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Riley Nash Signs Two-Year, Two-Way Contract

Restricted free agent Riley Nash, who broke through to play 32 games with the Hurricanes last season, signed a new two-year, two-way deal with Carolina Tuesday.

By Cory Lavalette
Center Riley Nash signed a new two-year, two-way deal with the Hurricanes.
Center Riley Nash signed a new two-year, two-way deal with the Hurricanes.
Jamie Kellner

The Carolina Hurricanes announced Tuesday that restricted free agent center Riley Nash re-signed with the team on a two-year, two-way deal. Nash can earn $550,000 and $600,000 in each year, respectively, if he sticks with the NHL squad, and is guaranteed $150,000 each year as part of the deal.

Nash carved out a spot in the Carolina last year by providing solid, two-way play in the team’s bottom two lines. He will compete for a similar spot in 2013-14. Here is the release from the Hurricanes.

HURRICANES AGREE TO TERMS WITH RILEY NASH
Center set NHL career highs in 2012-13; Agrees to two-year, two-way contract

RALEIGH, NC – Jason Karmanos, Vice President and Assistant General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has agreed to terms with center Riley Nash on a two-year, two-way contract. The deal will pay Nash $550,000 on the NHL level or $135,000 on the American Hockey League (AHL) level, with a guarantee of $150,000 in 2013-14. It will pay him $600,000 on the NHL level and $150,000 on the AHL level, with a guarantee of at least $200,000 in 2014-15.

Nash, 24, completed his third full professional season and second in the NHL in 2012-13, establishing NHL career highs in games played (32), goals (4), assists (5) and points (9), while averaging 12:48 of ice time per game. The Consort, Alb., native netted his first career NHL goal and added a pair of assists for his first NHL multi-point game against Florida on March 2, and had his first NHL multi-goal game at Washington on March 12. Nash (6’1", 191 lbs.) also played 51 games on the AHL level with the Charlotte Checkers, totaling 13 goals and 24 assists (37 points) and ranking second on the team in plus/minus (+14) and fourth in assists (24). His 24 assists and 37 points marked AHL career-highs, despite playing in an AHL-career-low 51 games.

Selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round (21st overall) of the 2007 NHL Draft, Nash was acquired by the Hurricanes on June 26, 2010, in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2010 NHL Draft. He has totaled 10 points (4g, 6a) in 37 career NHL games with Carolina. Nash has notched 89 points (35g, 54a) in 188 career AHL games with the Checkers.