Brown signs one-year contract with Canes

The Carolina Hurricanes announced Tuesday they have signed forward Patrick Brown to a one-year, two-way contract.

The deal will pay Brown, who would have been an unrestricted free agent on July 1, $650,000 at the NHL level or $160,000 at the American Hockey League level, with a guarantee of $190,000.

Brown, 25, completed his third professional season in 2016-17, finishing with 12 goals and 16 assists (28 with the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers. Brown also played 14 games with the Hurricanes last season, averaging 9:42 of ice time per game.

In 196 career AHL regular-season games with Charlotte, Brown has scored 27 goals and earned 36 assists. He has played 28 career NHL games with Carolina, scoring one goal and earning one assist.

This story was originally published June 27, 2017 at 10:16 AM.