Yardbarker: Matt Cullen

Boychuk's play earns praise, confidence

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:55:30 -0500

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Lost in all the gloom and dejection of the Canes' 3-2 loss Friday to the Maple Leafs was that Zach Boychuk made his NHL debut this season and played well. Let's just say the winger, called up Friday from Albany (AHL), played well enough to make coach Paul Maurice more than comfortable with what he saw on the ice. "What you're hoping for, on a team struggling for offense, you're hoping for offense," Maurice said today. "You want to be a...

Brind'Amour to start on wing for a change

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:21:32 -0500

DENVER — Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice tried it during the game against the New York Islanders, liked what he saw, and will go with it again tonight against the Colorado Avalanche: Rod Brind'Amour on the wing. Brind'Amour will play the left wing on Matt Cullen's line, with Scott Walker on the right side. Maurice also will open with Chad LaRose and Ray Whitney on Eric Staal's line, and Jussi Jokinen centering Tuomo Ruutu and Sergei Samsonov. The fourth line is unchanged....

Canes @ Islanders

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:31:30 -0500

Matt Cullen's power-play goal at 5:34 of the second has tied the score 1-1 for the Canes. Cullen scored on a shot from the goal line extended that appeared to hit defenseman Brendan Witt in front of goalie Dwayne Roloson. It came after Sergei Samsonov and Rod Brind'Amour had good scoring chances in a power play that had Eric Staal and Joe Corvo on the points. The Islanders led 1-0 after the first period on a Matt Moulson goal and outshot Carolina 13-8. Moulson scored from his k...

Hurricanes 7, Panthers 2

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:24:10 -0500

The Hurricanes rolled to a 7-2 victory over the Panthers at the RBC Center. Matt Cullen's goal early in the third period pushed the Canes ahead 5-1. But Carolina wasn't through, adding goals by Rod Brind'Amour and Jay Harrison — the first career goal for Harrison. Ray Whitney got his first goal of the season as the Canes led 4-1 after the second. Tom Kostopoulos' first goal as a Cane gave Carolina a 1-0 lead and Tuomo Ruutu and Jussi Jokinen have scored for a 3-0 cush...

Tough timing for Cullen

Fri, 29 May 2009 10:44:00 -0500

Talk about bad timing. Right when Matt Cullen’s left foot started feeling good, the Hurricanes’ season was over. “It got better and better as the playoffs went on,” Cullen said. “Especially the last series, it was really disappointing, because it was finally starting to get to the point where I felt good again.” Cullen missed the final nine games of the regular season after taking a shot off the foot and didn’t practice until the second round of the playoffs. But he was on the ice every ...

Broad Street Bulletin - Bruins Trailed Series 3-1, But Force Game-7 With 4-2...

Wed, 13 May 2009 08:20:54 -0500

Boston Bruins @ Carolina Hurricanes - Game-6: Bruins Win 4-2The Hurricanes had a 3-1 series lead over the No.1 ranked Bruins, looking as though they might pull off the upset that would put them in the Eastern Conference Finals. They would not prevail in game-5, but they would get a chance to finish it off on home-ice in game-6. As the game clock wound down, the reality would hit. With a 4-2 loss, Carolina's 2-game lead was gone, and the series will now come down to 1-game...against the...

Rangers Ship Cullen Back to Carolina

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:17:43 -0500

Cullen has three years remaining on the free agent contract he signed with the Blueshirts last offseason at $2.8 million per. While the move certainly aids the Rangers' cap situation, it also removes some of the depth at center that the Rangers had bought themselves by signing Scott Gomez and Chris Drury. The team will now need to seek a replacement for the departing Cullen, perhaps moving Sean Avery to the third line center slot.

Cullen Is Safe For Now

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:33:51 -0500

Since Souray has been taken off the market trade talks for Cullen between the Rangers and Hurricanes have broken down. 'I would have thought that this would have been brought to a head this week, but it's a tricky process and it hasn't,' Hurricane's GM Jim Rutherford told the Raleigh News & Observer. The Rangers may still attempt at adding a top-of-the-line defenseman in order to fill what they view as their last hole, but with the free-agent market now picked clean there is less of a rush.

Cullen Could Land Back in Carolina

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:39:32 -0500

Via John Dellapina of the Daily News: "The Daily News also has learned that Sather is shopping center Matt Cullen, with a trade back to the Carolina Hurricanes very much on the front burner. Should the Rangers shed Cullen's contract (three years left at $2.8million per), they'd trim nearly $3million from this season's cap hit." Paul Mara could also be a candidate to be moved if the Rangers seek to free agent Sheldon Souray to the blueline.