Patrick Williamstheahl.com writer
Trevor Carrick There is a chance that the goalkeeper he can dare to object to stop.
Charlotte’s checkers defense demonstrates why he can play the highest power game by canceling the 100.9 mph Rockets to win the toughest shooting match in the All-Star Skills match on February 2 . 90 or 95 on the radar gun arrives? Carrick is not sure, or at least he hasn’t revealed too many secrets. However, the 11-year pro continues to rise to the Blueliners roster with the highest scoring in AHL history.
“I think you just try to put your head down, skate as quickly as possible and put everything you can into it,” said Carrick, who uses 100 wealthy sticks. “Hopefully the best.”
And, if he does give up shooting opportunities, he is also one of the top hockey distributors in the AHL. His 27 assists rank third among the AHL defensemen, and his 34 points in 42 games tied for him second. A powerful and powerful performance anchored by Carrick and his 20 strong game scores, ranked 24.2% (165 to 40) (165 to 165) this helped this season The massive injury made them contenders in the first half of the Atlantic division.
That’s what Checkers were counting on when they brought Carrick back to Charlotte last July. Carrick signed a two-year AHL deal to return to Charlotte, where he served as the Carolina Hurricanes prospect for the first five seasons of his career. This is the conclusion of winning the 2019 Calder Cup.
From there, Carrick heads to San Jose (2019-20), San Diego (2020-22, 23-24) and Syracuse (2022-23) before returning to Queens City. Carrick has only been able to play seven Calder Cup playoff games since the 2019 Championship, and the opportunity has attracted him as checkers loaded.
This time, Carrick is not a promising person and a fourth-round draft pick, looking for his big NHL break. Now, he is a professional, a deep core of the prospects of more than 700 regular season and playoffs, and he is a professional who is an experienced player who leans on Charlotte’s young Florida Panthers. Have a captain Zac Dalpedefender Jaycob Megna and move forward Kyle Criscuolo. goalkeeper Chris Driedger and Ken Appleby Go there to relieve the new show Cooper BlackTransition from college competitions.
As injuries piled up during the season, the pieces had to pivot. Former AHL All-Star CJ Smith Arrived on board last month. JessePuljujärvi It was signed as a trial contract last Monday.
The Checkers know exactly how they play more games than any player in Charlotte’s AHL history compared to Carrick’s game. Now with 92 goals, 278 assists and 370 points in his AHL career, he breaks the league’s top 20 in all three categories.
Carrick is worth more than his shooting percentage, his trick to producing in power games, or his reliability is a lot of minutes. Checkers know, and Carrick of Aff is easy to fit in the Charlotte locker room, especially near the prospect of a bunch of Florida Blue Line, including rookies Marek Alschersecond grade professional Mike BenningAnd a 23-year-old Tobias Bjornfot and Mikulas Hovorka. The third round pick in 2022 is a promising talent. AHL opponents may make tough adjustments to professional defensemen, and big brothers like Carrick can fight these trials, especially during the long season’s most attempted phase.
Back to Charlotte, also reunited with Charders head coach Geordie Kinnearhis assistant coach and long-time AHL defensive player in his first two professional seasons. Senior Vice President, Hockey Operations Derek Wilkinsonbetween the Florida and Charlotte game is another reservation for Carrick’s first run with the Checkers. Assistant coach Bobby Sanguinetti He was a teammate in the 2019 championship game. Stability defines most of the operations of checkers.
“It’s great to be familiar there,” Carrick said of Kinnar. “I know what his expectations and his standards are, which is high. The appreciation mentality is huge. As time goes by , you realize what his expectations are.
“Earlier, he might have had more to work with you to try to help you and shape you into what he expects. But as you get older you learn something easier, so it’s an easy way to come back The transition.”
Now it’s different on the ice in Charlotte. When he came to town ten years ago, he was a 20-year-old who had adjusted from the steel wheel life of the Ontario Hockey League. Carrick married his wife Sydneyin 2023, is the homeowner. It’s a quick tweak that goes back to Charlotte’s close-knit organization.
“We love the city,” Carrick said. “We grew up together.”
As the regular season gets to the core of the game and goes to the core of the Calder Cup playoffs, the intensity Carrick is looking for will only intensify. He also knows what the game might look like in the Bojangles Arena in May and June, and he knows the feeling of lifting a Calder Cup. His checkers suggest they could be a threat at the Eastern Conference.
“It starts with our work ethics,” Carrick explained. “I think we’ve been through a lot of hurt adversity early on… but that doesn’t affect how we play. What I really like so far is that people step up and play the role of opportunity, they grab it and Running. We play a way that no matter you are on the front line or on the fourth line, everyone works the same way. We’ve been fighting.
“You want to win again. That’s what you try.”
During the fifty years of the American Hockey League, Theahl.com writer Patrick Williams currently covers the NHL.com and Flosports leagues and is a regular contributor to Siriusxm NHL New Network Radio. He won the AHL’s James H. Ellery Memorial Award for his outstanding 2016 league report.
