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RALEIGH, NC - Don Waddell, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has reassigned forward Brian Gibbons to the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Gibbons, 31, was recalled from Charlotte on Oct. 13 and skated in a pair of NHL games with Carolina, making his Hurricanes debut at Los Angeles on Oct. 15. He has posted four points (1g, 3a) in four AHL games with the Checkers this season. Gibbons recorded 19 points (8g, 11a) in 64 games with Anaheim and Ottawa in 2018-19, including 14 points (6g, 8a) in 20 games after being traded from the Ducks to the Senators on Feb. 25. The 5'8", 175-pound forward has registered 67 points (25g, 42a) in 191 career NHL games with Pittsburgh, Columbus, New Jersey, Anaheim, Ottawa and Carolina. Gibbons has also skated in 333 career AHL games, tallying 164 points (56g, 108a). The Braintree, Mass., native played four seasons at Boston College, where he posted 164 points (56g, 108a) in 160 games and won the NCAA Division I National Championship twice (2008 and 2010).