The News and Observer has the 411 about Eric Staal’s “upper body injury” sustained during the second period of the team’s 5-1 slaughter at the hands of the San Jose Sharks. Staal never returned after the period break. His 349-game iron man streak, which stretches back to his rookie year when he sat out one […]
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‘Canes extend winless streak to nine, lose 5-1 to Sharks
RBC CENTER/ RALEIGHLast season, a shootout victory over San Jose started the Carolina Hurricanes on the path to turning their season around. This year, it was just more of the same. After sleepwalking through the month of October, the ‘Canes didn’t ring in the new month with any sort of inspired showing and fell prey […]
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‘Canes drop seventh in a row to St. Louis
RBC CENTER/ RALEIGHFile this one under the ‘pathetic” category and call it a night. The evening celebrated 10 years of Hurricanes hockey in the RBC Center – the first game in the building took place 10 years ago tomorrow – but there wasn’t much for the home crowd to celebrate in the ‘Canes’ seventh straight […]
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What is going on with the Hurricanes? Also, see ya later, Yelle?
Taking penalty after inconveniently-timed penalty, head-faking an offseason pick-up after ten games, going winless on the road, sending opponents to the hospital on stretchers and earning suspensions and league wide ire – is that what this new, tougher Hurricanes team is all about? At first, it seemed like growing pains. One got the sneaking suspicion […]
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‘Canes’ “Wizard” closes in on a thousand games
Before the ‘Canes face off against the New York Islanders on the road tonight, Ray Whitney will suit up for the thousandth time – quite impressive, for a guy who was never supposed to make it to the NHL. Bought out once and waived twice, Mr. Wizard seems to have found the right formula in […]
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K-Something leads the charge as ‘Canes light up Panthers, 7-2
So much for not being able to score. Encouraged by their shootout success against Tampa Bay on Tuesday, the Carolina Hurricanes continued to display their one-on-one prowess and scored on Tomas Vokoun off four breakaways. Seven different ‘Canes scored, with three goals each in the first and third periods, bringing the final tally to 7-2. […]
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‘Canes down Lightning in shootout, get first win
RBC CENTER/RALEIGHJussi Jokinen scored in regulation and the ‘Canes got further than they ever should have against the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday night, but Sergei Samsonov and Tuomo Ruutu sealed a last-minute win in the shootout to give Carolina its first win on the year, 2-1. Tampa, which was blown out by perennial cellar-dweller Atlanta […]
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And they’re…off? ‘Canes drop season opener to Flyers, 2-0
A surprise Matt Cullen shot zoomed past a sleeping Ray Emery’s pad and made a beeline for the goal line. The crowd stood up in anticipation. It seemed destined for the back of the net…but somehow bounced harmlessly off the goal post, miles away from the nearest ‘Canes player searching for a rebound and was […]
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Q&A with Carolina Hurricanes’ Jussi Jokinen
‘Canes winger and newly-minted clutch playoff goal scorer Jussi Jokinen talked to the Indy last week about lofty expectations, creative song interpretations and how those embarrassing pictures you took so many years ago never seem to truly go away. Hopefully there will be more where this came from later on this year. The ‘Canes open […]
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‘Canes go green and recycle talent
⇒ Read also: “What Jussi Jokinen did on his summer vacation“ Carolina Hurricanes vs. Philadelphia Flyers Friday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m. @ RBC Center There are different ways to build a successful professional sports team. One way is to break the piggy bank and sign an All-Star free agent for a bazillion dollars. But in […]