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Why have the Hurricanes become an unnatural disaster?
26 days ago by
Puck Daddy
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Under normal circumstances, yesterday's 4-1 defeat to the San Jose Sharks would have been an understandable loss to a good hockey team, no matter how badly the Carolina Hurricanes looked at times. But going from an Eastern Conference finalist to a team one Toronto Maple Leafs away...
What We Learned: When underdogs attack, logic loses
October 19, 2009 by
Puck Daddy
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Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.So I went to NHL.com yesterday to have a look...
Do you love hockey?
May 01, 2009 by
Hockey's Ladies of Greatness
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Got this from some of my hockey ladies, Wrap and Dani, and since I'm already booooorrrrreeeedddd with the offseason, I figured I'd cut and paste questions and answer them--yay! Answers include AMS and NHL bits.(x-posted to I Mean, We Got Guys...)1) What's (Who's?) your...
Devils 2, Hurricanes 0
October 17, 2009 by
Lord Stanley's Blog
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Jamie Langenbrunner scored 26 seconds into the third period to give New Jersey the lead and Martin Brodeur picked up his 102nd career shutout as the Devils stopped the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark.
Langenbrunner scored when Rob Niedermayer...
Monday Ice Water Cooler
January 28, 2008 by
The NHL Arena Program
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Looking back at the All Star Game...then ahead to the rest of the regular season and then some!! To Infinity and BEYOND!!!
The Metropolitician Drops His Gloves, Carter Rings Up Another, But Flyers Lose
The streak had to end sometime. I was hoping it might get to the 8 or 10 win mark, but we'll have to settle for 6. Not bad considering what the Flyers looked like before shredding through every opponent for 2 weeks. It was a weird and chippy game, one that saw both Jeff Carter...
Philadelphia 2, Carolina 0
October 02, 2009 by
Lord Stanley's Blog
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One of the hand-painted signs spotted Friday outside the RBC Center read, "The Quest for the Cup begins tonight."
That may be true for the Carolina Hurricanes this season, but winning will have to wait for another day.
The Philadelphia Flyers took charge of the season...
Preview: Introducing the 2009-10 Carolina Hurricanes!
September 06, 2009 by
Puck Daddy
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NHL season previews often sell you an impressive bill of goods before you realize, at the end of the season, you're holding an empty box. Which makes using advertisements and infomercials the appropriate template for Puck Daddy's 2009-10 NHL Season Previews, presented each...
Sizing up the Sabres: Another Missed Opportunity
February 16, 2009 by
The Sports Bet Guide
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Gleason likely to miss Avs game
October 22, 2009 by
Lord Stanley's Blog
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DENVER -- Defenseman Tom Gleason likely will miss the Canes' game Friday against the Colorado Avalanche, coach Paul Maurice said today.
Gleason suffered an upper-body injury in the second period of the Canes' 4-3 shootout loss to the New York Islanders on Wednesday night...
Game On - Caps vs. Canes
March 03, 2009 by
On Frozen Blog
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So after a lengthy network-connection delay -- if only Starbucks ran the Verizon center Wi-Fi -- I'm online! Let's go... Nylander
scratched (no surprise there); also Poti a last-minute scratch . . .
apparently Poti skated in practice, then was pulled from the ice before
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NHL Early Season Report ~ Trend Report
October 30, 2009 by
The Sports Bet Guide
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NHL Early Season Report ~ Trend Report
The 2009/2010 NHL season has certainly had it's surprises, maybe more than in any year I can remember the exception is the rule.
If someone had told me that after 13 games the Colorado Avalanche would have a 10-1-2 record be 5 points...
CITY OF CHAMPIONS II?
May 26, 2009 by
Mondesi's House
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PENGUINS 4HURRICANES 1[From Adam]30 years later, a new generation has a shot at experiencing a "City of Champions" era. Just months after the Steelers returned from the Super Bowl with the Lombardi Trophy in hand, the Penguins have a chance to raise Lord Stanley in the very...
Bryan's Playoff Predictions - Conference Semifinals
April 30, 2009 by
The Rivalry
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You may recall that, prior to the first round of the playoffs, Zach and I made our predictions for the conference quarterfinals. How did we do? Let's find out. Our scoring system is as follows: one point for the correct team, one point for the correct number of games, and one point...
Philadelphia 2, Carolina 0 (second period)
October 02, 2009 by
Lord Stanley's Blog
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The Flyers score two power play goals in 22 seconds early in the second period to take a 2-0 lead.
First Jeff Carter put in a rebound from the side of the net, with Scotty Hartnell and Kimmo Timonen getting assists only 25 seconds into the period.
Then Mike Richards scored with...
Brind'Amour not ready to retire
May 28, 2009 by
Lord Stanley's Blog
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Hurricanes captain Rod Brind'Amour said today that he had no plans to retire after 20 years in the NHL and would return next season.
"I made a commitment a while ago to play and I've got a contract to play it out," he said today. "So it's definitely...
Nightmarish October continues for Canes
October 29, 2009 by
Kuklas Korner
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On Wednesday, the Hurricanes played host to the St. Louis Blues and stretched their winless streak to seven games by losing 5-2. Since shelling the Panthers 7-2 on October 9, the boys have gone 0-4-3. While there has been some improvement, there are some recurring themes...
Winners, losers in Versus 2009-10 regular-season schedule
August 19, 2009 by
Puck Daddy
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(Ed. Note: We're using NHL.com for our totals. Please keep in mind that the Versus schedule was jacked up twice by the network last year. We'll look out for any late edits.)From a year-to-year perspective, the Carolina Hurricanes are simply going from one game to zero games...
Canes set lineup for preseason opener
September 17, 2009 by
Lord Stanley's Blog
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All things considered, Canes coach Paul Maurice would prefer to let such veterans as Rod Brind'Amour and Scott Walker play the home exhibition games and miss those on the road.
But that won't be the case. Brind'Amour, Walker and Sergei Samsonov will sit out Friday...
Winless Islanders have Maurice edgy
October 20, 2009 by
Lord Stanley's Blog
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The Hurricanes are leaving today for a three-game road trip, with the first game Wednesday against the winless New York Islanders (0-3-3).
Which, in turn, makes Canes coach Paul Maurice more than a little edgy.
"Especially when you go back and watch the games that they'...
Broad Street Bulletin
May 06, 2009 by
Cowboys Corner
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Capitals @ Penguins - Game-3: Penguins win 3-2 (OT)
Game-2 saw hat-tricks from Crosby and Ovechkin, and it wouldn't take long for Ovechkin to get rolling in game-3. Just 1:23 into the game, Ovechkin would take advantage when the puck took a strange bounce off the board, catching...
Hurricanes 2, Lightning 1 (SO)
October 06, 2009 by
Lord Stanley's Blog
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The Hurricanes won 2-1 in a shootout for their first win of the season. Sergei Samsonov and Tuomo Ruutu scored in the shootout.
The Canes took their first lead of the season on Jussi Jokinen's power-play goal at 13:12 of the first and it was 1-0 after the opening period.
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Versus television analyst Brian Engblom holds conference call with bloggers on the Stanley Cup Playoffs
May 07, 2009 by
Sharks Page
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Wednesday afternoon Versus arranged for a handful of bloggers to hold a conference call with television analyst Brian Engblom. Engblom discussed what the Ovechkin-Crosby playoff matchup means to the NHL moving forward, surprises that have come to the fore this postseason, how Eric...
Friesen 5K set for Aug. 30
August 20, 2009 by
Lord Stanley's Blog
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Hurricanes trainer Pete Friesen will host his annual preseason 5K run around the RBC Center on Aug. 30. This is the fourth running of the event, which has raised more than $75,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Eastern N.C.
For more information and a registration form...
Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness game tomorrow
October 08, 2009 by
Lord Stanley's Blog
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Just a reminder that the Canes will hold its annual Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness game tomorrow night against the Florida Panthers.
The "Siren Sounder" before the game will be Julie Walker, the wife of Canes' forward Scott Walker, and their children, Cooper and Anna...
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