The Hurricanes placed six players on waivers on Sunday, likely with the intention of assigning them to Charlotte as training camp reaches its later stages.
Update: The Hurricanes reassigned Murphy to Charlotte on Saturday. He had dressed for one NHL exhibition game, backing up Anton Khudubin in the team's loss at Buffalo on Thursday.
The Checkers announced today that the home game against the Texas Stars, originally scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 5, at 1:30 p.m., has been moved to Thursday, Jan. 2, at 7 p.m.