Hurricanes Sign Wade Brookbank

[Thrillhouse]

RALEIGH, NC—Jason Karmanos, Vice President and Assistant General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the Hurricanes have agreed to terms with defenseman/left wing Wade Brookbank on a one-year contract. The deal will pay Brookbank $500,000 on the NHL level and $100,000 on the American Hockey League (AHL) level.

Brookbank, 29, split the 2006-07 season between the Boston Bruins and Providence and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL. In seven games with Boston, the Lanigan, Sask., native tallied one goal and 15 penalty minutes. Brookbank tallied one goal and 131 penalty minutes in 43 AHL games with Providence and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in 2006-07.

Brookbank (6’4’’, 225 lbs.) has played 68 career NHL games with Nashville, Vancouver and Boston, totaling four goals and two assists (6 points) and 229 penalty minutes. He made his NHL debut during the 2003-04 with Nashville and set his NHL career-high with 133 penalty minutes in 29 games with Nashville and Vancouver that season. In 206 career AHL games during five seasons, he has totaled two goals, 16 assists (18 points) and 830 penalty minutes, including a career-high 337 penalty minutes with Grand Rapids in 2001-02.

[Sandmachine]

Brookbank and Gillies?

[Snipes19]

Great news and great signing by the Hurricanes.
Let's hope they play him, because if they do then they will have a tough blue line with Brookbank and Commodore. Brookbank is a heavy and Carolina was really lacking toughness so good thing they brought him in. However, in the past the Hurricane's coach was known to be a non-believer in fighting, but hopefully that changes.

[HordiBrusk29]

Good for Brookbank. I can't say I'm overly confident he'll play with Carolina for most of the season but at the same time with the Gillies signing yesterday it makes me wonder....

[blackngold]

Albany's gonna have a tough team next season

[ratfan]

Originally Posted by blackngold

Albany's gonna have a tough team next season

I'm okay with that.

(of course the rest of the team is a bunch of midgets, so we kind of need these guys).

[jkidd]

I guess they're having issues attracting fans to the farm team and will take a goon approach - because Gillies and Brook wont see time, with the Canes, in the NHL.

[Shockadelica]

Wow Canes are getting stacked with toughness. Hopefully Gilles or Brookbank gets a shot at the big time.

[lilburtis9363]

what do the canes think they're doing. Brookbank and Gillies will just be in the ahl the entire year

[Captain Crunch28]

I really hope either Brookbank or Gillies is up full time with the Canes..

Maybe Peter Laviolette has changed since the Ducks winning the cup with 3 or 4 tough guys..

[the4thline]

It will be fun to watch Brashear punch Walker and Commodore in the head all year with gillies and brookbank sitting in albany.

[Isles4life]

The Canes have had a kind of annoying habit of stockpiling tough guys in the minors and not getting them any real action at the NHL level. Let's hope Brookbank cracks though that.

[BROKEN*ORBITAL]

Doesn't Carolina already have Jesse Boulerice and Stephen Peat currently rotting in the A?

[flyersrule]

Originally Posted by BROKEN*ORBITAL

Doesn't Carolina already have Jesse Boulerice and Stephen Peat currently rotting in the A?

peat is a free agent and i thought boulerice was with the blues but i'm not sure

[Isles4life]

Originally Posted by BROKEN*ORBITAL

Doesn't Carolina already have Jesse Boulerice and Stephen Peat currently rotting in the A?

They did at one point last season. They're changing up the repressed enforcers I guess.