RALEIGH, N.C. - Eric Tulsky, General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has recalled center Ryan Suzuki from the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Suzuki, 23, who made his NHL debut yesterday vs. the Chicago Blackhawks, has registered 30 points (6g, 24a) in 38 appearances with the Wolves this season to lead the club in points and assists. He played a career-high 51 AHL games with Springfield in 2023-24, recording 30 points (14g, 16a). The 6’1”, 196-pound forward has posted 116 points (45g, 71a) in 199 career AHL games with Springfield and Chicago, winning the Calder Cup with the Wolves in 2021-22. Suzuki tallied 177 points (57g, 120a) in 173 career Ontario Hockey League (OHL) contests with Barrie and Saginaw from 2017-20 and was named to the OHL Second All-Rookie Team in 2017-18. The London, Ont., native represented Canada at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship, earning four points (2g, 2a) in seven games and winning a silver medal. Suzuki was selected by Carolina in the first round, 28th overall, of the 2019 NHL Draft.
