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Hurricanes hire new coach and GM
The Carolina Hurricanes have hired former captain and current assistant Rod Brind’Amour as their head coach.
The team also announced Tuesday that team president Don Waddell will take over as the full-time general manager after serving as the acting GM.
The team scheduled a news conference Wednesday to discuss the moves.
Brind’Amour captained the Hurricanes’ only Stanley Cup championship team in 2006. He replaces Bill Peters, who opted out of his contract last month following his fourth year and subsequently was hired by the Calgary Flames.
The 47-year-old Brind’Amour has been an assistant with Carolina since 2011. He spent half of his 20-season NHL career with the Hurricanes.
Giants release five before minicamp
The New York Giants have released five players, but only one who saw action in a regular-season game last season.
The Giants announced the moves Monday, four days before the start of a rookie minicamp.
Released were safety Ryan Murphy, guard Damien Mama, receiver Canaan Severin, running back Terrell Watson, and punter Austin Rehkow.
Murphy played in the final three contests in 2017 and had one tackle on special teams.
Mama was signed on Dec. 12 off the Chiefs’ practice squad and was inactive for the last three games. Severin was in training camp and on the practice squad for a week. He signed a reserve/futures contract on Jan. 1, the same day Rehkow was signed.
Watson was signed by the Giants on Jan. 24.
Panthers sign running back C.J. Anderson
Former Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson has signed a one-year contract with the Carolina Panthers.
Anderson played for five years for the Broncos before being released in April. He has run of 3,051 yards in his five-year NFL career, fumbling only three times in 693 carries. He also had 103 catches for 859 yards and four touchdowns.
Anderson has been to one Pro Bowl in 2014 and ran for 90 yards and a touchdown in Denver’s 24-10 win over the Panthers in Super Bowl 50. He was an undrafted free agent when Denver signed him in 2013 after he played two seasons for California in college.