Archive for December, 2007
Who Knows? Islanders-Hurricanes Preview
There was no pregame skate today, so there is no report as to who the starting goalie will be for the Canes. Perhaps it will be a game time decision? Matt Cullen returned to practice yesterday, and his status is also a game time decision. One thing we do know [...]
Tired - Blue Jackets 4, Hurricanes 1
The Carolina Hurricanes traveled for the 2nd game of a back to back on Saturday night and probably could have been a bit tired as they lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets, 4-1. The Canes could only muster 7 shots on goal in the opening period and 6 in the second and fell behind [...]
Fight Fire with Fire, Hurricanes-Blue Jackets preview
The Hurricanes are in Columbus tonight for a rematch of a wild pre-season affair which included several fights and intense chippiness that had rarely been witnessed in a game at the RBC before. The teams don’t have the extra players available to them like they did in the pre-season game though, so I wouldn’t [...]
Good Times, Bad Times - Hurricanes 4, Bruins 3
The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Boston Bruins last night, 4-3 in front of a sold out crowd at the RBC. For the first time in 7 games, Carolina scored the first tally and they never were trailing in the contest. The Bruins made a game of it though, answering almost each Carolina goal [...]
Everybody Hurts - Bruins at Hurricanes
The slumping Boston Bruins are in Raleigh to take on the battered and bruised Carolina Hurricanes tonight. While the Hurricanes are hurting, they won’t get any sympathy from the Bruins who are fighting the injury demons themselves.
First, let’s look to see who won’t be playing for Boston. Aaron Ward, Patrice Bergeron, Glen Murray, [...]
The Instigator is the problem and other Myths
There has been a lot of talk around the NHL about how the instigator penalty represents everything that is wrong with the league and that it should be abolished. According to what many people are saying, if Gary Bettman would simply reverse this rule, then the NHL would suddenly become a utopia! Players [...]
Dazed and Confused - Rangers 4, Hurricanes 2
The New York Rangers bested the Carolina Hurricanes last night 4-2, in a game in which 2 Rangers could have earned themselves suspensions. About 8 minutes into the 2nd period, Colton Orr lined up Matt Cullen from a distance and leveled Carolina’s unsuspecting center as he was knocked unconscious to the ice. The [...]
Give it all You Got - Hurricanes at Rangers
Tonight, the Carolina Hurricanes will be taking on the New York Rangers in Madison Square Garden. The last time that these two teams met back on December 3rd, the Hurricanes played one of their best games of the year and skated away with a 4-0 victory. The Rangers are currently on a 3 [...]
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate, and a happy holiday season to everyone else. I will be taking a couple of days off but will post an article Wednesday afternoon before the Rangers game. Peace!
Blue Collar Man - Canes 4 Lightning 1
The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4-1 last night at the St Pete’s Times Forum. I thought that the teams played pretty evenly in the first 2 periods, but the Hurricanes dominated the 3rd period and scored 3 goals, (2 of them empty netters in the final minute), to put away the [...]
Justin Williams out, Brandon Nolan in
Carolina Hurricanes fans worst fears came to fruition late yesterday afternoon when it was announced that Justin Williams would need major reconstructive surgery on his left knee. He will be out for a period of 4 to 6 months. While this news is devastating to the team as well as to fans, one [...]
Black Friday
I just quickly searched around for any updated news related to the Hurricanes, and there isn’t much. Did you ever wish the Canes had a special lunch show, like “Leaf’s Lunch”, or something like that? I wish that I had the time to do produce it. For now, we’ll just [...]
You Can’t Always Get What You Want - Panthers 5, Canes 4
The Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night, 5-4 narrowing Carolina’s division lead to a mere 3 points. After the Panthers took a 1-0 lead off of a fluky goal where a shot was redirected in the net by Radek Dvorak’s skate, the Canes came roaring back for 3 straight goals. [...]
Pretty Fly For a White Guy, Canes-Panthers Preview
John Grahame will get the start once again between the pipes for the Carolina Hurricanes tonight as they take on the Florida Panthers in Sunrise, Florida. The Canes backup tender has won the past 2 games in a row and he will try to keep the streak going against Tomas Vokoun and kitty kats.
Grahame [...]
Money Talks - Canes Want Redo of RBC Lease
Last night I was watching the news and there was a report on WRAL about how the Hurricanes, (Gale Force Holdings), were trying to re-negotiate their lease for the RBC Center with the Centennial Authority. Presently the lease is good until the year 2019, but the Canes are asking that the rent be lowered from [...]
Bad Bad Boy
Carolina Hurricanes “enforcer” Craig Adams was suspended for two games by the NHL league office yesterday. Adams took a swing at Toronto’s Alex Steen with his stick during the game on Tuesday night and even though he was given a 2 minute penalty for high sticking, the league office obviously felt more punishment was [...]
Strange Magic - Hurricanes 3, Maple Leafs 2
In a game with one of the craziest endings that you will see, the Carolina Hurricanes edged the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime on Tuesday night by a score of 3-2. The Canes scored 2 goals in the final 85 seconds of regulation to tie the game and then scored again in OT [...]
Leafs - Canes, pre game thoughts
John Grahame will start in net for the Hurricanes tonight while Vesa Toskala will be the goaltender for the Leafs. Apparently, Grahame is getting rewarded for only allowing 5 goals on Saturday night! Seriously, he did battle hard throughout the game even if his stats weren’t the best. John makes me [...]
Kickstart my Heart
The Carolina Hurricanes are back in town tonight for a quick home contest before they hit the road again for 3 more games. Paul Maurice and his Toronto Maple Leafs are in Raleigh and will be tonight’s worthy opponent. After a really rough stretch, the Leafs have turned things around recently and have [...]
“Take Ten” with David Glenn
This week we are pleased to have David Glenn as our guest on Canes Country’s “Take Ten”! David is a man who wears many hats and not all of them are sports related. He hosts the weekday afternoon radio show on 850 The Buzz from 3-6PM, he is the editor of the [...]
Wild One
The Carolina Hurricanes outlasted the Philadelphia Flyers in a wild, back and forth game that ended in a shoot out Saturday night, 6-5. The game wasn’t a technical thing of beauty, but you couldn’t ask for a much more exciting game! Most importantly, the team gave it their all and that’s all that [...]
Funk 49
The Carolina Hurricanes are in some kind of weird funk right now. Nothing seems to be going right for them. Friday night, the Calgary Flames came into town having just played the previous night as well as 2 nights before that. The Flames are in the middle of a killer cross continent [...]
Head Games
A couple of games ago when I mentioned that the Hurricanes should be a bit more cerebral and use their heads, it seems that Scott Walker took me literally! During his altercation with Mike Fisher the other night in the middle of the Ottawa game, Walker lost his head for a minute or two [...]
That Smell
The Carolina Hurricanes laid another stink bomb on their home ice last night, and the fanbase is frustrated. One problem is, it’s not the first time that it’s happened this year. Another problem is, there doesn’t seem to be an easy fix. By the end of the 1st period, they were down [...]
Life’s a Long Song
Not only is “life a long song” but so is a hockey season! Although, sometimes it seems longer than it really is and before you know it, the season has slipped by sometimes leaving a team to look back and wonder what happened. (IE…last year for the Hurricanes). This hockey season [...]
In and Out of Love - Update
More news today! Early this afternoon the Canes announced that they were sending Andrew Ladd to Albany for a 4 game rehab assignment. This is probably the best thing for Andrew at this time, even though he might not be pleased to be traveling up north by himself. He hasn’t been getting [...]
In and Out of Love
Just when you thought things were quiet on the Hurricanes front, a possible mini storm brews up! There was a recent announcement this morning that Tom Barrasso will be replacing Greg Stefan as the team’s goaltending coach! Apparently, Stefan will be taking over the coaching duties at Plymouth. Barrasso will [...]
Rocket Man
For those of you who are still looking to get a gift for the hockey fan who has everything, check out “The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard“, a great hockey movie depicting the life story of Maurice “The Rocket” Richard. The DVD is being released today, December 11th! Here is the press [...]
Toys in the Attic
Just a quick reminder that the Hurricanes are once again offering their annual holiday special ticket promotions for fans who make various donations. Beginning Monday, December 10th, those who bring in toys will be given “buy one get one free” ticket vouchers, for select games. On December 13th, they will be accepting can [...]
Dumb
You just have to love the NHL scheduling gurus. Sometimes I wonder if they even bother to review the schedules after the computer spits them out. In one of the more taxing demands that can be made upon a professional team, the Carolina Hurricanes were required to finish a game in [...]
Sunday Mail - Update
Here is a gift from our friends at “Abel to Yzerman, a link to an NHL Live broadcast. Click Here to watch the game! Thanks for the link guys!
Sunday Mail
Just a brief update on a few things on this beautiful December, Sunday afternoon in North Carolina! The game tonight in Detroit will not be televised locally. To make a long story short, FSN preferred to televise an out of market ACC basketball game than one of the biggest rivalry games for [...]
Home Sweet Home
The Carolina Hurricanes continue to play at the Bell Centre in Montreal like it’s their home ice. Cam Ward has yet to lose there. Erik Cole usually plays his best hockey there. Saturday night was no exception as the Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-1, to make it nine victories in [...]
Mystery Train
Some things in life are a mystery, and hockey is no different. There are occurrences that happen in games occasionally that just don’t seem to make any sense. Like how one team can always dominate another team, even though if you compare them player by player and roster to roster, it doesn’t seem [...]
Badlands - Update
Luke DeCock is reporting that Mark Recchi was NOT placed on re-entry waivers, unlike what I mentioned in my previous posting. That would seem to indicate that the Pens are close to making a deal with someone, but we will see. Craig Adams will make his 3rd straight appearance in the pressbox as the healthy [...]
Badlands
The Carolina Hurricanes are playing the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight, and it hasn’t usually been a very good place to be for the Canes. So far this year, the Lightning have won games by the scores of 5-1 and 6-1, but Carolina won the last meeting 4-3. That win required a strong [...]
Easton Hockey News
Canes Country Blog has received a couple of emails from a representative of Easton Hockey with some interesting news that they asked us to share with our readers. Easton of course is a leading manufacturer of hockey equipment but they have yet to get into the helmet market. That is until now! Check [...]
Too Late For Love
So, what’s up with USA hockey? What exactly is the selection process for choosing players to compete in the World Junior Championships? I imagine it’s the same process they use to choose players for the Olympics and other tournaments. It’s mostly politics. Remember a couple of years back [...]
Wrecking Ball - Part Deux
Apparently there wasn’t much interest in “the wrecking ball”, Mark Recchi when he was out on the open market. The Penguins just put him on waivers. It’s a shame to see classy vets like him, Dave Andreychuk, and others watch their careers end like this. Maybe some team will take a [...]
Enter Sandman
I was listening to this song on the radio this morning, and it reminded me of that “sharp as a tack” NHL league office. It’s hard to get anything past those guys because they are never asleep at the wheel! Finally, after the 5th suspension of one of their players during just the [...]
