Ward happy to be back

RALEIGH — Aaron Ward was on the seventh hole of MacGregor Downs Country Club in Cary, playing with a member of Kid Rock’s band, when his cell phone rang this morning. The number was familiar, and he didn’t have a good feeling about. “It was [Boston Bruins general manager] Peter Chiarelli, and I knew it wasn’t good when your general manager calls you in the middle of the summer,” said Ward at a press conference at RBC Center Friday. The news wasn’t all bad, as disappointing as it was to learn he was no longer with the Bruins. He was coming back to the Carolina Hurricanes, where he helped win a Stanley Cup in 2006 and still lives in the offseason. The Bruins shipped him back for a fourth round pick and forward Patrick Eaves, who they immediately placed on waivers. But it was a complete surprise, Ward said. “I was preparing to be with the Boston Bruins,” said Ward, who had already begun skating at the RecZone for a few weeks with Hurricanes captain Rod Brind’Amour. Ward has kept his fa...