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Caps at Canes, Gameday Preview
The Washington Capitals visit the Carolina Hurricanes tonight for round two of the six round heavyweight bout between division rivals. Last week, the Caps stole two points from Carolina as one of the leading scorers in the NHL, Alexander Semin, lit the lamp twice in the final three minutes to give his club [...]
Sullen Sunday - Thrashers 5, Canes 2
The Carolina Hurricanes played a regular season hockey game against the Atlanta Thrashers Sunday afternoon. Apparently, it was not a very important game. It certainly wasn’t important enough for either team to have it televised for their fans.
One might think that the NHL would realize that “big league” games need to be televised by [...]
Iron City Meltdown - Pens 4, Canes 1
The Carolina Hurricanes lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins last night by a score of 4-1.
The Canes started the game out on a decent note, taking a 1-0 lead on Brandon Sutter’s first career NHL goal. Sutter took the puck from a bumbling Brooks Orpik, who mis-played the puck right in front of the rookie [...]
Hurricanes at Penguins, Preview-(Update)
The Carolina Hurricanes are in Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins tonight for a game at Mellon Arena. This will be game three out of a current six game road trip.
The Hurricanes have a record so far of 3-1-1 and are coming off a win against Anaheim on Sunday. The Penguins are [...]
Canes Find a New Way to Win
The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Anaheim Ducks by a score of 3-1 last night in Anaheim. The Canes scored first in the contest, the only time they have done that all season.
Eric Staal zipped a pass across the crease to a wide open Ryan Bayda, who made no mistake. The team [...]
Leighton to Start in Anaheim
Michael Leighton will get the start in goal against the Ducks for tonight’s game in Anaheim. The back-up goalie has had one other start this season, a 4-3 overtime win at Tampa Bay.
Chip at LSB is also reporting that Eric Staal will be able to shrug off his sore shoulder and play in [...]
Wild Side - Canes 4, Lightning 3 OT
After falling behind 3-0, the Hurricanes eventually turned on the pressure and fought back to win a thrilling game with just 24 seconds left in OT. Eric Staal zipped in the game-winner on a perfect pass from Ray Whitney.
It was a game of two extremes. The Lightning controlled the first part of [...]
Carolina at Tampa Bay Preview
The Hurricanes are in Florida for a contest against the Lightning tonight for their first road game of the year. Tampa Bay has already played two games in Europe, and lost both of them to the New York Rangers. This will be their home opener.
Michael Leighton will get his first shot of the season between [...]
The Next Great Goalie Debate
You knew it was bound to happen sooner or later. The recent success of Michael Leighton along with the preseason struggles of Cam Ward have created a goalie debate of sorts among several Hurricanes fans. If Leighton’s success continues, it’s only going to heat up even more before it goes away.
First of [...]
Leighton and Canes Hold on to 1-0 Win
The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Philadelphia Flyers at the RBC yesterday by a score of 1-0. The victory was the first for the Canes this preseason and gave them an overall record of 1-3, with two more games to play.
Sergei Samsonov was the number one star of the game. Not only did he score [...]
Canes Try Again this Afternoon
After another exhibition loss yesterday by a score of 4-2 to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Hurricanes will try once again to earn their first preseason victory, today at 3PM at the RBC. Their opponent will be none other than those same Flyers, as the teams complete the back end of a home and [...]
Capitals 5, Hurricanes 2
Something came up and I missed the contest last night, but according to all reports the Canes played a much better game than they did on Wednesday. After the “Junior Canes” jumped out to a 2-0 lead, the Washington regulars woke up and took control of the game. Dan LaCouture had one [...]
Q&A with Michael Leighton
This is the last of a four part series of interviews taken after a prospects practice on Thursday, July 10th.
Michael Leighton was recently signed by the Hurricanes to a two year deal. He had a tremendous season for the Albany River Rats last year, setting franchise records in many different categories. He was [...]
Carolina Hurricanes Prospect Conditioning Camp - Preview
The “Young Guns” of the Carolina Hurricanes organization are in town this week to take part in the annual conditioning camp for prospects. During the camp, which is officially running from July 9th to the 12th, the players will learn new physical training techniques, have media training, learn proper eating habits, and will be [...]
Come On Over - Hurricanes Sign Leighton
The Carolina Hurricanes signed goalie Michael Leighton to a two year, 1.2 million dollar contract yesterday, making Leighton the number one option to back up Carolina starter, Cam Ward. The 600K per year that the Canes have committed to this backup is 800K per year cheaper than what they were paying John Grahame previously.
Let’s [...]
Rats Join Canes on Golf Course
The Albany River Rats ended their season with a 2-0 loss against the Philadelphia Phantoms last night in the final game of their round one, playoff series. As previously mentioned, goalie, Michael Leighton was the hero of the series for the Rats, but he wasn’t quite good enough. Congratulations to Coach Tom [...]
Leighton and Rats in Game 7 Tonight
The Albany River Rats and the Philadelphia Phantoms finish their best of 7 series tonight in Philadelphia with the series all tied up at 3 games apiece.
Rats goalie Michael Leighton has been nothing short of spectacular in this showdown. Not only does he have 2 shutouts against the Phantoms so far in this playoffs, [...]
Record Setting Night in Albany
Game five in the series between the Albany River Rats and Philadelphia Phantoms was one for the record books. First of all, it was the longest game in AHL history as it lasted 5 overtimes! Secondly, Rats goalie Michael Leighton made a record, 98 saves! Yes, 98…that is not a typo.
Unfortunately [...]
Shakedown - Brodeur and Avery Epitome of Class - NOT
The New York Rangers eliminated the New Jersey Devils on Friday night and something different happened during the traditional hand-shake ceremony. Martin Brodeur refused to shake Sean Avery’s hand and passed him by, while shaking everyone else’s hand. Pretty funny stuff.
Avery wasn’t amused though and called out Brodeur in the press afterwards. [...]
