Hurricanes name Jordan Staal captain

Jordan Staal will wear the "C" for the Carolina Hurricanes this season, with Jaccob Slavin and Jordan Martinook serving as alternate captains, the club announced Sunday.

Staal succeeds Justin Williams, who won't be with the team to begin the season while taking a break from the NHL. Staal previously served as Hurricanes co-captain along with the recently traded Justin Faulk in 2017-18.

Staal was an alternate captain for Carolina from 2012-17 and then again in 2018-19. He also wore an "A" during his last four seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2008-12.

His older brother, Eric - now a member of the Minnesota Wild - wore the "C" for the Hurricanes for seven seasons prior to that, including one campaign as co-captain with current head coach Rod Brind'Amour in 2009-10.