RALEIGH, N.C. – Eric Tulsky, General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has signed defenseman Aleksi Heimosalmi to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal will pay Heimosalmi $850,000 in the NHL or $85,000 in the American Hockey League (AHL).
About Aleksi Heimosalmi:
The Pori, Finland, native spent the 2025-26 season with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves, recording 17 points (4g, 13a) and 40 penalty minutes in 52 regular-season games.
Heimosalmi added two points (1g, 1a) in seven playoff games to help the Wolves make it to the 2026 Calder Cup Final.
The 6’0”, 181-pound blueliner registered 14 points (5g, 9a) in 56 regular-season games with the Wolves in 2024-25.
Totaled 34 points (6g, 28a) in 139 career games with Assat in Finland’s professional league Liiga between 2021-24.
Heimosalmi represented Finland at both the 2023 and 2022 IIHF Under-20 World Championships, earning a silver medal in 2022.
He was named Best Defenseman at the 2021 IIHF Under-18 World Championship after ranking tied for second in goals (2), third in assists (6) and tied for first in points (8) among defensemen at the tournament.
The blueliner was selected by the Hurricanes in the second round, 44th overall, of the 2021 NHL Draft.