). Murphy will join the Checkers for the team’s final two regular-season games on Thursday and Friday in Cleveland against the Lake Erie Monsters. Charlotte is locked in a tight race for a spot in the AHL’s Western Conference playoffs, and can secure a postseason berth with wins in both games against the Monsters.
Murphy, 23, has split the 2015-16 season between the Hurricanes and the Checkers.