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The Carolina Hurricanes signed a goaltender Dustin Tokarski to a one-year, two-way contract through the 2024-25 season.
Tokarski joined the Hurricanes’ AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, on a tryout last month and has posted a 4-1-0 record with a 1.61 goals-against average, .933 save percentage and two shutouts in five starts for the Wolves. . .
In his 16th pro season, Tokarski went 220-147-40 with a 2.55 GAA, a .911 save percentage and 30 shutouts in 428 career AHL appearances. In AHL history, he ranks 11th all-time in wins, 14th in games played by a goaltender and eighth in shutouts.
Tokarski won two Calder Cup championships — with Norfolk in 2012 and Charlotte in 2019 — and is 20-7 with a 1.85 GAA, .932 save percentage and four shutouts in 30 postseason games in the AHL.
A first-round pick by Tampa Bay in the fifth round of the 2008 NHL Draft, Tokarski has played 80 games in the NHL with the Lightning, Montreal Canadiens, Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabers and Pittsburgh Penguins.
