Press Release
RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of
the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that
the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Keegan Lowe
on a three-year, entry-level contract. At the NHL level, the deal will
pay Lowe $610,000 in 2013-14, $660,000 in 2014-15 and $710,000 in
2015-16. At the AHL level, he would be paid $67,500 per season, and the
deal also includes a $235,000 signing bonus. He will remain with his
junior team, the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League (WHL),
as they enter the postseason as the first seed in the WHL’s Eastern
Conference.
Lowe, 19, has 15 goals and 15 assists (30 points) in 63 games with
the Oil Kings this season. The Greenwich, CT, native leads his team, and
ranks second among WHL defensemen and fifth among all WHL skaters with
148 penalty minutes, and his team-leading plus-37 plus/minus rating is
tied for seventh among WHL blueliners. His 15 goals rank first on
Edmonton’s blue line and tied for eighth among league defensemen.
In four WHL seasons, Lowe (6’2”, 200 lbs.) has scored 22 goals,
earned 69 assists (91 points) and accumulated 470 penalty minutes in 275
regular-season games with the Oil Kings. He totaled seven points (3g,
4a) and 44 penalty minutes, while playing in all 20 of Edmonton’s games
en route to the 2012 WHL championship. The Hurricanes drafted Lowe in
the third round, 73rd overall, in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. He is the
son of Edmonton Oilers President of Hockey Operations and six-time
Stanley Cup champion Kevin Lowe.
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
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