Three-time Stanley Cup winner and Conn Smythe winner Justin Williams became the second committee-voted player inducted to the Hurricanes Hall of Fame. Williams tallied 316 points (128g, 188a) in 449 regular-season games with the Hurricanes over parts of eight seasons (2004-09, 2017-20) and added 26 points (12g, 14a) in 47 playoff contests with the team. He ranks top-10 in Hurricanes history in goals, assists, even-strength goals (84), even-strength points (208), power-play goals (38), shorthanded goals (6), shorthanded points (11) and game-winning goals (21), and 11 of his 12 playoff goals came at even strength, tied for the third-most in Hurricanes playoff history. Williams posted 18 points (7g, 11a) in 25 games during Carolina’s run to the first Stanley Cup in franchise history in 2006, finishing tied for third on the team in postseason scoring and potting the empty-net goal to cap the Hurricanes’ Cup-clinching win over the Oilers. He was later named the eighth different captain in Hurricanes history on Sept. 13, 2018, and in the following season, he led Carolina to its first Stanley Cup Playoff berth in 10 years.
Williams will be honored with a pregame ceremony on January 15 when the Canes take on the Los Angeles Kings. The first 10,000 fans at all exits will receive a Justin Williams Hurricanes Hall of Fame mini banner presented by AAA.