The Hurricanes of old (circa 2006, that is) made a miraculous reappearance tonight, turning a three-goal deficit into nothing before giving up a late power play goal that cost them the game. Down 4-1 going into the third period, the ‘Canes scored three goals in less than eight minutes to put themselves back into the […]
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‘Canes look to end slump against Toronto tonight
After completing their best road trip in team history earlier this season, the Hurricanes dropped three in a row on the road over the past week, two of which were of the ‘woulda, coulda, shoulda” variety. The ‘Canes lost a relatively close one after a third period collapse in Florida, 4-2, exactly a week ago […]
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Staal named to 2009 Eastern Conference All-Star team
This morning, Eric Staal was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the third year in a row. Staal leads the Hurricanes in goals and going into tonight’s game against Florida is a career-high plus-11. Staal will take part in the Honda/NHL Skills Competition on Jan. 24, the evening before the big game. In […]
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‘Canes win fourth in a row, Florida’s up next
The game was billed to be a father-son bonding experience for New Jersey head coach Brent Sutter and his son, Carolina forward Brandon, but Tuomo Ruutu and Sergei Samsonov stole the show and gave the Hurricanes their fourth straight victory. The team is 3-0 in the new year heading into tonight’s match-up in Sunrise, Florida. […]
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‘Canes and Thrashers to close out 2008
Going into tonight’s game, the Hurricanes have finished 5-4-3 in the second coming of ‘Mo,” which isn’t horrible but not enough to shake them out of the 8-seed tango that the team is currently mired in with the Buffalo Sabres. In addition, the ‘Canes have lost a lot of ground on the Southeast division-leading Capitals, […]
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Corvo comes through in the clutch
Believe it or not, there were other contributions to the sports world tonight besides Tyler Hansbrough’s usurpation of the UNC all-time point holder title. Justin Williams scored his first of the year and Joe Corvo scored a beautiful goal-scorer’s goal in overtime to carry the Hurricanes over the Panthers in overtime. It was the resurgent […]
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‘Canes win wild one over Canadiens, 3-2
With Canadiens parading to the penalty box – they committed 11 infractions through two periods, compared to only one for by the home team – Carolina converted just often enough to win, lifting itself over Montreal 3-2. This nail-biter included three disputed goals, a penalty shot, and special teams galore. ‘It was tough to get […]
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Weekend summary: please, no more shootouts!
The Hurricanes fell twice in the shootout in their two match-ups since that convincing win against Washington last Sunday, a 6-5 loss at Philadelphia and a 3-2 loss against the Rangers. In the latter game, they barely made it to the extra inning; in the former, they surrendered a four-goal lead in the third period. […]
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Now, that’s more like it! Late surge leads ‘Canes over Caps, 3-1
This time, it was the Capitals that suffered a heartbreaking, late-game letdown. With the score tied at one late in the third, Carolina’s marquee names came up huge and scored two goals in a span of two minutes and seven seconds, giving the Hurricanes their second win in eight games and their first during the […]
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‘Canes gain a point, lose a defenseman in OT loss to Flyers
Back in the good ol’ days, an overtime loss was occasionally even more crushing than a loss in regulation. However, for a team that’s desperate for points, tonight’s 2-1 overtime loss against the Flyers was a definitive step in the right direction. The Hurricanes have gone seven games without scoring more than two goals in […]
