"If Zac Dalpe was still with the Charlotte Checkers, he would have been on a bumpy flight Wednesday to snowbound Abbotsford, British Columbia, and then needed the glow of a light stick to find his room when the power failed at the team hotel.

Ah, life in the American Hockey League.

Instead, Dalpe is living the good life, again. Recalled Wednesday by the Carolina Hurricanes, the forward will play tonight against the Washington Capitals at the RBC Center and will be the right wing on Jeff Skinner's line opposite Jussi Jokinen."