Former Blackhawks goaltender Cam Ward signed a one-day contract Wednesday with the Hurricanes to officially retire with Carolina where his NHL career began.
Ward, 35, spent the first 13 years of his career with Carolina before last season when he signed a one-year contract with the Blackhawks to be the team’s backup goaltender behind Corey Crawford, who was coming back from a concussion. Ward was 16-12-4 with a 3.67 goals-against average and .897 save percentage in 33 games for Chicago.
Ward, who was selected 25th overall in the 2002 NHL draft, set several franchise records with Carolina for a goaltender including career regular-season games played (668), wins (318), winning percentage (.