Biega, 23, is in his second full professional season, and has scored two goals and earned 12 assists (14 points), while playing in all 64 of Charlotte’s games this season. The Montreal, Que., native’s 14 points rank him tied for third among team defensemen in scoring, and he ranks seventh among all Checkers skaters with 77 penalty minutes. Biega has scored five goals and earned 27 assists (32 points) in 130 career AHL regular-season games with Charlotte.

Biega (6’0”, 205 lbs.) played four seasons of collegiate hockey at Harvard prior to turning professional. He was named ECAC Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman following his junior season of 2011-12. That same year, he was named an NCAA East First-Team All-American, was a Hobey Baker Award candidate and finished second in voting for ECAC Hockey Player of the Year. In 132 career games with the Crimson, Biega notched 28 goals and earned 57 assists (85 points). The Hurricanes drafted Biega in the third round, 67th overall, of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.