Jake Bean got the ultimate rookie treatment from his Hurricanes teammates ahead of his NHL debut



The Carolina Hurricanes selected defenceman Jake Bean with the 13th overall pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft after two impressive WHL seasons, but ended up sending him back to junior the following two seasons after he was drafted.

This season, the Calgary, Alberta native started the year in the AHL with the Charlotte Checkers for the first time in his career and it didn’t take very long for him to get his shot in the NHL. On Tuesday night, the 20-year-old made his NHL debut with the Hurricanes as they paid a visit to the Montreal Canadiens, and you can bet his new teammates made sure to give him the traditional first game rookie treatment.



Just like many rookies that made their debut before he did, Bean got to take the first few laps for the pre-game skate on his own before the rest of the Hurricanes joined him on the ice at the Bell Centre.



Congrats to Jake on his debut! 👏 https://t.co/q0XbBq6kne — Charlotte Checkers (@CheckersHockey) November 28, 2018

Bean registered just one shot on goal in 8:07 of ice time, but his team picked up the win and that’s all that matters at the end of the day.



(H/T Twitter/NHLCanes)