RALEIGH, NC. – The Carolina Hurricanes added two more skaters to professional tryout agreements (PTOs) Monday, welcoming forwards Cory Conacher and Brendan Perlini.
Conacher, 33, will compete for an NHL contract before his 13th professional season. A veteran of 193 league games, the 5-foot-9, 181 lbs. The winger was one of the most accomplished scorers in the American Hockey League over the course of his career. Posting 340 points in 371 games, Concacher won the AHL’s Most Valuable Player Award en route to a Calder Cup with the Norfolk Admirals in 2012.
Perlini, 27, comes to Raleigh after skating in 26 games with the Chicago Wolves during the 2022-23 season. A first-round draft pick of the Arizona Coyotes in 2014, the 6-foot-4, 212 lbs. The winger has dressed in 262 career NHL games. In addition to his time in the desert, Perlini played in Chicago, Detroit, and Edmonton between 2018-2022.
The two are together Nathan Beaulieu, who was signed last week, as Carolina’s PTOs ahead of the team’s 2023-24 training camp. Last year Calvin de Haan and Derek Stepan came to Carolina’s camp on tryout agreements and both successfully secured contracts.
Carolina’s preseason slate begins Tuesday, September 26 at PNC Arena against the Tampa Bay Lightning. To view the team’s complete exhibition schedule, click here.
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