RBC CENTER, RALEIGH—Shhhhh. Don’t jinx it. File photo by Rob RoweTim Gleason broke Nikolai Kulemin’s nose with an uppercut after the first period of a 6-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Monday night. The Carolina Hurricanes pulled to within a point of the playoff eight last night with a wild 6-4 triumph over the […]
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Canes’ comeback withers in shorthanded Steeltown, 3-2
FSN SOUTH (TV)—One of the dirtiest words you can utter in hockey is “almost.” File photo by Rob RowePascal Dupuis’ shorthanded goal sent Cam Ward and the Hurricanes to a 3-2 loss in Pittsburgh. Erik Cole almost beat Fleury for the game’s first goal. Jeff Skinner almost captured a bouncing puck in the high slot […]
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Sutter’s move highlights Canes’ 4-1 win over Rangers
RBC CENTER, RALEIGH—It wasn’t an elimination game. It wasn’t a playoff game. It wasn’t one of the final, frantic games of the regular season. But it was a must-win game for the Carolina Hurricanes. Photo by D. L. AndersonJeff Skinner notched a goal and an assist as the Hurricanes handled the New York Rangers, 4-1. […]
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Pitkanen’s ambivalence foils Canes’ stalwart effort in second straight loss to Bruins
RBC CENTER, RALEIGH—Perhaps Joni Pitkanen had better things to do. Perhaps he was considering scheduling a spa visit during the upcoming All-Star break. Or he had to pick up some milk and graavilohi from the store on the drive home. Or perhaps he was mentally filling out a deposit slip for the next check on […]
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Art, sex and utility in Chapel Hill
Art and utility are strange, but inextricable, bedfellows. How artists and curators deal with their relationship is usually interesting, whether in a natural history museum’s display of ornately decorated tools, a magazine’s glossy pages of features that are really ads or in an art museum or gallery’s show of aesthetically compelling anthropological, commercial or industrial […]
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Canes outgun, outsmart Lightning as Staal sets franchise scoring mark
RBC CENTER, RALEIGH—Ron Francis retired with 1,249 assists, second only to Wayne Gretzky. But perhaps the Hurricanes’ associate head coach should be given credit for 1,250 for a nifty setup move Saturday night. File photo by Peggy BooneEric Staal’s shorthanded goal in a 6-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning made him the Huricanes’ scoring […]
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Canes’ All-Stars douse Flames in schizoid shootout win
RBC CENTER, RALEIGH—Smiles can mean many different things. There are open-mouthed smiles of simple joy, tight-lipped smiles beneath eyes narrowed and foreheads furrowed in disappointment or disapproval, sheepish smiles of someone who just got away with something, and wide-eyed smiles of bafflement with eyebrows raised almost to the hairline. File photo by Peggy BooneEric Staal, […]
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Skinner triggers another comeback over Panthers, 5-3
FSN South (TV)—After a period, the Carolina Hurricanes were down two goals to the Florida Panthers. Right where they wanted to be. Jeremy M. LangeJeff Skinner, seen here at an early-season practice, scored two poetic goals to spark a 5-3 comback win in the Florida Panthers’ barn Friday night. For the third time in three […]
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Overtime continues to haunt Canes despite Ward’s heroics
FSN South (TV)—Cam Ward didn’t deserve to lose this game. WikiCommonsCarolina dropped its second straight game in OT, 2-1 to the New York Rangers. Mats Zuccarello’s first NHL goal late in overtime gave the New York Rangers a tense 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Madison Square Garden. Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist was one […]
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Ward stifles Ottawa as Canes take second straight
TV/ FS-CR—I wonder, at what point did the Ottawa Senators realize they weren’t going to score on Cam Ward on Wednesday night? File photo by Rob RoweCam Ward shut out the Ottawa Senators 4-0 Wednesday night. Was it late in the first period, when Sergei Gonchar flashed into the edge of the crease to slap […]