3.12.22 Lyon

RALEIGH, NC - Don Waddell, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has reassigned goaltender Alex Lyon to the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Lyon, 29, has earned a 14-6-2 record, 2.14 goals-against average, .911 save percentage and three shutouts in 23 AHL appearances with Chicago in 2021-22. Among all goaltenders playing at least 20 AHL games this season, he ranks first in goals-against average and tied for second in shutouts. Lyon owns an 89-60-17 record, 2.67 goals-against average, .913 save percentage and nine shutouts in 172 career AHL games with Lehigh Valley and Chicago from 2016-22. The 6'1", 201-pound netminder has also made two NHL appearances with Carolina this season, earning a 1-0-1 record, 2.93 goals-against average and .908 save percentage. He has registered a 7-7-3 record, 3.18 goals-against average and .895 save percentage in 24 career NHL games with Philadelphia and Carolina from 2018-22. Prior to turning professional, Lyon earned a 50-29-14 record, 1.88 goals-against average, .931 save percentage and 15 shutouts in 93 career NCAA games with Yale from 2013-16, where he was twice named ECAC Goaltender of the Year and was selected as a finalist for the Hobey Baker and Mike Richter awards in 2016. The Baudette, Minn., native also made 99 USHL appearances with the Cedar Rapids Roughriders and Omaha Lancers from 2011-13, posting a 52-37-4 record, 2.73 goals-against average, .912 save percentage and five shutouts.