All Entries in the "Bret Hedican" Category
The Word on Bret Hedican - Waiting
I’ve received a couple of recent emails asking me if I have heard anything about Bret Hedican. Has he signed anywhere yet? Has he retired? Is he playing in Europe?
To the best of my knowledge, the answer is no, no, and no.
I have not seen a single thing about him signing with [...]
Comeback - Jeff O’Neill Gets Camp Invite
Jeff O’Neill has been invited to Hurricanes training camp this fall, on a tryout basis. Lord Stanley’s Blog broke the news with confirmation from Jim Rutherford. The controversial winger had his best years in Carolina and will be trying to resurrect his career after taking a “year off” last season. Has [...]
Updates and Loose Ends
I spent some time over the weekend updating a few things on the site and testing some new templates. I have not found the perfect one yet, but I will keep trying. The only thing that really bothers me about this one is that if you are using internet explorer, the right sidebar [...]
Burnin’ For You - Which Free Agent Does Carolina Covet?
Obviously, the Carolina Hurricanes are in desperate need of defense. Earlier this week we looked over the team’s roster, reviewed possible trade scenarios, and examined where the Canes stood concerning their budget limitations.
We also mentioned in that article that we thought the new salary cap would be about $56 million. Yesterday, the NHL [...]
Give a Little Bit - Leighton in, Hedican out, Lavi quiet
Reviewing some brief news….
Luke reported late yesterday that Michael Leighton will indeed be offered a one-way contract with the Canes for next season. This news isn’t shocking considering the goalie’s outstanding performance in Albany last season. He also performed well in training camp and during a brief stint during a call up with [...]
Heard it on the X - Quick Hit News
To keep current on Hurricanes related news…..
Drayson Bowman and the Spokane Chiefs won the Memorial Cup on Sunday. They beat Kitchener 4-1 and Bowman scored the game-winner. The young Canes prospect led the tournament with 6 goals scored.
The MVP of the tournament though was goalie Dustin Tokarski, who had 53 saves in the [...]
Dancing Days - Kristi Yamaguchi Wins Dancing With the Stars
Defenseman Bret Hedican’s wife, Kristi Yamaguchi won the “Dancing With the Stars” competition last night, which has been ongoing for the past 10 weeks. It was anounced at the end of the program that Yamaguchi had accumulated more points during the show than any other previous contestant.
The significance that this holds for the [...]
Back in Black - Laviolette Will Return
Carolina Hurricanes General Manager Jim Rutherford confirmed earlier today that coach Peter Laviolette will indeed return behind the bench next season for Carolina. Rutherford seemed a bit surprised by all the speculation about the coach’s future.
“This became a bigger issue than it needed to be, JR was quoted as saying. It seems like [...]
Dance The Night Away - No Retirement For Hedican
Ever since the Carolina Hurricanes disappointing season came to an abrupt ending, defenseman Bret Hedican has been busy supporting his wife, Kristi Yamaguchi as she competes in the “Dancing With The Stars” television show. Hedican has also done a bit of dancing himself whenever asked about his plans for next season.
Will he play again [...]
Back For More - Who Returns on Defense Next Year?
It’s going to be a long off-season, but it’s never too early to start discussing what the Carolina Hurricanes will look like next year. One area where most fans would like to see some change is on the blueline. The aging Carolina defense seemed slow to react and was porous at times, [...]
Birds Without Wings - Hurricanes 7 Thrashers 1
The picture above pretty much summarizes the season for the Atlanta Thrashers. The frustration continued last night in Raleigh as the Carolina Hurricanes routed the “Dirty Birds”, 7-1.
The Canes scored early and scored often, with Eric Staal leading the way with a goal just 42 seconds into the game. The Canes would never [...]
Dance, Dance, Dance - Kristi Yamaguchi-Hedican Makes Debut
At the risk of being completely ostracized by the hockey blogging community, I felt like I should make a brief mention that Bret Hedican’s wife, Kristi Yamaguchi made her “Dancing With the Stars” debut last night. For the past several years, Hedican has been a mainstay on defense for the Carolina Hurricanes. [...]
Welcome Back - Hurricanes at Blackhawks Pre-Game
Tonight the Carolina Hurricanes are in Chicago to take on the Blackhawks. Game time will start for us in Raleigh at 8:30 and this one will be broadcast locally on FSN. There could be some interesting scenarios in this game, considering that it will be a home-coming of sorts for a few players.
Remember [...]
Brothers in Arms - Hurricanes 3 Wild 2
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Things got a bit out of hand last night at the RBC Center as the Carolina Hurricanes held on to beat the Minnesota Wild by a score of 3-2. The Canes came out of the dressingroom and took it to the surprised team from Minnesota right from the get-go. They looked like [...]
Wild Side - Wild at Hurricanes Pre-Game
The Minnesota Wild are in town to tackle the Carolina Hurricanes for the home team’s final game against a rival from the Northwest Division this regular season. The Canes are 2-2 against the division so far, with wins over the Oilers and Canucks, but losses to the Avs and Flames. The Wild are [...]
Don’t Look Now - Lightning at Hurricanes Pre-Game
Don’t look now, but the Washington Capitals are within 3 points of the Carolina Hurricanes again and they still have 2 games in hand. The Caps got their 2nd shut-out of the season last night from newly acquired goalie Christobal Huet in his first performance as a Capital. Do you think they might [...]
Bye Bye Chicago - Hurricanes 2 Devils 1, (OT)
A couple of months ago, Sergei Samsonov was toiling away for the Chicago Blackhawks, not even able to score a single goal in the 23 games he played for them this season. The frustrated franchise put the Russian sniper on the waiver wire and every team in the NHL passed. When he came [...]
Dancing Queen - Thrashers at Hurricanes Pre-Game
The Atlanta Thrashers are in town to take on the Carolina Hurricanes tonight in yet another pressure packed game with playoff implications. Believe it or not, the Thrashers have won 5 straight at the RBC. Both teams are coming off losses from their most recent contests, the Canes after a shoot-out thriller [...]
Slow Friday
There’s not much to report this lunchtime, but I thought that I would throw a couple of tidbits out there.
Matt Cullen will not be making the trip to Pittsburgh. It seems that he is still suffering from vision problems. Luke DeCock covers that story here. That means “waiverdude”, Jeff Hamilton will [...]
Street Fightin’ Man - Hurricanes 3 Rangers 1
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If New York Rangers coach Tom Renney was trying to send a message by sending Sean Avery out on the ice for the opening faceoff, Scott Walker wasn’t impressed. Walker and Avery started to mix things up before the drop of the puck and received matching roughing penalties before any time had [...]
The Blame Game - Why Are The Canes Losing ?
The Carolina Hurricanes started off the season with an 11-4-3 record, built up a double digit lead in the Southeast Division, and were once considered among the top teams in the NHL. But their record in the past 30 games has been an embarrassing 12-17-1 and their lead in the division has evaporated. [...]
The World Needs Guts - Hurricanes 7 Oilers 2
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Tonight the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 7-2 in a game that seemed to relieve about a month of frustration for the team and it’s fans. Rod Brind’Amour was quoted before the game as saying that this was “gut check time”. The team couldn’t have answered the call any better.
Brind’Amour [...]
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Senators 5, Hurricanes 1
The game smelled like something all right last night, but it sure wasn’t teen spirit. The Senators dominated the Hurricanes all game long, right from the opening face off. There’s nothing much to analyze. There’s not much else to report. About 4-5 players in white showed up to play last night, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Third Stone From The Sun
The third period was the charm last night for the Hurricanes as they beat the Lightning 4-3 in an exciting game at the RBC. After falling behind 3-1 and playing one of their worst periods of the year in the second, (3 shots on goal), they came out of the locker room and opened [...]
A Little Discipline
The Hurricanes lost to the Flyers tonight, 6-3. What went wrong? I think quite a few things did, but in my opinion the major problem was a lack of discipline. Justin Williams showed no discipline as he continually chirped about penalties until he was finally given a 2 minute unsportsmanlike call [...]
Immigrant Song
It was reported in the paper this morning that Dennis Seidenberg has some sort of immigration issue and needed time off to straighten out his VISA mess. Hurry back Dennis! Apparently, Seidenberg took the rest of the Hurricanes defense with him when he left town because they never showed up at the RBC [...]
Lightning Strikes
So far this season, Lightning has only struck at home for Tampa Bay. The Bolts have a great 6-1-1 record at home, but have yet to win a single game on the road where their record is 0-7-0. Apparently, they played pretty well at home again last night and beat the Panthers [...]
Redemption Song - Part 2
Tonight the Hurricanes need to redeem themselves once again as the Washington Capitals come to town to face Carolina for their 2nd meeting this year. The first time the two teams met in Washington, the Canes forgot to show up and the Capitals outplayed them badly, eventually shutting out the hapless Hurricanes 2-0. John Grahame’s [...]
Sunday Papers
The Carolina Hurricanes dropped one to the Florida Panthers last night, 4-2. I’m not going to blame the loss on the refs and I’m not going to say that the Canes should have won it. Quite frankly, at the end of the day I thought that the Panthers deserved to win the game. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
