Archive for October, 2007
Breakdown—Update
The latest from LSB is that Nic Wallin will play tonight, but Bret Hedican is questionable because of a sore knee. Hedican will be a game time decision.
During my daily lunchtime scan of hockey news, I see nothing but stories about Carolina “diving” from the southern Florida press. As a matter of fact, [...]
Breakdown
Tonight the Carolina Hurricanes begin a long streak of games against their Southeast Division brethren and are in Florida to begin a home and home series with the Panthers. These head to head divisional matchups are very important in the grand scheme of things and can really help the teams behind in the [...]
Take Me To The Top
Carolina Hurricanes captain, Rod Brind’Amour is doing everything in his power to help take the Canes to the top again this year. Yesterday, Brind’Amour was named 2nd Star of the week by the NHL! “Brindy” led the entire NHL in scoring for the week with 9 points, including a hat-trick against the Islanders on [...]
Give a Little Bit
The Canes are off for a couple of days, so there’s not much going on at the moment here in “Carolinaville”. So let’s take a quick look at a little bit of this and a little bit of that around elsewhere. Remember Michael Leighton, the goalie who seemed to be pushing and [...]
8 Miles High
The Carolina Hurricanes lit the lamp 8 times last night and took advantage of a rusty New York Islanders team which hadn’t played a game in a week. The Canes scored thrice in each of the first two periods, and then added 2 more in the meaningless third. Captain Rod Brind’Amour earned [...]
A Song for Sleeping
Last night at the RBC, the Montreal Canadiens handed the Carolina Hurricanes their worse loss so far this season, 7-4. Most of the Canes were sleepwalking throughout the 1st period, not really waking up until they were down 5-1. (maybe they skipped their afternoon naps because their dads were in town?) The [...]
Father of Mine - Update
Nic Wallin is out of the line up tonight with a tweaked groin. Dennis Seidenberg will play in his stead. Dennis was playing very well before he injured his knee, hopefully he can pick up where he left off.
Father of Mine
The Carolina Hurricanes’ fathers are in town for the annual father/son team get-together. After the game tonight against the Montreal Canadiens, they will board the team plane and travel to Long Island to watch their boys play the Islanders on Saturday night. Not to jinx them, but in the past the team has [...]
Smash
The Canes smashed the “Bananas” last night , 6-2, extending their streak to 7 consecutive games where they have earned points. On the flip side of the coin, the Sabres still have yet to win a road game this season. They lost 2 more players to injury last night and it looks [...]
Toast and Bananas
The Buffalo “Bananas” are in town and will be donning their new jerseys (see above) tonight when they take on the Carolina Hurricanes in a rematch of the 2005-06 Eastern Conference Finals. So far this season, the Slugs have a record of 3-4 and are currently in last place in the Northeast Division. [...]
So Far So Good
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vancouver Canucks last night, 3-1 in an entertaining and surprisingly fight filled game at the RBC Center. The win gives the Canes a 5-1-3 record, meaning that they have earned points in 8 of the 9 games they have played so far this year. Cam Ward has still [...]
Against All Odds
For curiosity sake, I usually check the betting odds before each Hurricanes game to see how much of a favorite or underdog the team is. When I checked at lunchtime today, the typical lines were not listed for tonight’s game. Instead, they listed the odds on each player’s chances of being injured! [...]
Kick it Out
Tonight the Vancouver Canucks are in town to take on the Carolina Hurricanes. The Canucks just played in Columbus last night, (and won 4-1), so they will be on the 2nd game of a back to back. Goalie, Curtis Sanford played that game, so look for Roberto Luongo to be in net against [...]
Tough Enough
The Canes lost another tough one tonight as they outplayed the Philadelphia Flyers for large chunks of the game, only to come away with another OT loss, 3-2. The team played without forwards Andrew Ladd, Scott Walker, and Erik Cole. You read that right! Of course, Ladd never made the trip [...]
House of Horrors
What is it about Mellon Arena and the Carolina Hurricanes? In each of the past 3 years, someone has gotten badly injured and had to be assisted off the ice during a game there. Two years ago, Erik Cole suffered a broken neck. Last year Trevor Letowski was [...]
Living for the City
The Carolina Hurricanes are finally at the end of their 5 day break and are in the “Iron City” to take on the Penguins tonight! Let’s all hope that the Canes didn’t have too much time off because sometimes teams get a little rusty when they haven’t played a game in a few days. [...]
Join Together
I’d like to join together with my fellow Canes Bloggers in reminding everyone that Monday night, October 22nd, the Carolina Hurricanes are offering discounted tickets and will be donating a portion of the ticket proceeds to Hockey Fights Cancer, a charity founded by both the NHL and NHLPA. It always warms my heart [...]
What’s Going on Here?
Things are pretty quiet for the moment in Carolinaville. The Canes have one more day to kill before they hit the ice again in Pittsburgh tomorrow night. Then the games come fast and furious as they play the Flyers, Saturday, Canucks Monday, Sabres Wednesday, Habs Friday, and Islanders Saturday. Ouch, that’s 6 [...]
Bye Bye Baby
Bye bye Bob Hartley!! I’d like to say I’ll miss him, but I won’t! I always hated that smug look on his face after he sent his goons out to rough up an opponent at the end of a game that was out of hand. In case you missed it, the [...]
A Pirate Looks at 40
Carolina goalie Cam Ward seems to be a man who likes to change his masks almost as often as some goalies change sticks. He changed it at least twice last year, from his Nickelback themed mask to the State of North Carolina theme which had images of the Wright Brother’s first flight as well [...]
Radar Love
Are you the type of fan who likes it when your team stays under the radar, or do you prefer that your team gets lots of public credit when they have had a good streak? Like it or not Caniacs, your team is getting plenty of attention around the hockey news world right now. [...]
Wish You Were Here
The Carolina Hurricanes are on a 3 game winning streak and although it’s early, currently find themselves at the top of their division. One might think that everything is hunky-dorey in “Carolinaville”. But according to Luke DeCock of the News and Observer, Hurricanes General Manager Jim Rutherford is still considering tweaking the lineup. [...]
Lovin’ Every Minute of It
The Carolina Hurricanes are making a statement. I think that part of the statement they are making is that they are just getting started. Tonight, they completed a tough 3 game Canadian road trip and defeated the Montreal Canadiens on their home opener, 3-1. This win, just after they handed [...]
25 or 6 to 4
Jesse “The Bull” Boulerice was handed down a 25 game suspension today for his illegal cross check to the face of Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler. I have no problem what-so-ever with the length of this suspension. It sounds just right! Maybe Jesse will wise up some day and realize that the cheap shots [...]
New Rose
Last night Chad LaRose earned first star honors as he helped the Carolina Hurricanes defeat the previously unbeaten Ottawa Senators, 5-3. LaRose had 3 assists, his first ever 3 point game in the NHL. Although scoring is no stranger to the player who is affectionately called the “Chuck Norris of hockey” by [...]
Night and Day
The last two games that the Carolina Hurricanes played looked as different as night and day. Saturday night in Washington, the team looked listless and played without energy. Tuesday night in Toronto, they looked the exact opposite and dominated most of the game. Many Caniacs are wondering which team they will see [...]
Bloggers, Blogs, and the Blogger’s Box, Oh My!
A week or so ago, I posted some information about the opening of the NY Islanders Blogger’s Box. It seems that a variety of opinions about the “box” have recently created an electronic donnybrook of epic proportions which have polarized several in the blogging community! On one side, you [...]
Like a Hurricane
The Carolina Hurricanes lived up to their franchise name last night and crushed the Toronto Maple Leafs, 7-1. It really wasn’t as close as the score indicated! While the Canes were certainly on the receiving end of a couple of lucky bounces, they also worked very hard and earned most [...]
Don’t Ask Me No Questions
The Carolina Hurricanes are in Toronto and ready to play the Maple Leafs tonight at the ACC. Even though it’s very early in the season, the Canes are already battling a revolving door of personnel changes on the ice due to injuries and illness. Who will play tonight and who won’t? Not [...]
Bits and Pieces
There isn’t much new to report this morning. Yesterday, the Hurricanes hung out together at the Redskins game attempting to do some team bonding. Every year Coach Laviolette has them do something in this regard. Usually it’s a bit more physical and helps the players to build trust with each other. [...]
Nothing to Say
I haven’t got much to say about last night’s fiasco. Let’s just hope that it was an anomoly, and not the norm. Washington played incredibly, but the Canes never showed up. Are the Caps really that good and the Canes really that bad? Certainly not. David Tanabe had to fill [...]
Hotel Illness
David Tanabe has just be signed by the Canes, this coming from 850 the Buzz and CH.com. The contract is a 2 way deal worth 600K at the NHL level and 100K in the minors. Tanabe will be available immediately following a physical and league approval. One can only wonder if this [...]
Brothers in Arms
Big brother took it to little brother last night, and 17,800 Caniacs aren’t complaining. The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 4-1, and looked very good doing it. A couple of bounces went their way, bounces they certainly didn’t get the previous game against the Habs. But bounces or not, for 2 [...]
Whizz Kid Update
The newsfeeds have been active this morning! First LSB reports that Stillman will not play and Bayda will be on Staal’s line with Erik Cole. Then, they report that Bayda was put on waivers! Which is it guys? Are the Canes playing a few games with the media, knowing that Stillman [...]
Whizz Kid
Sid the Kid comes to town tonight as the Penguins open their season at the RBC Center. He’ll be bringing along a few of his young friends, like Jordan Staal, Evgeni Malkin, and Marc-Andre Fleury. Familiar faces Marc Recchi and Gary Roberts will be joining him as well. Oh yes, and don’t [...]
No Surprises
The Carolina Hurricanes announced this afternoon that Ron Francis would be the new Assistant General Manager for the team, taking over for Jason Karmanos who just resigned last week. Francis had been working as the Director of Player Development for the team. The move comes as no surprise since Francis had recently [...]
Only One
As most of you know, the Hurricanes lost last night to the Habs, 3-2 in over-time. It’s only one game so it’s not fair to make too much of it, but there are certainly areas that the team can improve on. Cam Ward was excellent most of the game. He really deserved [...]
Showdown
The stage is set as the Carolina Hurricanes and Montreal Canadiens are ready to square off in the season opener for both teams tonight. Word is out that there will be a special video presentation at 6:45, so get there early! The Canes will be celebrating their 10th anniversary with [...]
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
The Carolina Hurricanes are on the eve of a whole new season and many Caniacs are certainly hoping for, if not anticipating an exciting and successful year of hockey. All signs indicate that they won’t be disappointed! Experts from around the hockey world have predicted that the Canes will finish anywhere from [...]
Look Around
Now is as good a time as any to take a brief look around at what’s new on the site. For one thing, we’ve been adding quite a few links on the blog roll lately. If you can’t tell what the link is about by just reading the title, skim your cursor [...]
