Kate Shefte

After a tight first period, Carolina took over en route to a 7-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes, their best offensive performance on the season. It’s been a long since Carolina’s offense, defense and goaltending were humming together at such an effective pace, but the team was not dumbfounded by its new found success. The […]

The Carolina Hurricanes took down an opponent that, on paper, they didn’t stand a chance against – the Western Conference-leading San Jose Sharks. Carolina limped into the hostile confines of the HP Pavilion down a captain, a grinder veteran, and two starting defensemen, but held up against a team that has gone 23-2-3 at home […]

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Hurricanes captain Rod Brind’Amour was sent home early from the team’s three-game road swing after he re-aggravating a lower body injury against Vancouver. ‘Canes coach Paul Maurice said he would ‘get some treatment over the next four or five days.” The official press release may be found here. Brind’Amour was not visibly injured after any […]

It was a breathtaking goal for the rest of the NHL, but the chins of those seated on the Hurricanes’ bench hit the ground for an entirely different reason. Joni Pitkanen gambled his team’s win away and pinched in too far on the point with the man advantage, allowing Alexandre Burrows to spring loose after […]

After a thrilling first period, the ‘Canes phoned it in en route to a 2-0 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers. Two breakaway goals in the first half of the first period was all the offense it took to send the Thrashers to their fourth straight loss. Cam Ward turned away each of the 19 shots […]

Believe it, folks. Not the beating the Lightning part – the Hurricanes have done that four times this season. But in the win, Chad LaRose scored that elusive first shorthanded goal to tie the score at one. The ‘Canes benefitted from a few calls early in the game. Martin St. Louis deflected a shot into […]

By Staal standards, it was a fairly low-key affair at the 2009 All-Star game, held in Montreal on Sunday night. Eric Staal scored the second goal of the night to make the score 2-1, and his Eastern Conference All-Stars won the match in a shootout, 12-11. Alexi Kovalev, the captain of the hometown Canadiens (now […]

Whoever mans the iPOD in the Hurricanes’ locker room at the RBC Center has taken to playing a song that describes the team’s play of late. If you have a young daughter or listen to the radio, you’ve probably heard it before. The lyrics go a little something like this: ‘Cause you’re hot then you’re […]