Hurricanes Recall Justin Peters, Reassign Mike Murphy To Charlotte

by Cory Lavalette on Dec 14, 2011 1:42 PM EST

The Hurricanes recalled goalie Justin Peters from Charlotte and reassigned Mike Murphy to the AHL. (Photo by Jamie Kellner)

The Carolina Hurricanes swapped backup goalies Wednesday, reassigning Mike Murphy to Charlotte and calling up Justin Peters after he cleared re-entry waivers. It is Peters' first recall to Carolina since he served as Cam Ward's backup last season. Murphy went 0-1 and did not allow a goal during his promotion. He was recalled Dec. 6 to take the place of injured No. 2 goalie Brian Boucher. Murphy replaced an ineffective Ward in two games and made obscure history in his first NHL game.

The release from the Hurricanes follows.

‘CANES RECALL JUSTIN PETERS FROM CHARLOTTE

Mike Murphy reassigned to AHL’s Checkers

RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has recalled goaltender Justin Peters from the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). To make room for Peters on the roster, goaltender Mike Murphy was reassigned to Charlotte.

Peters, 25, has posted a 6-6-1 record, a 2.49 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage in 14 games with Charlotte this season. He was named the Reebok/AHL Goaltender of the Month for November after posting a 5-1-1 record with a 1.63 goals-against average and a .949 save percentage in seven appearances. The Blythe, Ont., native spent all of 2010-11 with the Hurricanes, and posted a 3-5-1 record in 12 appearances with Carolina. Peters (6’1", 205 lbs.) is in his sixth professional season, and has compiled a 9-8-1 record and 3.49 goals-against average in 21 career NHL games. The Hurricanes drafted Peters in the second round, 38th overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

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Peters

Guess the other NHL teams didn’t see as much value in Justin Peters as alot of others on this board do…Glad he is still in the fold…

by dougster44 on Dec 14, 2011 1:54 PM EST reply actions

RFA's

all this talk about UFAs being trade bait, let’s not forget the many RFA’s
Of note:
Boychuk
Sanguinetti
McBain
M.Murphy
Tlusty
Bowman
Peters

by Caniac1026 on Dec 14, 2011 2:22 PM EST reply actions

This is exactly why I hope management gets Boychuk and Bowman in the mix for a while this season. JR and Muller need to have a good, long look at what they have in those two to see if they’re going to resign them or let them go in free agency. The season is already lost so why not let them see what they can do.

"I'm not going to waste my time with Tuukka Rask" - Cam Ward

by anonymousJ on Dec 14, 2011 4:56 PM EST up reply actions

Hopefully they wont just let them go in free agency, if nothing else I’d hope JR would trade them for some sort of asset, either a player or a draft pick. Fortunately our gm is good at keeping up with that, except when it came to Ray Whitney, but let’s not go there…

by Kubota on Dec 14, 2011 7:56 PM EST up reply actions

There’s a big difference between free agents and RFAs. All we have to do to keep most of our RFAs is to qualify them. No one is going to put out an offer sheet for them.

by Chuck Burns on Dec 15, 2011 1:43 PM EST via mobile up reply actions