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CARSON TICKETED TO CHARLOTTE

Charlotte Checkers‘CANES REASSIGN BRETT CARSON TO CHARLOTTE

Defenseman has played in Carolina’s last four games

RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has reassigned defenseman Brett Carson to the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). Carson was recalled from Charlotte on an emergency basis on Dec. 31, and played in Carolina’s last four games.

Carson, 25, has played in seven NHL games this season, averaging 10:22 of ice time per game and earning a plus-3 plus/minus rating. In 23 AHL games this season with Charlotte, Carson (6’4”, 210 lbs.) has earned nine assists and posted a plus-6 plus/minus rating. The Regina, Sask., native has played in 66 career NHL regular-season games, and has scored two goals and earned 10 assists (12 points). The Hurricanes drafted Carson in the fourth round, 109th overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

The Carolina Hurricanes will host the Atlanta Thrashers today at the RBC Center (1:30 p.m., Hurricanes Radio Network) in the first game of a two-game home stand. For information on 2010-11 Carolina Hurricanes ticket packages, please visit www.CarolinaHurricanes.com, or call 1-866-NHL-CANES.

Mitch Beck

Mitch Beck was a standup comedian and radio personality for over 25 years. His passion for hockey started with Team USA in 1980 when they defeated the Soviets at Lake Placid. He has also worked in hockey as a coach and administrator. He also works for USA Hockey as a Coach Developer. Mitch has been reporting on the New York Rangers, and exclusively on the Hartford Wolf Pack since 2005.

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