All Entries in the "Craig Adams" Category
Guest Commentary: Christmas Naughty And Nice
Note: Adam is a Canes Country reader and avid hockey fan — I don’t think there’s anyone I know who watches more hockey and knows all the players around the NHL as well as him. He gave us some observations on the NHL heading into the brief Christmas break. — Cory
As we approach the halfway [...]
The First Cut is the Deepest - Hurricanes 3 Blackhawks 0
The red hot Carolina Hurricanes scored 3 times in the first period, then relied upon their defense and goalie Cam Ward the rest of the way as they held on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-0. The win gives the Canes 5 wins in a row as well as a record of 8-1-1 in [...]
I am the Highway - Canes Hit the Road
The Hurricanes head out to the highway next for a short two game road trip. They will start off in Chicago for a contest Wednesday night that has many twists of fate mixed into the hockey game itself. Sergei Samsonov and Tuomo Ruutu both return whence they came just a short time ago. [...]
Reunited - Hurricanes at Senators Pregame Thoughts
The Adams Family is reunited! No, Kevyn Adams is not coming back to Raleigh. Craig Adams was traded to Chicago earlier today for a conditional pick in the 2009 Entry Draft.
It looks like Adams is being made scapegoat number 1 for the worst rated penalty kill in the league and apparent general apathy [...]
Battle of the Badges - Blueliners 7, Leatherheads 5
The Raleigh Police Department hockey team, (the Blueliners) defeated the Raleigh Durham Area Firefighters, (the Leatherheads) 7-5 last night in an exciting, back and forth hockey game for charity at the RBC. Last year during the first event between these groups, the Leatherheads won by the exact same score.
The charities were The 200 Club [...]
Read ‘Em And Weep - Islanders 4, Hurricanes 1
Happy New Year’s everyone! It’s not a happy New Year’s Day for the Carolina Hurricanes though, who closed their practice to the public this morning after their disappointing 4-1 loss to the New York Islanders last night. Some fans are wondering if coach Laviolette is putting the team through a bag skate? [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cheap Shot
The Philadelphia Flyers are in town to play the Hurricanes tonight, and I would be remiss if I didn’t say the words “cheap shot” in the same breath as “Flyers”. What is it with these guys? Scott Hartnell, whom I’ve already lambasted on this blog for being the most over-paid agitator in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Can’t Buy Me Love
Will Captain Canada soon turn into Captain America? In news of the day so far, the New York Islanders bought their way out of Alexei Yashin’s highly inflated contract, releasing them from the last 4 years of his original 87.5 million dollar, 10 year deal. TSN has the details here. Of [...]
Keep the Faith
The Carolina Hurricanes rewarded their faithful fans with a hard fought 6-4 win over the San Jose Sharks before a loud, sell out crowd at the RBC Center on Saturday night. It was a playoff atmosphere all night long, starting with the smell of the cooking from the tailgating in the parking lots, [...]
Synchronicity I
Is it just me or do the Canes still seem to be a bit out of synch? Last night the play-making and passing was off at times, but the hustle was there when it needed to be and Carolina managed to beat Los Angeles, 2-1. The Kings were able to clutter up the [...]
Tightrope
The Hurricanes used the hockey version of Muhammad Ali’s famous “rope-a-dope” strategy last night. You know, the strategy where you intentionally stand around for 2 periods and let your opponent skate circles around you and out shoot you 31-14 while they take a commanding 3-0 lead. Then in the third period when you [...]
Living in the Past
I created a new page and moved the mid season grades there because the information was too long and cumbersome to keep on the main page, plus I thought it would be easier to find here later in the season. It’s located under the “Extras” section on the left margin, or just click [...]
New Year’s Day
Happy New Year’s Day everyone! I apologize for my lack of entries the past few days, but I’ve been out of town and finding the time to do some mobile blogging proved to be quite elusive, more so than I thought it would be! I missed the Buffalo and Anaheim games, so I [...]
Crazy
That game last night seemed a bit crazy to me. It started out normal enough and pretty well for Carolina. The Canes came out with good jump and created quite a few scoring chances while limiting the Canucks to a few. Roberto Luongo made save after save, stoning the Canes like he [...]
Same Ol’ Situation
The more things change, the more they stay the same between the Thrashers and the Hurricanes. Not only did the Canes continue their domination over the expansion club by winning last night’s game 5-2, Bob Hartley sent his goon squad out in the final meaningless minute of the game to crack a few heads. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
