Eric Tulsky

Eric George Tulsky (born June 25, 1974) is an American ice hockey executive and scientist who is the general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Education and early career Tulsky has a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry and physics from Harvard University. After completing his PhD in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, he worked for two years in postdoctoral study at the Naval Research Laboratory. He then worked in nanotechnology for ten years, including at Silicon Valley companies Life Technologies and QuantumScape. He holds 27 US patents . Through SB Nation, he launched the blog Outnumbered.

After publishing his work online, Tulsky began doing various consulting projects for NHL teams. His first consulting project was with the Nashville Predators during the 2012 offseason. and the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2023. On May 24, 2024, Tulsky was named interim general manager of the Hurricanes after the resignation of Don Waddell, who had spent six years in the role. On June 18, the Hurricanes announced that Tulsky had been officially hired as permanent general manager.

Personal life Tulsky was born in Port Huron, Michigan. He moved to Philadelphia at age four, becoming a fan of the Phillies and the Flyers. As a child, he was primarily a baseball fan.