{"id":28157,"date":"2018-05-01T11:53:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T15:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=28157"},"modified":"2018-05-01T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T15:54:00","slug":"carolina-hurricanes-name-rick-dudley-senior-vp-of-hockey-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/05\/01\/carolina-hurricanes-name-rick-dudley-senior-vp-of-hockey-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Hurricanes Name Rick Dudley Senior VP Of Hockey Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> have hired <strong>Rick Dudley<\/strong> as their new senior vice-president of hockey operations, the team announced.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">[NEWS] Dudley Named Senior VP of Hockey Operations<\/p>\n<p>?: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pPQGL8yAcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/pPQGL8yAcc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Canes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kQ61PAccrW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/kQ61PAccrW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLCanes\/status\/991303315492409344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Carolina Hurricanes Name Rick Dudley Senior VP Of Hockey Operations<\/h1>\n<p>The move comes one day after the Hurricanes announced that president of hockey operations, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/francro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ron Francis<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2018\/04\/30\/carolina-hurricanes-terminate-ron-francis-contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was fired<\/a>. It has a tumultuous off-season so far for the &#8216;Canes. First, general manager Francis was stripped of his duties and &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2018\/03\/07\/ron-francis-carolina-hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">promoted<\/a>&#8216; to the president of hockey operations in March. Then, on April 20th, head coach <strong>Bill Peters<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2018\/04\/20\/carolina-hurricanes-hc-bill-peter-resigns\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resigned<\/a> &#8211; to eventually take the head coaching job with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/flames\/\" target=\"_self\">Calgary Flames<\/a>. Right now, <strong>Don Waddell<\/strong> is serving as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2018\/04\/30\/don-waddell-gm-carolina-hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interim general manager<\/a>, while the team is still searching for a new head coach.<\/p>\n<h2>Wealth Of Experience<\/h2>\n<p>Rick Dudley brings a wealth of experience with him to Carolina. Dudley most recently served as the senior vice-president of hockey operations and assistant general manager with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_self\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a>. Hurricanes owner and CEO Tom Dundon said of Dudley:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rick brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our management group,\u00a0He has been a part of building championship teams on every level of professional hockey, and will play an important role in helping us build a winner in Raleigh&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On top of his time with the Canadiens, Dudley has held various roles with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_self\">Atlanta Thrashers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dudley was instrumental in building championship teams in both Tampa and Chicago.<\/p>\n<h2>Whats Next<\/h2>\n<p>Rick Dudley is going to have to get to work right away. His first priority should be securing a new general manager and head coach. The Hurricanes need to begin preparations for the NHL draft June 22nd, where they have the second overall pick.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Pp56aO_YRJZOeF0TITB_vA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/53079765\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Pp56aO_YRJZOeF0TITB_vA',sig:'2IcUZ-U680eHe_Vn8k3VdsAhmXGZgDb-Sie65w0RMxo=',w:'594px',h:'397px',items:'53079765',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Carolina Hurricanes have hired Rick Dudley as their new senior vice-president of hockey operations, the team announced. [NEWS] Dudley Named Senior VP of Hockey Operations ?: https:\/\/t.co\/pPQGL8yAcc #Canes pic.twitter.com\/kQ61PAccrW \u2014 Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) May 1, 2018 Carolina Hurricanes Name Rick Dudley Senior VP Of Hockey Operations The move comes one day after the Hurricanes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2024,"featured_media":28158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,34],"tags":[136,38,3259,137],"class_list":["post-28157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hurricanes","category-news","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-nhl","tag-rick-dudley","tag-ron-francis"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2024"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}