RALEIGH, N.C. – Eric Tulsky, General Manager of the National Hockey League\u2019s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has signed forward Mark Jankowski\u00a0to a\u00a0two-year\u00a0contract extension. The deal will pay\u00a0Jankowski\u00a0an AAV of $1.85 million through the 2027-28 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cMark has been an excellent fit for our organization throughout his time here,\u201d\u00a0said Tulsky. \u201cHe\u2019s proven he can contribute in different ways, and we are glad he\u2019s chosen to remain with the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jankowski, 31, recorded 21 points (11g, 10a) with a +7 plus\/minus rating in 68 regular-season games with\u00a0Carolina\u00a0in 2025-26. He\u00a0has\u00a0also added one assist in eight playoff appearances this season with the team. A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Jankowski has registered\u00a0145 points (79g, 66a) in 482 career NHL games with the Flames, Penguins, Sabres, Predators and Hurricanes, as well as four points (1g,\u00a03a) in\u00a031\u00a0playoff appearances with Calgary, Nashville\u00a0and Carolina.\u00a0Prior to turning professional,\u00a0he\u00a0played four seasons with Providence College, winning an NCAA championship with the Friars in 2015. The 6\u20194\u201d, 200-pound forward was originally selected by the Calgary Flames in the first round, 21st overall, at the 2012 NHL Draft,\u00a0and\u00a0was acquired by\u00a0Carolina\u00a0from\u00a0Nashville\u00a0in exchange for a\u00a0fifth-round\u00a0pick in the 2026 NHL Draft on March 7, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RALEIGH, N.C. – Eric Tulsky, General Manager of the National Hockey League\u2019s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-636888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}