Who could ever fault a team for squeaking into the playoffs and making the best of their situation? How could you justify knocking a team who seized an opportunity for their franchise and won the Stanley Cup in a complete surprise? I don’t think you could find a hockey fan that would deny those are ...
It was truly an ‘amazing race’ – and an amazing victory – for hockey-playing brothers Bates and Anthony Battaglia. The two defeated ten other teams in a race around the world to claim the top spot and the $1 million grand prize in the 22nd season of hit CBS TV show “The Amazing Race.” This ...
If your team didn’t make the playoffs this year, every cap to the season will start by saying it was a disappointing season. It was. There were expectations, there was hype, there was a blockbuster trade; that doesn’t secure wins. More often than not, blockbuster trades don’t live up to their expectations. Fans and analysts ...
Sometimes things don’t always work out the way you wanted them to. Sometimes things don’t work out the way they were supposed to, or the way 99% of NHL fans predicted. Case and point: the 2012-13 Carolina Hurricanes. Fresh new season for Head Coach Kirk Muller to work with, a couple new studs working up front ...
It may not be over yet, but the seven games the Hurricanes have left to play won’t be putting them in position to continue their season past April 27th- game 48. The hype surrounding this team before the season was warranted. They had acquired Jordan Staal from the Pittsburgh Penguins at the draft and gave ...
I have nothing against mascots and no mascots were harmed in the writing and research of this article. That being said, I’m not a fan of them either. Who is in there? They don’t speak, sometimes they’re annoying, and ultimately they’re there for the kids, no? Mascots are a little creepy and an NHL mascot ...
The Carolina Hurricanes started off the season stronger than anyone expected, taking control of the Southeast Division for a long period of time.
Alex Semin was having a comeback season creating one of the top lines in the Eastern Conference with Eric Staal and Jiri Tlusty. The acquisition of Jordan Staal looked brilliant as he created secondary scoring with line mate Jeff Skinner. Cam Ward was also playing well in goal earning wins to cement the Hurricanes as playoff favorites.
But in the past month, the tracks have fallen off for the Hurricanes, who currently sit at 13th in the Eastern Conference and have been taken over by both the Winnipeg Jets and Washington Capitals in the Southeast.
It was a simple icing touch up. One that happens close to 10 times a game, but this one went so horribly wrong for the Carolina Hurricanes.
Defenseman Joni Pitkanen was in a race with the Washington Capital’s Troy Brouwer, in a close 4-3 game, to touch the puck first. Brouwer got his stick caught in the Finnish defenseman’s skates and while most likely not on purpose, it caused Pitkanen to go awkwardly into the end boards.
The next moments featured Pitkanen writhing in pain on the ice before a stretcher had to be brought out to take him into the dressing room.
Carolina Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford decided to stay relatively quiet in his trade deadline moves by trading costly winger Jussi Jokinen and bringing in power-play specialist Marc-Andre Bergeron.
With the 2013 trade deadline less than a week away, Carolina Hurricanes’ GM Jim Rutherford has a tough decision to make. His team started the season strong taking control of the Southeast Division, but injuries have begun to hurt the team. With Cam Ward injured for the last 10 games, the Hurricanes have gone 3-6-1 ...
