Archive for October, 2006
Halloween
Happy Halloween everyone! Every year the Hurricanes and their spouses have a party to celebrate the holiday. From past reports, there have been some pretty wild and crazy costumes! Last year for instance Andrew Hutchinson dressed up like a Chicken and Kevyn Adams dressed like a woman. During the game Saturday night, the “ask the [...]
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
Saturday night the Hurricanes beat the Lightning 6-4 to take two of the first three meetings between the teams. Speaking of two out of three, Scott Walker and Eric Staal both got 2 thirds of the way to a beloved hat-trick. You have to feel a bit sorry though for the poor dude who could [...]
Bad Medicine
Snap! The Canes came up with a bad case of nasty last night in Tampa Bay. Nasty bounces, nasty defense, nasty passing, and a nasty outcome. I am not using the term “nasty” in a good way. Carolina looked like they had just played an overtime game the previous night, hopped right on a plane, [...]
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Ever notice who usually does the hardest, dirtiest work in a hockey game? It’s usually the guys on the lower end of the payscale. Last night’s Hurricanes game was no exception. Craig Adams dropped the gloves and got the team fired up in the 1st period. Andrew Hutchinson had a goal and an assist and [...]
Georgia Rhythm
The Atlanta Thrashers come to the RBC tonight with their division leading, and franchise history best 7-1-1 record. Their only regulation time loss came at the hands of the Canes thanks in part to Ray Whitney’s last second floater which found the back of the net as time expired in Atlanta about 10 days ago. [...]
Hey Jealousy
What’s up Sabres fans? Buffalo is the hottest team in all of hockey and they have yet to lose a single game this year. So why all the hate? Everywhere I turn I see the same old Buffalo vitriol. The Canes didn’t deserve to win the Cup. The city didn’t deserve to win the Cup. [...]
Wind of Change
The biggest news in hockey this weekend was the firing of Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock and the resignation of Flyers General Manager, Bobby Clarke. Nobody in the organization has been pleased with the slow start of the team and apparently owner Ed Snider decided a change in leadership would jump start things. Hitchcock did seem [...]
Feeling All Right
Tonight two teams face off that are both feeling pretty good about themselves. The Canes have won 3 in a row, the past two games by 5-1 scores. The Sabres have won 6 in a row and are undefeated so far this regular season. Both goalies have been on top of their games lately. Buffalo [...]
Don’t Look Back
We have a day off before the big game tomorrow, so let’s take a look at how some of our recent trades have worked out so far and see how some ex-Hurricanes are doing around the league.
Our most recent trade, Oleg Tverdovsky and the rights to Jack Johnson for Tim Gleason and Eric Belanger has [...]
Gator Country
It was another great game for the Canes on Monday night as they dominated the Lightning from start to finish. Of course it helped that Cam Ward was able to shut down a key break-away attempt by Marty St. Louis in the first couple of minutes of the game. If the Canes got behind again early, [...]
Time
Sorry for the delay in blogging, I was out of town over the weekend and have been hard pressed for time. Speaking of time, the Hurricanes certainly used perfect time management Friday night in Atlanta! About two seconds of time was the difference between winning and losing the hockey game for the Thrashers and Canes. [...]
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road is one of the top 10 places in North America to watch a hockey game! You think I’m kidding? Well, according to Terry Frei a well known hockey analyst, a Hurricanes game at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina makes his list of top 10 North American Ultimate Hockey Experiences! ESPN published [...]
It Don’t Come Easy
We have all heard of the dreaded Stanley Cup Hangover. Anyone have some strong coffee?  I hate to jump on my team because I love my team, but where are they? Where’s the forechecking? Where’s the backchecking? Where’s any kind of checking?  I don’t even recognize this team. We had more hits during game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals [...]
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
The Hurricanes flew to Florida last night with hopefully a bit of a chip on their shoulders. An attitude change is definitely in order as the teams they have played against so far have each been somewhat hungrier for a win than the Hurricanes have been. Coach Laviolette has to figure out a way to [...]
Patience
Patience should be the song and word of the day for Caniacs, but obviously it isn’t in Coach Peter Laviolette’s vocabulary. Disgusted by his team’s lack of effort and results in the past 2 games, the angry coach called for a bag skate during a scheduled day off on Sunday. Using terms such as “we’re kidding ourselves” and “selfish [...]
Ring of Fire
The New Jersey Devils flew into town last night and the same night Apex had a chemical fire which still can’t be put out. Coincidence? I think not! Who knows what black magic the Devils are conjuring up. Apparently GM Lou Lamoriello made a few last minute deals with el Diablo himself when he got [...]
Great White Buffalo
What an enjoyable game last night! There was plenty of intensity, desire, and drama to go around for both sides. The Canes came out on fire and outshot the Slugs 11-1, but couldn’t put a goal on the board. That ended up being their undoing as Buffalo got their legs and played [...]
Crystal Ball
The season starts in one day and I haven’t even made my predictions yet. Shame on me! It’s too bad I didn’t think of this earlier, I could have challenged my fellow Canes bloggers and we could all compare picks! I don’t think there is enough time now though, maybe next year. I’m going to make this [...]
River of Dreams
Here was something in my wildest dreams I wasn’t sure if I would ever see. The “Carolina Hurricanes”, etched right there on the Cup!! This picture was taken by Hyena at the Caniac Carnival on Saturday. At times the wait was reportedly in excess of 3-4 hours to see the Cup and it was easily the highlight for many. But there [...]
