Hurricanes hire Rod Brind'Amour as next coach

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Former team captain Rod Brind'Amour has been promoted to head coach of theCarolina Hurricanes, the team announced Tuesday.

The Hurricanes also announced that team president Don Waddell will take over as the full-time general manager after serving as the acting GM.

Brind'Amour captained the Hurricanes' only Stanley Cup championship team in 2006. He will replace Bill Peters, who opted out of his contract last month after his fourth year and subsequently was hired by the Calgary Flames.

"Rod is the greatest leader in the history of this franchise, and has earned the opportunity to take charge of our locker room," Waddell said in a statement. "We spoke to a number of candidates for this position, but our conversations with staff and players consistently returned to the same person.

"Rod's fresh ideas, ability to motivate and understanding of what it takes to bring a championship to Raleigh will help our young team take the next step toward competing to bring the Cup back to North Carolina."

The Hurricanes were36-35-11 in 2017-18,their ninth straight season without reaching the Stanley Cup playoffs.

It has been a busy five months for the Hurricanes, with Dallas businessman Tom Dundon buying a majority interest in the team from longtime owner Peter Karmanos Jr. in January.

Brind'Amour, who will be the franchise's 14th head coach, has been an assistant under Peters and Kirk Muller with Carolina since 2011. He spent half of his 20-season NHL career with the Hurricanes before retiring in 2010.

The two-time Selke Award winner as the NHL's best defensive forward retired in 2010 and ranks third in club history in assists (299), fourth in points (473) and fifth in games played (694).

Brind'Amour, 47, entered the NHL with the St. Louis Blues in 1989 and, after two seasons, joined the Philadelphia Flyers.He spent the next eight-plus seasons with the Flyers before being traded to the Hurricanes in January 2000. He played in 1,484 career games, scoring 452 goals -- including 67 game winners -- to go with 732 assists and 1,100 penalty minutes.

ESPN's Greg Wyshynski and The Associated Press contributed to this report.