RALEIGH, NC - Don Waddell, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has assigned forwards Morgan Geekie, Janne Kuokkanen, Steven Lorentz, Eetu Luostarinen and Stelio Mattheos, defensemen Jake Bean and Kyle Wood, and goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic to the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League (AHL). In addition, defenseman Jesper Sellgren has been assigned to Lulea HF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), forward Ryan Suzuki has been assigned to the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and forward Colin Markison will report to Charlotte's training camp.