With this year’s edition of the IHHF World Junior Championships underway, Hurricanes fans are likely to have their eye on one player in particular: top prospect Martin Necas, who will captain the Czech Republic team.
Since being sent down to the AHL, Necas has torn it up for the Charlotte Checkers, with seven goals and 22 points in 26 games. That, along with his eight total games for the Hurricanes over the past two seasons, puts Necas in a unique position of going to the World Juniors with a good bit of NHL and AHL experience.