Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes

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Goaltenders

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Daniel Altshuller CHL 7.0 D
2. Collin Olson NCAA 6.5 D
3. Mike Murphy Pro 6.0 C
4. John Muse Pro 5.0 C

Right Wing

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Evgeni Dadonov Europe 7.0 D
2. Jerome Samson Pro 6.0 C
3. Brendan Woods NCAA 6.0 C
4. Jared Staal Pro 6.0 D

Left Wing

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Phil Di Giuseppe NCAA 7.0 C
2. Jeremy Welsh Pro 7.0 C
3. Chris Terry Pro 7.0 D
4. Brock McGinn Pro 6.5 C
5. Justin Shugg Pro 6.5 C
6. A.J. Jenks Pro 6.5 C
7. Brendan Collier Junior 5.5 C

Centers

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Victor Rask CHL 7.5 C
2. Zac Dalpe Pro 7.0 C
3. Erik Karlsson (2012) Europe 7.0 D
4. Luke Pither Pro 7.0 D
5. Riley Nash Pro 6.5 B
6. Brody Sutter Pro 6.0 D

Defensemen

 League Prosp. talent Prob. of success
1. Ryan Murphy CHL 8.0 C
2. Danny Biega Pro 7.0 C
3. Jaccob Slavin Junior 7.0 D
4. Trevor Carrick CHL 6.5 C
5. Michal Jordan Pro 6.5 C
6. Keegan Lowe CHL 6.5 C
7. Austin Levi CHL 6.5 C
8. Beau Schmitz Pro 6.5 D
9. Joe Sova Pro 6.0 C
10. Rasmus Rissanen Pro 6.0 D
11. Brett Bellemore Pro 5.5 C
12. Tommi Kivisto Pro 5.5 C
13. Justin Krueger Pro 5.0 D

2012 World Championship: Justin Krueger, Germany

by Chapin Landvogt
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Photo: Carolina Hurricanes prospect Justin Krueger is taking part in his third Men's World Championship tournament with the German squad (courtesy of Jamie Kellner/HF)

 

 

 

A 2006 draftee of the Carolina Hurricanes, restricted free agent Justin Krueger just completed his first full year in the AHL after 4 years at Cornell and a season in the Swiss NLA. The 6’3”, 205-pound defensive defenseman put up mild offensive totals, but did manage to collect a plus 16 rating in 58 games while playing for the Hurricanes' AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers.

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Carolina Hurricanes 2000 Entry Draft Preview

by Bill Moesta
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On June 24 and 25, the NHL will gather in Calgary for the 2000 Entry Draft. Armed with three picks in the first sixty, Carolina General Manager Jim Rutherford and Sheldon Ferguson, Director of Amateur Scouting, will take a dip into the amateur pool to restock the Canes farm system.

The Hurricanes will be picking 14, 44 and 58, in the first two rounds. the first two picks are theirs, while the 58 pick is from Philadelphia, in the Primeau/Brind’Amour-Pelletier trade.

The Canes have hung onto their drafted players the last few years. They learned their lesson the hard way. In 1995, the then Hartford Whalers, traded future Hart and Norris Trophy winner Chris Pronger to the St. Louis Blues. The blossoming of Pronger after leaving the franchise, showed the team to give their young players a chance to develop. In the last two seasons, Carolina has traded just two drafted players. Both of them were defensemen and both were traded to the Philadelphia Flyers. In 1998, the Canes shipped NHL’er Adam Burt and in 1999, the sent QMJHL’er Francis Lessard.
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Canes Prospects Three Stars of the Week

by pbadmin
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For the week ending 11/06/99
1. Jeff Heerema, Wing – Sarnia Sting
The status quo for Jeff this week was multipoint games. He had two of them. The scoring began on October 31 in a 2-2 tie with the Plymouth Whalers. Jeff had one goal and one assist for Sarnia. Of not in this game for Hurricanes fans, is that all four goals scored involved Hurricanes prospects. Heerema had points on both Sarnia goals, while Kevin Holridge picked up an assist on one Plymouth goal and Damian Surma picked up an assist on the other Plymouth score. Heerema continued scoring in a Sarnia 4-3 victory over Erie on November 5. He bagged an overtime winning powerplay goal, for his fifth of the season. Jeff rounded out the week with two assists in a 4-4 tie with Kitchener on November 6.
2. Jaroslav Svoboda, Wing – Kootenay Ice
The numbers looked good this week for Jaroslav. Four days, three games, two goals, six assists, eight points. On November 2 he started scoring with a goal and an assist in a 5-5 tie versus Medicine Hat. On November 5, a goal, his seventh, on the powerplay and an assist in a 6-2 victory over Medicine Hat. Then on November 6, four assists in a 6-2 victory over Calgary.

3. Tommy Westlund, Wing – Carolina Hurricanes
On November 5, Tommy scored his first NHL goal in a 3-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. His superb defensive play has given him time on both as a wing and as a center.

For the week ending 10/30/99
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Hurricanes First Rounders of the Nineties: Where Are They Now?

by pbadmin
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The Carolina Hurricanes franchise had nine first round picks from 1990 to 1999. Here is a look at who was picked by the Whalers and Hurricanes and where they ended up.

The Picks
1990 Mark Greig was chosen 15th by the Whalers
1991 The Hartford Whalers picked ninth and chose Patrick Poulin
1992 Robert Petrovicky was chosen number 9 for Hartford
1993 The Whalers chose Chris Pronger with the number 2 pick
1994 Jeff O’Neill was the number 5 pick by Hartford
1995 The Hartford Whalers chose Jean-Sebastien Giguere 13th
1996 No pick in first round
1997 With the 22nd pick of the draft, the Canes selected Nikos Tselios.
1998 Selecting number 11, Carolina picked Jeff Heerema.
1999 The Hurricanes selected David Tanabe 16th.

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Hurricane Tracking Chart

by pbadmin
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While storm watchers are tracking Hurricane Irene’s march to Florida, you can use this chart to track where the Carolina Hurricanes prospects ended up for this season.

NHL:
Carolina: Byron Ritchie, David Tanabe, Eric Fichaud, Tommy Westlund

IHL:
Cincinnati: Craig MacDonald, Craig Adams, Nikos Tselios, Randy Petruk, Ian MacNeil, Shane Willis, Greg Kuznik

ECHL:
Florida: Hugh Hamilton Jacksonville: Mark McMahon, Sergei Fedetov New Orleans: Mike Morrone

OHL:
Guelph: Chris Madden
Sarnia: Jeff Heerema
Plymouth: Kevin Holridge, Damian Surma
Sault Ste. Marie: Josef Vasicek

WHL:
Kootenay: Jaroslav Svoboda Regina: Brett Lysak Prince George: Brent McDonald

WCHL:
Anchorage: Yauheni Kurylin

Swedish Elite:
MoDo: Niklas Nordgren

SM-Liiga:
Lukko: Antti Jokela

ECAC:
Clarkson: Erik Cole, Don Smith, David Evans

CCHA:
Michigan State: Brad Fast
Bowling Green: Ryan Murphy
Michigan: Andrew Merrick, Mark Kosick

WCHA:
North Dakota: Brad Defauw

Top Prospects

  1. Ryan Murphy
  2. Victor Rask
  3. Zac Dalpe
  4. Riley Nash
  5. Jeremy Welsh
  6. Phil Di Giuseppe
  7. Danny Biega
  8. Brock McGinn
  9. Michal Jordan
  1. Austin Levi
  2. Daniel Altshuller
  3. Keegan Lowe
  4. Chris Terry
  5. Jaccob Slavin
  6. Erik Karlsson (2012)
  7. Trevor Carrick
  8. Justin Shugg
  9. Brendan Woods

Notable Prospects

  1. Brett Bellemore
  2. Brendan Collier
  3. Evgeni Dadonov
  4. A.J. Jenks
  5. Tommi Kivisto
  6. Justin Krueger
  7. Mike Murphy
  8. John Muse
  1. Collin Olson
  2. Luke Pither
  3. Rasmus Rissanen
  4. Jerome Samson
  5. Beau Schmitz
  6. Joe Sova
  7. Jared Staal
  8. Brody Sutter
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