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NHL Referee Woes: Tim Peel Curses Canes Again!
From the outside looking in, you can see that Tampa Bay beat the Carolina Hurricanes once again in overtime last night 4-3. From the inside looking out, 31 of 32 teams will agree that a referee’s error probably cost the Hurricanes the game last night. Is the NHL quick to talk about this blunder? Lets [...]
TweetEric Staal: Keeping the Cardiac Canes Alive
While Eric Staal is currently on a nine game point the streak, the Hurricanes have rode the momentum as far as it possibly can take them, going 4-1-4 to close out the month of February. Staal has 12 goals, 22 assists and 34 points in his last 25 games. The Hurricanes have received a red [...]
TweetNo Ward, No Problem
With Cam Ward absent from Monday night’s game against the Washington Capitals due to an undisclosed lower body injury, backup goaltender Justin Peters quickly became the man of the hour picking up his first career NHL shutout for the Carolina Hurricanes. Peters did only have to face 17 shots and the Hurricanes did score five [...]
TweetEric Staal and Cam Ward Keeping Hope In Carolina
After the Carolina Hurricanes let another game go in the last few seconds of overtime last night it feels like the Hurricanes season is dwindling down. The Hurricanes earned themselves a point on the road in overtime in Denver, but the Hurricanes are still in last place in the Eastern Conference with 51 points. The [...]
TweetHurricane Watch: Early Preview of the Carolina Hurricanes Trade Deadline
With the early season movements of Tomas Kaberle and Alexei Ponikarovsky and the Hurricanes placing Anthony Stewart on waivers Monday, all signs point to the Hurricanes making noise at the trade deadline at the end of February. Jim Rutherford has already set the bar high on the price tag for forward Tuomo Ruutu and plenty [...]
TweetReport: Tuomo Ruutu To Be Dealt by Deadline
We have heard it all week that many NHL teams are interested in the services of Hurricanes forward Tuomo Ruutu. A month away and speculation is that he could land in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, New York Rangers, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, and San Jose. To be fair, I have also heard rumors that Ruutu could land [...]
TweetCarolina Hurricanes sign Tim Gleason to Contract Extension
The Carolina Hurricanes had plenty of time during the NHL All-Star Weekend to think about the future and direction that this team was going to be headed. Their new direction was started today as they signed their top defenseman Tim Gleason to a contract extension through the 2015-2016 season. Gleason is currently 29 years old, [...]
TweetGeneral Manager problems for the Carolina Hurricanes
It hasn’t been since 2006 when the Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup that the Hurricanes have won the Southeast Division. In arguably one of the easiest divisions in hockey in the past five seasons the Hurricanes have completely struggled. There have been a few seasons where the Hurricanes will muster out hope in the last [...]
TweetNHL All-Star: Justin Faulk
Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk will spend this weekend in Ottawa for the NHL All-Star festivities. Just eight months ago, Faulk won the NCAA National Championship with Minnesota-Duluth. This past off-season Faulk was selected to play in the U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp in Lake Placid, New York to see if he could make the [...]
TweetDanny Briere drops the gloves (Video)
Not only did Danny Briere score a hat trick today, we got to see Briere drop the gloves in a nice light heavyweight battle between Kyle Turris and Briere. For two non-fighters, a pretty entertaining scrap!
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