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The Chicago Wolves and Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a three-year partnership agreement that will see the Wolves serve as the Hurricanes' top development organization from 2024-25.
As part of the deal, the Hurricanes will oversee the Wolves' hockey operations decisions.
“We are excited to renew our AHL partnership with Chicago, and we are grateful that we could find a solution that worked for both clubs,” said the president and general manager of the Hurricanes. Don Waddell. “Many of our prospects have already had success with Wolves, individually and as a team, and we are delighted to have found a stable place for them to develop.”
The Hurricanes previously partnered with the Wolves from 2020 to 2023, a partnership that included two division titles and the 2022 Calder Cup championship. Current Carolina players who will bowl for the Wolves during that time include Jack Drury, Seth Jarvis, Stefan Noesen, Jalen Chatfield again Pyotr Kochetkov.
Carolina also won the Calder Cup championship while partnering with the Charlotte Checkers in 2019; their prospects that season include current NHL'ers Martin Necas, Morgan Geekie, Jake Bean, Nicolas Roy, Haydn Fleury, Steven Lorentz again Alex Nedeljkovic.
The Wolves have won 10 division titles and three Calder Cups (2002, 2008, 2022) since joining the American Hockey League in 2001. Chicago operated without an NHL affiliate in 2023-24, finishing seventh in the Central Division with a record of 23-35-7-7 (60 points).
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