About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: List of Carolina Hurricanes draft picks, Cam Ward, Drayson Bowman, Erik Cole, Jack Johnson, Carter Trevisani, Eric Staal, Ryan Murphy, Michael Zigomanis, Zach Boychuk, Andrew Ladd, Danny Richmond, Josef Va i ek, Shane Willis, Brandon Sutter, Jeff Skinner, Brad Fast, Jeff Heerema, Ryan Bayda, Casey Borer, David Tanabe, Justin Peters, Niclas Wallin, Niklas Nordgren, Philippe Paradis, Chris Terry, Stefan Chaput, Nikos Tselios, Tyson Strachan, Jamie McBain, Toma K rka, Igor Knyazev, Harrison Reed, Brett Carson, Martin Vagner, Mike Murphy, Nicolas Blanchard, Sean Curry, Jaroslav Svoboda, Nick Dodge, Magnus Kahnberg, Justin Krueger, Jamie Hoffmann, Kyle Lawson, Francis Lessard, Zac Dalpe, Mattias Lindstrom, Brett Bellemore, Damian Surma, Brad DeFauw, Craig Kowalski, Rob Zepp, Shay Stephenson, Tommi Kivisto, Brett Lysak, Kent McDonell, Chris Madden, Mark Kosick, Frederik Andersen, Tommy Westlund, Joe Barnes, Kevin Nastiuk, Brian Dumoulin, Magnus Akerlund. Excerpt: The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey franchise based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise was founded in 1971 as the New England Whalers, and relocated to North Carolina in 1997. Since arriving in North Carolina, the Hurricanes have drafted 90 players. The 2008 draft was the 12th in which Hurricanes participated. The NHL Entry Draft is held each June, allowing teams to select players who have turned 18 years old by September 15 in the year the draft is held. The draft order is determined by the previous season's order of finish, with non-playoff teams drafting first, followed by the teams that made the playoffs, with the specific order determined by the number of points earned by each team. The NHL holds a weighted lottery for the 14 non-playo...