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RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has as...
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January 03, 2012
RALEIGH, NC – Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that defenseman Joni Pitkanen underwent surgery on his left knee on Tuesday. The procedure was performed by Dr. Marty Isbell of Raleigh Orthopaedic at Rex Hospital, and recovery time for the surgery is expected to be four weeks.
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January 03, 2012
At the end of November, I came up with a narrative called "The March Towards .500" where the Hurricanes corsi, fenwick and scoring chance rates were slowly improving and that there was a realistic chance of the Canes getting over 50% in both of those categories even if the team wasn't winning. Well, the team was ".500" with a 5-5-2 record in the month of December...
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January 04, 2012
One of the biggest problem with the Hurricanes under Kirk Muller (among many other things) is that most of their wins have come by only one goal or have been decided in overtime. This is a bad thing because one-goal and overtime wins are more of an indication of luck than team skill and will likely not sustain in the long-run. Three of Carolina's last four wins have been by one...
Via Fox Sports Carolinas
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January 03, 2012
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Frans Nielsen scored the deciding goal in a shootout, and the New York Islanders earned their third straight win by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Tuesday night in a matchup of the Eastern Conference's bottom two teams.
Kyle Okposo scored with 1:30 remaining to send the game into overtime, and John Tavares had three assists for the Islanders (14...
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January 05, 2012
One thing that doomed Carolina in their 4-3 shootout loss to the Islanders was the team giving up two powerplay goals on three opportunities and this has been a weak area for the team all season. The Canes penalty kill is in the bottom-ten in shots prevented and have killed off only 78.2% of their penalties this year. The good news is that Carolina has taken the ninth least amount...
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January 03, 2012
The Carolina Hurricanes announced that defenseman Joni Pitkanen underwent surgery on his left knee Tuesday.
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January 03, 2012
Okay people. 2011 is done, the Holidays are over and the Winter Classic is in the books. It's time to get back to normal. However, the Islanders are hoping they get to a place better than NORMAL.
Tonight they meet with the Carolina Hurricanes who have just as many wins this season as the Isles. Both teams stand at 32 points but the Hurricanes have played four more games...
Via hurricanes.nhl.com
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January 05, 2012
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