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Hurricanes re-sign Bowman to two-year contract

Monday, 07.23.2012 / 12:28 PM

By NHL.com Staff -  / NHL Free Agency 2012 blog

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Hurricanes re-sign Bowman to two-year contract

The Carolina Hurricanes have signed left wing Drayson Bowman to a two-year contract. The deal will pay Bowman $600,000 at the NHL level or $105,000 at the AHL level in 2012-13. He will be paid $600,000 in 2013-14.

Bowman, 23, split the 2011-12 season between the Hurricanes and Charlotte of the American Hockey League. With Carolina, Bowman established NHL career highs in goals (six), assists (seven), points (13) and games played (37), earning the majority of his NHL playing time in the second half of the season. He added 13 goals and 26 points in 42 games with Charlotte.

Chosen by Carolina in the third round (No. 72) in the 2007 NHL Draft, Bowman has registered eight goals and 16 points in 69 career NHL games with the Hurricanes. He has appeared in 149 career AHL games with Albany and Charlotte, totaling 42 goals and 88 points.

Bowman, who was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., andraised in Littleton, Colo., played junior hockey for Spokane of the Western Hockey League prior to turning professional, notching 242 points (130 goals, 112 assists) in 265 games and helping the Chiefs capture the 2008 Memorial Cup championship.

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