The Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday made a minor trade of second-generation defensemen, sending the Charlotte Checkers’ Keegan Lowe to Montreal for Philip Samuelsson, the son of Charlotte head coach Ulf Samuelsson.
Samuelsson, 25, has spent this season with the St. John’s IceCaps of the American Hockey League, scoring one goal and adding four assists in 40 games. He has 13 games of NHL experience with the Coyotes and Penguins, who drafted him in the second round of the 2009 NHL Draft, and has yet to score at the NHL level.