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Affiliated Teams The Carolina Hurricanes are affiliated with the Albany River Rats in the American Hockey League and the Florida Everblades in the East Coast Hockey League.
The Albany River Rats are currently the fourth-longest tenured team in the AHL behind Hershey, Rochester and Providence, having served as the primary affiliate of the New Jersey Devils since the beginning of the 1993-94 campaign. The team has developed over 50 players that have made their National Hockey League debut and dressed a total of more than 100 players that have skated for both the River Rats and the NHL. Albany and New Jersey won dual AHL/NHL Championships during the 1994-95 season, accomplishing the feat for the first time since 1976-77.
 Plymouth WhalersNational Hockey League teams do not have junior hockey affiliates, however, Peter Karmanos does own a junior franchise, the Plymouth Whalers of the Canadian Hockey League. The Canadian Hockey League is comprised of three separate divisions, the Western Hockey League, the Ontario League, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Teams in the CHL play roughly 68-72 games a season and the teams are made up of players aging 16-20. The CHL would most closely be compared with college athletics in terms of the development process of players. Based on this format, Hurricanes' draft picks, which were drafted while playing in the CHL, will continue to play with their respective junior teams until they are recalled by the franchise. As a side note, through an agreement between with CHL and the NHL, a player under the age of 20 cannot play in the AHL. However, a player who is under the age of 20 can be recalled to the NHL team |
