Hurricanes re-sign Boychuk to one-year deal

Carolina Hurricanes' Zach Boychuk, second from right, and Boston Bruins' Dennis Seidenberg (44), of Germany, battle for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

The Carolina Hurricanes have signed Zach Boychuk to a one-year, two-way deal, the team announced Tuesday morning.

The deal is worth $600,000 ($200,000 in the AHL).

“This will be Zach’s eighth season in our organization,” Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis said in the team’s press release. “He’s a reliable depth forward who we know is capable of contributing offensively at either level.”

The 25-year-old forward registered three goals and six points in 31 games with Carolina in 2014-15, and 12 goals and 24 points with the team’s AHL affiliate Charlotte Checkers, becoming the team’s all-time leader in goals. He also won the AHL’s Willie Marshall Award for being the league’s top scorer (36) in 2013-14.

Boychuk has totaled 12 goals and 30 points in 127 career NHL games split between Carolina, Pittsburgh and Nashville.

Originally a first-round draft pick by the Hurricanes in 2008, he returned to the team in 2013.

July 7, 2015

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Zach Boychuk
SIGNED BY
Carolina Hurricanes
LENGTH
1 yr
CONTRACT TYPE
Re-signing
SALARY CAP HIT
$600,000
TOTAL
$600,000

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