Entering year two with the Carolina Hurricanes, Dougie Hamilton has taken his game to the next level on both sides of the puck. Seeing an increase in ice time of almost three and a half minutes per game, up from 19:40 in 2018-19 to 23:04 so far this season, Hamilton is currently second in defense scoring and tied for 13th overall with fellow Hurricane Andrei Svechnikov.
Brought in to help Carolina’s ever struggling power play, Dougie mostly played behind Justin Faulk on the Hurricanes’ second unit. While Faulk averaged 2:56 in power play time on ice per game last season, Hamilton only saw 1:52, pretty much half as much time.